ED and Farmers: The Mold Connection

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After following the antifungal protocol in “The Fungus Link†the (ED)

symptoms are gone. Now, all symptoms from the corn mold incident are gone!

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ED and Farmers: The Mold Connection

By _Meds_ (http://www.zillarx.com/author/Meds/)

Since ED is such a taboo subject with men , I decided that this article

needs to be written to get the information out there so more men, especially

farmers, can be helped.

My husband, , was a dairy farmer since his youth. In an incident in

the fall of 1991, however, he was exposed to black corn mold from corn

silage in a silo. He hadn’t been wearing a mask and inhaled and/or ingested

a

large amount of it. He came down from the silo coughing and delirious. This

started his journey of degenerative health and the bumpy road in our

relationship.

Along with years of a string of diagnoses of Farmer’s Lung, severe sleep

apnea, arthritis and hypertension, also ended up with ED. These

conditions also started the revolving door to medical facilities for tests,

treatments and prognosis. The prognosis was the same for all of them. They

can’

t be cured. You’ll just have to live with it and we’ll try to manage the

symptoms.

Well, one of the things I started to research in trying to get answers

that satisfied us was the connection between mold and ED.

In doing an internet search of causes of ED, I came up with a number of

physical and psychological causes including:

* Heart disease

* Clogged blood vessels (atherosclerosis)

* High blood pressure

* Diabetes

* Obesity

* Metabolic syndrome

* Certain prescription medications

* Tobacco use

* Alcoholism and other forms of drug abuse

* Treatments for prostate cancer

* Parkinson’s disease

* Multiple sclerosis

* Hormonal disorders such as low testosterone (hypogonadism)

* Peyronie’s disease

* Surgeries or injuries that affect the pelvic area or spinal cord

* Depression

* Anxiety

* Stress

* Fatigue

* Poor communication or conflict with your partner

But nothing about mold. I started to specifically research corn molds and

their effect on humans. Not much information exists on that subject. But

the animal husbandry industry has a lot of information on how the

derivatives of mold, mycotoxins, effect animals.

A mycotoxin (from Greek (mykes, mukos) “fungus†and Latin (toxicum) “

poisonâ€) is a toxic secondary metabolite produced by an organism of the

fungus

kingdom, including mushrooms, molds, and yeasts.

Some of the health effects found in animals and humans include death,

identifiable diseases or health problems, weakened immune systems without

specificity to a toxin, and as allergens or irritants. Some mycotoxins are

harmful to other micro-organisms such as other fungi or even bacteria;

penicillin is one example. (1)

In my search I came across a mold mycotoxin called zearalenone.

Zearalenone has been shown to occur in almost every agricultural product

and a variety of food-grade grains and foods have been found to contain this

mycotoxin including corn and corn products, breakfast cereals, corn beer,

wheat flour, bread and walnuts and in animal feed products. The presence of

zearalenone in whole plants and parts of maize used for silage making was

investigated in Germany during 1989-1990 and zearalenone was detected at

concentrations up to 300 µg/kg mainly accumulating at the end of the ripening

process, with subsequent contamination of the silage. (2)

Zearalenone is an estrogenic mycotoxin. Studies in various species

(rodents, rabbits, pigs, monkeys) including man have shown that zearalenone has

estrogenic and anabolic activity. Its major effects are on reproduction,

including reproductive organs and their function, leading to hyperestrogenism.

(3)

As you can guess, men with excessive estrogen or hyperestrogenism start

showing female characteristics. They have a low testosterone level and show

symptoms including swollen or tender breasts, loss of body and pubic hair,

shrinking testes, heightloss, reduced sexual desire, infertility, thinning

bones, a decrease in spontanious erections, reduced muscle mass and

strength, hot flashes and sweating. There also can be lack of motivation,

lower

self-confidence and self esteem, decreased energy, problems with memory and

poor concentration.

was treated with testosterone replacement therapy to no avail

because the treatment was not addressing the cause. The treatments for all of

his conditions were not addressing the cause, the MOLD and mycotoxin in his

system.

Still praying, still searching, the Lord lead me to find a book by Doug

Kaufmann called “The Fungus Link†in 2002. I had strongly suspected fungus

or mold to be the cause but medical professionals were not addressing it.

After following the antifungal protocol in “The Fungus Link†the (ED)

symptoms are gone. Now, all symptoms from the corn mold incident are gone!

Was it worth the effort? Absolutely!! is on no medication or

treatments and has none of his previous symptoms.

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycotoxin

2. www.micotoxinas.com.br/zearafacts.htm

3. lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:2961013

If you suspect fungus, mold or yeast may be the cause of your (ED) or any

other symptoms you may have check out the books by Doug Kaufmann found

here:

_http://OvercomeChronicIllness.com/the-fungus-link_

(http://overcomechronicillness.com/the-fungus-link)

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It seems odd that extra estrogen in men would lead to bone loss when loss of

estrogen in women leads to bone loss, but perhaps with men it is testosterone

levels dipping and with women estrogen levels dipping. I wondered about this

after talking to a man about subject of the new 'bone medicines' like Boniva,

which essentially is a medicine that's main ingredient is estrogen from soy

derivative and is marketing is directed at women, so the thought came up, what

about men? You'd think then men would have more bone loss, earlier if estrogen

levels were the key. I don't have the time to investigate though, just bringing

the question up! Perhaps it is hormonal imbalance.

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