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The "almost unreadable" tags near the bottom of this page reminded me of the Visual Contrast Test, which is said to be an indicator of mold issues in the body:

The "almost unreadable" tags near the bottom of this page reminded me of the Visual Contrast Test, which is said to be an indicator of mold issues in the body: https://www.vcstest.com/ https://www.vcstest.com/ For example I couldn't tell the text at all in any of the four tags, including the "hard to read" or "quite unreadable".

doix 4y ago
> For example I couldn't tell the text at all in any of the four tags, including the "hard to read" or "quite unreadable". For what it's worth, I couldn't tell the difference either. All of them were completely incomprehensible.
- recfab 4y ago
  In my current reading conditions (on my phone, outside, nighttime) I couldn't even tell there was any text. They all appeared the same solid grey.
CapstanRoller 4y ago
What is a "mold issue"?
- ipython 4y ago
  From the above website (I'm not advocating that it's right just this is the claim): > What can cause a contrast sensitivity deficit? > Many things can affect the ability to perceive contrast. These include nutritional deficiencies, the consumption of alcohol, drug/medication use, and exposure to endogenous or exogenous neurotoxins and/or biotoxins, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), venom from animal or insect stings or bites, some species of mold and the mycotoxins and microbial VOCs they produce, cyanobacteria, dinoflagellates (particularly Pfiesteria and Ciguatera), apicomplexans, parasites, heavy metals like mercury and lead, and the pathogens responsible for Lyme disease and its common co-infections. For more information, see our Research resources.
ntrz 4y ago
Wouldn't the results of that online visual contrast test depend on your monitor's color calibration, etc? Or is it designed in some way that avoids that affecting the results? I'd hate to think my body was infested with mold when I'm actually just using a crappy 10-year-old monitor. Edit: I see from the FAQs there's some kind of display calibration portion at the start of the test; should have read the website more carefully before asking!

doix 4y ago

> For example I couldn't tell the text at all in any of the four tags, including the "hard to read" or "quite unreadable". For what it's worth, I couldn't tell the difference either. All of them were completely incomprehensible.

recfab 4y ago
In my current reading conditions (on my phone, outside, nighttime) I couldn't even tell there was any text. They all appeared the same solid grey.

CapstanRoller 4y ago

What is a "mold issue"?

ipython 4y ago
From the above website (I'm not advocating that it's right just this is the claim): > What can cause a contrast sensitivity deficit? > Many things can affect the ability to perceive contrast. These include nutritional deficiencies, the consumption of alcohol, drug/medication use, and exposure to endogenous or exogenous neurotoxins and/or biotoxins, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), venom from animal or insect stings or bites, some species of mold and the mycotoxins and microbial VOCs they produce, cyanobacteria, dinoflagellates (particularly Pfiesteria and Ciguatera), apicomplexans, parasites, heavy metals like mercury and lead, and the pathogens responsible for Lyme disease and its common co-infections. For more information, see our Research resources.

ntrz 4y ago

Wouldn't the results of that online visual contrast test depend on your monitor's color calibration, etc? Or is it designed in some way that avoids that affecting the results? I'd hate to think my body was infested with mold when I'm actually just using a crappy 10-year-old monitor. Edit: I see from the FAQs there's some kind of display calibration portion at the start of the test; should have read the website more carefully before asking!