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Conquering Yeast Infections Naturally (Revised)
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Yeast infections seem to be every where 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:

Boost immune function dramatically.
Reduce Cholesterol
Defend against colon cancer
Prevent constipation, flatulence and abdominal bloating
Improve skin conditions
Increase tolerance of dairy products
Assist in fighting chronic urinary bladder infections
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:

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.
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.
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.
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 seperate 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 (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







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[yinyang]

Interesting..
Has anyone else tried this regime?

[shelley]

The first part is very intelligent, but coral calcium? He knows nothing about minerals. He's just trying to sell the products he has.

[yinyang]

Hi ...!

I was mostly wondering about the use of the
"cream of tartar"...

thanks!

[shelley]

This was already asked and the answer is, anyone who recommends coral calcium or expensive probiotics instead of kefir is a snake juice salesman.

[yinyang]

?
If it was already asked, what was the answer???

[shelley]

OH sorry, it wasn't the same article!

Okay. Cream of Tartar is an effective tool in changing the pH of something, but not necessarily killing yeast. Inulin, we've discovered, very much feeds yeast. I've talked to microbiologists and they all agree you will never find any probiotic more potent than kefir.

So no, don't listen to this guy when it comes to what to take. His points on what candida is are pretty good.

[yinyang]

PS - At the bottom of the message, it says that He calls people selling Coral Calcium CHARLATANS also...

[shelley]

yes, I saw that! I first read this on a day I was really tired, argh and got confused! It's actually a good article but you never need to take an acid like cream of tartar unless you're working out a heck of a lot, or have taken too many alkalines so that you need to be more acid to better uptake certain minerals.

My plan has the good acids covered with the vinegar and lemon juice in the Cleansing Drink, and that not only helps with your pH but also with cleansing your liver. All you have to do to find the fountain of youth and vitality is concentrate on cleansing the liver first and foremost, supporting the friendly microbes, good stomach acids and truly nourishing superfoods full of essentail vitamins, minerals and EFAS, and every other system in support of overal cleansing, that's it.

[yinyang]

well- I'm happy to report that I went out & bought a $3.79 bottle of Cream Of Tartar..took a PINCH in some water last night & woke feeling MUCH better...
( I did NOT want the "runs"..so just took a PINCH).


I appreciate what the post says about not needing to adhere to the anti-candida diet (with Dr Wong's regime) ..I think it is almost impossible (for most people)...then you just get more discouraged in the process...

I believe the article (or was it your reply..?) said the Cream of Tartar ALKALINIZES...(?)

I will keep you posted on my progress..

[shelley]

yeah well that's one of the things that Dr. Wong gets right/wrong. Please keep reading and educating yoruself, you're still at what I call the "Mark" stage believing any fad that is put into a pretty package due to ignorance, which is totally curable except you're just too lazy.

Cream of Tartar is literally an acid, it is used in baking for its acidity! Ask any baker! But even tho it is an acid it has potassium in it, which alkalizes. But see, EVERYTHING has potassium in it! You don't need to take to take nasty tasting cream of tartar just to get potassium, all you have to do is eat! And ... whenever you believe something will make you feel better, you feel better.

I feel very sorry for you. I really do.

[yinyang]

Hope you get some rest Shelley!

[yinyang]

I don't accept your insults either.
I am NOT LAZY, I am NOT a "MARK".
When you label me in that way, you label just about anyone else on this sight who reads your advice (or anyone elses) and tries something new!
You don't know anything about me.

I think cider vinegar tastes much worse than the cream of tartar & limes/lemons ar more expensive and less convenient..(IMAO!)

[shelley]

I'm sure my readers understand what I mean, and are shocked at your inability to read.

I've always recommended B vitamins and a multi-mineral supplement as essential to curing candida-related issues. But I know too much to recommend only taking a single mineral like moly, that causes more problems than it solves. And nutritional yeast flakes are a million times better than synthetic vitamins, not to mention cheaper.

I've always said that taking probiotic pills are a waste of money. Nothing beats kefir for amount of microbes and cost savings. Ask any microbiologist, which Dr. Wong obviously did not do.

The article is incomplete, poorly researched, and recommends fast cures that will do nothing but take you down a side-road, waste your time, money, health and energy.

Enjoy.

[shelley]

P.S. please read what Ted from Bangkok says about the tartrates you'd be ingesting by taking all of that "miracle cure."

http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/candida.html

and the source he sites says:

"A toxicology manual (3) indicates that tartaric acid is a highly toxic substance. As little as 12 g has caused human fatality with death occurring from 12 hours to 9 days after ingestion. Gastrointestinal symptoms were marked (violent vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal pain, thirst) and followed by cardiovascular collapse and/or acute renal failure(3). A gram is approximately the weight of a cigarette. This compound especially damages the muscles and the kidney (4,5) and may even cause fatal human nephropathy (kidney damage) (6) which was of interest to me since the two brothers with autism initially evaluated had the extreme muscle weakness as well as evidence of impaired renal function."

People are getting diarrhea from this protocol not because it's killing yeast, but because it is TOXIC which means it is a KILLING POISON AT THE RIGHT LEVELS.

Say good-bye to your kidneys.