Monday, December 7, 2009

Is Candida Overgrowth Ruling Your Life?

By Ellen Valentine, CNC

For most of the world's population, 80%, Candida Albicans is not a problem. For the other 20% ,the repercussions of yeast morphed into fungus transform healthy life from unpleasant to unbearable. At this stage it is imperative to eat mineral rich foods, do enzyme therapy, put in probiotics, get off of unnecessary antibiotics, steroids, and birth control pills. De-stressing is a crucial part of healing candida overgrowth because undue, ongoing stress, grief and prolonged sadness run the immune and digestion system down making the body system prone to fungus and parasites.

The wave of illnesses fueled by candida overgrowth have given rise to the current public interest. The epidemic is born of current life trends: over-medication, poor eating, more immuno-compromised bodies than ever before, stress that is unbearable for some. For the 20% of humanity that is prone to this condition, life may be very uncomfortable.

What are illnesses that carry the branding mark of candida overgrowth? The list is long; this is a taste: clouded thought, being too tired, yet unable to sleep, fungus under toes or fingernails, fibromyalgia, lupus, bronchitis, constipation followed by diarrhhea, poor digestion, bloated stomach, cravings for sugars and simple carbohydrates, recurring cold and influenza, thrush, asthma, awake between 2 - 4 a.m.

It is said to be dimorphic which means it shape shifts from white to opaque cells so that it can mate. That ability to morph creates a fungus that can run rampant in a system that is a good host. Candida can coat the throat, mouth, esophagus, live in the genitourinary tract, live in the stomach, intestines and gut, the lungs and sinuses In advanced cases it completely overruns the body and kills it. That is fourth stage candida. The body hosting candida overgrown is also the host for parasites.

There are several factors which make a perfect host situation for Candida Albicans: overwhelming stress, hormonal changes such as post natal, menopause, stopping breast feeding, antibiotics, steroids, other medicine that kills naturally occurring healthy bacteria in the body, post-surgery, grief, loss and prolonged sadness or illness, too much sugar, simple carbohydrates, and fast foods. This is the first in series of articles on creating a healthy environment that cannot be tolerated by candida andother parasites.

To Your Best Health, Ellen Valentine, CNC

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