Could Mold Be the Reason You Still Feel Sick?

You’ve tried every supplement. You’ve seen the specialists. You’ve cleaned up your diet, yet something still feels off. Maybe your energy crashes out of nowhere. Your brain feels foggy. Your skin breaks out, and your weight won’t budge no matter what you try. If this sounds familiar, mold toxicity might be worth exploring.

In a recent episode of the Deconstructing Conventional podcast, Kim Rogers—founder of RogersHood Apothecary and known widely as “The Worm Queen”—opened up about her personal journey healing from mold illness and how it’s often hiding in plain sight, overlooked by traditional medicine.

This blog post distills the powerful insights from that episode. It will walk you through what mold toxicity really is, how it hides in our bodies and homes, and what steps you can take to feel like yourself again.

Why Is Mold a Growing Concern?

Mold is a natural part of our environment. Its job in nature is to help decompose organic matter. The problem arises when mold takes up residence inside our bodies or living spaces and begins to overstay its welcome.

Kim explains that our modern environments—loaded with plastics, preservatives, heavy metals, and endocrine-disrupting chemicals—set the stage for mold to thrive. In this toxic soup, mold acts like a cleanup crew. It begins feeding on waste materials that build up in our systems. When that internal ecosystem gets too bogged down, mold overgrowth kicks in, often causing unexplained symptoms.

The takeaway? Mold isn’t necessarily the villain—until it’s out of balance.

Kim’s Story: From Viral TikTok Star to Mold Awareness Advocate

Before becoming a well-known voice in natural cleansing, Kim spent nearly two decades in conventional medicine. She worked in endocrinology, neurology, urgent care, and taught at over two dozen healthcare institutions. But her own health challenges forced her to rethink everything she knew.

In 2021, she rose to internet fame for her work on parasite cleansing. At the time, she didn’t realize mold was also wreaking havoc on her health. A year later, she abruptly stopped her ParaFy kit—an herbal product that also helped suppress mold spores—and her body crashed.

“I lost half my hair. My eyes swelled shut. I couldn’t lose any weight. My body was screaming at me,” she shared.

Lab work confirmed mold toxicity. She and her husband were unknowingly living in a travel trailer contaminated with toxic black mold. When they finally moved out, Kim began the long, careful work of recovering.

Mold Symptoms: What Your Body Might Be Telling You

Here’s what’s tricky about mold: it doesn’t always show up clearly on tests, and its symptoms mimic many other conditions.

Some of the most common signs include:

• Persistent brain fog
• Chronic fatigue
• Swollen eyes or puffiness
• Sinus congestion
• Weight gain or stubborn weight retention
• Hair thinning or loss
• Nighttime urination
• Mood swings or heightened anxiety
• Skin breakouts
• Frequent bladder infections
• Lack of appetite or disrupted hunger signals

Do any of these resonate with you?

Kim also notes that mold can trick your mind. “We call it a ‘mold hold.’ It makes you emotionally attached to the very environment that’s making you sick,” she says. She witnessed this firsthand when her husband resisted moving out—even after seeing mold on the walls.

Understanding the Microbial Ecosystem in Your Body

One of the most enlightening parts of the podcast was how Kim frames mold, parasites, and other microbes as part of a larger ecosystem—both inside and around us.

“Mold has a purpose, just like parasites,” she says. “The issue is when they overgrow. That’s when they cause disease.”

Our bodies are wet, warm, and complex—perfect conditions for microbes to flourish. When toxins accumulate, the balance is thrown off, and microbes that were once helpful begin causing harm. Mold, yeast, and fungi feed off decay and pollutants, and their overgrowth leads to symptoms like those Kim experienced.

Why Conventional Medicine Often Misses the Mold Connection

Despite her extensive medical training, Kim felt the limitations of a system that focuses mostly on symptoms. Instead of addressing root causes, many people are shuffled from one specialist to another, each offering another label—autoimmune, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia.

“I was given so many labels over 20 years,” Kim reflects. “They all came back to one thing: I had a toxic load my body couldn’t manage.”

The Foundation of Healing: Reduce the Burden, Then Rebuild

Healing from mold exposure isn’t about attacking mold directly. Not at first.

The first step, according to Kim, is to support the body’s natural cleansing ability and lower the internal burden. Once your system isn’t overwhelmed, then you can use herbs, frequency medicine, and biohacks to bring balance back.

She recommends beginning with a few rounds of her ParaFy kit before starting any mold cleanse. Why? Because ingredients like wormwood can suppress spores and reveal what’s underneath.

After that initial clearing, the Moldy’s kit can be introduced with herbs like fennel that help “snuff out and sweep out” colonized mold from the tissues.

Living Mold-Free: What to Look Out For

It’s not just about what’s happening inside the body. Mold in your home can be a constant source of re-infection. Kim highlights key environmental red flags:

• Leaky bathrooms or roofs
• HVAC systems with hidden mold
• Closed windows that trap moisture
• Using bleach (which mold can detect as a threat and release more spores)

Instead, she recommends using vinegar or peroxide to treat suspect areas. She also suggests testing your home with kits like GotMold for a few hundred dollars—less expensive than medical labs and more actionable.

Biohacks That Help Move Mold Out

Kim shared several supportive tools that helped her body eliminate mold without feeling worse:

1. Red Light Therapy: Helps disrupt mold at a cellular level and supports mitochondrial function.
2. Infrared Sauna: Encourages sweating, which helps purge spores through the skin.
3. Cold Therapy: Alternating hot and cold stimulates the lymphatic system and improves circulation.
4. Vibration Plates: Shake up stagnation in the lymph, which mold tends to colonize.
5. Frequency Medicine: Listening to mold-specific frequencies on YouTube or apps like Z-App can help disrupt mold colonies energetically.
6. Binders: Natural substances like charcoal, cinnamon, and fennel bind positively charged toxins so they can be safely eliminated.

Advanced Tools: Oxygen Chambers and Plasma Exchange

Once she had stabilized, Kim pursued even deeper healing with two advanced therapies:

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT): Breathing pure oxygen at high pressure helps kill mold in the lungs and supports cell regeneration.
• Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE): This procedure removes plasma from the blood—where mold spores and heavy metals are often stored—and replaces it with clean albumin. It’s expensive but can eliminate up to 70% of toxic load in just a few sessions.

Mushrooms: The Fungal Friends That Heal

It may seem ironic to use fungi to heal from mold, but Kim draws a powerful distinction.

“Mold has a low, disruptive frequency,” she explains. “Functional mushrooms like lion’s mane and turkey tail have a high, healing frequency.”

Some of her favorite mushrooms for rebuilding after mold exposure include:

• Lion’s Mane: Supports brain health and nerve repair
• Turkey Tail: Breaks down scar tissue and supports immune resilience
• Chaga: Strengthens the nervous system
• Shiitake: Binds to heavy metals and even helped clean up radiation after Hiroshima

She often includes these in her tinctures, recommending therapeutic doses of five grams daily for noticeable benefits.

Healing Is a Journey—Not a Sprint

One of Kim’s most empowering messages is that recovery doesn’t need to be rushed or overwhelming.

“Start where you are. Don’t feel like you have to do it all at once. Stack your healing gently,” she advises.

Healing from mold isn’t about perfection—it’s about progress. Your symptoms are messages, not life sentences. And if you’ve been told there’s nothing wrong, or that “it’s all in your head,” take heart. There’s often more going on beneath the surface.

Ready to Get Started?

Here are a few next steps you can take today:

• Reflect on your environment. Any history of water leaks? Musty smells?
• Track your symptoms. Are you experiencing brain fog, hair loss, or stubborn weight?
• Begin with gentle cleansing. Consider natural binders and liver support.
• Explore supportive tools like red light therapy or sauna.
• Trust your body. It wants to heal—and it can.

Final Thoughts

Mold illness is real. It’s frustrating, confusing, and often invisible. But knowledge changes everything. When you understand what’s working against your health, you can begin working with your body instead of fighting it.

Kim’s story is one of perseverance, curiosity, and incredible transformation. She didn’t just heal herself—she’s helping thousands of others do the same. Could you be next?

If you’re ready to reclaim your health and explore gentle, effective tools that meet your body where it is, you might just find hope—and results—in the journey she describes.