Week of October 16, 2023


1/ House pets:

 

QUESTION: I have been diagnosed with CIRS. My home is being remediated. When the remediation is complete, can my pet return? I have heard that recontamination is an issue with pets.

 

ANSWER: Yes, pets may return to remediated homes. Recontamination is not common in pets and the value of having a pet in the home cannot be underestimated. I have not seen any blood tests for dogs looking for mycotoxin exposure.

 

2/ QUESTION: I just moved into a home that has two cats and a dog. Would these two animals create a CIRS response?

 

No, the animals would not create a CIRS response. (Also see the question above.)

 

3/ Diet restrictions

 

QUESTION: Is there a list of foods that I should avoid while recovering from mold exposure?

 

ANSWER: In general, no there are no food restrictions as foods are not contraindicated. The only time I use a no-amylose diet is when I am using either interventions with Actos (almost never anymore) or Omega 3 in order to:1) lower leptin; 2) lower PAI-1; or 3) lower MMP-9. Once those tasks are completed there is no need to continue the no-amylose diet.

 

Having said that, many patients feel a lot better on the no-amylose diet, as without high glycemic index foods, and thereby bringing extra insulin into their bloodstream, patients avoid the slings and arrows of insulin, a hormone well known pro-inflammatory.

 

If you feel better on this diet and want to stay on it, that is fine, too I have advocated its use to help in weight loss since 1977.

 

I am always interested to see a new diet come along that simply follows the concepts of no-amylose (South Beach, Paleo; the list is long).

 

The Forbidden Foods on the no-amylose. Diet are:

 

  • Roots & tubers including white and sweet potatoes, beets, peanuts, carrots, and other vegetables which grow under ground. Onions and garlic are permitted.
  • Bananas (the only “forbidden fruit”)
  • Wheat and wheat-based products, including bread, pasta cakes, crackers, cookies
  • Cereal grains
  • Rice
  • Oats
  • Barley
  • Rye
  • Foods with added sugar, sucrose, corn syrup, or maltodextrin

 

For more information on the no-amylose diet, you may be interested in Dr. Shoemaker’s book, “Lose the Weight You Hate”

 

 

4/ The No-Amylose Diet, CSM

 

QUESTION: Do I need to be on the no amylose diet while taking CSM?

 

ANSWER: No. The only people for whom I use the no amylose people are those using medications in attempt to lower leptin, MMP-9 and PAI-1.

 

  

 5/ HLA:

 

QUESTION: My husband has a double mold, 13-6-52A and 13-6-52C. Does it mean he is sensitive to two types of molds or extra sensitive? What does this mean?

 

ANSWER: No, it does not mean he is sensitive to two types of molds. It means his kids are guaranteed to be susceptible.

 

6/ QUESTION: Can mold toxicity cause pseudotumor cerebri/papilledema?

 

ANSWER: No, but can cause interstitial edema.

 

7/ Toxins/ Nail Fungal:

 

QUESTION: I have super high levels of aflatoxin, ochratoxin and trichothecenes and have fungal infections in my little toes. How do I get rid of this?


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