Detoxification & Chemical Sensitivity

This report may be useful if you experience any of these symptoms:

Your body is constantly processing chemicals, from food, medications, plastics, fragrances, mold, air pollution, and your own metabolism. Genetic variants in Phase I and Phase II detox pathways can make small exposures feel huge, leave drug doses too high or too low, or pile up "toxic intermediates" that other people clear without thinking about it. If several of the items below sound familiar, this report is for you.

• Reactions to perfume, cleaning products, or new-car smell
• Cannot tolerate medications at standard doses
• Severe hangover from a single drink
• Caffeine intolerance or get tired when you drink coffee or energy drinks
• "Waking up too fast" from anesthesia
• Metallic taste / foggy brain after dental work
• Very sensitive to mold or mycotoxins
• Severe reaction to acetaminophen (Tylenol), statins, or sulfa drugs
• Develop symptoms in new homes, hotels, dry cleaners, salons
• Headaches from scented products
• Develop rashes or burns from contact to body care products or cleaning chemicals when others don't'
• Feel like you are getting the flu after sauna, fasting, exercise, some supplements
• Feel sick or have abdominal pain/ cramping after eating foods containing fat
• Takes longer for medications to "wear off"
• Medication dosage need to be much higher or lower than for others
• Severe estrogen symptoms such as PMS, fibroids, endometriosis
• Acne worse during certain parts of menstrual cycle
• Constipation makes you feel sick all over, not just abdominal discomfort
• "Asian flush"— flushing with alcohol
• Codeine doesn't work, OR works far too well
• SSRIs cause severe side effects or seem ineffective
• Sensitive to grapefruit, St John's Wort, or red wine
• Foggy thinking after high-protein meals
• Worsening after exposure to gasoline, paint, or smoke
• Can smell things other people can't

Answer the symptom questions below as honestly as you can. Combined with your DNA file, your answers help map which detoxification pathways may currently be underperforming for you and what to do about it.