“Everything in moderation” literally IS the diet for moldies!!
Our bodies get so damaged by mold that we need a lot of things, usually: magnesium, antioxidants, fiber, omega 3s, NAC, amino acids, and enzymes.
See my other posts for more information on some things,
and then here it is:
Many people can handle supplements, but many people cannot. There is also an awful lot of evidence that supplements can contain unwanted additives, are processed weird, and/or are ineffective.
During the Corona thingie, it appears real fruits were a much better source of resveratrol than supplements were. We had a bad flu, and I was very sick with an ME/CFS crash, but I had much milder symptoms than anyone else in my family and managed to “hang on” to what little energy I had. Why did I do so well? I haven’t had a single supplement or medication in years. Well, I had been doing Raw Fruitarian diet as much as possible in the 5 months before, and I continued it during the flu. (I still needed meat for protein and whole grains for binding, though, just to be clear.) I think it was the resveratrol, antioxidants, tannins, etc. that one gets from fruit. I’m not the only one, there was a great study about fruits and Corona.
Anyhow, whether you want to chance your money on supplements or not, another advantage of real foods is that they are often packed with “together nutrients.”
“Moldy” Foods
For those of you who have heard that certain foods are “moldy,” it is true they may test moldy, but many of us have found they do not make a bit of difference in actual mold illness (whether one eats them or not). They COULD make a difference in MCAS, but MCAS is only one possible symptom of mold illness (and often not the “main” one, depending on the person). MCAS is like “allergies” and person-specific, not specific to “mold illness.”
Anyhow, my current hypothesis is that the human stomach can take care of “moldy” foods MUCH better than the lungs or blood-brain barrier can deal with inhaled mycotoxins. But if you feel bad eating them, don’t eat them.
So what type of diet for moldies?
Garlic, onion, asparagus, etc. (for the glutathione. As long as your body produces the glutathione correctly.)
Strawberries, citrus etc. for the vitamin C.
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/how-to-increase-glutathione
Fish, avocadoes and/or olives for the omegas which help the brain, skin, and probably other things.
Nuts for the magnesium for sleep. Right now I am needing to be slightly lower on oxylates, and I am doing well on these:
https://www.grove.co/catalog/product/calm-gummies/?v=7446&attrsrc=18&attrpg=catalog&attrpos=7
Whole grains to bind the mold toxins and take them out. (Nuts do this, too, and coconut binds some toxins–maybe mold as well.)
https://www.lucymailing.com/gluten-intolerance-or-gut-dysbiosis/
Beets for the bile release.
Chicken broth for the leaky gut.
Beef for the NAC, iron, etc.
Yogurt, fermented pickles (Bubbies), etc. for the probiotics which are a big help in detox.
Blueberries and cherries for the antioxidants.
My liver liked raw fruitarian (and my “hydration” did, too). But my muscles liked high meat/beef. AFTER some treatment, my body liked fermented foods more and more. When I was super sick, my stomach REAAAALLLY liked the chicken broth. My DDT symptoms “like” (go away with) whole grains, nuts, and coconut. My mold symptoms gradually got better with avoidance and a lot of whole wheat and oats.
Christa Upton Edgemont, SD 57735
