Do you work hard to take care of yourself? Eat organic with lots of fresh produce, avoid using fabric softener and other chemicals in the home, emphasize home remedies over pharmaceuticals, exercise when not too tired, try to sleep enough…and you are still sick?
Have you gone to doctor after doctor with complaints such as dizziness, fatigue, vision trouble, insomnia, stomach aches, or unexplained anxiety? Do you suffer from cramps, joint or muscle pain, headaches, memory loss, brain fog, or heart palpitations? Do doctors shrug it off as stress, old age, or worst of all–psychosomatic?
Consider HIDDEN MOLD in your house or workplace.
Even spotless, fancy mansions can grow mold and make people extremely sick.
All it takes is cellulose or other mold food (which almost all houses and work buildings have), temperature (room temperature is perfect for mold), and moisture. A leak left for more than 48 hours will cause mold growth on wet materials. Even just humidity over 67% for a certain number of days will result in mold.
However, do not rely on mold tests to tell you what is going on in an environment. In fact, air tests are almost worthless. They can give a false sense of security and miss a tremendous amount of mold.
If you would like to get a baseline, knowing it could be very inaccurate but still could give some information, the ERMI is the best test I know of.
However, the best way of all to test your environment is to leave it for a while and then come back. This is called a mold sabbatical.
More information can be found in the Mold Avoiders group on Facebook, this site: https://moldavoiders.com/ and these books: A Beginners Guide to Mold Avoidance Erik on Avoidance
You can be fighting other health enemies with all you are worth, but if mold is taking you down, it will be very hard–if not impossible–to get better without addressing mold. 🙁
Christa Upton Black Hills Picture Books Edgemont, SD 57735
