The Wellness Way- Granville

10/31/2025

🚫🥤 SEED OILS: The Sneaky Ingredient Sabotaging Your Health 🧪⚠️

Did you know that the oils in your favorite "healthy" snacks, salad dressings, and even restaurants might be doing more harm than good? 😟

🌽🛢️ Seed oils like:

Canola

Soybean

Corn

Cottonseed

Sunflower

Safflower

Rice Bran

…are high in linoleic acid (LA) — a type of omega-6 fat that becomes pro-inflammatory when consumed in excess.🔥 Chronic inflammation is linked to issues like:
👉 Weight gain
👉 Fatigue
👉 Brain fog
👉 Skin problems
👉 Hormonal imbalances
👉 Heart & metabolic concerns
....much more!

Any oil with a linoleic acid content of around 20% or higher consumed in excess is considered a health risk.

And here's the kicker — these oils are often highly refined, oxidized, and hidden in so many everyday foods. 😤

💡 What’s the better choice?
Switch to nourishing fats your body actually thrives on:

🥑 Avocado oil – Great for cooking and full of antioxidants
🫒 Extra virgin olive oil – Anti-inflammatory & heart-supportive
🥥 Coconut oil – Stable at high heat
🐄 Grass-fed butter or ghee – Rich in fat-soluble vitamins
🥓 Pastured animal fats – Like lard or tallow from local farms

✅ These fats support:
✨ Hormone health
🧠 Brain function
🦴 Joint health
🛡️ Lower inflammation
💪 Energy production

For information on seed oils visit: https://www.zeroacre.com/blog/linoleic-acid-facts

Let’s get back to real food and ditch the processed junk. Your body (and future self) will thank you! 💚

📍Supporting Licking County wellness, one bite at a time.

🥕 🛑 🌾 💪 🔥 🍳 🌿 ❤️

10/29/2025

👁️✨ Your Eye/Visionary Health Starts From Within ✨👁️

Blurry vision? Eye floaters? Struggling to see clearly at night? These are more than just annoying symptoms—they may be signals from your body pointing to deeper root causes! 🔍🌿

Let’s break it down 👇

🍄 Mycotoxins, toxic compounds from mold exposure, are notorious for affecting the neurological and visual systems. If you’ve had chronic mold exposure or lived in a water-damaged home, and now struggle with visual floaters or sensitivity to light... your body could be waving a big red flag 🚩

🦅 Vitamin A is essential for night vision and the health of your retina. A deficiency can lead to poor night vision or even full-blown night blindness 🌑👁️.

➡️ Did you know during WWII, soldiers were given liver (a Vitamin A powerhouse) to sharpen their vision before going into combat? That’s right — organ meats were the OG night vision goggles! 🥩💥

🐟 Omega-3 fatty acids (especially DHA) are critical for keeping your eye tissues lubricated, nourished, and functioning optimally. Low in omega-3s? You might notice dry eyes, inflammation, or even worsening vision over time. Load up on wild-caught salmon, sardines, or a high-quality fish oil supplement! 💧🐠

👵🏼 Crow’s feet creeping in? These fine lines around your eyes aren’t just about age — they’re often a sign of oxidative stress, nutrient depletion, and sun damage. Nourish your skin from within:

🥩 Grass-fed tallow (used topically!) is rich in fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K2) and mimics your skin’s natural oils

🍳 Nutrients like zinc, vitamin C, collagen, and silica are key to skin integrity and repair

🍇 Don’t forget those antioxidants! Blueberries, resveratrol, green tea, oh my! 🍵

👁️ You see the world clearly when your body is aligned internally.

💫 Invest in your visionary health today — from cellular to spiritual 👣🌿

10/27/2025

Surprise!!!

Meet Dr. Jacob Demaree, D.C., BSN, RN!

Dr. Jacob is passionate about helping people move, feel, and live better through a whole-body approach to health. Before earning his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College Florida, he worked as a registered nurse in the COVID ICU and at an IV wellness center.
He’s Activator Certified and uses a mix of manual Diversified, Thompson Drops, and soft-tissue techniques to create personalized care for each patient. Outside the office, you’ll find him at the gym, on the soccer field, or exploring new coffee shops. Be sure to say hey and share your favorite local spot!

Dr. Jacob will be taking new patients in November! Be sure to get on his schedule. Dr. Alex’s exact words after being adjusted by Dr. Jake: “I feel like a brand new person, like my nervous system has reset”. So we know you’ll love your experience 🙂

Schedule through the link in our bio, or call us at 740-672-3630

10/27/2025

🧠 What’s going on with Parkinson’s disease (PD)?
In PD, the brain area called the Substantia Nigra — which is responsible for producing dopamine and helping regulate movement — becomes damaged and dopamine‐producing neurons die off. When dopamine levels drop, the brain’s ability to send smooth and coordinated signals for movement falters, and symptoms like tremor, rigidity, slow movements and balance problems emerge.

🔍 What are some of the contributing factors?
Functional and environmental medicine look at root causes and triggers. Some of these that are being explored in PD include:

Mycotoxins (mold toxins) have been shown to cause damage to the nervous system and suppress dopamine production.

Heavy metals (e.g., aluminum, mercury) have been shown to be able to cross the nervous system's protective barrier known as the "Blood-Brain-Barrier" and can cause damage to the nervous system if they can get in there. Clinically I have personally seen people get their Parkinson's diagnosis after having an implant placed in them.

EMFs (electromagnetic fields) – Long term exposure to EMFs have been shown in numerous studies to cause inflammation to the nervous system.

Infections -yes infections can also create nervous system inflammation and we see it all the time! Having root canals or cavitations in the mouth, or gut infections can seriously impact the nervous system in a negative way.

Pesticides & chemical exposure: A recent large study found that people who live within about 1 to 3 miles of a golf course had about 126% increased odds of PD compared to those living more than 6 miles away of developing PD — likely due to pesticide drift, groundwater contamination or proximity to treated turf.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12062912/

🌿 Natural Ways of Healing

Stimulating nicotinic receptors: Some research shows ni****ne (in low, medically supervised doses) may have a protective effect on dopaminergic neurons. (Note: smoking ci******es for example has around 599 chemicals approved by the FDA. Transdermal ni****ne patches or anything else that is pure ni****ne without the additional harmful chemicals is always recommended and safer.)

Supporting cannabinoid receptors: There is emerging evidence that cannabinoids (for example from full‑spectrum CBD oil) may help modulate neuroinflammation, oxidative stress and neural communication.

Detoxification support: Ensuring good heavy‐metal chelation pathways, mycotoxin evaluation, gut health (since the gut‑brain axis is huge in neurologic disease)

Limiting exposures: Reduce pesticide/show turf exposures, ensure filtered drinking water (no more herbicides/pesticides or neurotoxic fluoride), minimize EMF burden where feasible, optimize nutrition.

Lifestyle pillars: Quality sleep, daily movement (especially exercises that promote neuroplasticity), stress management (since chronic stress worsens neuronal vulnerability), nutrient‑rich diet (plenty of antioxidants, healthy fats, brain‐supporting vitamins/minerals), and maintaining good oral hygiene are all things that can help your body heal!

📍 Local emphasis — Licking County, OH

Hey friends in Licking County! If you live near or around golf‑course developments or water service areas close to such, it may be wise to check into: your home’s water source (is it municipal or private well?); how far your home is from large turf areas; what kind of pesticide/turf maintenance practices local golf courses use; consider whole‐house or point‑of‐use water filtration; and raise awareness in the community about environmental neurologic risks. 🏡🌱

10/24/2025

🔥 Hot Flashes? Let’s Talk Root Causes 🔥

Hot flashes aren't just “part of getting older” — they’re often your body waving a red flag for deeper imbalances.

Yes, estrogen shifts during menopause can play a role, but how your body handles those hormonal changes makes all the difference.

Here’s what’s often going on behind the scenes:

🌿 Detoxification Overload
When your liver and detox pathways are backed up (think sluggish digestion, poor hydration, toxin buildup), your body has to push excess hormones somewhere — often through the skin. That can trigger heat, flushing, and even night sweats.

🔥 High Cortisol
Chronic stress = high cortisol. This can mess with your nervous system, keep your body in fight-or-flight mode, and throw your thermostat out of whack. As women get older the ovaries start to slow down and the adrenal glands that are responsible for cortisol production take over the majority of the hormonal work load which can also make hot flashes more apparent if the body is not regulating itself properly.

🍭 Blood Sugar Swings
That afternoon crash or sugar craving? Unstable blood sugar can trigger adrenaline and cortisol spikes, which can feel a lot like a hot flash. Keeping blood sugar steady helps reduce these flare-ups.

🌀 Estrogen & Progesterone Imbalance

As estrogen declines in menopause, the hypothalamus (your body’s thermostat) becomes more sensitive to temperature changes.

If progesterone drops first (common under stress), it can amplify the relative estrogen dominance or volatility — both can trigger flashes.

🔥 Poor Mitochondrial Function

Your cells’ energy factories may struggle due to oxidative stress, nutrient deficiencies (like B vitamins or CoQ10), or toxins.

The result? Less stable internal temperature regulation and more heat buildup.

🧠 Dysregulated Nervous System (Vagal Tone)

The parasympathetic (“rest and digest”) system helps calm internal processes.

If you’re stuck in sympathetic overdrive (chronic stress), your body might overreact to tiny shifts in temperature or hormonal changes.

🌡️ Thyroid Imbalance

Both hyperthyroidism and, paradoxically, hypothyroidism (especially with Hashimoto’s) can mess with body temp regulation.

It’s worth checking TSH, Free T3, Free T4, RT3, and thyroid antibodies.

🦠 Gut Health Imbalances

The estrobolome (a collection of gut bacteria that process estrogen) plays a huge role in hormonal balance.

Dysbiosis, constipation, or a sluggish gut can keep old hormones recirculating, leading to flashes and other symptoms.

👉 The good news? You have more control than you think. Supporting your liver, adrenals, and blood sugar balance can go a long way in cooling things down.

Curious about how to start balancing your hormones from the inside out? Let’s talk functional nutrition, lifestyle tweaks, and targeted support. We are here to help!

10/23/2025

🦠 MOLD TESTING 101: Why So Many People Get False Negatives 🏠💨

Think your home is mold-free just because your air test came back clean or that because your home is brand new? That unfortunately may not always be the case. 🤔 Here’s why and how standard mold testing often misses the mark — and what to do instead. 👇

💨 Air Testing ≠ Accurate Mold Detection

➡️ Air testing is one of the most common (and flawed) methods used.

Why? Because:

Air samples are just a snapshot in time 📸 meaning that you could come back to the same spot you were just air testing at and potentially get a completely different result 10 minutes later as the air flow circulates different particles through the air.

Mold spores (which release mycotoxins) are heavier than air, meaning they often settle in dust, not float around forever.

Mold fragments (which also release mycotoxins) are so microscopic they can remain permanently suspended in air—often undetected by traditional air testing 🤯

The person analyzing the cassette may ignore blurry images, meaning your mold could get missed completely 😵‍💫

🧼 Dust Doesn’t Lie
Looking for mold? The dust holds the history. 🕵️‍♀️

✅ The DUST Test (most recommended). Link: https://www.thedusttest.com/?_ef_transaction_id&oid=2&affid=50
✅ ERMI Testing
✅ EMSL Labs

These tests analyze settled dust where mold spores and fragments accumulate over time—giving a more accurate picture 📊 of what you’ve been exposed to, not just what’s floating around right now.

🕳️ Hidden Mold = Hidden Danger

Most mold isn’t obvious, it is more of a hidden enemy and 90% of people with mold illness never actually see the mold 👀. It loves dark, damp places like:

Behind drywall (especially around pipes 🛁 or after leaks 💦)

Under carpets & pads

Inside HVAC systems 🌀

Around windows & sills

Under bathroom & kitchen sinks

Attics, crawl spaces, and finished basements 🧱

Behind refrigerators with water filters or ice makers 🧊

Unless you’re drilling small holes and using a camera 🎥 or air tube to test behind walls, you could be missing the real problem.

🐶 Mold Dogs & Moisture Meters to the Rescue!
Yes, mold-sniffing dogs are real—and they’re amazing at finding hidden mold 👃🐾
Pair them with a thermal or moisture detector 🔦 and you’ll know exactly where to dig deeper.

🚫 Most inspectors just do a visual inspection and one air test 🙄 That’s not enough.

👉 Get multiple data points (variety of methods for testing).

👉 Test smarter (opt for inspectors that at minimum use surface swab testing of dust samples).

👉 Trust your symptoms—if you feel better outside the home, there’s a clue.

👉 Trust your positive labs - if you have a positive urine mycotoxin test that you tested on your own body showing that these toxins are clearly inside your body and these same mycotoxins are found by the molds that produce them on your DUST Test result indicating where the mold issue is coming from, but your mold inspector cannot find it still....that is a MAJOR red flag on the mold inspector's part, not yours. Don't stop searching for an inspector that can find out where that mold issue is coming from in your home I cannot emphasize this part enough or you will likely not get better.

🧠 Be your own advocate and never settle for “your home looks fine” when you feel unwell.

📍Licking County friends, this is especially important in older homes, flood-prone areas (also think about what happens to basements after snow melts), areas of high humidity, or homes with past leaks!

🕵️ Looking for a SOLID mold inspector that does everything I have mentioned in this post for a very competitive price in Central Ohio? Contact: TNK Inspections ask for Todd, number is: 740-527-0647

👨‍⚕️ Looking for a mold literate provider? Contact us and ask for Dr. Alex D. Grubish who serves both local and remote. Number: 740-672-3630

🍄 🧪 🏚️

10/22/2025

💥 THE MOST STUDIED SUPPLEMENT IN THE WORLD 💥
Let’s talk about a supplement that’s not just for bodybuilders...or CrossFitters and wrestlers out here in Ohio👀
We’re talking about CREATINE — and if it’s not in your wellness routine yet, here’s why it might be time to change that 👇

✅ Cognitive Boost – Supports brain energy, memory & focus 🧠
✅ Muscle Recovery – Speeds healing, reduces soreness 💪
✅ Natural Energy Production – Fuels your cells (ATP boost!) ⚡
✅ Blood Sugar Support – Helps improve glucose control 🍬
✅ Anti-inflammatory Effects – May lower markers of inflammation 🔥
✅ Fertility Benefits – Supports reproductive health in men & women 💕
✅ Immune Function – Promotes resilience and recovery 🛡️
✅ Healthy Aging – Protects muscle & brain as we age ⏳
✅ Heart Health – May support blood vessel function and endurance ❤️

And YES, it’s safe and effective for both men and women — young or older. 💯
Creatine is naturally found in food (like red meat), but supplementing ensures you’re getting optimal levels — especially if you’re plant-based 🌱. 5-10 grams are the recommended amount depending on height, weight, s*x, and activity level for optimal results.

🧪 Over 1,000+ studies back it up — making it the most researched supplement EVER!

So whether you're:
🏋️‍♂️ Working on your fitness
🧘‍♀️ Managing stress
🧑‍💻 Sharpening mental focus
👨‍👩‍👧 Supporting your family’s wellness..Creatine deserves a spot in your routine.\

Looking for a clean source? Run over to https://lineageprovisions.com/products/creatine-monohydrate and use code "DOCTORALEX" for a 10% discount.

👇 Drop your questions below or DM to learn how to use creatine safely & effectively!

10/20/2025

🚨 Are You on a Statin Drug? You Need to Know This! 🚨

Statins (like Rosuvastatin, Lipitor, Crestor, etc.) are some of the most prescribed meds in the U.S. — often given to “lower cholesterol.” But what’s the real cost of taking them long-term? Let’s unpack it 🧠💪⚠️

🔥 Top Concerns with Statin Use:

💥 Muscle Pain + Fatigue
Statins can deplete Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) — a vital antioxidant your cells need for energy - especially for your heart and skeletal muscle 🧬. Result? Chronic fatigue, poor recovery after workouts, potential cardiac problems, muscle weakness, and soreness that doesn’t go away 😩

🧠 Cognitive Decline + Dementia?
Cholesterol is essential for brain function. Statins may interfere with memory, cognition, and mood — especially in older adults. Your brain needs fat like cholesterol to function! 🧠🛑

🧬 Hormonal Suppression
Cholesterol is the building block of your s*x hormones (like testosterone, estrogen, progesterone). Lowering it too much can throw off hormone balance = fatigue, low libido, mood swings, and more 😓💔. It can also suppress the thyroid and lower Vitamin D output as well!

🥼 Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Statins may raise blood sugar and insulin resistance, leading to new-onset diabetes in some people — especially women. 🍩➡️🩸

🛡️ Weakened Immune System
Your immune cells need healthy fats and mitochondrial energy. Statins may disrupt immune function, making it harder to recover from illness 😷🚫

💊 Is Cholesterol Really the Enemy?
Short answer: Not always. It’s about the context, particle size, inflammation, and metabolic health — NOT just the number. 📊✅

🧠 There Are Other Ways
Functional medicine looks at the root cause of high cholesterol — like inflammation, poor thyroid function, gut dysbiosis, or sugar overload 🍔🧁😴

👉 What You Can Do:

✅ Ask your provider to check CoQ10 levels

✅ Support mitochondria with targeted nutrients

✅ Focus on whole foods, not low-fat myths

✅ Investigate why your cholesterol is high by checking for inflammation

✅ Get your cholesterol particle size tested along with a fasting insulin, A1C, and coronary artery calcium score to check for plaque build-up.

🌿 Informed consent is key to any prescription medication! You deserve to feel strong, clear, and balanced!

📍 Serving wellness awareness in Licking County, Ohio and beyond 🙌

10/17/2025

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10/17/2025

🧠 Tylenol, Glutathione & Neurodevelopment — A Conversation Worth Having

There’s been growing discussion about whether early-life exposure to acetaminophen (Tylenol) could play a role in certain neurodevelopmental outcomes. While research is still inconclusive, it’s worth understanding the biological mechanisms being explored.

Acetaminophen works through the liver and is known to deplete glutathione, one of the body’s most important antioxidants. Glutathione supports detoxification pathways that help neutralize free radicals, heavy metals, and environmental toxins (like mold toxins or glyphosate). When glutathione levels drop, the body may be less equipped to handle oxidative stress.

This becomes especially relevant when considering vulnerable populations — such as pregnant women, infants, or children — who may already face higher exposures to environmental toxins (like mold toxins, glyphosate, or certain metals). A body low in glutathione may have less capacity to clear these compounds efficiently.

In cases of acetaminophen overdose, hospitals administer N-acetylcysteine (NAC) — a precursor to glutathione — as the first-line treatment to prevent liver damage. This underscores how closely linked acetaminophen metabolism and glutathione levels are.

Moreover, from a functional medicine perspective, supporting methylation and detoxification pathways is critical for neurological and immune health. Many children with developmental challenges will typically already show altered methylation (MTHFR gene mutation) status. This makes them more susceptible to inflammation and oxidative stress because it makes them naturally a "poor detoxer" to begin with.

[Study]: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750946719301618

The other MAJOR component to consider is what are all of the ingredients that are found in vaccines. Here is a link to all of the current ingredients that are in vaccines: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2019R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/169322

Aside from toxins like formaldehyde and thimerosal (mercury), you will also see aluminum in there as well. Aluminum ALONE is a known neurotoxin and know to lead to neurodevelopmental disorders when administered:

[Study #1]: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29413113/

[Study #2]: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0946672X21000547

So in essence, the bold statement "Tylenol directly cases Autism is EXCEEDINLY misleading). The true reason behind the concern of Tylenol is that if this glutathione depleting substance is given either in utero, infancy, or toddler status consistently or after a fever is induced upon inoculation that are filled with neurotoxic heavy metals, or if they are getting exposed to mycotoxins (mold) or glyphosate and these children are already a carrier of the MTHFR gene mutation that inhibits their ability to naturally detox...according to research there can be a potential "perfect storm" of neuroinflammation in the brain as these toxins cross over the blood-brain-barrier leading to potential neurodevelopmental disorders like Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Ultimately, the goal isn’t to create fear — it’s to encourage awareness, informed conversations, more research (which we are long over-due for) and individualized decision-making in collaboration with trusted healthcare providers.

10/16/2025

🌸 Let’s Talk About Endometriosis (ENDO) 🌸
If you’ve been told “it’s just bad cramps” or that birth control is your only option… you deserve a deeper look. Endometriosis is caused by estrogen dominance when the body has too much estrogen you start to accumulate excess tissue in the endometrium of your uterus. This excess estrogen leads to heavy bleeding due to your body trying to "clear" that excess estrogen out. It leads to painful cramping and infertility due to the excess tissue growth. The reasons for estrogen dominance however, ends becoming an entire system issue. Let's dig in 🧬👇

🧠 Did you know?

➡️ Estrogen is not just one hormone — it’s a family of hormones (like estrone, estradiol, estriol).
If you're only testing "estradiol (E2)" on basic labs, you're missing the full picture — and so is your provider!
Each type of estrogen acts differently on tissue, especially when it comes to endometrial growth and inflammation. 🔥

🧩 Root Causes to Explore with Endometriosis:

💔 Low Progesterone – Progesterone calms estrogen’s effects. If it's low? Estrogen runs the show unchecked.

🧪 Environmental Toxins – Plastics, pesticides, parabens = xenoestrogens that mimic real estrogen and fuel the fire.

💊 Pharmaceutical Load – Long-term med use (estrogen based birth control is surprisingly one major contributor) can alter your gut, liver, and hormone balance.

🍄 Mold & Fungal Infections – Chronic mold exposure and Candida (yeast) overgrowth in the body is probably the number one cause of estrogen dominance that I see in practice. Fungal infections are highly estrogenic and lead to more accumulation of estrogen in the body! So think of all of all the other diseases out there that are estrogen dominant issues like breast cancer....start checking for fungal load in the body!

🌿 Liver Congestion – Your liver is the boss of hormone clearance. If it’s sluggish, estrogen gets recycled, not removed.

🧬 Methylation Issues – Poor methylation = poor estrogen detox = increased inflammatory estrogen metabolites.

🌱 Gut Dysbiosis – Through a pathway called "glucuronidation" estrogen and other toxins get detoxified out of the body via the stool. So ladies, if you are not having consistent bowel movements 1-2 times daily that excess estrogen has to go somewhere and that's where you might start seeing heavy periods or weight gain!

🩸What You Can Do:

✅ Test all 3 estrogens (Estrone - E1, Estradiol - E2, Estriol - E3)
✅ Look at progesterone & cortisol (adrenal connection!)
✅ Explore Comprehensive Stool Testing, Mold/Mycotoxin panels, DUTCH Hormone testing, and liver detox capacity
✅ Support detox pathways with food: cruciferous veggies 🥦, beets, dandelion tea ☕
✅ Focus on anti-inflammatory nutrition, sleep 🛌, and lymphatic movement 🧘‍♀️

🎯 If you're in Licking County, Ohio and struggling with endo symptoms — pain, fatigue, infertility, bloating, mood swings — you are not alone. There is hope when you address the root cause 💛

📲 Share this with someone who needs to hear it!

Let’s spread awareness, not just band-aids 💥

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10/15/2025

🌿 Autoimmunity Isn’t Your Body Turning Against You — It’s Your Body Trying to Help You Heal. 💥

Contrary to what many of us have been told, autoimmune conditions aren’t just “random attacks” from a confused immune system. Your immune system isn’t dumb or broken. 💡 It’s responding to something it sees as a threat — something that doesn’t belong in your tissue.

👉 What looks like “self-attack” is really your immune system doing its best to clear out immune stressors from places they don’t belong. It’s protective — not mistaken. Suppressing the immune system with drugs like certain immune suppressant meds and steroids may be helpful short term especially in serious cases as well as help with symptom management but it is not fixing the root cause issue and long-term immune suppression can lead to other problems down the road...

💣 So what kinds of things trigger this immune response? Here's where Functional Medicine shines: we go upstream to look for root causes 🌱 like...

🔍 Common Immune Stressors That Can Lead to Autoimmune Flare-Ups:

🥚 Leaky Gut + Food Allergies/Sensitivities
When your gut lining is compromised (aka “intestinal permeability”), particles like gluten, dairy proteins, or even healthy foods can sneak through and trigger immune confusion. Your gut is ground zero for your immune health!

🌾 Mycotoxins (Mold Exposure)
Hidden mold in basements, bathrooms, or HVAC systems can seriously stress the immune system over time — and it’s more common than people think in Ohio homes!

🦠 Chronic Infections
Lingering viruses (like EBV), Lyme, Parasites or stealth bacteria (in the gut or in the mouth like root canals) can trigger autoimmune responses when the immune system stays stuck in “on” mode.

💼 Stress & Cortisol Dysregulation
Unmanaged stress (hello, modern life 😅) raises cortisol and breaks down your gut lining, disrupts hormones (an elevation in estrogen can seriously aggravate the immune system), and suppresses immune regulation — creating the perfect storm.

🥵 Heavy Metals & Environmental Chemicals
Mercury, lead, BPA, pesticides, and other toxins can bioaccumulate and overburden detox pathways, setting off alarms in your immune system.

🛢️ Poor Detoxification Pathways
When your liver, kidneys, or lymphatic system are sluggish, toxins build up and the immune system gets overwhelmed. It’s like trying to take out the trash without a garbage truck.

The good news?
You’re not broken. You’re not crazy. And you can support your immune system from the root. 🌱 With the right approach — starting with gut healing, toxin reduction, nervous system regulation, and nutrient repletion — you can calm the immune storm and feel like yourself again.

✨ If you're dealing with autoimmunity, it’s time to stop blaming your body and start asking what it's reacting to. Your symptoms are signals, not mistakes. Let’s listen. 💖

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