- Gastrointestinal system – another battleground
- Mold toxins damage in multiple ways
- Trigger intestinal hyperpermeability or leaky gut
- Direct damage to cells
- Disruption of normal gut bacteria causing dysbiosis
- Trigger food sensitivities
- These dysfunctions
- Mechanism #1
- Mast cell activation and histamine triggering leaky gut
- Mechanism #2
- Direct damage to intestinal lining amplifying dysfunction
- Mechanism #3
- Dysbiosis, or gut bacteria imbalance, through mold toxins’ antibiotic effects
- Mechanism #4
- Mast cells again get altered leading to food sensitivities and more
- These dysfunctions
- Disrupt detoxification process in GI tract
- Permit more toxins to enter body
- Increase systemic inflammation