You Might Have Fewer Allergies If You Ate More Dirt!
You Might Have Fewer Allergies If You Ate More Dirt
The title sounds like clickbait. It's not. There's substantial evidence that early-life exposure to dirt, dust, animals, and microbes significantly reduces the risk of developing allergies and asthma. This isn't fringe science—it's the hygiene hypothesis, supported by decades of epidemiological and immunological research.
I'm not advocating eating mud pies or abandoning hand washing after using the bathroom. The medical profession's adoption of hand washing in the mid-1800s dramatically reduced maternal and infant mortality from puerperal fever. Ignaz Semmelweis, the physician who proposed that doctors wash their hands between autopsies and deliveries, was ridiculed by his colleagues, institutionalized, and died shortly after—only to have his theories validated posthumously as germ theory became accepted.
Hygiene matters. But our modern obsession with sterilizing every surface, eliminating all bacterial exposure, and using antimicr...
What is Adrenal Fatigue?
What is Adrenal Fatigue?
Adrenal fatigue is one of those terms that natural health practitioners have discussed for decades, but conventional medicine is only recently beginning to acknowledge.
You won't find "adrenal fatigue" in medical textbooks. It's not recognized as a disease. But the symptoms are real, the mechanism is understood, and millions of people are suffering from it right now.
Adrenal fatigue describes a state where your adrenal glands can't keep up with the demands placed on them. They're not pathologically diseased (Addison's disease). They're just exhausted—hypofunction rather than complete failure.
This matters because your adrenal glands regulate stress response, inflammation, blood sugar, immune function, energy production, and more. When they're depleted, everything breaks down.
Here's what adrenal fatigue actually is, how to recognize it, and what to do about it.
Understanding Your Adrenal Glands
Your adrenal glands sit on top of your kidneys. They're smal...
You Might Be More Stressed Than You Think
You Might Be More Stressed Than You Think
Do any of these sound familiar?
Low energy and chronic fatigue. Dizziness when you stand up quickly. Asthma and allergies. Sunlight sensitivity (bright lights hurt your eyes, you constantly wear sunglasses). Muscle and joint pain. Anxiety, panic attacks, and blood sugar crashes. Insomnia. Low sex drive. Digestive issues. Heart palpitations. Thyroid problems.
These symptoms seem random and unconnected.
They're not.
There's one common link: stress and adrenal dysfunction.
Here's why stress affects every system in your body, how to recognize when you've exceeded your adaptive capacity, and what to do about it.
The Problem With How Medicine Views Stress
Most conventional doctors don't recognize the gray zone between "healthy" and "diseased."
In orthodox medicine, you're either pathologically sick (Addison's disease, Cushing's syndrome) or you're fine. There's no middle ground.
But pathology doesn't appear overnight. You don't wake up one ...
Relief for Springtime Allergies
What are allergies?
By J. J. Gregor DC, DIBAK, DCCN
It's allergy season again here in North Texas. I’ve been told since I moved here 14 years ago that there are two types of people here: those who have allergies and those who will get allergies.  Â
Growing up in West Virginia, I experienced horrible sniffling, sneezing, sinus headaches, you name it, for a week every spring and every fall. What's crazy is that when I moved to Dallas, all my allergies 'went away'. So, why when I moved to one of the worst allergy prone places in the US, I suddenly felt my best?Â
Allergies are an immune response or reaction to specific substances. Allergens are all around us and are particularly problematic in the spring with trees budding out, flowers blooming, grass being cut and tons of pollen flying through the air. And in Fall, it's the budding of other seasonal plants and the sap moving in trees.Â
Conservatively 10 to 20% of the population of the U.S. suffer from some seasonal allergy at var...
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