Introduction #
Your nutrition is a potent, epigenetic intervention that can combat inflammation while supporting immunity. What you eat is the foundation for your body’s ability to protect, clean and repair. Because mold disrupts our microbiome by increasing the levels of harmful bacteria while depleting our beneficial microbes. Mycotoxins actually promote the growth of pathogenic bacteria! It can lead to leaky gut and even malnutrition. Mold also increases your susceptibility to gut infections as it depletes the intestinal immunity.
It’s also no secret that mold hides in mucus and of all the foods we eat: dairy stimulating mucus production more than any other food group. Dairy, protein, processed foods, refined sugars, gluten, refined seed oils and complex carbohydrates all trigger a mucus response from the body. Enzymes are gold in helping aid the herbs to break up biofilms/mucus. Pineapple and papaya specifically but most of us are familiar with the raw mouth that comes with too much pineapple, so you can either juice it or supplement with digestive enzymes.
Antifungal foods should be eaten daily: anything in the garlic/onion family. The food guide for cleansing mold is very similar to the parasite cleansing menu, but meat is a little more lenient.
- ALWAYS WASH PRODUCE BEFORE CONSUMING: especially when detoxing from mold as fruit/vegetable are very susceptible to mold growth. You can use this recipe & allow to soak 5-10 minutes, rinsing with distilled or filtered water afterwards:
- 1 gallon distilled/filtered water
- 2-3 cups white vinegar
- 2-3 TBSP Celtic sea salt
- ½ lime
Foods To Avoid During Your Mold Detox: #
- Gluten
- All Dairy
- Refined Sugar
- Acellular carbohydrates (processed/refined grains, flours, sugars)
- Industrial Seed Oil (Canola, soybean and corn)
- Dried fruits/shelled nuts
- Meat from grain-fed animals
- Wine and beer
- Chocolate
- Cured or Processed meats
- Peanuts
- Beans
- Coffee
- Packaged/canned foods like soup, frozen foods, ready-made sauces, crackers etc
Supplements & Medication To Avoid: #
- Nutritional Yeast
- Anything aspergillus-activated (digestive enzymes, certain B-vitamins, etc)
- Red Yeast Rice
- Bee Propolis
Recommened Foods For Your Cleanse: #
Fruits:
- Blackberries
- Raspberries
- Blueberries
- Strawberries
- Goldenberries
- Mulberries
- Goji berries
- Cherries
- Apples
- Citrus fruits
- Pineapple
- Papaya
- Kiwi
- Dragon fruit
- Pomegranate
- Figs
Vegetables:
- Onions/scallions
- Leeks/chives
- Garlic
- Beets
- Artichokes
- Asparagus
- Radish
- Broccoli
- Brussels sprouts
- Cabbage
- Celery
- Cucumber
- Sweet potato
- Winter squash
- Carrots
- Parsnips
- Turnips
- Fennel
- Ginger
- Bitter melon
- Bok choy
- Microgreens, baby greens, sprouts
- Sprouted seeds/nuts
- Bittergreens: watercress,arugula, broccoli rabe,endive, dandelion greens, mustard greens
Proteins:
- Grass Fed and finished beef, beef liver
- Organic/Local Free Range Eggs
- Organic /Pastured Chicken or Turkey
- Wild Caught Fish
Fats:
- Avocados
- Olive Oil
- Coconut/coconut oil
- Raw seeds/nuts (keep in fridge)
- Ghee
- Probiotics
- Bone broth, gelatin, collagen peptides
Conclusion #
Adapting a new diet/lifestyle does not happen overnight. Focus on the present and the decisions you make in real time when you need to eat, rest, take supplements, etc. It won’t be perfect, but even slow progress is still progress so be patient and reach out if and when you need support. Self healing is a process and can be a lonely one but that is why we created this community.
