What should I take for my nervous system?
The best medicine for your nervous system isn’t a supplement – it’s free and always available:Take a BREATH!Follow my 30-3-3 principle. We can go:30 days without food 3 days without water And only 3 minutes without airAir is our most essential...
First 3 steps when you’re getting sick
Feeling that first tickle in your throat?Here’s your 3-step emergency protocol!When sickness starts creeping in, remember these three powerful words:FAST. POOP. REST.(Yes, we’re going there!)FAST: Your body uses massive energy to digest food. Skip the meals and let...
Would you give your immunity an A or F?
Studies show that mold mycotoxins reduce our ability to absorb fat-soluble nutrients like vitamins A, D, E and K.Give your immunity an A+ ⤵️Did you know Mother Nature drops major immunity hints in the fall? Those gorgeous orange veggies aren’t just for show...
3 ways mold affects your immunity
Mold’s triple threat to your immune system.Ever wonder how mold secretly sabotages your immunity? Here’s how:1️⃣ Directly damages your immune cells2️⃣ Genetically rewires your immune system to be weaker3️⃣ Changes your epigenetics, forcing genes to create...
Different mycotoxin results on different labs?
Did you get different mycotoxin results on different labs? If you found different mycotoxin results using different labs, that’s completely expected! There’s nothing wrong with either lab. Each lab technique is testing different aspects of mold-related...
4 Reasons Your Mold Protocol May Not Be Working
Feeling like your mold protocol’s just not cutting it, even though you’re doing everything “right”? You’re not alone! I know how frustrating it is when mold symptoms linger, and as the author of Break the Mold, I’m here to help. From my experience, there are four...
The Term Mycotoxins Covers Many Types of Mold Toxins
Did you know there are different types of mycotoxins (mold toxins) & they each affect the body differently?I’m doing you a bit of a disservice when I refer to mycotoxins as a whole.While they all can stress the immune, gut, and nervous systems, their unique...
Has your give a sh*t done got along?
Has your give a sh*t done got along?That’s Wyoming speak for “burnout”.When your give a sh*t has “done got along,” it means your care/concern/mood/smile/#give-a-sh*t has full-on left the barn, it’s out of the gate, and nowhere to be found.If you’re having trouble...
Taurine is a binder???
Taurine is a binder? Kinda – it’s actually a bile reabsorption blocker – which has the same net effect as taking a binder.The whole point of binders is to prevent reabsorption of bile in the colon (cuz we are really good at reabsorbing bile – that’s...
Timing of Non-Food-Based Binders
Occasionally I’ll use non-food-based binders, especially around times when we know we’re going to “poke the bear”, such as when adding antifungals or antiparasitics.What are non-food-based binders? Charcoal and clay.I use charcoal much more often than clay, especially...
Timing of Food-Based Binders
Take food-based binders with food, ideally.What are food-based binders? Things high in insoluble fiber, such as psyllium husk, flax seed, chia seed, bran. Or SIBO-safe, ground pumpkin, sesame, and sunflower seeds.While their action is the same as cholestyramine...
Mold Starts In The Nose
The nose is our first interface with a damp or water-damaged building through the air.Studies show that those at more risk for developing asthma from a mold exposure are those who had chronic rhinosinusitis – which looks like:runny nose blow your nose frequently...
3 ways mold affects your immunity
Mold’s triple threat to your immune system.Ever wonder how mold secretly sabotages your immunity? Here’s how:1️⃣ Directly damages your immune cells2️⃣ Genetically rewires your immune system to be weaker3️⃣ Changes your epigenetics, forcing genes to create...
Different mycotoxin results on different labs?
Did you get different mycotoxin results on different labs? If you found different mycotoxin results using different labs, that’s completely expected! There’s nothing wrong with either lab. Each lab technique is testing different aspects of mold-related...
What about humic and fulvic?
Do I ever use humic and fulvic acid?Yes! And have for quite some time as it highly benefits people struggling with chronic Lyme.Do I use it as a binder?Not really.I think of this as more of a mineral replacement, as it’s basically just “fermented soil...
The Term Mycotoxins Covers Many Types of Mold Toxins
Did you know there are different types of mycotoxins (mold toxins) & they each affect the body differently?I’m doing you a bit of a disservice when I refer to mycotoxins as a whole.While they all can stress the immune, gut, and nervous systems, their unique...
Timing of Non-Food-Based Binders
Occasionally I’ll use non-food-based binders, especially around times when we know we’re going to “poke the bear”, such as when adding antifungals or antiparasitics.What are non-food-based binders? Charcoal and clay.I use charcoal much more often than clay, especially...
Timing of Food-Based Binders
Take food-based binders with food, ideally.What are food-based binders? Things high in insoluble fiber, such as psyllium husk, flax seed, chia seed, bran. Or SIBO-safe, ground pumpkin, sesame, and sunflower seeds.While their action is the same as cholestyramine...
Why I don’t bind with Sacch B – Dr. Crista
I’m often asked why I don’t use Saccharomyces boulardii (Sacch B.) as a binder.True, there are animal studies that show that Sacch b. can bind some mycotoxins when animals are fed moldy feed. Fair enough. Except, these are studies where the animals are fed controlled...
What if you don’t have a gall bladder?
Can you still get better from mold?Yes!I talk non-stop about bile, bile, bile and how you need it to exchange the mycotoxin-loaded oils in your body with healthy, clean oils and essential fats.So what if you’ve had your gall bladder removed?No problem!We make...
What is the Path of Inhaled Mycotoxins?
What is the path of inhaled mycotoxins? In a water-damaged building exposure, mycotoxins follow this path:-breath-respiratory linings-soak into blood vessels-go anywhere in the body that blood goes-any not filtered out by kidneys-go to the liver-get packaged up in...
Is mold unmasking a thing?
Yes! As people with mold-related illness begin to avoid mold exposure, things can look worse.Why?Our bodies desire health and are designed to expel anything that isn’t for its highest and best good. But mold mycotoxins are good at staying hidden.Once mold is avoided,...
The Easy Train for Mold Detox
Seasonality matters with detox.If you live in the northern hemisphere, around the end of August is the last call to get on the detox-with-ease train.Our metabolic fuel sources change with the seasons. The warmer seasons are the perfect time to focus on detoxing...
Are Veggies Causing Mast Cell Issues?
Do you cringe when you get to the section in my book that recommends 5-7 servings of vegetables EVERY DAY?For some people, this many veggies causes more mast cell or histamine reactions. When that’s the case, I think of 2 things: 1 – fungal overgrowth, 2 –...
4 Reasons Your Mold Protocol May Not Be Working
Feeling like your mold protocol’s just not cutting it, even though you’re doing everything “right”? You’re not alone! I know how frustrating it is when mold symptoms linger, and as the author of Break the Mold, I’m here to help. From my experience, there are four...
What about humic and fulvic?
Do I ever use humic and fulvic acid?Yes! And have for quite some time as it highly benefits people struggling with chronic Lyme.Do I use it as a binder?Not really.I think of this as more of a mineral replacement, as it’s basically just “fermented soil...
Taurine is a binder???
Taurine is a binder? Kinda – it’s actually a bile reabsorption blocker – which has the same net effect as taking a binder.The whole point of binders is to prevent reabsorption of bile in the colon (cuz we are really good at reabsorbing bile – that’s...
Timing of Non-Food-Based Binders
Occasionally I’ll use non-food-based binders, especially around times when we know we’re going to “poke the bear”, such as when adding antifungals or antiparasitics.What are non-food-based binders? Charcoal and clay.I use charcoal much more often than clay, especially...
Timing of Food-Based Binders
Take food-based binders with food, ideally.What are food-based binders? Things high in insoluble fiber, such as psyllium husk, flax seed, chia seed, bran. Or SIBO-safe, ground pumpkin, sesame, and sunflower seeds.While their action is the same as cholestyramine...
Why I don’t bind with Sacch B – Dr. Crista
I’m often asked why I don’t use Saccharomyces boulardii (Sacch B.) as a binder.True, there are animal studies that show that Sacch b. can bind some mycotoxins when animals are fed moldy feed. Fair enough. Except, these are studies where the animals are fed controlled...
What if you don’t have a gall bladder?
Can you still get better from mold?Yes!I talk non-stop about bile, bile, bile and how you need it to exchange the mycotoxin-loaded oils in your body with healthy, clean oils and essential fats.So what if you’ve had your gall bladder removed?No problem!We make...
What is the Path of Inhaled Mycotoxins?
What is the path of inhaled mycotoxins? In a water-damaged building exposure, mycotoxins follow this path:-breath-respiratory linings-soak into blood vessels-go anywhere in the body that blood goes-any not filtered out by kidneys-go to the liver-get packaged up in...
Binder Disrupter!
Totally unintentionally, I guess I’m a “binder disrupter” when I mention that I don’t use clay long-term, especially in kids.I take a lot of lessons from the natural world.Here in farm country, dairy farmers don’t keep cows on clay long-term because they stop...
Avoid Detox Insanity: How Constipation Interferes with Detox
It’s said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.This can happen with detox too!📖 The definition of detox insanity is pushing the body to detox while constipated.If you’re constipated, excreted...
What Causes a Spike in Gliotoxin from Mold? Key Insights and Solutions
Gliotoxin on the rise?You’re not alone. Once you start mold treatment, all the fungi take notice and put up their guards. They put up their guards by making more mycotoxins to defend themselves.Candida is one of these fungi. Candida is a normal resident of a healthy...
Why Your Mold Protocol May Not Be Working
A theme I’ve been hearing lately is that people are questioning their mold diagnosis because they aren’t feeling better with treatment.Have you wondered if maybe mold really isn’t the problem, even though you know you got sick in a moldy place?🧐 Do you find yourself...
Mold got you backed up?
A lot of time-trusted constipation remedies don’t seem to do the trick when mold is in the picture.Why? Because most constipation remedies are working to move stool at the end of the digestive tract. And that’s not where things initially get hung up with...
What if you don’t have a gall bladder?
Can you still get better from mold?Yes!I talk non-stop about bile, bile, bile and how you need it to exchange the mycotoxin-loaded oils in your body with healthy, clean oils and essential fats.So what if you’ve had your gall bladder removed?No problem!We make...
What is the Path of Inhaled Mycotoxins?
What is the path of inhaled mycotoxins? In a water-damaged building exposure, mycotoxins follow this path:-breath-respiratory linings-soak into blood vessels-go anywhere in the body that blood goes-any not filtered out by kidneys-go to the liver-get packaged up in...
Can’t tolerate garlic?
If your system doesn’t tolerate garlic, onions, eggs, or other sulfur-containing foods, and you’ve been exposed to mold — you likely have a problem with yeast overgrowth.Yeasts make the mycotoxin Gliotoxin. Gliotoxin opens the doorway to fungal infection. And sulfur...
The Easy Train for Mold Detox
Seasonality matters with detox.If you live in the northern hemisphere, around the end of August is the last call to get on the detox-with-ease train.Our metabolic fuel sources change with the seasons. The warmer seasons are the perfect time to focus on detoxing...
Are Veggies Causing Mast Cell Issues?
Do you cringe when you get to the section in my book that recommends 5-7 servings of vegetables EVERY DAY?For some people, this many veggies causes more mast cell or histamine reactions. When that’s the case, I think of 2 things: 1 – fungal overgrowth, 2 –...
Amazing Cleavers Vulnerary Benefits That Help You Heal
Cleavers How ToDownloadTRANSCRIPTHey! I want to talk with you about cleavers.I’m out on a walk, kind of a sweaty walk, and just noticed a whole patch here. I’m going to just show you how it looks growing in the wild. It just sort of grabs onto stuff and hangs on as...
What You Need to Know About Vulnerary Herbs
Let me explain a bit about vulneraries. These are herbs that assist with cell turnover of epithelial cells. Epithelial cells line our respiratory passages, our skin, bladder, gut, and – important for this time – our blood vessels.Many viruses infect...
Mold and Skin: What Your Body is Trying to Tell You
As we heal from toxic mold exposure, the body – in its wisdom – will clear out the deeper, more critical areas of our bodies and push the clutter to the surface where it can be more easily excreted.It will prioritize moving toxins out of important systems...
Avoid Detox Insanity: How Constipation Interferes with Detox
It’s said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.This can happen with detox too!📖 The definition of detox insanity is pushing the body to detox while constipated.If you’re constipated, excreted...
Can Mold Cause Constipation or Diarrhea? How Often You Should Go Number 2
Have you ever wondered how Goldilocks and poop are similar?No?…. Just me? 😉🙃It’s the “just right” principle from the Goldilocks story. Not enough daily BMs and you could be reabsorbing mold toxin. Too much and you could be losing necessary nutrients to feed you and...
Don’t Forget The Nourishment Part of Detox
Don’t forget to Nourish!I’m encouraged that more and more people are understanding that detoxification of mycotoxins is an important part of mold recovery. But I’m a little concerned by the trend I’m seeing where all the focus is going toward removal, but the...
4 Reasons Your Mold Protocol May Not Be Working
Feeling like your mold protocol’s just not cutting it, even though you’re doing everything “right”? You’re not alone! I know how frustrating it is when mold symptoms linger, and as the author of Break the Mold, I’m here to help. From my experience, there are four...
Mold Starts In The Nose
The nose is our first interface with a damp or water-damaged building through the air.Studies show that those at more risk for developing asthma from a mold exposure are those who had chronic rhinosinusitis – which looks like:runny nose blow your nose frequently...
Can’t tolerate garlic?
If your system doesn’t tolerate garlic, onions, eggs, or other sulfur-containing foods, and you’ve been exposed to mold — you likely have a problem with yeast overgrowth.Yeasts make the mycotoxin Gliotoxin. Gliotoxin opens the doorway to fungal infection. And sulfur...
Are Veggies Causing Mast Cell Issues?
Do you cringe when you get to the section in my book that recommends 5-7 servings of vegetables EVERY DAY?For some people, this many veggies causes more mast cell or histamine reactions. When that’s the case, I think of 2 things: 1 – fungal overgrowth, 2 –...
Why Natural Medicine for Mold Recovery Works
Natural medicine is perfectly suited for mold recovery. Pharmaceuticals are not required in most cases.Mold-related illness is not only a spore-based illness, meaning symptoms caused from exposure to mold spores and spore fragments. Mold-related illness also includes...
Can You Combine Herbs And Antifungal Drugs?
Not only can you, studies are suggesting we probably should.📖 In the Fight phase in my book, I recommend intranasal and whole-body antifungals to fight back the mold colonization. I mostly use herbs, but occasionally need to add a prescription antifungal.One issue...
What Causes a Spike in Gliotoxin from Mold? Key Insights and Solutions
Gliotoxin on the rise?You’re not alone. Once you start mold treatment, all the fungi take notice and put up their guards. They put up their guards by making more mycotoxins to defend themselves.Candida is one of these fungi. Candida is a normal resident of a healthy...
Why Your Mold Protocol May Not Be Working
A theme I’ve been hearing lately is that people are questioning their mold diagnosis because they aren’t feeling better with treatment.Have you wondered if maybe mold really isn’t the problem, even though you know you got sick in a moldy place?🧐 Do you find yourself...
When Is It Time for Biofilm Busters for Mold Illness?
Are you feeling it? The warm season is supporting biofilm busting.🔎 Clues for when it’s time to add biofilm busters? When you stall or start to feel so good, you want to get off everything.Before removing antifungal support, I first add biofilm busters as a test.No...
How Long on Antifungals?
There are a few differences between people who are symptomatic from a moldy building and those who aren’t.One key difference?🗝 The people who develop symptoms have had a fundamental shift in their flora (think microbiome.)In other words, they become the moldy...
The Intention of Toxins From Damp Buildings Matters For Health
Intention is everything.✨And when it comes to the toxins found in damp buildings, intention becomes even more important.Intention helps us determine the level of threat. The more menacing the intention behind the toxin, the more harmful is the toxin.That’s why I give...
Mold Colonization is When You Become the Sick Building
🤔Can you still be sick from a past mold exposure? Even if you haven’t been exposed for years?YES! 😱This is the concept called colonization. It’s when the critters from that moldy building move into your respiratory and digestive passages.Then YOU become the sick...
4 Reasons Your Mold Protocol May Not Be Working
Feeling like your mold protocol’s just not cutting it, even though you’re doing everything “right”? You’re not alone! I know how frustrating it is when mold symptoms linger, and as the author of Break the Mold, I’m here to help. From my experience, there are four...
Mold Starts In The Nose
The nose is our first interface with a damp or water-damaged building through the air.Studies show that those at more risk for developing asthma from a mold exposure are those who had chronic rhinosinusitis – which looks like:runny nose blow your nose frequently...
Sinus safe NOT lung safe.
This is a Public Service Announcement from me to you.Don’t assume that if something can be sprayed into the nose that it is also safe to be inhaled into the lungs with a nebulizer.No No No.These are very different tissues and lungs are very tender tissues.Things made...
DIY Nasal Spray With Essential Oils
In this instructional video, Dr. Jill Crista shows how to make your own mold-fighting nasal spray with essential oils. This content is health information and not intended as personal medical advice. Viewing will not establish a doctor-patient relationship. It is not...
What Is Phosphatidylcholine And Why Use It For Mold
Do you know the saying, “missed the forest for the trees?” 🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳That’s exactly what happened when I was writing my book.I forgot PC!Just like Vitamin D and fish oil, PC (phosphatidylcholine) is something I use on a daily basis with many patients, because I specialize...
What about humic and fulvic?
Do I ever use humic and fulvic acid?Yes! And have for quite some time as it highly benefits people struggling with chronic Lyme.Do I use it as a binder?Not really.I think of this as more of a mineral replacement, as it’s basically just “fermented soil...
What Happens if a Tick Bites You? Urgent Care Tips
Urgent care tips for tick- and vector-borne infections:You can still have Lyme disease if you didn’t develop a rash. The doctor should check your whole body for rashes — even in hair, behind ears, between toes, in the groin and butt cracks…everywhere! Physical...
What Is Phosphatidylcholine And Why Use It For Mold
Do you know the saying, “missed the forest for the trees?” 🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳That’s exactly what happened when I was writing my book.I forgot PC!Just like Vitamin D and fish oil, PC (phosphatidylcholine) is something I use on a daily basis with many patients, because I specialize...
DIY Lyme Disease Tick Removal Pack For Hikers
Dr. Jill Crista shows her DIY tick removal pack that she carries hiking. Every minute a tick is attached is one more minute it could be transmitting diseases. Carry this pack for instant removal.This content is health information and not intended as personal medical...
Homeopathic Remedy To Assist With Tick Removal
Dr. Jill Crista shares a tip on a homeopathic remedy to help make tick removal easier. She shares the name and shows the best way to take it.This content is health information and not intended as personal medical advice. Viewing will not establish a doctor-patient...
Why You Should Submit Ticks for Testing & How to Do It Right
Yes, test the tick. Every time! And with the full panel.Why?1) One tick bite can transmit multiple tick-borne infections at once.Ticks are considered “nature’s dirty needle,” as they carry a number of human and pet pathogens.Some ticks are “snackers,” moving from...
How to Remove an Embedded Tick Head With Poultice
In this video, I’m teaching you how to make a clay poultice that can be applied to help your body expel a tick head.Tick removal might leave the head embedded under the skin, causing irritation. This clay poultice can be used safely to reduce irritation and...
How to Remove a Tick: Step-By-Step Guide
I’m posting this in honor of Lyme Disease Awareness month.This good old-fashioned tweezer method reduces stress on the tick and therefore reduces how much of its stomach contents it regurgitates into you – which reduces infection rates.Push into the skin with...
✨Firefly message
As we go into this holiday weekend, check in and get clear on how you need to recharge.Do you refuel with people, alone, with animals? In the bustle of a vibrant city or in nature?However you rest up, get some of that this weekend. Our nervous systems have been in...
Outside Morning Sun for Circadian Rhythm Balance
Start your day outside for a healthier and happier you! ✨4 benefits of starting your day outside ⬇️1️⃣ Exposure to natural light is essential for regulating your circadian rhythm, also known as your body’s internal clock. This can lead to improved energy levels,...
Wintertime Grounding – Remember Snow Angels?
Get in physical contact with the earth – every day, through all seasons.TRANSCRIPTGood morning!I’m sharing with you my morning routine. I love to get outside and I love to ground. And I’m literally grounding right now. I’m laying down in the snow. It is...
Taking the Next Step in Your Mold Recovery Journey
Little overwhelmed? Feel in the dark? Wish someone would swoop in and tell you what to do, where to go, how to do it?Totally normal!When people finally figure out that mold is the problem, there’s a natural tendency to try to figure out the whole game plan asap...
Laughter Is Medicine! Start Enjoying Life
When was the last time you really 😆 LAUGHED 😂 OUT 🤣 LOUD 🤪???In my experience working with mold-sick patients, the difference between the people who truly conquer mold and those who just can’t seem to kick it (((other than Avoidance of course))) comes down to 3...
Elevate Your Health with Vibrational Nutrition
This content is health information and not intended as personal medical advice. Viewing will not establish a doctor-patient relationship. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or medical condition. The information discussed is not intended...
Love Is an Inside Job
This content is health information and not intended as personal medical advice. Viewing will not establish a doctor-patient relationship. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or medical condition. The information discussed is not intended...
Don’t Push Detox Too Hard: Avoiding Herx Reactions
I’m not a fan of “going for the Herx.”Ever heard that?Somehow, there’s been a pervasive message in holistic medicine that you want to “go for the Herx”, as if a Herx is proof that we’re on the right track.What’s a “Herx”?Technically, it’s a reaction to the rapid dying...