While many have given up on Big Medicine’s view of mold toxicity, we can smile for a moment (only for a moment) when we read the NIH’s updated page regarding mold’s effects on our health. I recently posted on social media a link to the new page with a short summary of how they added…
Many skeptics challenge functional MD’s like myself when we diagnose mold toxicity as the explanation for a chronic illness, whether in adults or in children. The refrain goes like this: “Mold is everywhere! How could that explain the symptoms?” We understand that patients or their parents want proof and certainty before they embark on a…
Mold detox advocates have entrenched themselves around their particular ways to treat those who have been exposed to these natural toxins. Who, though, is right? One researcher looks solely to a pharmaceutical called cholestyramine. Another tries to a variety of binding agents. A third eschews any binder and just advocates anti-fungals. The outcome can be…
Proving the impact of mold and its mycotoxins on human health to conventional medicine requires a lot of patience as well as lots of patient data which is why I am reviewing a series of articles that investigated how mold changes human health. From caring for over 1000 mold-affected patients and seeing them recover after…
Though many in the conventional medical world repeat the mantra that no study proves that mold toxins cause human illness, repetitive claims do not make imagination into reality. Ehsanifar and colleagues review a number of studies which support the reality we see in patients, the reality that mold and its toxins do cause neurocognitive and…
As mold toxicity becomes more and more recognized as a legitimate medical malady, more and more providers are trying to treat it- with some success. We are thankful for this recognition and the fact that more sufferers are being freed from their prison of an invisible diagnosis, but I have some words of wisdom for…
Caring for a patient requires caring for the whole person, a whole person who is a collection of parts. Some of these parts are more easily cared for by medicine than others. Some of these parts are better cared for by families, churches, and communities than by a health care system. This second class…
Daily in our office, we talk about one of my least favorite subjects, mold. Why would I daily spend time talking about or even thinking about something that caused so much harm to my own family? It primarily comes down to the simple fact that my hatred for mold makes me want to fight it…
Many of our patients have suffered for years from a variety of symptoms and diagnostic labels from other providers despite having a curable condition- just one ignored by conventional medicine. Thankfully, there are some news outlets which give suffering patients a voice after that curable condition is discovered and treated. These make for attractive news…
Sanctuary Functional Medicine, under the direction of Dr Eric Potter, IFMCP MD, provides functional medicine services to Nashville, Middle Tennessee and beyond. We frequently treat patients from Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, and more… offering the hope of healthier more abundant lives to those with chronic illness. Eric PotterDr. Eric Potter graduated from Vanderbilt…