Book cover of Toxic: Heal Your Body from Mold Toxicity, Lyme Disease, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, and Chronic Environmental Illness

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Millions of people are suffering from chronic illnesses that, unbeknownst to them, are the result of exposure to environmental toxins and infectious agents such as mold and Borrelia, which causes Lyme disease. Millions. Because the symptoms of these illnesses are so varied and unusual, many of these individuals have sought…


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2 authors picked Toxic as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is one of the first books I recommend to Lyme patients who email me for advice about getting better. It’s a sad fact that most people with chronic Lyme disease don’t have “just” Lyme disease. Their condition is complicated by toxic mold exposure, environmental chemicals, other infectious bacteria and viruses, and/or a highly sensitized nervous system.

Whether they’ve been diagnosed with Lyme disease or not, I think anyone with complex health problems that they just can’t resolve could benefit from reading this book.

This is a unique and excellent book that is filled with invaluable information about identifying and treating chronic complex medical illnesses.

There is no other book quite like it in terms of really providing clear guidelines and instructions about how to treat conditions that are not identified typically by conventional Western medicine but cause tremendous suffering for many people. One of the most useful sections deals with treating Mast Cell Activation syndrome, which is seen in so many common conditions such as Long Covid and mold toxicity.

Dr. Nathan's prose is very accessible to the layperson, and there are very…

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