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Mold Toxicity + Chronic Health Isssues

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Discover a collection of essential items to ease the daily challenges of living with chronic health issues, such as Lyme, Mold Toxicity, Fibro, EDS, Long Covid, Autoimmune, and Inflammatory Disorders, and more. These items include products to make li...
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Pain Management

Lowering the level of discomfort

 
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Easy roll on for spot treating pain, and is lower in toxic ingredients.
Biofreeze Pain Relieving Roll-On - 2.5 fl oz
 
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Spray on option of the Roll On BioFreeze, also highly effective but can be easier to apply for harder to reach areas.
Biofreeze Pain Relieving 360 Spray - 3oz
 
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Temporary relief of sore muscles, 2-hour timer, long cord for easy use and removable machine washable cover.
PureRelief™ XL – King Size Heating Pad
 
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Women Owned! Super clean ingredients, and smells amazing. This cream contains magnesium, and capsaicin which is from chili peppers to target arthritic pain, sprains, sore muscles, and strains.
Asutra Melt Pain Away Natural Pain Relief Magnesium Capsaicin Body Butter - 7oz
 
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Magnesium Flakes are an amazing way to help soothe sore muscles and reduce pain. You can add to a warm, or hot bath and soak for 20 minutes for best results. You can also do a foot soak for tired, achy feet. This is also really useful for detoxing, a...
Magnesium Bath Flakes

Detoxifying & Binders

Lessen the Toxic Load

 
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Highest-grade clay, free of additives. Bentonite Clay aids in detoxing built-up toxins in our bodies by using the skin as a detox pathway.
Magnetic Clay™ Detox Bath
 
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reduces toxic load, boosts energy and immunity, enhances digestion, and even helps clear skin.
Yerba Prima, Great Plains Bentonite + Herbal Detox, 60 Capsules
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Can provide support to the liver and the immune system by detoxification of heavy metals and mycotoxins.
Source Naturals, Yaeyama Chlorella, 200 mg, 600 Tablets
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Helps maintain regularity and gastrointestinal health
NOW Foods, Psyllium Husk Caps, 700 mg, 180 Veg Capsules
 
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Always start with a tiny dose, never jump to the full dosage. For mold illness, and even long covid glutathione is depleted. 

It is our master antioxandant but keep in mind some who are sensitive to sulfur products will not tolerate well which is why it's important to start with a test dose.
Liposomal Glutathione
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Books/Tracking

Knowledge is Power

 
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Must have for anyone dealing with suspected environmental health issues. Neil Nathan is a guru for the extra sensitive.
Toxic: Heal Your Body from Mold Toxicity, Lyme Disease, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, and Chronic Environmental Illness a book by Neil Nathan
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The first book I started at the beginning of our mold toxicity journey. And still, I refer back to this as a guide when things get tricky.
Break the Mold: 5 Tools to Conquer Mold and Take Back Your Health a book by Jill Crista and Kristin Hodgkinson
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For kids, mold toxicity can show its ugly head in extreme and unexpected ways. This book helped begin the process of healing in several of my children.
A Light in the Dark for PANDAS & PANS a book by Jill Crista
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Focuses on detoxification and the genes that hinder detox in a highly toxic world.
Dirty Genes: A Breakthrough Program to Treat the Root Cause of Illness and Optimize Your Health a book by Ben Lynch
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Support

My favorite aids while battling environmental illness

 
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Methylated B vitamins are easier for your body to process, and use. Both B12 and B6 are very helpful with PMDD symptoms and mood shifts related to hormone shifts.
Liposomal Vitamin B12 + B6
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Best for any type of Herx like reactive, or die off when killing off bacteria/viruses 

It must be the GOLD version
Alka-Seltzer, Gold, 36 Effervescent Tablets
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Supplements/Vitamins

Support a struggling system with the essentials

 
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Mold and mycotoxins deplete Vitamin D levels

(Check levels with physician and use functional medicine ranges for reference.)
MaryRuth Organics, Organic Infant & Toddler Vitamin D3 Liquid Drops, 6 Months - 3 Years, Unflavored, 0.5 fl oz (15 ml)
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Quercetin work really well as anti-inflammatory to help detoxify and to help a number of symptoms of mold toxicity, including stablizing Mast Cells. 

This supplement is a favorite because it is paired with Bromelain, is an enzyme from the pineapple plant. 

This helps break up biofilm from mold/myotoxins that are created in the body as protective layer.
NOW Foods, Quercetin with Bromelain, 240 Veg Capsules
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Vitamin C is a necessary component to properly produce bile.  We bind mold toxins through bile. Liver produces bile, gallbladder secretes the bile. 

The bile helps bind the toxins, mycotoxins in the intestine to excrete them out. 

*Free Radical scavenger 
*Chelating agent 
*Boost and build 
*Fuel for natural killer cells, part of your immune system

Support your immune system to detoxify these toxins out of your body.  

Disclaimer: This is not medical advice, I am sharing knowledge I have found online myself and that helped me/my kids through our mold illness journey. Please do your own research, and consult with a physican and functional medicine for further inform...
Thorne, Vitamin C with Flavonoids, 90 Capsules
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Air Quality Control

Lowering your overall toxic load in the home from mold, Mycotoxins, and VOCs can aid in healing from mold exposure.
 
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HEPA grade filtration, automatic detection, notifications for mold, and other harmful exposures such as carbon monoxide and VOCs. Alerts regarding outside air quality and several options to adjust to your specific needs, including filter type. I have...
Mila - HEPA filtered smart air purifier