Isabel Hoffmanns daughter fell sick after the family moved to the U.S. from Europe. The 14-year-olds illness got progressively worse — hives, low blood pressure, tremors and light sensitivity — to the point that she had to drop out of school. To make matters worse, no doctor could determine what was causing the chronic illness. Hoffmann, a serial entrepreneur who helped launch a preventive health clinic in 2001, took matters into her own hands. She brought her daughter to Dr. Neil Nathan, of Gordon Medical Associates in Santa Rosa, Calif., whod written a book called, On Hope and Healing: For Those Who Have Fallen Through the Medical Cracks. Dr. Nathan diagnosed Hoffmanns daughter with mold toxicity, likely Aspergillus Penicillium, which causes severe allergic reactions and sensitivity to gluten, dioxins and other allergens. He was dead right, says Hoffmann. We went back home and tested the house and learned we had high doses of Aspergillus and Penicillium mold in the bedroom. It had taken more than a year for Hoffmann to hear a proper diagnosis and learn the empowering information that could help her daughter get better. The family moved to a mold-free environment and the teenager started a new diet; symptoms vanished, she went back to school and her grades skyrocketed. That’s when I thought, Oh my God, how many people go through life suffering so much? And almost giving up — with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Fibromyalgia — and resigning themselves to what they have, without a hope to be better? says Hoffmann.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:04:58 +0000
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