Environmental Chemicals and Food Allergies Unsuspected Causes of Obesity
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Environmental Chemicals and Food Allergies
Unsuspected Causes of Obesity
Adrienne Sprouse, M.D., M. Ed.Manhattan Health Consultants
New York, NY(212) 725-5744
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Statistics
• Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and tripled in adolescents in the past 30 years
• This rapid increase cannot be attributed to genetics
• More than one-third of children and adolescents are overweight (increased body weight/height) or obese (increased fat)
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Think About the Obese Children You Know
• Is obesity their only diagnosis, or do they also have other medical problems ?– Ear infections– Sore throats– Runny noses– Facial redness– Asthma– Skin rashes– Behavioral/Psychiatric problems
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DARK CIRCLES UNDER THE EYES
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EYE WRINKLES
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RED CHEEKS
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RED EARS
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AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR
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Video of Boy Eating Tomato
• Feminized breasts• Aggressive behavior• Multiple undiagnosed food allergies• Multiple sensitivities to environmental
chemicals• Insight on the part of the child as
treatment progressed• Mother’s weight loss as she implemented
a Rotary Diversified Diet of organic tolerated foods for her son, and removed chemical exposures from the home
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Animal Studies With Low-Dose Chemical Exposure
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Evidence for Obesagens
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NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey
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Important Question for 21st Century Healthcare
“No Longer a question of whether the patients before you have chemicals in their bodies.”
“The question is how many, and what are the health consequences?”
Adrienne Sprouse, M. D., M. Ed.17
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How Do Environmental Chemicals Get Into Our Bodies?• What we eat or drink• What we breathe• What gets absorbed through our skin• Maternal/Fetal transmission• Implantation of medical devicesOnce they enter our bodies, they enter our
bloodstreams and circulate to every organ causing multi-system and sometimes metabolic dysfunction.
ESur
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Food Allergy, Food Addiction, Obesity
• Fixed Food Allergy 10%– Each and every time you eat the food,
symptoms occur
• Cyclic Food Allergy 90%– Symptoms depend on frequency and
amount of the food–Milk, wheat, corn, egg
Rinkel Wheel
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Rotary Diversified Diet with Organic Foods
• A single organic food is eaten at each meal on a 4-day schedule-see handout
• The child can help select the foods to be tested• Food families are separated by one day• Amounts for a 10 year-old child are suggested• A diary is kept by the child and caretaker• Symptom-causing foods are eliminated for at
least one month or allergy shots are developed• Non-reactive foods are incorporated into the diet
once every 4 days• Weigh the child every 2 weeks
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Summary
• Obesity is not simply a matter of too many calories consumed versus not enough calories burned
• Genetics cannot account for the runaway increase in obesity in America
• Obese children typically have other health issues
• Environmental chemicals and food allergies are unsuspected causes of obesity and other concurrent medical problems and must be diagnosed and managed to control the obesity epidemic