Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I don’t normally start mould treatment by treating the mould first which might initially sound backwards especially if you know you’ve been mould exposed, you’re highly reactive and you’ve got testing showing elevated mycotoxins.
The next step for most in that position would be binders, glutathione, bile support and anything else that helps mobilise and eliminate those toxins and I used to approach these cases the same way.
Over the years of treating mould illness my approach has changed because I kept seeing people who simply weren’t ready for the detox phase of treatment.
Now when I first work with someone with mould exposure I’m usually looking for the bottleneck first. What is going to stop this person from tolerating treatment.
Three of the big ones I see are immune activation, slow motility/constipation and oxalate overload. The first is that MCAS/histamine-type picture where someone has become incredibly reactive to foods, supplements, smells and their environment. The second is pretty straightforward. If your bowels aren’t moving properly the detoxification pathways are blocked and elimination stalls. The third is oxalates, which can contribute to that painful, inflamed, fibromyalgia-like presentation I see in many mould-exposed patients.
Not every mould patient has all three and the rare few won’t have any of them but when these issues are obvious I generally work on stabilising them first. I want to see the system becoming less reactive, the bowels moving and the overall inflammatory load coming down before any direct and strong push to bind and eliminate.
I don’t normally start mould treatment by treating the mould first which might initially sound backwards especially if you know you’ve been mould exposed, you’re highly reactive and you’ve got testing showing elevated mycotoxins.
The next step for most in that position would be binders, glutathione, bile support and anything else that helps mobilise and eliminate those toxins and I used to approach these cases the same way.
Over the years of treating mould illness my approach has changed because I kept seeing people who simply weren’t ready for the detox phase of treatment.
Now when I first work with someone with mould exposure I’m usually looking for the bottleneck first. What is going to stop this person from tolerating treatment.
Three of the big ones I see are immune activation, slow motility/constipation and oxalate overload. The first is that MCAS/histamine-type picture where someone has become incredibly reactive to foods, supplements, smells and their environment. The second is pretty straightforward. If your bowels aren’t moving properly the detoxification pathways are blocked and elimination stalls. The third is oxalates, which can contribute to that painful, inflamed, fibromyalgia-like presentation I see in many mould-exposed patients.
Not every mould patient has all three and the rare few won’t have any of them but when these issues are obvious I generally work on stabilising them first. I want to see the system becoming less reactive, the bowels moving and the overall inflammatory load coming down before any direct and strong push to bind and eliminate.
