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22: Say Bye Bye to Yeast and Fungus
By Drs. Ralph & Lahni DeAmicis MH's ND's
This widespread problem has become epidemic for a simple reason. First, the amounts of sugar and carbohydrates people consume have increased ten fold over the past 100 years. If you keep consuming a troublesome invader’s favorite food, don’t be surprised when they show up at your door for dinner. Yeast and fungus thrive on carbohydrates. Why has the modern diet shifted into this dangerous territory? High profit margins! Sugar and carbs are cheap, have a long shelf life, are simple to shape, economical to ship and easy to overindulge. Remember the slogan, “I bet you can’t eat just one!” Why is snack advertising so prevalent? Big marketing budgets and the fact that people are so busy that they barely have time for a real meal.
The fact that these faux foods are acidic, lacking in nutrition and help yeast and fungus thrive is not part of the balance sheet, yet it’s a major factor on the scoreboard of the battle between modern health versus disease. Why do programs like ‘The Atkins Diet’ that encourage dramatically lower carbohydrates encounter such resistance in the advertising dominated media? What they advocate will hurt the sales of the biggest advertisers; snack food and pharmaceutical companies.
There are about 400 types of ‘flora’ in the body; microbes that have a friendly, symbiotic relationship with a healthy human. Candida yeast is one of those microbes. While flora is prevalent throughout the body, the greatest amounts are found in the bowel where they are essential components of the digestive and immune systems. Small amounts of Candida exist naturally in the bowel. Together with fungus, they are like the weeds and mushrooms in a healthy garden, small, insignificant contributors to the whole environment. Yeast and fungus thrive around acid while the more helpful and normally prevalent flora thrives in an alkaline environment.
A diet high in sugar, carbohydrates and other acidic foods, together with a lack of usable minerals and exposure to antibiotics, creates an environment that destroys the predominant flora and encourages the yeast and fungus. Essentially, the garden is taken over by the weeds. The results could be digestive problems, poor assimilation, lowered energy and a clogged immune system resulting in headaches, sinus problems and mental fogginess. The skin rashes, itching, irritation and discharges that occur with yeast overgrowth are just the body’s way of quickly removing dangerously high levels of these unhealthy weeds from sensitive areas.
Yeast dangerously suppresses the immune system, which has the responsibility of getting that same excess yeast out of the body. Dislodging the yeast requires strengthening the immune system, eliminating the weeds and improving the internal environment. We’re suggesting a natural program to do this, but understand that a long-term solution requires a diet that doesn’t overwhelm your body with sugar and carbohydrates.
The first part of the strategy: Increase your population of good flora. Bifidophilus Flora Force® or Probiotic Eleven tm, are both good choices. These living organisms need to be refrigerated. Take 5-10 daily on an empty stomach, either first thing in the morning or just before bed. This prevents them from being destroyed by digestion with your meals. While 3-4 months of this is a good idea, if you took flora every day of your life, the only side effect would be good health. While you can take flora with herbs and supplements, don’t take them at the same time as enzymes, which tend to destroy their protective capsules. The next product to add is Yeast Fungal Detox, herbal extracts that reduce yeast. Start slowly with 1 daily, working up gradually to 3 daily. Expect some cleansing discomfort in the bowels and muscles as the toxic yeast dies off and is eliminated from the system. That’s why you do this gradually.
A powerful program to get started is the 10-day Para-Cleanse with Paw Paw, which cleans out the body (including the yeast and fungus) at a deep level. If you are sensitive, stretch the programs out over double or triple the time by reducing the amounts you take daily. A comfortable cleanse that you actually do, is much better than an uncomfortable cleanse that gets left unfinished on the shelf.
When you’re eliminating toxic yeast and fungus use Psyllium Seeds and Psyllium Hulls to pull them out of the system quickly. Reference Chapter #4 Better Out Than In, for more details. Take 6 to 9 of each with a LARGE glass of water daily. If your bowels are sluggish use Magnesium, for a week prior to starting the Psyllium. Reference Chapter #8 on Magnesium. This is another product that taken daily promotes a lifetime of good health.
Those are the main players in the program, but besides a reduced carbohydrate diet and patience (It may take a year to completely restore a healthy balance of flora.), there are other products that can enhance the process. Chromium GTF, 2-3 daily will help reduce your sugar and carbohydrate cravings.
The digestive enzymes in Proactazyme Plus, 2-3 with each meal increases the assimilation of nutrition and the elimination of toxins. Super GLA Oil Blend, 4-6 daily provides essential fatty acids to feed and lubricate all of the systems helping the process to be more comfortable.
Copyright © 2004 by Ralph & Lahni DeAmicis. This information is intended for educational purposes only and is not meant to diagnose or prescribe and is not a substitute for qualified health care. If you have a health challenge we suggest that you consult a qualified health care professional to guide you.
