The young people of the world are facing health challenges that have never been seen before in history. So many suffer from autoimmune diseases, metabolic dysfunction, fertility challenges, and so many more.
What We’re Doing to the World – And to Ourselves
A century ago, there was very little heart disease, cancer was a rare event, and more people died of infectious diseases than of obesity. Anxiety and depression were unheard of, perhaps because of having a stigma attached that few were willing to admit to such problems. However, it is true that there has been an explosion of chronic illness in the younger population. Can we discover the cause of this unprecedented epidemic? Of course, we can. This is not rocket science, it’s biology.
It is especially worrisome that fertility in young people is declining. In the U.S., the number has fallen to 1.6 children per family, less than what is required to maintain the current population. In most countries, fertility rates have declined significantly over the past century. Not only that, but the incidence of neurodivergence – ADD, ADHD, autism, mental illness – is skyrocketing. Many young couples are opting not to procreate for fear of the way the world is going. Understandable, but lamentable for the human race. Will we disappear through illness and choice?
Let’s look at the trajectory of the 20th and 21st centuries. In the 1980s, we began to notice a concerning set of facts. Frogs were born with indeterminate sex. Alligators penises were shrinking! To what malevolent cause did we attribute this bizarre finding? It turns out that this is due to the use of industrial agricultural chemicals, which act as hormone disruptors. When a pesticide molecule binds to a hormone receptor on a cell membrane, it can send a distorted signal to the cell, causing it to become deranged, disrupted, and dysfunctional.
Two books were published around the same time: Silent Spring by Rachel Carson and Hormone Deception by D. Lindsey Berkson. Both described a world polluted by chemicals that would eventually lead to the death of many species, ultimately our own, through chemicals that send distorted messages to our reproductive systems. These chemicals are still in use. They are ubiquitous in our food supply and elsewhere and are commonly the cause of infertility. We can mitigate their effects through detoxification and improving our diet. Sadly, most doctors are largely unaware of the impact of environmental factors on our health.
Be Your Own Advocate – And Make Good Choices
When was the last time a doctor asked you about your diet? How can a pill, maybe less than a gram of active ingredient, possibly reverse the effects of the pounds of poor-quality “food” you eat every day? It’s as if you threw a chlorine tablet into a pool that’s green from mold and slime, expecting it to clean up the mess. Common sense is not the order of the day. Instead, we are to put all our hopes in the pharmaceutical industry, which creates novel molecules, mostly from petroleum, to treat symptoms created by imbalances that are never addressed.
So now we have created an industry that generates millions of dollars to force pregnancies that should be the easiest and most natural thing in the world. Reproduction is a fundamental of nature. How have we corrupted and exploited this natural process, turning it into a profit-driven industry? We’re led to believe it’s simply bad luck that some people can’t get pregnant, but this is not the case. Infertility represents a sabotage of the natural order of things.
If you are one of those affected, take heart. It is possible to harness natural processes to reverse the damage and reinvigorate the machinery of reproduction, the mandate of life, once again. Similarly, the proliferation of illness in younger people has its causes, discoverable and fixable in most cases. However, your doctor may not be aware of this, as it is not taught in medical school, and there are many practitioners who, despite the prevailing opinion, can help you recover your health and have healthy babies.
About a week ago, I received an email from a woman I had treated twenty-four years ago. She had a low thyroid condition at the time that was not apparent on lab testing but was clear to any good clinician looking at her. I put her on thyroid replacement. She contacted me now, decades later, to tell me that the baby she was able to conceive a few months after seeing me was now graduating from college. Wow!
Infertility can be easy to treat, it can also be tricky, but it is always worth trying, because a cleaner, healthier body can be the outcome for the women (or the men, too), and that is a victory. Use your common sense and don’t line up for infertility treatments until you have cleaned up your body, making it a better incubator, no matter how you end up getting pregnant.
Likewise, chronic illness is never normal and must be treated through identifying and correcting root causes, not by taking pills or treatments that simply address symptoms. Be smart, do your research, and get clean – for yourself, your future, and your future children.
Dr. Carol L Roberts, MD, has been practicing medicine in Florida since 1978. In the early 1990s, I transitioned from a board-certified ear, nose, and throat surgeon and emergency medicine doctor to a holistic/integrative/functional doctor with a unique approach to addressing chronic illness by identifying the root causes and correcting them. Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, longevity medicine, and alternative/complementary cancer treatments are my special strengths. Having practiced in Naples for thirteen years, I am now based in Sarasota and continue to see many of my Naples patients there. Appointments can be made by calling 941.404.8030.
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