Hi, I'm Dr. Rupi. I'm a medical doctor and nutritionist. And when I suffered a heart condition

years ago, I was able to reverse it with diet and lifestyle. This opened up my eyes to the world

of food as medicine to improve our health. On this podcast, I discuss ways in which you can use nutrition and lifestyle to improve your own well-being every day.

I speak with expert guests and we lean into the science, but whilst making it as practical and as easy as possible so you can take steps to change your life today.

Welcome to the Doctor's Kitchen podcast. We talk a lot about what to eat for our health,

but what about the air we breathe at home? What is something growing silently behind your walls,

under your floors, or even in your mattress,

could be affecting your energy, your brain, and even your immune system?

Today, Dr. Peter Cook, a leading expert at the MRC Center for Medical Micology,

is going to guide us through what mold actually is,

while we're seeing more of it in modern homes and what a safe level of mold could be.

Personally, I'm super interested in how home environments impact our health and the development of babies like my little boy.

Together, we'll explore the practical steps you can take to prevent mold, reduce exposure

and make your home a genuinely healthier place to live, including whether there's any evidence for dehumidifiers and air purifiers in the home.

To keep our podcast completely free for you, our lovely listener, we're going to hear a quick word from

sponsors who make that

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Dr. Peter Cook, Mold Expert Extraordinaire. We're going to be talking about something I really do

not know much about, and that is mold. I wasn't taught that much

about it at medical school. You know, we're talking a little bit earlier about how this is sort

of brushed over. I think about mold in the context of immunosuppressed patients. But let's bring

it back to basics for our audience. Sure. What is mold?

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