154: Evan Brand - Getting Mold, Mycotoxins, and More Out of Your Body and Environment

Aug 29, 2022

Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner and Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Evan Brand, comes on the show to discuss what it’s like to have mold and toxins in your system and how to get rid of them. 

 

Evan and Dr. Anthony Gustin also share their experiences with having mold in their homes, what it did to their bodies, and the symptoms that surfaced as a result.

 

They also dive into the real issues with glyphosate and how this manifests in adults and kids, how someone can go about testing for mold in their system, what to do if you have mold in your body, and why a negative reading should be retested (using a different test in many cases).

 

You’ll also hear about how these harmful mycotoxins get into your system, how mold can trigger mast cell activation and inflammation, and how kids can be affected by mold.

 

Here’s a breakdown of the topics Dr. Gustin and Evan discuss:

• How much glyphosate is being sprayed
• The connection glyphosate has to cancer to rates
• How glyphosate seeps into your body and wreaks havoc
• How do you go about addressing symptoms when there’s so much to look at?
• Two areas Evan says should be your top priority for improving health
• Dr. Gustin’s experience with testing for mold
• False negatives on mold tests
• The problem with mycotoxins and how they get into the air you breathe
• The symptoms Evan experienced before he discovered he had a mold problem in his newly built home
• Evan’s journey getting the mold out of his house and system
• The problem with pier and beam built homes and how to address it
• How mold can trigger mast cell activation and what that is
• What to do if you think you have a mold problem
• The tests to run if you suspect you have a mold problem
• How a PANDAS diagnosis can be connected to mold problems