Question from Anthony
My daughter had dairy issues from the moment she was born. Even though she was breastfeeding, if my wife consumed dairy, my daughter had issues — eczema, stomach pain. When she was 18 months, I read about fluoride affecting digestion, so I took her off our fluoridated tap water (I was filtering the chlorine out already).
In 3 days she was able to consume dairy without issue. Today she is 3 1/2 and the situation is the same — fluoridated water brings about the issues again. Even soaking in it, as in the bath, causes her the same issues.
It turns out that she apparently has Gilbert’s Syndrome, which 10% of the population is estimated to have. It just means they’re low in certain enzymes, and their system gets backed up sometimes breaking down bilirubin, especially when the body is taxed — as during illness. Fluoride kills enzymes, so it reduces low enzyme levels even more.
When the bilirubin gets high, the body tries to catch up, and backs off production of enzymes necessary for fat digestion. This then leads to the dairy issue, eczema, etc..
With my daughter, exposure to chemicals and artificial fragrances causes issues too. It’s probably just harder for her body to detox things in general.
Debra’s Answer
This doesn’t surprise me.
Years ago, when I worked in a doctor’s office, I observed that people with heavy chemical exposures had a lot of food intolerances. When we cleaned up their environments to remove toxic chemicals, they were able to eat the foods they previously could not tolerate. We didn’t treat the food sensitivities as food sensitivities at all.
