Candida Yeast

Posted on July 17, 2011 with 8 Comments

Candida Yeast

Of all the considerations one might embrace for obtaining ultimate health, incorporating healthy intestinal micro-flora is the most overlooked; yet, so essential that it overshadows the ultimate benefits of all the other principles combined, for the body will simply not reach maximum health without its full complement of microbiology. If that occurs an overgrowth of candida yeast can occur.

Bacteria are usually single cell microorganisms, found in a variety of forms … some good … some bad … some ugly. They can be the basis of Candida Yeast. Most bacteria are either free-living saprophytes, organisms living on and bringing about the decomposition of dead or decaying organic matter (good), or parasites , many of which can and do cause disease (bad and ugly). The tiny microscopic life forms we know as microorganisms are foundational to every physical thing on earth.

A healthy intestinal tract (one rich with the proper bacteria) has over 400 different species of microorganisms living there. They represent approximately two pounds of your body weight. Very few are able to survive in the stomach, (as few as 10-100 organisms per milliliter of stomach content), because of the acid environment present there. However, in the large intestine, as many as ONE TRILLION organisms per milliliter are common. (ref: Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, Golden).

Candida Yeast can be found in one of the least understood bodily functions takes place in our intestinal tract. This is the process of extraction of nutrients in the food mass as it progresses through both the small and large intestine (colon), and the process of elimination of unwanted, dangerous toxic materials. A healthy intestine leads to good bowel movements, healthy vitamin and hormone production, and a long and growing list of other important health benefits. However, the colon of most civilized Westerners is, as revealed by the astonishing findings of autopsies, colonics, surgeries and X-rays, the most abused–and most abusing–organ in the body and often contains too much Candida Yeast. A Candida Treatment addresses this.

Intestines are, by their very nature, cesspools of gooky putrefaction and Candida Yeast. A quick look inside would convince anyone of that fact. According to Professor Ehret in his Mucusless Diet Healing System, the average person carries around as much as ten pounds of uneliminated feces in their bowels. No wonder Candida Yeast thrives in this environment. These are the undigested substances, some from your last few meals, but more the accumulations from childhood onward, which do not pass in your regular bowel movements. This is “stuff” that shouldn’t be there, the life-snuffing glue that poisons every part of your body, and which is so difficult to remove.

*Acidifies the Colon: The ideal pH of the colon is between 6.7 and 6.9. Acetic and Lactic Acids are some of the by-products that assist in doing this. This environment inhibits the growth of harmful bacteria, such as salmonella (causes food poisoning), shigella (causes diarrhea), and E-coli (causes intestinal disease and kidney failure). Good bacteria also produce a volatile fatty acid, which, along with the other acids, make it very difficult for fungus and candida yeast (candida) to survive.

*Strengthens the Immune System: Good bacteria assists in stimulating the formation of antibodies which protect our bodies against infectious disease. The overwhelming majority of all immune system organisms (70-80%) are located in the intestinal wall. To be most effective, the good bacteria have to be present in abundance.

*Assists Enzyme Production: Good bacteria assists in the production of Lactase, the enzyme necessary to digest milk and other dairy products. Without this enzyme, milk allergies are certain to occur.

*Removes Cancer-Causing Elements: Good bacteria assists in the de-activating of various cancer-causing compounds produced by other organisms, or from certain foods.

*Eliminate Gas Problems: Sufficient good bacteria in the colon eliminates bowel gas, and sweetens the breath. Halitosis is frequently caused when unfriendly (bad) bacteria dominate in the colon and produce foul smelling waste. These gasses can be expelled, or reabsorbed into the bloodstream, and carried to the lung to be exhaled. All the breath mints in the world won’t correct bad breath caused by bowel problems attributed to Candida Yeast.

Without this natural defense guarding against pathogenic organisms, we become susceptible to a wide range of health problems which affects all other bodily processes.  Candida Yeast is just one of these.

Candida Yeast and Probiotics

The Need for the best Probiotics

The word “probiotic” is a modern term which means just the opposite of “anti-biotic” or “anti-microbial”, which mean toxic or death. Time was, because of nutrient-rich soil, clean water, organic fertilizers, abundant, beneficial insects and micro-flora, it was possible to consume the now-elusive “healthy diet”, and be able to maintain, quite naturally, a healthy, balanced intestinal flora equilibrium. Basically, the power to stay well was there. Now Candida Yeast is all too easy to get.

No one reading this has ever lived in a perfect world, but it can be well-argued that it has never been more imperfect than it is now. Today, soil depletion, insecticide-herbicide-chemically fertilized farms, cooked, processed, chemical-laden foods, anti-microbial soaps, antiseptics, the overuse of antibiotics, irradiation, chlorinated drinking water, widespread use of birth control pills, immunosuppressant drugs, chemotherapy and much more, all conspire to destroy what we may call “the body ecology” and thus we get Candida Yeast.

We have come to the point where packaged mixes and dinners, fast served, processed foods, sugar-laden drinks, and even vitamins and supplements are the things people call “food” and they create excessive candida yeast.

When processed, incomplete foods are consumed regularly, the microbiology dissolves and adjusts downward to the level and quality of the available material. Unfortunately, as modern agricultural methods continues to use chemistry on an ever-increasing basis, the food which is produced will continue to become less of a substrate for healthy microbiology and cause more Candida Yeast.

Could this be why America is now rated 37th in the world as a healthy nation by the World Health Organization, just ahead of Slovenia and Cuba, and 53rd in the world in life expectancy, behind Libya and Jamaica?

If the soil isn’t rich in healthy, life-supporting microflora, it will abound with the microbiology of death.

If healthy microbiology is not a natural complement of the food we eat, then we must find a satisfactory way to provide it, in order to avoid the inevitable, disastrous results.”

As Ann Wigmore, founder of the world-famous Hippocrates Institute, and renowned exponent for live food used to say, “…eat live food to live, and dead food to die”.

The Current Probiotic Industry

Presently, there are dozens of companies in the health industry marketing so-called probiotic products, some very much overpriced. This industry is still in a fledgling state. Mostly it is experimenting with a few popular microorganisms commonly found in yogurt, sauerkraut and soaked wheat. Unfortunately, when you discontinue the use of these, chiefly lactic acid bacilli, they will not remain, and benefits are gradually lost.

But the inert-ingredient, microbiologically dormant, “blend and bottle” systems used today fall far short of this ideal, and to us are unsatisfactory. The foods used to “grow” the probiotic microorganisms still contain the ultimate potential for spoilage, so their ability to transfer healthy microflora to the system is limited. This is called “mono-culturing”.

The standard microbial “buzz-words” of the health industry today, “Lacto-bacillus Acidophilus, Acidophilus Bifidus” et. al. can be temporarily beneficial but can guarantee no long-term benefits. In some instances, these singular cultures are blended together by a process called “micro-blending”, in the hopes of achieving broader benefits. An excellent example of this is a product marketed by a well-known physician who advertises his new “probiotic” product by stating, “Each caplet contains five carefully chosen strains of healthy bacteria. Two of these strains are in the Bifida bacteria family, including B. longum and B. bifidum. The other three are part of the Lactobacillus family, including L. acidophilus, L. casei, and L. burglarious”.

Sounds good, huh, however when different microorganisms are thrown together, it is impossible to know for sure how they will interact.

There is a little known condition in microbiology called “competitive exclusion”. For a microbiology to be truly “competitively exclusive” it must contain a complete system of interactive, interdependent microorganisms.

When ingested with food, assimilation and nutrient absorption are enhanced and colonization begins immediately to transform the entire digestive system.

Many so-called “probiotics” today are maintained under refrigeration. This is an un-natural condition at best and suggests that the product has the potential for spoilage. Other products on the market have no such restrictions, but are sold with the admonishment to simply “keep cool and dry”.

Just as no two things can occupy the same space at the same time, neither can you have disease where you have competitively exclusive health. The organisms are simply too dynamically defensive to allow an invader to become part of the system! This then, should be the goal of every individual in these days of rampant fungus, disease and bio-terrorism.

If, however, you choose not to nurture your body. If you consider the SAD (Standard American Diet) of mineral deficient, enzyme depleted, over processed, over cooked junk foods washed down with a soda good for you, then in all probability your own body is one day going to show you just how tragically mistaken you are.

Please choose wisely when treating your Candida Yeast!  It can be as easy as three items from your supermarket that can provide results in 12 hours. Treat your candida yeast right away.

Candida Albicans

Posted on July 16, 2011 with 4 Comments

What Are Yeast Infections and Candida Albicans?

Candida Albicans is a single celled fungal yeast. Often times this is merely referred to as a Yeast Infection or Candida Albicans.  In a healthy people, it does little harm because yeast is kept in check by beneficial microorganisms (probiotics) which are, however, easily destroyed by antibiotics, many prescription medications, birth control pills, poor diet, and daily stress. This can then cause the Candida Albicans yeast to grow out of control, producing chemicals that are toxic to the body. There are many over hyped and expensive products for sale on the internet.  Three inexpensive grocery store products might be all you need! Quite frankly if you believe so called Candida gurus who help you rid yourself of Candida Albicans by selling you some expensive products without changing key items in your diet, you will need to buy these expensive products month after month without ever truely curing the Candida Albicans problem.

Candida Albicans Infections

This infection may be the root cause to many diseases and conditions and yet is rarely diagnosed by doctors as such. Most people are aware of the most common manifestations of candida such as oral thrush, sinus infections, gas, bloating, yeast infection, jock itch, athlete’s foot and ringworm. But what is not commonly known are all the other seemingly unrelated symptoms that are caused by Candida Albicans, like chronic fatigue, food allergies, digestive problems, constipation, headaches, fibromyalgia, and a whole myriad of other symptoms that occur when candida albicans yeast overgrowth is not properly treated and corrected. The good news is you can find items at your grocery store that will help you overcome this problem effectively and inexpensively.

What Causes This Overproliferation of Candida Albicans?

The Problem

What are you doing, or what did you do that brought on the candida in the first place? Did you take antibiotics? Are you taking birth control pills? Have you taken drugs that suppress your immune system? Do you have mercury dental fillings in your teeth? Do you drink chlorinated tap water? Do you eat fast food, processed foods and sweets? Do you drink sodas? All these food and healthcare choices can bring on Candida. You have to kill the Candida Albicans and restore balance to the intestinal flora. There are many products available, both drugs and nutritional products that claim to be the cure. Some are more effective than others. The truth is there is a revolutionary solution using all natural products Before spending $50 to a $100 a month on these hyped products take a look at your options.