A toxin is any substance that causes harm in the body. Never before in human history have we been exposed to as many toxins as we are now. If your body's ability to process these toxins-detoxification-is compromised, the dominoes will fall on your core functional systems and your health will suffer, with the quite stirrings of chronic illness taking hold.

Fortunately, there are everyday things you can do to cleanse the body of toxins, strengthen the detoxification system, and prevent toxic overload.

The body has an amazing capacity to process and dispose of toxins. However, like any waste disposal system, it has limitations; chronic illness is the consequence when the body's capacity to process toxins is hindered. Impaired detoxification impacts us on a cellular level. Toxic build up will slow you down, zap your zest for life, and limit basic metabolic function.

Before you start, please read our Blog on Mold and Mycotoxins.

We would recommends doing a urine mycotoxin test from RealTime Laboratories. This costs about $700. Its main benefit is that the treatment may take 6 to 24 months to begin helping, as the toxins have to get below a certain level before benefit is seen, and a repeat of the test allows a person to see that the toxin levels are significantly dropping even if they are not feeling better yet. This provides motivation to continue with treatment.

If mold is in the environment, we recommends remediation of the environment. The neurotoxins may have been picked up decades before, however, and often will no longer be present.

We recommends a mix of the following, but to start with a very low dose and raise slowly to avoid flaring symptoms. In addition, they will bind other supplements or medications taken within two hours of either side of a dose. It's best to take these 30 minutes before meals (e.g., before lunch and dinner).

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• Cholestyramine (predominantly for ochratoxin) 1/8 to 1/16 teaspoon twice a day a half hour before meals.

• Bentonite capsules 1 to 2 daily  (from Premier Labs).

• Activated charcoal capsules (avoid the tablets and powders as they are messy) 1 to 3 capsules a day (from Integrative Therapeutics).

• Chlorella capsules (not the pellets) 1 to 3 capsules a day (from Body Bio).

For the latter three, take one or all three at about 3 PM each day between meals. As advised before, start with a very low dose and raise gradually to avoid flaring symptoms.

Do not take other supplements or medications within two hours of the dose as absorption will be blocked.

• EDTA 5 mg per spray nose spray for six months (can use BEG or ITC Pharmacy sinusitis nose sprays).

• Sporanox 200 mg once or twice daily (I feels that this works better for toxin-producing mold than Diflucan). I recommend using it for 6 to 12 weeks as the key treatment for this part.

• Interphase plus EDTA orally.

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We feels it takes 6 to 24 months to feel better, but that this regimen helps over 40% of people who respond poorly to other protocols. We recommends taking glutathione to mobilize toxins, but suggests waiting until the person has been on the above treatments for a few months to avoid having the glutathione flare symptoms by mobilizing the toxins.