This test screens for eleven mycotoxins and forty species of mould from a single urine sample.
Mycotoxins (toxins from mould) are some of the most prevalent toxins in the environment. Mycotoxins are metabolites produced by fungi like mould, which can infest buildings, vehicles, and food. Most mycotoxin exposures in North America, Europe, and Australia are through airborne exposure. Food may be a major source of mycotoxins in third-world nations that lack government inspection of foods, especially grains such as rice, corn, wheat, rye, and barley. Many grains that are harvested have been found to be contaminated with mycotoxins but little of such harvests are discarded and are frequently sold for animal feeds such as dog food or feed for cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, and horses.
Fungi can grow on almost any surface, especially if the environment is warm and wet. Inner wall materials of buildings, wallpaper, fibre glass insulation, ceiling tiles, and gypsum support are all good surfaces for fungi to colonise. These fungi then release mycotoxins into the environment causing symptoms of many different chronic diseases.
Diseases and symptoms linked to mycotoxin exposure include fever, pneumonia-like symptoms, heart disease, rheumatic disease, asthma, sinusitis, cancer, memory loss, vision loss, chronic fatigue, skin rashes, depression, ADHD, anxiety, and liver damage. With this test, GPL says that you can identify mycotoxin exposures and make recommendations for detoxification treatments that have been effective.
Analytes:
- Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1)
- Chaetoglobosin A
- Citrinin
- Enniatin B
- Gliotoxin
- Mycophenolic Acid
- Ochratoxin A (OTA)
- Roridin E
- Sterigmatocystin (STG)
- Verrucarin A
- Zearalenone (ZEA)
When To Order This Test:
- If you have neurological conditions such autism, Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson’s disease.
- Diseases and symptoms linked to mycotoxin exposure include fever, pneumonia-like symptoms, heart disease, rheumatic disease, asthma, sinusitis, nose bleeding, cancer, memory loss, vision loss, chronic fatigue, skin rashes, depression, ADHD, anxiety, liver damage etc.
Consider the following collection schedule to encourage mobilisation and elimination of toxins via urine:
Take liposomal glutathione 500mg 1-2x/day for 1 week prior to testing to help increase the yield of the urine test. If the glutathione is too much and the first dose(s) cause a negative reaction right away, then proceed with the urine test immediately. Stop taking the glutathione and avoid binders such as charcoal or bentonite clay 72 hours prior to taking your sample.
The evening before the sample collection, immediately before going to bed: empty the bladder, then perform full body dry brushing followed by a hot bath with 4 cups of Epsom salts. Collect any urine passed from the time of getting out of the bath during the night and the first-morning void and create the sample out of the total urine collected.
Mycotoxin Test
All ordered tests will be mediated by our Naturopath, Lekita Davies. Once test results have been returned to us, Lekita will call the client to deliver the results and discuss anything appropriate for the case. After the phone call, results will be emailed to the client alongside any suggestions. Please note that we cannot deliver results without a phone call.