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For mold? Maybe not, sadly. As a naturopathic doctor (aka hippy-dippy doctor), I have had the benefit of working with lots of cool hippy-dippy people! People who strive to live healthy lives, take charge of their health, exercise regularly, and grow and make their own...

Understanding the Connection Between Mold and Insomnia

If mold has you wide awake when you should be sleeping, you’re not alone. I’m Dr. Jill Crista, naturopathic doctor, mold expert, and author of Break the Mold and A Light in the Dark for PANDAS & PANS. Today, I want to help you understand why mold flips your...

Mold’s Effect on Vitamin D Labs: What to Look For

🤔 So if mold reduces our ability to absorb Vitamin D, what does that do to lab test results?Does Vitamin D look high or low?Answer?👎🏻 LOW! If receptors are blocked, that means there’s less available. Mold and chronic infections are 2 common reasons for...

Can Mold Cause Constipation or Diarrhea? How Often You Should Go Number 2

If your bathroom trips are too few or too many, mold might be the culprit. Hi! I’m Dr. Jill Crista, naturopathic doctor, mold expert, and author of Break the Mold, and I’m here to walk you through why getting your gut in rhythm, specifically aiming for two solid...

Emulsified Vitamin D: Mold Illness & Absorption Benefits

☀️ Do you have weird symptoms after taking Vitamin D? There may be a few reasons why. First, if you’re allergic to 🐑, most Vitamin D is sourced from sheep lanolin. People with 🐑 allergy MUST get sun exposure to keep their D up. Second, Vitamin D has an effect on...

How To Break Up Biofilm?

If you’ve reached the biofilm-busting phase of your mold recovery, congrats! This is a big milestone. Hi! I’m Dr. Jill Crista, naturopathic doctor, mold expert, and author of Break the Mold, and I’m here to guide you through what to expect when busting biofilm, how to...

Bitter Leafy Greens to Heal from Mold

You often hear me sing praise to bitters to help recover from toxic mold. But what if your system doesn’t tolerate my favorite bitter tinctures?Then eat your bitters! Many foods, especially leafy greens, make fabulous bitter additions to the diet and often add...

When Is It Time for Biofilm Busters for Mold Illness?

Antifungals, Mold

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...

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Don’t Let Dust Deliver Mycotoxins: Keep Your Home Clean for Better Health

Want freaky fast mycotoxin delivery? Easy, don’t dust. That’s right. Dust is like the Jimmy Johns for mycotoxin delivery. One deep breath in a moldy environment and you’ve just been delivered mycotoxins from the air, pronto. Once considered an innocent nuisance, we...

Understanding Mold Detox: Accumulation vs. Detoxification

Which mode is your body in? Which direction is your needle pointing?Accumulation OR Detoxification.It can only be to one direction or the other – accumulation of toxins OR getting rid of toxins. Mold pushes the needle to accumulation, which is a...

Itching Can Be a Sign of Mold Exposure

One of the keynote symptoms of mold expressed on the skin is 👉🏻itchiness👈🏻. It doesn’t have to be a fungal rash. General itchiness and/or itchy spots where there’s clear skin is commonly seen with mold exposure. My patients have found help with...

Coffee Craving Might be a Sign that You Have A Mycotoxin Problem

Why the coffee cravings? Bile movement!Coffee is one of the most powerful bitters on the planet. Bitters such as coffee induce bile flow, which is what carries mycotoxins out of the body through the 💩.It’s no mystery that global coffee consumption has risen...

How to Do Mycotoxin Detox Using Clean Fats?

The solution to pollution is dilution! And in the case of mold, the pollutants we’re talking about are mycotoxins. Mold toxins are fat-soluble – which means they easily absorb into body systems that have more lipids (aka fat) such as brain and nerves, GI lining,...

Can Mold Cause Heart Problems, Like Myocarditis?

Old mold symptoms back again? Pay attention. It’s your wise body sending a warning. Former mold symptoms show up pretty quickly if you’ve ever been affected by mold and are being exposed again…because you’re sensitized. And you’re...

The Correlation Between Mold and Dementia

With neurodegenerative conditions, like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Multiple Sclerosis, doctors are still missing mold. Exposure to a water-damaged building can expose you to mold toxins, called mycotoxins, which can affect your brain. The amyloid...

Mold’s Effect on Vitamin D

This message goes out to Moldies. Every day, and especially on the shortest day of the year, you must get outside to boost Vitamin D. Mold mycotoxins block absorption of Vitamin D into the body, so mold exposed people get deficient, which affects: -mood -immunity...

Glutathione Benefits and Boosters To Heal Better

Mold mycotoxins deplete the body of its master antioxidant – glutathione. In true Tolkien homage, I refer to glutathione as ‘the one antioxidant to rule them all.” It’s a critical detoxifier of mycotoxins – which is why we get low on it when we’ve been exposed to mold...

Living in a Moldy Place? Protective Nutrients

Even though I preach that you MUST remove yourself from the mold exposure in order to get better (avoidance, avoidance, avoidance), right now that just may not be possible. There are things you can try, based on animal research, to protect your cells. This study...

Lycopene Foods: The Benefits of “Vitamin Red” Against Mold

Lycopene – the red pigment in veggies & fruits. It’s great for moldies because is protects the kidneys and heart from mold toxins. AND it was shown to help retain trace minerals which get depleted when the body tries to deal with mold and mold toxins....

How Mold Can Grow in Fridge Water Dispensers