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…
Category: Mold
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,…
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+ ⤵️…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Recognize Mold Symptoms and Begin Your Recovery Today
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Long Haul Tips
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…
Feeling Wired? Understanding Melatonin Sensitivity and Its Causes
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…
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.…
The 80/20 Rule Doesn’t Apply to Mold Recovery
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%…
Your Vacation Might be Helping With Mold Recovery
Are you sick and tired and need a mini-vacay? Yes, that may be exactly what you need. But maybe not for the reasons you think.…
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…
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…
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…
Amazing Cleavers Vulnerary Benefits That Help You Heal
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…
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…
What Are Vulneraries And Cell Turnover?
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…
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.…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
Is Sourdough Good For People With Mold Illness?
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!…
Understanding the Connection Between Mold and Insomnia
Humans are awake in the day. 🌞 Owls are awake aaaaaaaaallllll night. 🦉 Is mold making you feel like an owl? Mold disrupts our circadian…
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?…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Vitamin C Tolerance: Identify Deficiency and Boost Your Health
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 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…
Vitamin C Deficiency and Mast Cells
❔What’s one of the most commonly forgotten vitamins in mold treatment? Especially if you have histamine issues? And one of the vitamins that humans can’t make…
Detox Begins with Saliva: The Key to Mold Detox
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 in Damp Buildings: Health Risks & Remedies
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,…
Bioflavonoids for Mold Treatment: A Key to Recovery
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…
Doctors Need To Stay In Their Lane
Doctors need to stay in their lane. Doctors are for bodies, not buildings. Every house, apartment, school, hospital, cottage — every built space is as…
What Causes Springtime Allergies? It Could Be Mold!
🤧 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: What You Need to Know
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…
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!…
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…
Spring Water Benefits for People With Mold Illness
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…
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!…
Spring Water Health Benefits For Mold Sick People
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,…
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…
Strive To Fatten Your Brain To Recover From Mold
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…
Can You Smell Mold? You Might Have a Superpower
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…
Why Endotoxins Impede Bile Formation in Your Body
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…
The Correlation Between Mold and 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…
Is It a Food Reaction Or Allergy From 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…
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.…
Does Mold Exposure Cause Candida or Mold Colonization?
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…
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…
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…
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…
What Is Peristalsis And How Mold Affects It
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…
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.…
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…
Mold Fragments In The Lungs Cause More Than Lung Symptoms
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…
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…
Vinegar Avoidance May Help You Feel Better After Mold
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…
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…
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…
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…
“Good” EMFs, Exercise, and Mold Recovery
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…
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…
Fresh Nettles: A Natural Remedy for Spring Allergies and More
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…
How to Protect Your Lungs From Mold
I bet you aren’t thinking about bile when you think of how to protect your lungs from infection. Well, if you’ve been affected by mold,…
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,…
Thyme Steam Inhalation Done Right
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…
How to Use Sage Tea to Protect Against Mold
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…
The 5 Powerful Herbs for Mold Exposure
So there you are at home, honoring the need for social distancing, and maybe anxious about staying well. Leave that work to plants! ???? Plants…
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…
Umami flavors are best from seaweed
Umami flavors are best done with seaweed for mold recovery. What do I mean? When you taste food, you can usually point out the sweet,…
Carrots Are The Best Home Remedy For Chapped Lips
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…
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…
Using Essential Oil for Mold: The Benefits of Thyme Oil
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…
How Mold Triggers Candida Overgrowth in the Gut and Sugar Cravings
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…
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,…
How Thyme Tea Can Help After Eating Sweets
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 DIY Cleaning Solution if Mold Make You Chemically Sensitive
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…
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.…