DR. NOBLE TALKS: The Stress Connection I’ve seen time and again that many patients experience a major loss or trauma just before their health unravels from biotoxin illness. Stress often acts as the final “hit” that overwhelms the neuroimmune system and triggers the cascade of symptoms I described in last month’s newsletter. Stress, especially when it’s chronic, disrupts the HPA (Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal) axis, often mislabeled by influencers as, “adrenal fatigue.” While the name is misleading, the principle is correct: ongoing stress dysregulates the stress response system, leaving us vulnerable to inflammation, immune dysfunction, and chronic disease. Without recovery time,