Randomized Trial of an Environmental Medicine Approach to Gulf War Veterans' Illness

摘要

The purpose of the research is to study the efficacy of an environmental medicine approach to Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses. The hypothesis to be tested is these illnesses result from a maladaptation to the chemical environment to which we are all exposed, as described by Selye and Randolph. The approach is to house ill veterans in an environmental control unit, to start them on a rotation diet after a brief diet, and to monitor them for symptoms from exposures to foods and airborne chemicals. Adjuncts include allergy testing using the provocative-neutralization technique, vitamin supplements, exercise, and sauna-detoxification.