How Candida Causes Symptoms, Diseases, Defects & Malfunctions

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How Candida Causes Symptoms, Diseases, Defects & Malfunctions

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When Candida is allowed to get out of control it changes its shape and

starts branching out raising large families called colonies. These Candida

colonies excrete over 79 different types of toxins (chemicals) that circulate

throughout the body weakening the immune system and causing numerous symptoms

and

malfunctions throughout the body.

Two toxins that are particularly devastating are called acetaldehyde and

ethanol (a type of alcohol). Both act like poisons on the various tissues of

the

body and can cause lesions.

These chemicals cause all of the cells in the body to go rigid, even white

and red blood cells. Flexibility is very important for the functioning of

cells, which allows nutrients and hormones to go in, and waste materials to go

out, as well as other important activities.

Red blood cells carry oxygen throughout the body and must be flexible enough

to squeeze down to about one-seventh their normal size in order to travel

into the body's tiny capillaries. When they become rigid the transport of

life-giving oxygen to all the tissues and organs is impaired. This causes the

tissues and organs to lose their ability to function. It is also why many

candida

sufferers have cold hands and feet.

White blood cells fight infection by wrapping part of itself around a

bacteria or other foreign invader, swallowing the invader, and eventually

destroying it. White blood cells that have become brittle and rigid by yeast

toxins

can not do their job. The result - you can't fight off infection as easily.

There's more. Defective cell membranes may interfere with the ability of

glucose (blood sugar) to penetrate the cells, a job normally accomplished with

the help of insulin. When cell membranes are damaged, the insulin will have

trouble doing its job — and insulin levels may have to be increased.

This causes low blood sugar levels (hypoglycaemia; also called insulin

reaction) resulting in low energy, light headedness, and sometimes even a coma.

This exhausts the pancreas, causing it to dysfunction as well.

Hormones regulate various body functions by traveling through the

bloodstream to vital areas of the body, and Candida toxins interfere with this

process.

Candida toxins make all of the cells rigid in organs responsible for

producing hormones, so they are less capable of producing hormones. Hormones

that

are produced enter the bloodstream yet they have trouble getting to their

intended destination.

Once they arrive, they have difficulty getting into rigid cell membranes.

Hormones can not do their intended job if they don't achieve adequate levels in

the body's cells! Such hormones include thyroid, estrogen, progesterone,

testosterone, and many others, even those that regulate digestion and the

release of digestive juices.

Nutrients such as potassium, calcium, and other minerals also have trouble

getting into rigid cell walls. This can result in fluid retention, electrolyte

imbalances, and a number of other problems.

In fact every nutrient required by the body will have difficulty getting

into rigid cells throughout the body, including protein (amino acids), fats,

carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. Rigid cells are also not as able to get

rid of their waste and regulate water.

If that isn't enough problems caused by candida, Candida also produces very

long root-like structures that penetrate intestinal walls. These root-like

structures cause considerable damage to the walls of the intestines resulting

in poor digestion and mal-absorption of nutrients.

This, in addition to foods being irradiated (exposed to high levels of

radiation to extend shelf life), foods being grown in nutrient- depleted soil,

long storage and transportation times, and improper handling, along with

improper cooking and microwaving that goes on in most homes, all result in

depleted

nutrients.

All of these factors contribute to a weakened immune system. A weakened

immune system cannot keep Candida in check, allowing it to overgrow and get out

of control.