MPA is Not a Mycotoxin

MPA, or mycophenolic acid, is NOT a mycotoxin.

Really!??

Then what is it?
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It’s a mold metabolite, or what I jokingly call a “mold fart”! 💨

In other words, it’s made when happily living, eating and digesting mold is alive and well. It’s a natural byproduct offgas from mold when it’s alive.

It’s made from both Aspergillus and Penicillium species.

Why does it matter?

Mold doesn’t always make mycotoxins.

Mycotoxins cost the mold a lot of energy. Mycotoxins are toxic bombs made by mold to stop competition. And you know, bombs are expensive.

But metabolic offgas?…mold farts? They give it away for free!

✶ BIG POINT ✶
Where there’s mold growth, there’s MPA but not necessarily mycotoxins.

So if it’s showing up on tests, you likely are being exposed, either now or very recently, to a living, growing mold colony.
(check out my recent post “MPA wrecks the gut” for more info)

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