"Healing from Environmental Toxicant Exposure: How Naturopathic Medicine Can Work"
Presenter: Lyn Patrick, ND
Original Date: Februaury 2 2025
Today’s exposome-the sum total of all pollutant exposure- can be overwhelming for doctors and patients alike. This presentation will review environmental pollutants one at a time to thoroughly and succinctly look at what individuals in both non-occupational and occupational circumstances are exposed to as well as their contribution to disease conditions. From nanoplastics to rarer toxic metal exposures like gadolinium and tin, we’ll explore the pollutome and uncover the most effective means to both teach avoidance and to remove those pollutants from our patient’s bodies. From actual clinical cases, we’ll see what is possible using naturopathic therapeutics that are supported by the medical literature.
Bio: Lyn Patrick, ND, graduated from Bastyr University in 1984 with a doctorate in naturopathic medicine and has been in private practice in Arizona and Colorado for 35 years. She is a published author of numerous articles in peer-reviewed medical journals, a past Contributing Editor for Alternative Medicine Review, and recently authored a chapter in the newly released textbook Clinical Environmental Medicine (Elsevier 2019). She speaks internationally on environmental medicine, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, endocrine disruption, metal toxicology and other topics. She is currently Faculty for the Metabolic Medicine Institute Fellowship in collaboration with George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She is also a founding partner and presenter at the Environmental Health Symposium, an annual international environmental medicine conference based in the United States. After the passing of her longtime colleague Dr. Walter Crinnion she is continuing to educate primary care providers in the area of environmental medicine through the EMEI Global platform and the EMEI Review podcast. In her spare time, she enjoys biking, hiking and kayaking the mountains, lakes, and rivers of southwestern Colorado.
NUNM is accredited by the North American Naturopathic Continuing Education Council (NANCEAC). This activity qualifies for 1.5 General CEUs