If you've ever suspected mold might be behind your symptoms but pushed the thought aside because you didn't want to deal with it, this episode is going to be hard to ignore. Mold doesn't have to be a visible, soggy, obvious problem to be wrecking your health. And the good news is, you don't have to remediate your entire house to start feeling better.
In this episode I'm chatting with Brian Karr, mold inspector and co-founder of We Inspect, and we're sharing:
- Why everyone in a house can be reacting to the same mold problem but showing up with completely different symptoms, and why that actually points straight to an environmental trigger
- The pattern most people explain away as vacation relaxation that is actually one of the biggest red flags your home is making you sick
- Why mold from a leak that happened five years ago can be more dangerous now than when it was wet, and how a dried-out colony releases up to 500 times more particles into your air
- How the at-home Dust Test works and why it's often the clearest first step if you're not sure whether you have a problem
- Why inspectors using only moisture meters and infrared cameras are missing nine out of ten mold problems in the homes they walk through
- The exposure mapping method Brian uses to identify which sources are actually driving most of your exposure, so you're not staring down a list of 20 problems thinking you have to fix all of them
- The three maintenance habits that reduce what you're breathing every day, deep dust removal, medical-grade air filtration, and short air flushing windows throughout the day
- What particle size actually matters in an air filter and why a standard HEPA unit won't catch the particles that are most likely harming you
- The cheap water sensors Brian puts under every sink, both sides of the dishwasher, and around the refrigerator, and why they've saved him from two full remediations in his own home
- Why no protocol will ever fully work if the exposure is still happening, and what it actually looks like to reduce load enough that your body can start to catch up
You don't have to have a flooded basement or black mold crawling up your walls to have a problem worth addressing. Most of the issues Brian finds are invisible, dry, and completely missed by standard inspections. This episode will help you know what to look for, what to test, and how to think about your home as part of your healing, not just your health protocols.
Find Brian Karr and We Inspect:
Website: yesweinspect.com
At-home Dust Test: dusttest.com
Instagram: @moldfinders
Podcast: Mold Finders Radio
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I’m Leah Brueggemann, a Functional Diagnostic Nutritional® Practitioner and Hormone Health Coach, helping you balance your hormones in effective and realistic ways so you can live a healthier, happier life.
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I’m Leah Brueggemann, a Functional Diagnostic Nutritional® Practitioner and Hormone Health Coach, helping you balance your hormones in effective and realistic ways so you can live a healthier, happier life.
Five years ago, I found out I had fibroadenomas (benign breast tumors), which 90% of the time return after surgical removal. I decided not to undergo the operation and instead found a way to heal the underlying cause. After years of extreme pain, irregular cycles, and ovarian cysts, I finally learned how to balance my hormones which healed my fibroadenomas and led me to regular, pain-free periods.
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