It Could Be Mold
If your health has never been the same since you lived or worked in a damp or water-damaged building, MOLD might be the culprit. Are…
Category: Mold
Mycotoxins are an umbrella term
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…
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…
4 reasons your mold protocol may not be working
Maybe mold isn’t actually the problem… but MAYBE you’re on the wrong mold protocol! Don’t go looking for more things to blame. If mold made…
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…
Why I don’t bind with Sacch B
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Long Haul
Long Covid can occur from persistent infection and/or continuous manufacture of the spike protein. I’ve listed below what I’m seeing help to resolve Long Covid, but…
Air Filter Home Particle Test
With the forest fires increasing air quality issues, I’m getting a lot of requests for my recommendation for an air filter. So I thought I’d…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Melatonin make you wired not tired?
What does it mean if taking even a micro-dose of melatonin makes you wired instead of tired? It means you need it REALLY BADLY! Melatonin…
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…
Last Call for the Detox Train
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.…
When to throw out the 80/20 rule?
With #Mold Take it easy on yourself! Did you know that even when conditions are perfect we docs don’t expect 100%? We expect “80/20”. 80%…
Sick and tired and need a mini vacay?
Yes, that may be exactly what you need. But maybe not for the reasons you think. It might be mold! Patients tell me that they…
More 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…
Yes! Natural Medicine Works For Mold
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…
Cleavers How To
TRANSCRIPT Hey! I want to talk with you about cleavers. I’m out on a walk, kind of a sweaty walk, and just noticed a whole…
Vulneraries Part 3
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…
Vulneraries Part 2
Vulneraries are herbs that assist with cell turnover. When a virus infects a cell, the only way to stop the virus from replicating or spreading…
Vulneraries: Why You Need To Know Them
Vulneraries are herbs that specialize in cell turnover, especially of epithelial tissue – meaning the linings of our respiratory passages, blood vessels, gut, bladder, and…
Can You Combine Herbal And Prescription Antifungals?
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…
More Mycotoxins On Your Retest?
Did you retest your urine mycotoxins and found more mycotoxins on your retest than your first test? Maybe even new mycotoxins are showing up? Are…
Skin Is The Last Hurrah
As we heal from toxic mold exposure, the body – in its wisdom – will clear out the deeper, more critical areas of our bodies…
Detox Insanity 😵💫
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…
Gliotoxin Spike
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…
Sourdough Yes or No?
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!…
Has Mold Made You An Owl?
Humans are awake in the day. 🌞 Owls are awake aaaaaaaaallllll night. 🦉 Is mold making you feel like an owl? Mold disrupts our circadian…
Mold Exposure Can Lead To Myocarditis
There’s a lot of talk about myocarditis these days, even in young people. This can also happen from mold. Mold exposure can lead to myocarditis.…
Is Your Detox Plan Missing This?
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…
2 “Number 2’s” 💩💩
Have you ever wondered how Goldilocks and poop are similar? No?…. Just me? 😉🙃 It’s the “just right” principle. Not enough daily BMs and you…
Mold’s Effect on Vitamin D Labs
🤔 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?…
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…
Reacting To Vitamin D?
☀️ Do you have weird symptoms after taking Vitamin D? There may be a few reasons why. First, if you’re allergic to 🐑, most Vitamin…
How To Break Up Biofilm?
If you’ve gotten to the biofilm busting part of your treatment, congrats! And if you’ve gotten here relatively smoothly, super congrats! 🎉 This phase can…
Can’t take bitters? Eat them!
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…
Who’s Ready To Bust Biofilm?
Are you feeling it? The season is supporting biofilm busting. 🔎 Clues for when it’s time to add biofilm busters? When you stall or start…
How Low Is Your C?
How low is your vitamin C? I wish there was a standardized blood test to answer to this question. Despite their importance, nutrients don’t seem…
Don’t Forget Vitamin C
❔What’s one of the most commonly forgotten vitamins in mold treatment? Especially if you have histamine issues? And that humans can’t make so they must eat…
Detox Starts With Spit
The smell and taste of food start the engines of digestion and detoxification. By salivating, chewing our food, and being present to the flavor, texture,…
Actinomycetes/Actinobacteria
Actinomycetes are part of the cast of bad characters we’re exposed to in a water-damaged building. Mold isn’t the only one. In a damp building,…
Color Guard Against Mold
Bioflavonoids! Bioflavonoids are the compounds in fruits and vegetables that give them color. Animal research shows us that every color band in the rainbow protects…
Trust Building Experts – Doctors Do Bodies Best
❓ Would you ask your building inspectors or remediators to guide your personal mold recovery treatment plan? Do you ask them which lab you should…
Springtime Allergies
🤧 Are you starting to develop springtime allergies?Sniffling, sneezing, itching, and tired? It might be mold’s fault. Mold toxins from a water-damaged building can deplete…
Phosphatidylcholine food sources
Bile can get sludgy with mold mycotoxin exposure. Why? Because mold toxins are dissolved and stored in bile, which can get overwhelmed if there’s more…
I forgot Phosphatidylcholine!
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!…
When Spring Water Isn’t Enough
If you’ve made the switch to spring water and are still struggling with dehydration, frequent urination, or unstable blood pressure, don’t fret 😬 you aren’t…
Why Spring Water with Mold?
With so many amazing designer waters available, what’s the deal with my obsession over spring water for mold? 💦 Getting your water right is important,…
Simple Solution for Reverse Osmosis Water
What if you have a reverse osmosis system already installed in your house? 🤔 Do you really need to get spring water delivered? Maybe not!…
Conquer Mold One Step At A Time
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…
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…
Mold Canary Super Power
Are you sick of being a “mold canary”? Does your gift for sniffing out mold feel like a curse? If you’ve been sensitized to mold…
Strive To Be A Fat-Head
After mold, one of the nicest things anyone can say about you is that you’re a FAT HEAD! 😲 Really, I’m serious! Brains are one…
Endotoxins impede bile formation
In my last email about the intention behind the toxin, I mentioned that Endotoxins aren’t formed with malicious intent. They’re like left-over garbage, not like…
Mold & Anemia
There IS a connection between mold exposure and iron-deficiency anemia. (🔎 even in the scientific literature!)* Mold mycotoxins mess with proteins that drive all kinds…
Food Reactions? or Mold?
Are you reacting to more and more foods? It could be MOLD! Mold mycotoxins cause leaky gut – meaning, normal everyday things that you’ve been…
Candida? or Mold? or Both?
Often both.To be clear, not everyone who gets sick from mold exposure gets Candida overgrowth.And not everyone who has Candida overgrowth has mold at the…
Know your toxin
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…
Laughter Is Medicine!
When was the last time you really 😆 LAUGHED 😂 OUT 🤣 LOUD 🤪??? In my experience working with mold-sick patients, the difference between the…
How Cold Weather Gets In The Way Of Mold Detox
The change in season and sunlight changes our body’s preferred fuel type, and changes our inner body fluids to make them “less runny”. It’s not the…
Mycotoxins put the “stall” in peristalsis
How does the food you eat move down through your digestive tubes even if you’re upside down?🤸🏽♂️Peristalsis!Peristalsis is the organized, synchronous muscle contractions that squeeze…
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.…
“Mold-othelioma”
Mold exposure can cause a picture similar to that of mesothelioma from asbestos exposure. Symptoms like fatigue, cough, chest wall pain, and shortness of breath…
Dust Is Like Jimmy Johns For Mold
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…
Why Is Mold Bad? It’s Natural!
Why is mold bad? It’s natural! If you’re confused by this, join the club! As a naturopathic doctor, I cherish nature and her many gifts.…
Why No Vinegar With Mold Sickness?
Vinegar is used successfully for “garden variety” Candida overgrowths. But with mold, the playing field is different. With mold exposure, the body is being invaded…
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…
ITCHY? A Keynote Symptom 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…
Why Do Mold-Sick People Crave Coffee?
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…
“Good” EMFs, Exercise, and Mold
Did you know that we make “good” EMFs when we exercise?😳🤯🤪Yep, body movement causes intrinsic EMFs (meaning derived from the inside.) I gotta admit, this…
What Exactly Are We Binding in Mold Illness?
I’ve noticed that the discussion on binders for mold treatment is getting very complicated. As nice as it is to know which binder binds a…
Nettles From The Wild
Nettles are my go-to herb for springtime allergies. They’re safe to use medicinally because they’re safely eaten in large quantities as a food staple. Nettles…
When You Think About Protecting Your Lungs, Do You Think of Bile?
I bet you aren’t thinking about bile when you think of how to protect your lungs from Coronavirus. Well, if you’ve been affected by mold,…
Food is frequency
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Thyme Steam Inhalation
Congested? Sore throat? Lungs feel heavy? Try a steam inhalation with the herb thyme.Many people already have thyme stocked in their kitchen for cooking. But…
Sage Tea Gargle
Antifungal AND antiviral AND you may already have this stocked at home.Great for sore throats!(And yes, I had garlic on the brain – I said…
5 Kitchen Herbs Every Moldie Needs
So there you are at home, honoring the need for social distancing, and maybe anxious about staying well. Leave that work to plants! ???? Plants…
The Solution to Pollution is Dilution
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…
umami? or ew-moldy!
When you taste food, you can usually point out the sweet, salty, sour and bitter flavors. But what is that other part?…that intangible yum that…
Vitamin D for Moldies With Asthma
Yet another benefit of Vitamin D if you’ve been affected by indoor mold, especially if you have asthma. Vitamin D promotes lung tissue repair in…
Chapped Lips Carrot Trick
TRANSCRIPT Hey guys. Dr. Jill Crista here. I just pulled over because I was driving along eating some fast food, well, you know, naturopathic fast…
Myocarditis and Mold – Missed It Again!
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…
Are Essential Oils Safe To Use Indoors?
Watch to hear Dr. Jill’s rationale for using essential oils in indoor spaces, based on scientific research. TRANSCRIPT Hi, Dr. Jill Crista here. Here to…
Having Trouble Giving Up Sweets?
Was that your new year’s resolution? If you feel worse trying to do a good thing for your body by cutting out sugar, it could…
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,…
Holiday Hack So You Can Eat Something Sweet
Dr. Jill Crista shares a little holiday hack for moldies so they can eat a little sweet on special holidays and not pay dearly for…
Natural All-Purpose Cleaning Solution
Mold can make you sensitive to chemicals, so you don’t tolerate commercial cleaning products. That’s what happened to me. So I use a natural alternative…
Solstice Message About Vitamin D & Mold
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.…
Drink Ice Water, Get Dementia
That’s Dr. Jill Crista’s take-away after testing the water filter on her and others’ refrigerators. One of the most brain-toxic molds grows there: Chaetomium! The…
Glutathione Boosters
Mold mycotoxins deplete the body of its master antioxidant – glutathione. In true Tolkien homage, I refer to glutathione as ‘the one antioxidant to rule…
Use Kitchen Herbs To Conquer Mold
When the humidity is high enough to grow mushrooms, growing on mushrooms, growing on mushrooms, what’s a moldie to do? Dr. Jill Crista shares the…
Garlic Defeats Mold, And So Much More
What magical plant can do all this?… antifungal, antibacterial, immune boosting, liver & kidney protector, blood sugar regulator, protects the nervous system, heart, and blood…