Conquering Yeast Infections Naturally (Revised)

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A member of my candida group posted the url to this. Not only a good

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Conquering Yeast Infections Naturally (Revised)

http://www.totalityofbeing.com/ArchivedYeastInfections.html

By: Dr. William Wong, ND, PhD

 

Yeast infections seem to be everywhere these days. They are seen by

themselves, usually after antibiotic use, and they are had accompanying other

long term

diseases such as Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue. Some believe the yeast

infections are the cause of Fibromyalgia and CFS, while other see them as only

taking advantage of a weakened immune system to proliferate and spread in the

intestines and through the body. Yes through the body. Once it spreads yeast can

be found in the lungs and sinuses, in the internal organs and as two

autopsies of Fibromyalgia patients found, even in the brain and its fluid!

 

 

Men and women treated with low-dose, long-term antibiotic use for acne all

have systemic (body wide) yeast infections, also known as fungal infections. But

yeast infections do not only come from long term antibiotic use; one course

of antibiotics is all that is needed for most folks to show signs of a die off

of the good bacteria and yeast in the body and an increase of the bad. Not all

of the blame falls on the shoulders of antibiotics, Corticosteroid drugs,

birth control pills and cancer chemo therapy agents are also contributors to the

epidemic of systemic yeast infections. Women seem to be the hardest hit by

yeast infections, with the predominance of the vaginal variety. But where there

is a vaginal yeast infection there is a body wide fungus infestation behind it!

Yeast is an opportunistic infection; and we all have yeast, good strains and

bad in our bodies. Both strains live primarily in the intestines where if the

balance of food and fiber is right, the good strains of yeast along with the

good strains of bacteria keep the bad strains from colonizing the body.

 

When antibiotic medications have to be used, they not only kill off the germs

they are meant to destroy but they also kill off the good bacteria and yeast

that are in charge of digestion, maintenance of the intestinal lining, food

absorption, immune system boosting, and bad bacteria control. Some sure signs of

the die off of good bacteria are the diarrhea, vaginal burning and itching

and rectal itching that often accompanies antibiotic use. Odd thing is, while

the drugs kill the good bacteria and yeast it does not do much to get rig of the

bad! Without the good guys to keep the nasties from growing in number, the

bad yeast and bacteria grow unchecked and colonize first the intestines and then

the rest of the body!

 

Well, that's no sweat, modern medical science tells us, they have other drugs

to kill the yeast, like the old Nystatin and the new Diflucan! What they

don't tell you about is the race. Yes, when you take those drugs there's a race

going on inside you body. Those drugs will kill the fungus but they will also

kill your liver! So it a race to see which dies first, the yeast or your liver

(which you can't live without)! That's why physicians have to monitor your

liver function closely while you are on anti fungal drugs; they have to be ready

to yank you from them the instant they see the liver getting in trouble.

And, as it usually happens, the liver will begin to show signs of strain way

before all the strains of bad yeast are gone. What happens then? Well, with

the weaker strains of bad yeast dead, that left more room for the stronger drug

resistant variety to take over all the space inside you actually making things

worse than they were before you went on the drugs! To add insult to injury,

you now also have to heal a damaged liver! By now I hope you folks are getting

my drift that drugs are not the way to eliminate fungal infections.

 

So what can be done naturally to get rid of yeast and restore the bodies

natural balance between the good and bad bugs (excuse me, micro flora) inside of

us? Let's look to nature for the answer.

 

The first thing we have to acknowledge is that a fungal infection is the sign

of a weak immune system. Fungal inflections are the bodies' fallback position

for immune support when the immune system is weakened or fails. How can this

be? Well all of those yeast buds are producing three things in your body. The

first is alcohol, which you don't need. It's the alcohol from fungal

infections, which causes the dopiness and brain fog so often seen in chronic

yeast

infection patients. Your body is a waking beer factory taking the carbohydrates

you eat and converting them into 14% ethyl alcohol all the time, every day!

Serious systemic yeast infection patients have failed breathalyzer tests without

ever having taken a drink.

 

The second thing the bad yeast produces are B Complex vitamins. These are

essential to immune system and liver function, without them no energy is

produced, blood gets weak, and nerves don't work. The third thing they create is

Beta

Glucan a powerful immune enhancing nutrient. Fermentation is how the bad yeast

makes these products. They take in blood sugars and carbohydrates and ferment

them into these products. All these fermentation processes are anaerobic

which means that they take place with out oxygen, because most of the fungus

types

that invade the human body live off of blood sugar (glycogen) not oxygen as

the good bacteria and yeast do.

If the bad yeast performs a good function why get rid of it? Well aside from

creating a myriad of problems on it's own, yeast infections are implicated in

worsening a range of diseases from ear infections to Lupus and infertility!

Also the immune system will never heal while in a weakened state and while it is

trying to cope with an infection that has taken over most of the dark and

moist areas of the body!

 

So what is needed to both cure the yeast infection and raise immune function

to the point where the yeast infection is not needed as a last ditch stand for

immunity? The answer is to introduce good bacteria into the gut and allow it

to proliferate. But, that's easier said than done. There are hundreds of

strains of good bacteria. Some are transient that means they go in one end help

digestion and go out the other without staying implanted in the intestines.

There

are other stains that go in and look to stay by colonizing the intestinal

walls, and reproducing themselves. These colonizing good bacteria also help

digestion but the do much more. In an almost magical way, these good bacteria

change the lining of the intestinal wall into factories for immuno supportive

substances. These colonies of good bacteria clinging to the inulin or FOS from

which it feeds, create good yeast and between the two they produce IGA-1.

 

With all of that said, now let's get to brass tacks. In curing a fungal

infection the natural way, several other beneficial things will follow suit, you

will:

 

1. Boost immune function dramatically.

2. Reduce Cholesterol

3. Defend against colon cancer

4. Prevent constipation, flatulence and abdominal bloating

5. Improve skin conditions

6. Increase tolerance of dairy products

7. Assist in fighting chronic urinary bladder infections

8. Decrease sensitivity to allergens.

 

Need any more convincing? There is only one caveat, this program will begin

to produce results within two weeks but, it will take months or years to drive

the bad yeast out of all of it's crooks and nannies and replace it with good

bacteria. But, long before that you will feel stronger, be healthier, and fight

off disease faster!

 

What to do:

 

1. Anti-Candida Specific Probiotic like Sedona Labs " I Candida " : 2 capsules

3 times a day. This supplement of good bacteria specialize in driving out the

bad and creating the changes in the intestinal lining that turns it into an

IGA-1 factory.

 

2. Molybdenum: 150 mcg. 2 times a day. This mineral stops the production of

alcohol by the bad yeast in your body. This will end the brain fog and in many

patients also controls the external itching from the candida infection.

 

3. B - Complex vitamins. 1 to 2 tablets or capsules a day. Find a balanced

formula where most of the vitamins are in the 50, 75 or 100-mg strengths.

 

4. Now to the most important part of the program - don't forget to keep it

up even though you're feeling better. You've had the candida for years, expect

it to take years to be completely rid of it from every crevice of your

internal self. With candida there ain't no quick fixes. In the interim you will

be

healthier, stronger and more disease resistant for the effort. It's worth it!

 

Revision:

 

Updates To The Anti Yeast Therapy:

 

As many of you know I have been very disheartened by the charlatans' hawking

most of the coral calcium supplements. I've gone from a firm believer to heavy

critic of the folks who put these together. Many of these folks are about as

honest as snake oil salesmen and it pains me to see slime like this in the

nutritional industry.

 

Since the coral is SO expensive many sellers of coral calcium have taken up

the practice of mixing calcium carbonate (the same ingredient as is in TUMS)

into their coral and indeed most of what is in these very expensive supplements

is calcium carbonate. If you wanted to buy TUMS you could have done it for a

lot cheaper than what you spent on the coral. My advice is to stop using it.

 

Nuff Said on that. Through the work of Dr. Tom Revis DC, ND, I've discovered

that plain old Cream of Tartar powder, yes the spice, will not only alkalinize

better than the coral ever could. (You can test your saliva with Litmus paper

to see the difference), but the Cream of Tartar powder also kills yeast all

by itself! What a great combo to help with the battle!

Most folks need between 1 to 2 tablespoons of the powder daily depending on

the severity of the infection. You can mix it with water or just plop the

powder in your mouth and swallow water to wash it down. (Don't breathe in while

the

powder is still dry in your mouth as some of the still dry powder can go down

the wrong way). You can divide the tablespoon into 3 teaspoons to take less

at one shot. Expect to have the runs for the first few days using the Cream of

Tartar as the initial die off of yeast happens.

 

So take the cream of tartar then at a separate time take the I Flora (2

capsules 3 to 4 times daily with or with out meals) and the Inulin powder (one

teaspoon 3 to 4 times a day) as well. These days I've been using the Inulin from

NOW ( http://www.nowfoods.com ). It is significantly less expensive that the

stuff I used to use as it is from chicory and not artichoke hearts, yet all of

the studies done by the German researchers from the University of Leipzig who

first successfully used Inulin used the Chicory kind, so why spend more when

the chicory Inulin will more than do the job and for a lot less money!

 

Most docs and patients who have used this program have put a considerable

dent in their Candida Infections in 30 days without the problem of compliance to

a restrictive diet. The program will work regardless of what you're eating!

 

Be well and God bless,

Dr. Wong

Jan 2006