Re: Whats the Difference Between: Biotoxins , Mycotoxins, Molds ?

[Guest guest]

I think that there may be people lurking here who could give you a

good answer to this question.. but in a practical sense, mycotoxins

are toxins of fungal origin. Toxin means poison, but ots pretty clear

to me that anything that has biological activity can cause health

problems for people - for example, a chemical produced by mold that

causes vasoconstriction, while not a 'poison' might cause the blood

vessels in the brain to get inflamed and close up depriving parts of

the brain of enough blood to live.. and causing permanenet brain

damage..

Molds have had millions of years of evolution to learn how to make

chemicals of various kinds.. lots and lots of them.. in a race to

compete - kill off other neighboring molds that compete with them for

nutrients.. Thats why a damp building with lots of mold can be

compared to a huge chemical factory with thousands of broken bottles

lying around, mixing together in all sorts of combinations..

Molds are anything of fungal origin.. The term fungus refers to a huge

branch of the tree of life.. and fungus are actually more closely

related to animals than they are to plants..

There are also bacterial toxins.. for example, the endotoxins that are

also found in some damp buildings (from decaying fecal matter, for

example) which synergize with some mycotoxins are a good example..

They make the trichothecenes much more toxic, for example..

Many biotoxins (of which mycotoxins are a part) are also 'low

molecular weight' which means that like water, they are adept at

permeating membranes.. they can absorb through your skin, for

example.. and they stay in your body for a long time, between the

cells, causing inflammation and cellular damage..

[Guest guest]

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biotoxins are biochemicals that are toxic, mycotoxins are biochemicals,

some molds put of mycotoxins. -

- In , " roxygardens " <Roxygardens@...>

wrote:

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> Can someone help me understand the difference between

> mycotoxins, biotoxins, and mold?

>

>

> nne

>

[Guest guest]

-heres a got site, just click on the types of molds and you get info.

on it.

http://www.emlab.com/app/fungi/Fungi.po

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, " roxygardens " <Roxygardens@...> wrote:

>

> Can someone help me understand the difference between

> mycotoxins, biotoxins, and mold?

>

>

> nne

>

[Guest guest]

Mold: fungi capable of digesting organic matter.

Mycotoxins: biologic toxin made by molds, fungi.

Biotoxins: Toxins producing living organisms from food (bacteria),

water (algae), air (viral, bacterial, fungal) or arachnid bites

(ticks, spiders,etc)

There are more but I'm sure you get the idea.

Toxin: poison

Hope this helps.

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> biotoxins are biochemicals that are toxic, mycotoxins are

biochemicals,

> some molds put of

mycotoxins. -

[Guest guest]

No discussion of what constitutes biotoxin mediated illness would be

complete without mentioning that the reason this problem is so

misunderstood is that the actions of ionophore biotoxins is not

solely a case of classic toxicological cytotoxicity.

It is also a matter of altered expression of genes by toxins.

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Mold Warriors by Ritchie Shoemaker

Chapt 4: The Biotoxin Pathway

" Jim, I want to go over how the toxin outside the cell can turn on

genes inside the cell. It's the key to the chronic illness that

toxins cause. If all toxins did were to float around endlessly,

there would be some direct acute effects and that would be all there

was to the illness. But toxins wage gene warfare against us. Think

about it: It's the inappropriate activation of genes that leads us

to the additional layers of illness in the Biotoxin Pathway, as

you'll read.

Here's the reason why these biotoxin illnesses end up being so

complex. They manipulate both the endocrine and immune mechanisms

of the fat cell and turn that machinery against us.

And the attacks never stop. "

[Guest guest]

-yes, and these defects and toxins can be passed on through the womb,

to the next generation, so not only are molds getting possably more

abundant and possably more toxic but we may be become less resistant

to them.-- In , " erikmoldwarrior "

<erikmoldwarrior@...> wrote:

>

> No discussion of what constitutes biotoxin mediated illness would

be

> complete without mentioning that the reason this problem is so

> misunderstood is that the actions of ionophore biotoxins is not

> solely a case of classic toxicological cytotoxicity.

> It is also a matter of altered expression of genes by toxins.

> -

>

> Mold Warriors by Ritchie Shoemaker

> Chapt 4: The Biotoxin Pathway

>

> " Jim, I want to go over how the toxin outside the cell can turn on

> genes inside the cell. It's the key to the chronic illness that

> toxins cause. If all toxins did were to float around endlessly,

> there would be some direct acute effects and that would be all

there

> was to the illness. But toxins wage gene warfare against us. Think

> about it: It's the inappropriate activation of genes that leads us

> to the additional layers of illness in the Biotoxin Pathway, as

> you'll read.

> Here's the reason why these biotoxin illnesses end up being so

> complex. They manipulate both the endocrine and immune mechanisms

> of the fat cell and turn that machinery against us.

> And the attacks never stop. "

>