Environmental Medicine | Ho'o Lokahi Naturopathic Medicine

Dr. Traub specializes in environmental medicine which aims to prevent, diagnose, and treat illnesses caused by exposure to environmental pollutants and toxins. Treatment plans are tailored to each patient’s unique needs, considering their medical history, lifestyle, and environmental exposures. Advanced testing through blood, urine, or saliva may be recommended to further assess current and past toxin exposure. Dr. Traub recognizes the interconnectedness of various environmental factors and how they can impact human health, seeking to address the root causes of disease and utilizing conventional and holistic therapies to identify and mitigate these risks.

A comprehensive cleansing program is necessary for many patients to recover from chemical toxicity. Treatment goals are to reduce the total toxic body burden through avoidance, chelation therapy, and other treatments that support the body’s natural detoxification pathways.

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Whole Person Cleansing Program

Dr. Traub has designed a successful cleansing protocol for his patients. This two-week program is suitable for everyone and can be repeated every three months. Many patients feel so good on this program that they choose to continue it indefinitely. The program is “user friendly” and designed to be carried out during our regular daily schedule, with some modifications to enable us to take better care of ourselves than we usually do. An initial visit is necessary to go over the program and obtain the necessary nutritional supplements. The cost of the supplements is approximately $200.

Preventive Genomics, Nutrigenomics, and The Promise of Personalized Medicine

Within the human genome are millions of subtle variations of the genetic code, known as polymorphisms.

It is these polymorphisms that are largely responsible for our biochemical individuality. The most common polymorphism is a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs, pronounced “snips”), in which a single nucleotide of DNA is altered and may in turn alter the amino acid sequence coded by that section of DNA.

In 2000, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention published the Gene-Environment Interaction Fact Sheet that outlined the basic principles of the causal interaction of genes and environment in human disease. The CDC made the following four main points:

Virtually all-human diseases result from the interaction of genetic susceptibility and modifiable environmental factors.

Variations in genetic makeup are associated with almost all disease.

Genetic variations do not cause disease but rather influence a person’s susceptibility to environmental factors.

Genetic information can be used to target interventions.

It is only by virtue of understanding these idiosyncrasies, or polymorphisms, that medicine can advance to the point at which it may be able to treat patients as unique, whole, and particular individuals. This is the promise and the potential of “preventive genomics.” Effective therapeutic strategies may involve diet, nutritional, and targeted pharmaceutical supplementation, lifestyle and behavioral modification and avoidance of elimination of toxins, xenobiotics and microbes.

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Are you looking for Naturopathic Medicine in Hawaii? Look no further than Ho’o Lokahi Naturopathic Medicine! Naturopathic medicine is a primary care medical specialty that combines modern scientific knowledge with traditional and natural forms of medicine. We use a holistic approach to health care, taking into account the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of each person.

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