Ancient Health Podcast

Why do allergies get worse indoors? JASPR founder Mike Feldstein, a former wildfire and mold remediation pro, explains what HEPA labels leave out and why airflow (CADR) matters more than filter efficiency. He also shares what household dust reveals about microplastics, and why he calls air fresheners the new secondhand smoke. Sponsored by JASPR. Use code MOTLEY.

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JASPR'S LAB STUDIES (third-party testing by LMS Labs, commissioned by JASPR) Microplastic-sized particle test (latex beads), March 2025: removed about 98.7% of particles 0.016–10 microns in 60 minutes in a 4,000 cu ft chamber. CADR: 276 CFM.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uvGa0F3UC_Jc-HsPNiFm157c0VPfjz3i/view Mold test (Aspergillus niger), February 2025: removed 97.1% of airborne mold spores in 60 minutes and 99.7% in 90 minutes. CADR: 236 CFM.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NH95L3_JogwIo_NSTsDGEayC0qwr1vgX/view

Extra reading:

Do I Need to Worry About Airborne Microplastics? (TIME)

You’re Breathing Microplastics: Here’s What You Can Do About It (JASPR)

Chapters:

0:00 Why your allergies follow you inside

0:34 Sponsor note and intro: Mike Feldstein of JASPR

2:22 From wildfire and mold jobs to clean air

4:35 The smoke-damaged home that re-contaminated in a week

7:08 Why big-box purifiers couldn't keep up

8:55 COVID, dentists, and the nine-minute room

12:28 "HEPA is kind of..." what the label really means

14:59 Why HEPA catches the tiniest particles best

15:58 99% of $1 or 95% of $5: why airflow wins

17:08 The new filter, and the trees behind the carbon

23:40 What your air-quality light can't see

24:55 Microplastics: what your dust is telling you

31:30 Snoring, sleep divorce, and seasonal allergies

37:20 The 80/20: air, water, light

39:19 Your air freshener is the new secondhand smoke

42:14 Smell your food before you eat

45:33 A school built around clean air

55:54 The MOTLEY code and the 30-day guarantee

59:25 Lung chi and the wrap

1:02:02 Disclaimer

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Treated the infection and it came back? Look at your spouse and your house. Dr. Chris Motley talks with Drs. Michael and Noah Lebowitz about how fast mold grows after a leak, why humidity alone is enough, and why to replace your pillow. They also cover the questions to ask about when you got sick, Typhoid Mary and the carrier who feels fine, Leviticus on mold and a week of isolation, and Lyme in a 5,300-year-old mummy.

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00:00 Spouse or house

00:09 Welcome and disclosure

00:53 Can an emotion make you sick?

02:11 Light, color and a case from 30 years ago

04:42 Leviticus, tzaraat and a week alone

05:58 Mold after a water leak

06:48 Mold with no leak at all

07:42 Air tests, mold plates and ERMI

09:05 Spouse or house

09:38 Typhoid Mary and the carrier who feels fine

09:55 The 30-minute history

10:48 Your pillow and your mattress

12:43 Acne after the wedding

13:45 Red flags for Lyme

14:47 Lyme in a 5,300-year-old mummy

16:17 Salmon, tomatoes and a stiff hip

17:47 Lecturing in Korea

19:34 The bunk bed and the mattress

20:07 Where to find Drs. Lebowitz

23:01 Disclaimer

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A 15-herb cleanse gives you only about 30 to 50 mg of each herb, and a lot of people feel worse on it. Dr. Chris Motley sits down with Drs. Michael and Noah Lebowitz to talk about total load, why chasing one infection misses the rest, the milk thistle mycotoxin problem, and what “other ingredients” on a label really means. They also cover what’s on your organic produce, including a 2026 Texas settlement with Sprouts.

Sources are in the show notes.

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00:00 Why a cleanse can make you feel worse

00:41 Welcome

00:52 Symptoms the labs can't explain

02:00 Disclosure: Supreme Nutrition and my affiliate code

02:45 What is total load?

03:58 Your body is a soup

05:01 Metals first? Parasites first? Why they don't prioritize

05:36 Twenty things wrong at the first visit

07:04 Do microbes make you sensitive to foods?

07:49 Reintroducing foods, then and now

08:42 Glyphosate, atrazine and the pesticide load

10:10 Organic cotton beach towels

10:58 When certified organic failed the tests

11:32 Copper on organic grapes, and the Sprouts settlement

12:14 Can herbs be contaminated too?

12:54 Wild-harvested isn't unsprayed

13:45 Store-bought detoxes and the milk thistle problem

15:22 Single herbs versus 15-ingredient formulas

17:21 The capsule math

17:41 Muscle testing and road trips to Klamath Lake

19:12 Muscle testing versus labs

19:43 Same moldy room, two different bodies

20:40 Do nutrient levels fix themselves?

21:12 Six brands of vitamin D

22:46 Fillers and what magnesium stearate is for

23:37 Read the other ingredients

24:19 Tinctures, glandulars and "grass-fed"

25:21 Plant protein versus animal protein

26:02 Adventists, Okinawa and your ancestry

28:07 Is your mouth feeding the rest of your body?

29:24 Cavitations: rarely the life changer

29:46 Thyroid, infections and nightshades

31:15 Disclaimer

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Disclosure: The guests own Supreme Nutrition Products, and Dr. Motley earns an affiliate commission on it. This episode is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice.

00:00 Why a cleanse can make you feel worse

00:41 Welcome

00:52 Symptoms the labs can't explain

02:00 Disclosure: Supreme Nutrition and my affiliate code

02:45 What is total load?

03:58 Your body is a soup

05:01 Metals first? Parasites first? Why they don't prioritize

05:36 Twenty things wrong at the first visit

07:04 Do microbes make you sensitive to foods?

07:49 Reintroducing foods, then and now

08:42 Glyphosate, atrazine and the pesticide load

10:10 Organic cotton beach towels

10:58 When certified organic failed the tests

11:32 Copper on organic grapes, and the Sprouts settlement

12:14 Can herbs be contaminated too?

12:54 Wild-harvested isn't unsprayed

13:45 Store-bought detoxes and the milk thistle problem

15:22 Single herbs versus 15-ingredient formulas

17:21 The capsule math

17:41 Muscle testing and road trips to Klamath Lake

19:12 Muscle testing versus labs

19:43 Same moldy room, two different bodies

20:40 Do nutrient levels fix themselves?

21:12 Six brands of vitamin D

22:46 Fillers and what magnesium stearate is for

23:37 Read the other ingredients

24:19 Tinctures, glandulars and "grass-fed"

25:21 Plant protein versus animal protein

26:02 Adventists, Okinawa and your ancestry

28:07 Is your mouth feeding the rest of your body?

29:24 Cavitations: rarely the life changer

29:46 Thyroid, infections and nightshades

31:15 Disclaimer

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Spinning attacks, a full ear, a roar you can’t shut off: that’s the classic Ménière’s picture. But a migraine that never causes a headache can mimic it almost exactly. Dr. Chris Motley explains the one test that tells them apart (the audiogram), why every Ménière’s treatment seems to work (in the biggest drug trial, the placebo group got better too), what Chinese medicine wrote about the spinning room 1,800 years ago, and four steps to take before anyone treats your ear. Sources are in the show notes. Educational only, not medical advice.

0:00 The spinning room: is it really Ménière's?

1:03 Welcome to the Ancient Health Podcast

1:16 What a definite Ménière's diagnosis requires

3:00 Vestibular migraine: the condition that mimics it

4:05 The one test that tells them apart: the audiogram

4:32 Why the right label matters before treating the ear

6:53 Why every treatment seems to work

7:56 The betahistine trial: the placebo group got better too

10:00 A crack in the fluid-pressure theory

11:20 What happens when Ménière's comes into my office

12:24 A patient story: vertigo, tinnitus, and afternoon fatigue

13:50 The kidney meridian and the 3 to 5 p.m. window

15:35 Tongue, pulse, and EAV testing

18:20 The urinalysis and the audiologist's results

21:03 Chinese medicine, the spleen, kidneys, and fluid

23:15 Supporting the spleen, kidneys, and lymph

24:58 Homeopathic remedies for vertigo

26:52 Herbs for the kidneys: uva ursi and chanca piedra

27:55 Supplements for the spleen

30:06 Four steps to take this week

31:32 Closing thoughts

32:34 Disclaimer

Supplements Dr. Motley recommends:

SPLEEN

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KIDNEY

Uva Ursi by Supreme Nutrition: ⁠https://shop.supremenutritionproducts.com/?aff=28⁠

Body Guard by Supreme Nutrition: ⁠https://shop.supremenutritionproducts.com/?aff=28⁠

Cranberry

UT Vibrance

Homeopathics that help with vertigo:

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Vertigoheel

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The common four herbs that help with vertigo:

Cocculus

Conium

Theridion

Ambra

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The viral fungus numbers are real: about 7,300 deaths and 130,000 hospitalizations a year, per the CDC. But those figures count fungal infections, not the mold behind your shower. Dr. Chris Motley explains what damp buildings probably do to health (asthma, wheeze, cough, respiratory infections), why a urine mycotoxin test can't tell you if your home is making you sick, how Chinese Medicine describes "dampness," and the step that matters most: find the water.

Sources below. Educational only, not medical advice.

Mold Testing:

ImmunoLytics: https://immunolytics.com/?wpam_id=474

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