Hidden toxins in your air, products, technology and even inner dialogue may shape your patients’ physiology far more than their diet or exercise, and this conversation asks you to look at those influences through a sharper functional medicine lens.

In this episode, Tracy Harrison breaks toxicity down into categories such as indoor air quality, fragrance and phthalates, plastics and microplastics, overlooked heavy metals and the constant load from screens and EMF, then connects each one to hormone balance, sleep, energy, mood and long term disease risk in ways you can act on in clinic. She also points out what might be the most powerful “toxin” of all, the critical voice in a patient’s head that keeps their nervous system locked in survival mode and quietly blocks detoxification and healing even when the clinical protocol looks solid on paper.

Where could these hidden burdens be showing up in your patients’ homes, routines and thought patterns, and how might your plans change if you treated toxicity as a core clinical focus instead of a side note?

Episode Breakdown:

00:00 Introduction to Hidden Toxicity

02:48 Understanding Toxicity and Its Impact

10:49 Sources of Hidden Toxicity

18:25 The Role of Heavy Metals and Plastics

27:42 The Psychological Aspect of Toxicity

33:51 Conclusion and Clinical Implications

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