What Occurs if You Consume Mold

Mold toxicity is a common concern, so what about moldy foods like moldy bread or cheese? Can mold make you sick? Is mold dangerous to eat? Find the answers to these questions and more in this quick video!

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0:00 Introduction: What happens if you eat mold and fungus?

0:13 Moldy cheese and other moldy food

0:39 Fungus and mold symptoms

1:10 Mold and fungus in the body

3:28 Immune function and mold

4:20 Mold toxicity remedies

Is it safe to eat foods with mold? You probably wouldn’t want to eat moldy bread, but moldy cheese will not negatively affect your health. The mold on cheese does not produce a harmful byproduct like some other molds.

Avoid moldy foods such as peanuts, rice, grains, corn, dried fruit, and coffee. Eating mold on these foods can be harmful to your liver and can even cause cancer.

If you have mold or fungus in or on your body, it’s probably not related to eating mold, but an issue with your microbiome. In a healthy microbiome, you have abundant good bacteria and are typically unaffected by fungus, mold, and yeast.

When your gut bacteria are destroyed, fungus and mold can overgrow. Antibiotics, steroids, high levels of iron, and alcohol are detrimental to your gut microbes. Increased pH in the body can also contribute to the overgrowth of fungi and molds.