Robert Whitfield MD explains why breast implants sicken some people but not others: genetic variants in vitamin D, glutathione, and methylation pathways make certain people susceptible, especially when combined with estrogen issues, mold exposure, or Lyme disease.
To your point about genetic predisposition. So people ask me all the time, can I tell who's going to get breast implant illness? And of course I can't tell you exactly who can get breast implant illness, but I can give you the genetic profile of that person very easily. And they'll have mutations in the vitamin D pathway gpx, vdr. They'll have problems with all the different methylation genes. And everybody's, you know, always, you know, cleverly talking about mthfr, but that's just one of the many genes. And then probably the, the most, one of the most important pathways that's not really appreciated is our use of the master antioxidant glutathione. So GSST, GSTP1 and then obviously in our antioxidant pathways, you know, SOD2, the only thing. And this affects women specifically right now to your endometriosis point, those women who are estroge toxic have really difficult times with metabolism. Oh boy. And then you just slap in some stress trauma, mold, parasite, Lyme and that's your person.
