There is a mycotoxin called
ochratoxin that is known for causing the same effects we see with grapes and raisins.
And one of the things that has come out from my work is that we're doing more harm to ourselves than we recognize by consuming aflatoxin,
ochratoxin and some of the other common mycotoxins in our food supply at levels that are some sometimes considered safe and that by lowering those like making better choices like not eating something as simple as raisins.
I had never heard of
ochratoxin A before, so have learned something new tonight.
Recently they posted information about a potential carcinogen and allegedly definite kidney toxin called
ochratoxin A, which apparently is quite prevalent in oat products as Cheerios, oatmeal, oat bran, etc..
* A note about pepper: Black pepper tends to be especially high in mold toxins, particularly aflatoxin and
ochratoxin A.
I have high
ochratoxin, stubbornly high, and have kidney symptoms which are worsening but getting stopped up seems to cause the worst outcome... So trying to find solutions!
«Incidence of microflora and of
ochratoxin A in green coffee beans (Coffea arabica).»
Of most concern in crops such as coffee beans are the mycotoxins
ochratoxin A (OTA) and aflatoxin B1.
The 2014 winner is Dr Laura Pastor Castro of the University of Navarra, Spain, for her abstract «Sex - dependent gene expression of kidney transporters after
ochratoxin A exposure in F344 rats».
A couple of years ago, those researchers also identified a consignment of wheat flour with concentrations of
ochratoxin above the permitted level.
Testing on commercial beer and barley showed that the portable instrument detected levels as low as 0.2 nanograms / milliliter of
ochratoxin A and 120 ng / mL of deoxynivalenol — respectively, the estimated safe limits for these mycotoxins.
Because carcinogenic mycotoxins such as
ochratoxin A or aflatoxins are usually present or formed in agricultural commodities such as herbal / plant materials that are kept under hot and humid conditions, their analyses in TCHM are important.
A team from that university has used a new technique — called HLPC - LTQ - Orbitrap — to detect the presence of fumonisins and
ochratoxins in samples of beer in Germany, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Italy, Ireland, Poland and Spain.
Other toxins from fungi, such as fumonisins and
ochratoxins, are also included in group 2.
What they don't know is that since organic coffee farmers do not use chemical sprays, the plants have no defense against toxins like T - 2 toxins,
ochratoxins, vomitoxins, and rubratoxins.