What You Must Know About Mold – Dr. Neil Nathan and Dr. Margaret Christensen : 829

This episode of Bulletproof Radio combines important information about mold from two leading expert physicians treating patients today.

Over more than 25 years of a 50-year medical career, Dr. Neil Nathan has become a researcher, complex medical problem-solver and healer of mold toxicity. He treats patients who become too toxic and sensitive, and don’t tolerate usual medical treatments.  

There’s a basic biology to all mold dysfunction, he explains. “Mold toxin enters the cells and begins to interfere with certain types of metabolism. That type of interference affects all parts of the body, including the brain and brain chemistry.”

Dr. Nathan works to bring an awareness that mold toxicity is a major contributing factor for patients with chronic illness. Toxic mold is one of the most common, unrecognized, underlying factors for many different chronic illnesses in adults and children.

Severe toxic mold exposure was the root cause of Dr. Margaret Christensen’s own family’s physical and mental health issues. The experience changed the course of her career—from an obstetrician-gynecologist to a doctor specializing in Functional Medicine. She now researches and treats hormone disruption and neurodegenerative diseases caused by toxic mold.

Mold exposure is a multifactorial challenge, Dr. Christensen says. “The way I approach it is I’m not just dealing at the physiologic level, the physical level, of course, using binders and to pull things out and upregulating detox mechanisms with things like glutathione. I do a whole lot of work in the limbic system, because oftentimes, people who’ve had toxic mold exposure, it’s not one exposure.”

In this conversation, we talk about mold’s effect on people, what doctors are getting wrong, and promising new treatments.

If you enjoy this special episode, listen to the full Bulletproof Radio podcasts about mold:

• The Common Mold: Your Guide to Toxicity, Symptoms and Treatments – Dr. Neil Nathan with Dave Asprey – #733
• Mold’s Toxic Effects on Hormones, Brains and Kids – Dr. Margaret Christensen with Dave Asprey – #732

Enjoy! And get more resources at Dave.Asprey/podcasts.

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Dave Asprey Blog:

• How to Deal With Black Mold and Recover From Mold Poisoning
• My Flood Story and What to Do About Mold
• Our Moldy World Part 1: Mycotoxins

Bulletproof Radio:

• It’s Not Lyme, It’s Mold – Dr. Andrew Heyman #557
• James Baber: The Hidden Dangers of Toxic Mold – #198
• Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker: Surviving Mold – #126

 

Moldy Movie: 

• The first documentary ever made about toxic mold exposure – and how to avoid it. https://moldymovie.com
• Beyond MOLDY: Furthering The Science Behind Toxic Mold Exposure

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