The Dirt Cure Quotes

“The acetaminophen in Tylenol binds to a powerful antioxidant called glutathione, which acts as a garbage truck for our cells, carting away free radicals and toxins as part of the body’s detoxification process. But acetaminophen irreversibly binds glutathione and reduces its cell-scrubbing abilities, especially in areas demanding high glutathione, like the brain and liver.11,12 Acetaminophen toxicity has replaced viral hepatitis as the most common cause of acute liver failure and is the second most common cause of liver failure requiring transplantation.13 Yikes.”
― Maya Shetreat-Klein, The Dirt Cure: Healthy Food, Healthy Gut, Happy Child

“Even though the United States holds only 5 percent of the world's population, it's responsible for 75 percent of global prescription drug use.”
― Maya Shetreat-Klein MD, Dirt Cure, The

“Conventional medicine doesn't explore the complex connections between closely networked systems of the body (digestive, immune, nervous, endocrine). Most docs aren't looking at problems in a big-picture way and are trained to see things only within their area of specialty; asthma is a lung problem; eczema is a skin problem; constipation is a gut problem; ADHD is a brain problem. But the body is one complete system. Nothing happens in isolation.”
― Maya Shetreat-Klein MD, Dirt Cure, The