Mold toxicity receives little attention from conventional medicine, whether you’re going through medical school, visiting a primary care provider, or running to a specialist. As a result, not only is this common condition ignored, but many myths have grown up around it. Such myths are propagated because no one takes the time to read the actual studies from clinical medicine or the agricultural world. Taking time to read this blog or the article it is based on will dispel ma

While the conventional world of medicine continue to deny the effects of mold toxins on our human health, articles like today’s remind us that conventional medicine is not always reading the research. Obafemi et al lays out the details of what we know about fumonisin B1 neurotoxicity with references to multiple studies and explanations of mechanisms. Despite such solid proof, your average medical provider in the system will dismiss many patients’ symptoms and look for any ex

At Sanctuary Functional Medicine, we have a steady stream of new patients who come to us with mold toxicity problems, some anticipating the diagnosis and others not. Either way, once we are confident in the diagnosis, the “why me and not them?” question arises. It boils down to an interplay of differences in genetics, differences in toxic exposures (exposome), and differences in the types of mold which live in one’s environment. Genetics Confirming a diagnosis of mold toxi

The contribution of hormones to neurologic and emotional health and the way mold toxins cause issues with that mix were described earlier, but mold’s disruption....

The gastrointestinal system (GI) tract serves as another battleground of root-cause mold toxicity. Mold has a variety of effects on this system....

Not only does it have a central role in ongoing inflammation, the immune system can have its defense mechanisms altered by mold toxins. Under mold toxicity....

Given the frequency and intensity of emotional symptoms with mold toxicity, psychiatric health deserves extended attention beyond its connection to brain health. Anxiety, depression, panic, fear....

When mold toxicity strikes you or your family, you often feel very alone. No one seems to understand. Friends may back away from spending

Many of our patients come to Sanctuary Functional Medicine because some other medical provider or providers were unable to fully explain....

People wonder why mold toxicity has become increasingly frequent. Many have proposed explanations, but it is likely a combination of factors which underlies this growing epidemic. First, as noted before...

While mold toxicity will be our primary focus, understanding the other forms of mold illnesses is important. Mold can cause an infection....

Mold toxins may be quiet, but they are quietly destructive. They might invade with stealth, but they can climax in dysfunction. When an individual is sensitive to....

Research is showing that toxic mold may be far more harmful to our health than doctors once believed. A recent study from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio supports what many patients and functional medicine providers have been seeing for years. The researchers looked at a condition called chemical intolerance, where people develop symptoms when exposed to things they once tolerated—like cleaning products, fragrances, foods, medications, or environm