Paul Saladino· MD
And the reason that people end up with histamine intolerance is because ochratoxin, which is one of the most common mycotoxins. So, let me just explain that real quick. I think it's an important concept is what are mycotoxins? So, it's not mold that makes you sick, it's the mold farts that make you sick. So, Aspergillus is the mold in a water-damaged building. So, if you've got, let's say under your kitchen sink, you had a leak under your kitchen sink and that water sits there for more than 24 hours and now you've got mold growth where you store all your hopefully healthy cleaning products. You've now got Aspergillus and that Aspergillus is like, "Hey, this is a pretty good spot. I don't want any other molds to come in and take this. I'm going to eat this product and I'm going to convert this wood back into soil or whatever else? So, what I'm going to do is I'm going to start farting and I'm going to fart ochratoxin and that ochratoxin is poisonous to other molds because I don't want them coming in and stealing my food.