248: Resiliency Radio with Dr. Jill: Toxic Mold & Your Health – Featuring Dr. Amy Myers, MD

👩🏻‍⚕️ Dr. Amy Myers, MD, shares her expertise on mold toxicity, detailing its effects on various bodily systems, including the immune system. Learn how toxic mold exposure can lead to symptoms such as brain fog, fatigue, and joint pain, and why these symptoms often go misdiagnosed.

Join us as we uncover the hidden dangers of toxic mold and mycotoxins, which are often the root cause of a myriad of unexplained symptoms. 

Key Points 

① Understanding Toxic Mold, Mycotoxins & Their Impact on Health   ⇨ What is toxic mold & mycotoxins? Explanation of how certain molds produce harmful mycotoxins that impact human health.   ⇨ Are more people affected today? Increased exposure due to modern airtight buildings, climate change, and environmental factors.     ⇨ Common symptoms of mycotoxin sensitivity, include brain fog, fatigue, joint pain, immune suppression, neurological symptoms, and chronic inflammation.  

② Testing for Mold & Preventing Exposure ⇨ How to test your body for mold using urinary mycotoxin testing, organic acid tests, and inflammatory biomarkers.   ⇨ How to test your home through ERMI (Environmental Relative Moldiness Index), air quality tests, and humidity monitoring.   ⇨ Prevention strategies include controlling humidity, using HEPA filters, checking common mold-prone areas (bathrooms, attics, HVAC systems, under sinks), and using mold-resistant materials.  

③ Healing from Mold Exposure: Detox, Gut Health & Emotional Resilience ⇨ The role of detoxification: Glutathione, binders (activated charcoal, bentonite clay), sauna therapy, and liver support.   ⇨ Gut health & mold toxicity connection: Mycotoxins disrupt the microbiome, leading to leaky gut, candida overgrowth, and food sensitivities.   ⇨ Emotional & mental health challenges: Mold illness can be isolating—encouragement to seek support, trust the healing journey, and stay proactive in remediation and recovery.  

👩🏻‍⚕️  Dr. Amy Myers: https://www.amymyersmd.com/ Dr. Amy Myers is a medical doctor, a two-time New York Times bestselling author, and an internationally acclaimed functional medicine physician who specializes in empowering those with autoimmune, thyroid, SIBO, Candida, and gut issues to reverse their conditions and take back their health. Dr. Myers spent more than two decades working as a physician, including founding her own clinic, before she launched Amy Myers MD®, an e-commerce wellness brand that reaches millions of people in more than 140 countries around the world with over 75 products she personally formulated and a variety of programs. Dr. Myers authored the New York Times bestsellers The Autoimmune Solution (2017) and The Thyroid Connection (2021), as well as the Amazon #1 bestselling cookbook The Autoimmune Solution Cookbook (2018). In 2024, Dr. Myers launched the Take Back Your Health podcast to empower people who are seeking a path to optimal health and looking for the latest breakthroughs in longevity and functional medicine.

👩🏻‍⚕️ Dr. Amy Myers Website https://www.amymyersmd.com/

👩🏻‍⚕️  Dr. Amy Myers Books 👍🏼 The Autoimmune Solution: https://www.amazon.com/Autoimmune-Solution-Spectrum-Inflammatory-Symptoms/dp/0062347489 👍🏼 The Thyroid Connection: https://www.amazon.com/Thyroid-Connection-Tired-Brain-Fogged-Overweight/dp/1478938676 👍🏼 The Autoimmune Solution Cookbook: https://www.amazon.com/Autoimmune-Solution-Cookbook-Delicious-Inflammatory/dp/0062853546 👍🏼 Take Back Your Health : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/take-back-your-health/id1731917457