March is Breast Implant Illness Awareness Month. Yes this is a real thing. I know. Because this is what I had. Yet no doctor would believe me. No doctor would believe that my implants were making me sick. Instead of looking for a cause as to why I was experiencing: Arthritis Chronic Fatigue Anxiety Heart palpitations Loss of vision Depression Internal tremors Parasites Weight loss Dizziness Numbness in fingers Food sensitivities They prescribed immune suppressing self adminis

Originally published in the Detox with Dawn private Facebook group Nov. 2017 I would like to address antibiotics, as I have worked with a number of ladies this week who have become more ill after taking them. Personally I have not taken an antibiotic in ten years. The last time I did was when I started my decline with BII. Now please remember we never recommend you go against doctors orders here, but since I am a naturopath I thought I would just speak to you on how I have go

The question posed to our public Facebook page was this: What did your doctor tell you that helped you decide to get breast implants? Mariel had this to say... After just 30 days of having my saline implants I developed pain on my hands that had never happened before and when I asked the surgeon if it was related to the implants he said no. A year later I was in treatment for RA and the rheumatologist said to me on my first visit... btw your implants have nothing to do with y

The goal of the Kaufmann Diet is to restrict foods that might feed a pathogenic yeast or fungal infection; according to Doug Kaufmann, these are far more prevalent than assumed by mainstream medicine and constitute the source of many human health problems. The second goal of the diet is to restrict foods that might be tainted with mold poisons, known as mycotoxins. These include many different areas of our food supply; many of these foods are common foods that many people eat

Years ago when I first started working with women who were ill with breast implants I noticed that their tin levels were in general much higher than that of my average client. Many were as much as ten times what would be considered a safe level. As I continued to research breast implant illness I found that most implants contain high levels of tin. What??? There is absolutely no place for tin in the human body. Those that have unsafe levels become very ill with many symptoms

From Dr Susan Kolb: Defective breast implants cause the following illnesses There are over 50 peer reviewed articles in the medical literature on various aspects of these diseases but many doctors do not read the medical literature and continue to tell patients that breast implants do not cause any problems. These articles can be found at pubmed if you research the topics below. 1. Autoimmune diseases caused by silicone exposure in patients with certain genetic types such as

If there is one thing that concerns me in the healing of BII it is the misunderstanding of compromised adrenal function and how it should be treated holistically. I work with many ladies who say they have been treating their adrenals, but with little knowledge of what stage of adrenal insufficiency they are at and what they should be using to heal from this very difficult health issue. First of all, no one should be attempting to supplement adrenal function without proper tes

Dear Pharmacist, Do you agree with Angelina Jolie’s decision to remove her breasts to prevent cancer? –S.I., Atlanta, Georgia Answer: When I heard about her double mastectomy, my heart sank for her because I’m sure she was paralyzed by fear. After all, nobody wants to hear the “C” word leave their doctor’s lips. Her decision was based on the doctors she trusts but I disagree with it.She’s supposedly removing her ovaries next. Should we tell her the BRCA1 gene increases risk o

To read this article click the link below: Breast Implants are a foreign material to the body and cause physical illness for many women. I know, as I was one of those women who became very ill from my implants. Both silicone and saline implants contain over 40 toxic elements that can cause illness. In addition, studies have shown that silicone is not inert. Silicone attracts fungi to it and thus provides the potential for fungi to proliferate systemically throughout the body.

Amongst the BII community there is much discussion of ladies having an autoimmune reaction to silicone We already know that the percentage of autoimmune illnesses in women with breast implants is much higher than average. Many of us were diagnosed with numerous autoimmune illnesses such as Hashimoto’s, Graves Disease, MS, Interstitial Cystitis, Colitis, Fibromyalgia, etc. etc. In my practice and work with Know the Cause I have seen many people who give us testimonies of welln

Abstract Fungal-bacterial multispecies biofilms play a major role in failure of medical silicone devices, such as voice prostheses in laryngectomiy. In this study, we determined the effect of Lactobacilli supernatant (cell free) on mixed biofilm formation of fungi and bacteria on silicone in vitro. Lactobacilli supernatant inhibited the adhesion (90 min) of mixed fungi and bacteria species with an efficiency of >90%. Mixed biofilm formation and the metabolic activity of the b

Does a MTHFR gene cause health problems and need to be treated?? Well depends on how you look at it? Has anyone taken a look at the many varied opinions and treatments for the MTHFR gene? My education is in this area and I must admit it boggles my mind. There is a great deal of money to be made in genetic testing and treatment of genetic snps. It becomes very confusing and no one seems to agree on treatment. The TRUTH ladies, is that most of us carry a MTHFR gene in some mix