What Your Stool Says About You
What Your Stool Says About You You may not think about it every day, but your stool (or poop) can tell you a lot about your health. Everything from its color, shape, consistency, and even the smell can give clues about what’s happening inside your body. Your stool can sometimes...
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How Mycotoxins Impact Mental Health: Symptoms, Risks, & Prevention
How Mycotoxins Impact Mental Health: Symptoms, Risks & Prevention Mycotoxins, produced by specific mold and fungus, have long been recognized to pose physical health threats like allergies or respiratory difficulties. Still, recent evidence points toward mycotoxins also having significant psychological health ramifications such as depression, anxiety, brain fog, insomnia, etc. This...
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The Hidden Connection Between Seed Oils and Mycotoxins: What’s Lurking in Your Food?
The Hidden Connection Between Seed Oils and Mycotoxins: What’s Lurking in Your Food? Oil is a foundational ingredient for nearly every cooked food and cuisine, from appetizers to main dishes and desserts. If you make something with heat, you’re likely using oil. If you eat salad, your dressing will have...
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Mycotoxins & Hormone Disruption
Mycotoxins and Hormone Disruption Nobody likes to see mold in their home or on their food. Aside from being unsightly (and smelly), mold can damage your health. Certain types of mold can release toxins referred to as mycotoxins. When you ingest or inhale mold with mycotoxins, you put your health...
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Recognize 11 Signs of Toxic Mold Exposure and How to Begin Healing
Recognize 11 Signs of Toxic Mold Exposure and How to Begin Healing Feeling tired all the time? It’s a question that echoes in the minds of many, often followed by a sigh of resignation to what seems like an inevitable part of a busy life. But what if I told...
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Is it Alzheimer’s or a Mold Infection?
Is It Alzheimer’s Or A Mold Infection? We’re all familiar with the hallmark signs of Alzheimer’s disease – confusion, loss of memory, trouble communicating, and difficulty with spatial abilities. But just because somebody exhibits some (or all) of these symptoms does not automatically mean they have Alzheimer’s disease. Before taking yourself...
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What is a Food Allergy and Sensitivity Lab Test
What Is a Food Allergy and Sensitivity Lab Test Proteins in the food you eat can trigger an autoimmune response in your body, resulting in an intolerance (uncomfortable) or allergy (potentially serious reaction). An autoimmune response means that your body “attacks” the protein with immunoglobulins (IgG) antibodies – Food Allergy...
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Toxic Mold Syndrome | Is It In You?
What is Toxic Mold – the Mycotoxin Connection Toxic mold syndrome has in recent years become a major health concern due to its potential implications in a number of life-altering (or ending) illnesses. Health challenges due to mold and mycotoxins have all the rumblings of a silent epidemic. Unfortunately, the...
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TSH Test | What is a TSH Test for Thyroid disease?
What is a TSH Test? A thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) blood test is used to check for thyroid problems, such as hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism. TSH controls production of the 2 thyroid hormones: triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4), which both regulate just about about every function in your body, from temperature, to mood,...
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