Why Does Systemic Candidiasis Makes Us So Sick???

[shelley]

Okay, there are many reasons, but here are a couple facts that people really must understand in order to appreciate why they feel the way they do. It is confusing that a yeast infection can make a person feel so bad. Some of us end up feeling like hypochondriacs. Well, we're not!

Candida Albicans is a yeast fungus, that you probably already know. You may even know that it eats sugar. Okay, after it eats sugar, it produces alcohol. One of the myths out there is that it EATS alcohol, but alcohol is candida's excrement. Can anything eat its own excrement and enjoy it? Well, a couple vegetarian animals do to get enough B12 in their diet, but that's another story.

ANYway, one of the byproducts of alcohol metabolism is Acetaldehyde. People, whenever you see a chemical word ending in "hyge," think Dr. Jekyl, Mr. Hyde. Chances are it's not a compound you want in your body.

Acetaldehyde is a carcinogenic chemical (meaning it causes cancer). It is a component of - get this - cigarette smoke, exhaust fumes, and embalming fluid. So if you have an overgrowth of candida, your blood is full of embalming fluid. Gee, not a great way to feel good, is it?

Acetaldehyde interrupts nerve signals to the point of brainfog, memory lapses, inability to recall words, and eventually kills the liver. Thus, blackout drunks and cirrosis.

The liver, our best pal, filters out acetaldehyde and converts it into a much more harmless acid, acetyl acid. But to do that, it needs enzymes, which are protiens, and those enzymes need zinc. If the liver doesn't have either one, acetaldehyde is left in our bloodstream to tamper with our brains and bodies.

Most of us don't get enough zinc in our diets. One of the reasons a night on the town gives us a hangover is the depletion of zinc stops energy production.

You know you've reached the point of alcohol addiction when you get sugar cravings. Stopping sugar at that point results in less alcohol, so you're not getting your fix, and you start "jonesing." Alcohol withdrawal symptoms include negative thoughts, anxiety, shakiness and fatigue.

So that's why one of the principles of Vital Health is "microbes are always involved in sickness and health."

So when people ask me what they should do when they or their loved ones feel depressed, suicidal, brainfogged, fatigued, or achy, my first best answer is always cleanse, detox and go on my! candida diet . They think they have to keep looking for a more serious reason for why they feel bad, such as a seratonin uptake issue or some kind of syndrome, and they really don't. Cut out sugar, eat right and start cleansing and detoxing and see if you start feeling better. If you do, then you know that's what's going on.

[Invincible]

Great post Shelley!

[marlenep]

I went off the diet slowly about 2 weeks ago thinking I was "better now". What an eye opener the diet and lifestyle is because as of today I feel like SH--.
I will go back to what I have learned and make the needed LIFESTYLE change.
I now know without the changes in my life I am doomed.

Mar