Episode One - Chemically Induced Illnesses
In this episode, I discuss why I started this podcast and how I am stepping into becoming a community advocate to speak out against toxic chemicals that permeate our lifestyles.
I also introduce the topic and research of “TILT."
SOURCES:
The information quoted below and discussed in this episode comes directly from www.tiltresearch.org run by the Department of Family and Community Medicine at UT Health San Antonio. Program Faculty: Claudia Miller, M.D., M.S. the author of “Chemical Exposures: Low Levels and High Stakes” (2nd edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1998 – Authors - Nicholas A. Ashford, Claudia S. Miller
What is TILT?
"Toxicant‐Induced Loss of Tolerance (TILT) is a two-stage disease process initiated by a one-time major exposure, or a series of low-level chemical exposures (Stage I, Initiation). Affected individuals experience symptoms triggered by everyday chemicals, foods, and drugs that never bothered them before (Stage II, Triggering). Exposure examples include chemical spills, pesticides, cleaning agents, solvents, combustion-related products, drugs, and medical devices, and indoor air contaminants associated with materials used in construction or remodeling.
Origins of TILT
Ninety percent of us spend 90 percent of our day inside tightly closed “boxes”— homes, cars, daycare, schools, office buildings — exposed to synthetic organic substances that did not exist before the 1940s.
After World War II, people began using synthetic organic chemicals in their homes and work. From cleaning fluids and fragrances to construction materials and pesticides, many of these chemicals were “invented” within the past 70 years.
Over this time, our genes have not changed. Consequently, our bodies’ detoxification systems can’t always deal with all of these new substances.
Chemical exposures can harm mental and physical health in many ways. Cancer‐causing substances are one example. Surprisingly, “indoor air” is one of the most common sources of chemical exposures in many people’s lives.
How Do Chemicals Cause TILT?
The most direct connection between the air we breathe and our brains is through our noses, via the nose‐to‐brain pathway. When chemicals or tiny particles such as smoke or traffic exhaust enter our noses, they are taken up by the olfactory nerves — tiny exposed nerve endings inside our noses that allow us to detect odors.
Here, there is no protective blood‐brain barrier. These nerve endings are bathed in the air around us. After entering these nerves, chemicals are carried to the part of the brain that extends forward above the nose, called the olfactory bulb.
The olfactory bulb provides much of the input to the limbic system, or “primitive smell brain.” The limbic system is vital for feeding, taking care of our young, temperature regulation, and many behaviors essential to our survival.
Listen as I discuss at a very basic introductory level the different parts of our brain - your brain...your children's brain - that are affected every day.
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