Thanks for writing! Environmental toxins don't really cause "allergies" in the usual sense; it's just a term that's familiar to most people. When your body reacts to chemicals that you absorb through the air, water, food, and skin, that's a sign of environmental toxic overload. Please see the first article in this series for more background: Allergic — Or Toxic?.
A genetic predisposition to something, on the other hand, would fall under the category of a true "allergy". While reducing your toxic load can certainly help —because the healthier you are in general, the better equipped your body is to deal with any situation — I would recommend working with a health care professional to see what can be done to reduce or eliminate inherited allergies.
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Hi Susan,
Thanks for writing! Environmental toxins don't really cause "allergies" in the usual sense; it's just a term that's familiar to most people. When your body reacts to chemicals that you absorb through the air, water, food, and skin, that's a sign of environmental toxic overload. Please see the first article in this series for more background: Allergic — Or Toxic?.
A genetic predisposition to something, on the other hand, would fall under the category of a true "allergy". While reducing your toxic load can certainly help —because the healthier you are in general, the better equipped your body is to deal with any situation — I would recommend working with a health care professional to see what can be done to reduce or eliminate inherited allergies.
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