The Mycotoxin-Mitochondria Trap: Why Standard Detox Fails in Chronic Illness, and How to Escape It — thesis

Mycotoxins directly impair mitochondrial function and disrupt the gut oxygen gradient, creating a bioenergetic trap that binders alone cannot break. A Host Capacity Model interpretation of why standard detox protocols fail in SIBO, MCAS, and long COVID, and what the upstream lesion actually requires.