What is candida and how do you know you've got it?

May 10, 2007

Hi Michelle,

Great questions!!! To be honest, in my experience most " candida " diagnoses

are incorrect. For example, when someone speaks of " having candida " in their

digestive tract, they are seriously misguided. For an overload of candida

MUST present itself throughout one's system, not just in the digestive

tract, nor not even likely FIRST in the digestive tract.

I have seen candida described as a fungus that mimics the behavior of

yeasts, as a yeastlike organism, and as a variety of yeast. (Yes, the

science of biology is filled with interpretation, just as with everything we

perceive. :)

Candida are ALWAYS present on most of our mucus membranes ... mouth,

intestinal tract, vagina, etc. In other words, in small quantities they are

part of the flora we require and/or naturally support.

These organisms love " standing sugar " ... sugar that is just standing there,

not moving from one place to another. This is why, when one puts candida and

sugar into a Petri dish. the candida multiply like crazy. But in a living

organism, such as a human body, the mere presence of sugar does not, in and

of itself, serve to fuel such explosive growth in the candida population.

Rather, it is when the sugar " stands still " in the blood, unable to be

carried out by insulin, that the candida become aware of the presence of the

sugar and move in. And this " standing still " occurs whenever our blood FAT

is elevated.

So that addresses your first question a bit. As for " how you know you've got

it " , I suggest replacing the question. For candida is always a follow-on or

secondary symptom. By this, I mean that other symptoms always occur first.

If you feel chronically tired or " low-energy " , then in all likelihood your

system is having difficulty with blood sugar management. And that's the

primary signal or " symptom " to observe.

I hope this is helpful!

Elchanan

PS: I publish most of my posts in the PathOfHealth Group.

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