Candida and Digestion

A diet that includes fiber and mycelium yeast forms will produce large amounts of fiber to promote the growth of good bacteria in the colon, which produces large quantities of vitamins and lactic acid. Lactic acid production is essential if constipation is to be prevented. Chronic constipation and chronic fatigue are usually associated with Candida overgrowth. So, by healing your body of constipation, you will go a long way in healing your body of Candida.

If the colon is to properly complete the digestive-eliminative process, it must have "friendly" intestinal flora that exists symbiotically (mutually beneficial) with the 'bad' or unfriendly bacteria. As with so many physiological functions in your bo

Candida albicans is not a bad bacterium. Our bodies need it, and it ordinarily lives quietly in a symbiotic relationship with other bacterium. It's only when the pH of the colon becomes unbalanced (alkaline) and is overwhelmed by an overgrowth of Candida that problems begin. An alkaline colon is to be avoided or corrected. Dr. Bernard Jensen taught for many years that "death begins in the colon", a truth that has been verified repeatedly. Unless an unhealthy colon is promptly detoxified and maintained, your body will begin to degenerate and age prematurely.Visit the Candidasite.com online store to learn how you can purchase Threelac.

Adequate fiber in the colon

Adequate fiber in the colon is vital for the growth of good intestinal flora. A habitual diet of low fiber foods "highly processed and cooked" with few, if any, fresh vegetables and fruit, makes it impossible to develop the favorable intestinal flora needed to produce daily requirements of B-complex vitamins, vitamin K (a fat soluble vitamin) and lactic acid.

When these vitamins are deficient or in short supply, you health will begin to degenerate and you may experience conditions such as: Candida overgrowth, bladder infections, fatigue, cheilosis (cracks /fissures in the corners of the mouth), thyroid dysfunction, bad breath, hemorrhoids, constipation, burning and ulcerated tongue, bruising, nose bleeds, damaged intestinal walls (leaky gut syndrome), acne, vaginal infections, menstrual difficulties, prostatitis and/or a number of others.

If your digestive system is to do its job, you must do yours. First, of course, is the necessity of drinking a glass of water 20-30 minutes before eating, which enables your stomach to produce adequate amounts of hydrochloric acid (HCL) and pepsin. Deficiency of stomach hydrochloric acid makes it impossible to break down and digest protein, calcium, iron, and other important nutrients.

The main clue for the need of supplemental HCL is intestinal gas, which indicates a possible overgrowth of Candida, because gas-forming bacteria exist only in an alkaline gastrointestinal tract. Remember: your digestive system is not a simple "tube" from mouth to anus. It is a total ecological system. To compromise any part of it is to compromise the whole.

Remember: a healthy gastrointestinal tract (GI tract) depends upon an alkaline mouth and saliva; highly acidic stomach; an alkaline small intestine and slightly acidic colon. This is basic. If your body departs from these norms, fatigue, loss of energy, and a host of other harbingers of declining health and premature aging make themselves known.

As mentioned above, Candida overgrowth is one - possibly the first - early warning sign of possible organ malfunction.

The use of lactic acid producers such as ThreeLac along with other necessary lifestyle and/or diet changes, will turn you in the right direction. No single product or lifestyle change will produce good health. Good health requires consistent attention to your total lifestyle.

Candida and roadblocks to digestion

A mistake being made by millions of people is to consider acid reflux or "heart burn" an indicator of too much stomach acid, causing them to seek something to neutralize stomach acids. This lack of understanding, writes Dr. Jonathan Wright in his book "Why Stomach Acid Is Good For You", has given rise to the seven-billion-dollar-a-year antacid industry in the United States. Overuse of antacids over a long period of time can result in achlorhydria: virtually no stomach acid. This will prevent or greatly decrease your ability to digest and assimilate protein, calcium, magnesium, potassium and other minerals.

The most common adverse effects of achlorhydria include diarrhea, skin reactions, headache, which can sometimes be severe. And, since anything that hinders complete digestion interferes with the pH balance, making the colon alkaline instead of slightly acid, a significant lack of stomach acid may also result in proliferation of Candida and other yeast fungus organisms. Another troublesome condition for the past-fifty individuals is leg cramps, a direct result of the inability to digest and assimilate minerals. (Jonathan Wright, M.D., op cit.) create a link to this site

Antacids are acid-blocking drugs designed and used to treat ulcers and conditions commonly considered as being caused by excess stomach acid. These acid-suppressing drugs, H2-receptor blockers and proton pump inhibitors, both effectively interfere with the stomach's acid-producing mechanism. A few of these drugs include: Tagamet, Zantac, Pepcid, Axid, Prilosec, Prevacid, AcipHex, etc.

Before considering an antacid, you should consider the possible adverse side effects of these and other drugs, because many of them can be quite serious. As mentioned elsewhere, one of the best resources for you to do this is Worst Pills, Best Pills, (create a link to Amazon create and affiliate account )copies of which are in most libraries and can be purchased at most large bookstores.