Recovery, Lifestyle & Environment

Recovery from mold illness involves more than treatment. This section focuses on the everyday foundations of healing: choosing the right diet for your stage of recovery, testing and remediating your home, and supporting a sensitized nervous system.

Eating for Recovery

The Mold Recovery Diet: Which Diet Is Right for You?

How to match low-histamine, AIP, low-FODMAP, and other approaches to your symptoms, and why the goal is always a broad, nourishing diet.

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Creating a Healthier Home: Inspection and Remediation

How to Test a Home for Mold: ERMI, Air Testing, and More

What each type of mold test can and can’t tell you, and why a careful moisture inspection should come before lab testing.

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Mold Remediation Basics: What Has to Happen First?

The fundamentals of safe remediation: fix the water, contain the work, remove what can’t be cleaned, clean what remains, and verify the result.

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Nervous System and Limbic Retraining

Limbic Retraining, Stress, and the Mold-Sensitive Nervous System

Why some people stay highly reactive after leaving a moldy building, and how neuroplasticity-based approaches may help calm a sensitized nervous system.

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Professional Profiles

Dr. Margaret Christensen on LinkedIn β†’

Professional updates, functional medicine perspectives, and clinical education.

Dr. Gail Clayton on LinkedIn β†’

Articles on organic acids interpretation, functional biochemistry, and clinical nutrition.

Communities

Toxic Mold β€” with Dr. Gail Clayton (Facebook group) β†’

For anyone interested in mold illness, environmental exposures, and recovery education. Ask questions and learn alongside others.

Organic Acids Interpretation Support (Facebook group) β†’

For practitioners who want to discuss organic acid interpretation, case patterns, and related educational topics with colleagues.

Video & Updates

Mold Detox Diet on YouTube β†’

Webinars and videos on mold illness, detoxification, and recovery.

Dr. Gail Clayton on YouTube β†’

Teaching videos on organic acids and functional biochemistry.

Mold Detox Diet on Facebook β†’

News, new articles, and upcoming education.

The information in this Learning Center is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Please consult a qualified healthcare provider about your individual situation.