The Hidden Mould in Your Home Making You Sick

Yeah, so it goes back to what we were talking about before with the mycotoxins.

So the way that I best describe this to people is if you can imagine an industrial factory unit, so it's manufacturing something.

Think of the factory unit being the mould.

The factory unit itself isn't necessarily the problem.

The problem is the toxic smoke that that factory unit billows out to people.

So think of the toxic smoke as the mycotoxins.

So people are inhaling it and everybody reacts differently.

So some people have a genetic susceptibility.

My son is one of them.

It's believed to be about 26% of the population has this genetic paleotype that... makes them less able to detox from the mold properly and more susceptible to the toxins.

Those mycotoxins can present in a whole different way in the body.

They cause inflammation.

They cause gut permeability.

They cause disruption to the neurotransmitters in the body.

So there's a whole heap of things going on when you're living in toxic mold.

And what looks like mold toxicity in one person can look completely different for another person.

One of the biggest challenges I have found in doing this as a job is actually dealing with, it's quite often dad who doesn't have any symptoms.

He thinks he's fine.

And his response when his partner says to him, I think mold might be the issue, is, well, if mold was the problem, we'd all be sick or I'd be sick.

Yes.

And that's not the case.

You know, there is evidence to show that men have a little bit more protection via testosterone.

women, immunocompromised, pregnant women and young children tend to be more susceptible as well.

So you might see that they're the ones that actually show up with a lot more of the symptoms.

And then a lot of women and young children are spending more time in the home.