It was at this conference that I had the privilege of hearing Dr. Examples of enervating stressors described in Toxemia Explained include: Too much food Too much exposure to environmental toxins e. Tilden, so-called disease is actually a toxemic crisis of the body where certain systems have become overburdened by the accumulation of metabolic waste or external toxins. John Tilden wrote a groundbreaking book, Toxemia Explained in which he stated his theory that all disease stemmed from chronic stress and an overburdened immune system that had become 'toxic.