✓YEAST INFECTION, OR CANDIDA

James Sloane's Remedy

The planned complete list of Ailments & Natural Remedies has several sources. I trust Sloane's remedies the most, which are indicated by the vertical line along the left margin.

This is my current source of info: http://l00k.createaforum.com/h/.

__YEAST INFECTION (SEE ALSO CANDIDA)
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__CANDIDA[2]
http://medcapsules.com/forum/showthread.php?tid_3107
[A reader said she was] on a high-dose progesterone birth control and began having gut issues (mostly IBS-D type). Also during this time period, took an antibiotic for a UTI. Started having loads of seemingly unrelated symptoms.
2. Was told by doc that I was pre-diabetic. Began eating low carb.
3. Started taking probiotics
4. Began having SIBO/lactic acidosis symptoms, but did not recognize them as such
5. Was given an antibiotic for an unrelated condition. This stopped the lactic acidosis symptoms, but gave me thrush and eventually, intestinal candida overgrowth
6. After trying many treatments, eventually found that high-dose biotin controlled the candida overgrowth. Began being constipated.
7. Took high-dose probiotics again, which helped the constipation, but eventually led me back to SIBO/lactic acidosis symptoms (this time around I figured out the unifying cause to all the seemingly unrelated symptoms).
8. Am taking antibiotics, but they are not stopping the lactic acidosis issues to the point where I can eat anything more than very low carb. Still taking high-dose biotin, because every time I try to wean off of it I have horrendous histamine/allergy type issues: hives, itching, itchy eyes, sniffles, you name it.

>>JS replied: Simply generating lactic acid should not be causing all these problems as the body has various means to deal with acidity. Respiration is the primary means. Bicarbonate and excretion of hydrogen ions through the kidneys are the secondary means of acid reduction. There are other lesser means of acid removal as well, which is why it is so hard to develop acidosis. Although it can happen for several reasons such as the excess consumption of acids. The acids from the lactic acid forming bacteria should have been buffered or eliminated if everything was working properly, which leads me to believe that one of your other acid buffering/elimination systems is impaired. I am curious if you have had your kidney function tested recently? Antibiotic use can lead to kidney damage/failure, which in turn can contribute to acidosis by inhibiting the renal excretion of hydrogen ions.

__Candida
The trick to getting Candida under control is to get the immune system back in control. A good start to this is with >probiotics, like kefir, and >prebiotics, such as rice bran and FOS. >Yucca root (Yucca schidegra) is another good choice as it helps to kill the yeast while making a more suitable terrain for the growth of the flora.
- Stress also adversely affects the immune system, which again helps Candida to thrive.
- There are many aspects to the immune system, but a couple of primary areas to focus on are the flora and the adrenal glands. To address the adrenals vitamin C is the most important. The B vitamin >pantothenic acid is the second most important nutrient for the adrenals. >Adaptogenic herbs are excellent for building up the adrenal glands. These include >schisandra berries, jiaogulan, licorice root, suma, ashwagandha, Siberian ginseng, and astragalus. As you build up the adrenals you will also find that dealing with stress will become easier as the adrenals release more anti-stress hormones.
- >Zinc is also essential for proper immune function and suppresses Candida. Recommended dose is 50mg once daily, or 25mg twice daily, with meals to prevent nausea. It does displace copper in high doses. Even though we tend to get plenty of copper from our food and water some people advise taking extra copper. Some companies do make a combined 50mg zinc with 2 mg copper. Or you can get a separate 2mg copper capsule and take one a day.
- Maintaining proper stomach acidity is essential as acid kills yeast and alkalinity is its friend. Stomach acid naturally declines with age making Candida overgrowth of the digestive system very common. The zinc I mentioned will help in the production of stomach acid. >B vitamins (B6, B12, folate) are also essential for the production of stomach acid. Foods high in B vitamins, such as >rice bran or oat bran are recommended or a B complex twice daily with meals.
- The problem is that these nutrients are also acid dependent for absorption. So the declining stomach acid actually interferes with the absorption of the nutrients needed to produce it. To get around this it is a very good idea to take something >acidic with your meals for a while to enhance absorption. These can be non-buffered vitamin C (ascorbic acid), >citric acid, malic acid, apple cider vinegar, or betaine HCl.
- In addition I recommend >trimethylglycine (TMG), derived from beet leaves, 3 times daily, which among other things will boost the immune system and help the body to generate the digestive secretions it requires.
- The flora is another area to focus on. Probiotic bacteria produce lactic, acetic, and fatty acids that keep Candida under control. You can jump start their numbers with >probiotic supplements like >kefir. I recommend a glass first thing in the morning and a glass at night before bed. Follow with a little water to wash the acids off your teeth and to help dilute the stomach acid to help the bacteria to survive.
- Even with this there are only a limited number of the thousands of beneficial strains of bacteria that inhabit the intestines. Therefore, prebiotics are also recommended. Prebiotics are the foods that feed the flora so they can grown and thrive. Excellent choices include the fibers >rice bran, >oat bran and >fructooligosaccharides (FOS).
- I also mentioned >yucca root earlier. This herb cuts down on the fermentation caused by the Candida, and kills Candida. It also holds moisture in the intestines making a more suitable environment for the flora.
- Avoid anything that alkalizes the stomach acid. This includes antacids, acid blockers, and alkaline waters. Stomach acid is one of the body's first line defenses against pathogens. Neutralizing it is just asking for problems.
- The Candida diet is over hyped. There are several reasons for this.
- First is the fact that most of the sugar in our diets gets absorbed long before it reaches the colon where most of the Candida resides.
- Even though traces of glucose will reach the colon the growth of Candida albicans is still regulated not by the sugar present but rather the pH. A normal acidic pH turns off the Candida growth gene.
- It is virtually impossible to eliminate sugar from the diet since sugar is present in plants as well as meats. But let's say that someone could eliminate sugar from their diet. The body would simply generate glucose from other sources such as glycogen, proteins, fats and lactate.
- Therefore, to fight Candida I still feel that the most important thing that can be done is to re-establish the flora to restore the proper pH, which in turn keeps the Candida under control.
- Keep in mind that most people can eat sugars without causing Candida overgrowth. So there is obviously more to the equation than simply the presence of sugar. And the biggest remaining factor to this equation is the pH.
- Cutting out caffeine is a good idea regardless since the caffeine has various adverse effects on the body such as weakening adrenal function leading to a variety of health issues.
- But again, most anything we eat is going to have some simple sugars and/or can be broken down or converted in to simple sugars. A lot of people don't stop to think for example that even meats contain sugars. Think about it this way. If you eat a steak that steak is full of blood, which was carrying glucose to the cells. And there is the unused glucose in the cells from when the cells stop functioning. So there really is no avoiding sugar.
- I would not advocate a junk food diet for someone with candidiasis, but that is mainly because it does not support the flora nor immunity either. And consuming large amounts of sugar increase the likelihood that more unabsorbed sugar reaches the colon. On the other hand though as I pointed out the Candida diet is not really going to eliminate sugar. So the best way to control the Candida is to make the terrain inhospitable to Candida growth.
- A lack of stomach acid is much more likely to cause a reaction to a food. The reason being that the proteins in the food are not going to be broken down properly leading to the improperly digested proteins acting as immune antigens.
- I don't think there is any one diet for everyone and people's dietary needs can change in life. For example I use to race triathlons and do cross country bicycling. When I was doing that I was consuming an average of 10,000 calories a day with almost exclusively carbohydrates. I know that sounds like a lot but if you saw my daily training schedule it was definitely more than enough to burn it off. I am 6' 2" and I weighed 150 pounds. If I tried to eat like that now I would probably weigh 800 pounds. Back then though I also found that I could not eat much in the way of meat. Every time I tried my energy levels would bottom out in a few days. As soon as I went back to the high carb diet my energy would return to normal. Now my diet is more varied since I do not race anymore or do cross country. I still do not eat much in the way of meat, which works well for me. But I know some people who feel much better with more meat in their diet. And then there are the metabolic differences such as a person with diabetes cannot eat like a higher carbohydrate diet that some do well on.
- So there is no single one diet fits all. All these books on specialized diets are simply sales gimmicks in my opinion. People need to find what works for them.
- Killing the Candida may help in some cases such as thrush. Although, there is still the issue of how someone chooses to kill the Candida. For example, one method I have seen is the use of the digestive enzymes cellulase and hemicellulase to digest the Candida cell walls. On the surface this sounds plausible and I have read a lot of people fall for this. But they are not hearing or taking in to account the entire story.
- Fist problem with the use of these enzymes is that cellulose and hemicellulose are both composed of repeating glucose units. Therefore, as these enzymes break down the cellulose and hemicellulose they produce glucose that turn around and feed the surviving Candida.
- The second problem is that the the insoluble fibers that help feed the flora also consist of cellulose and hemicellulose. As the cellulase and hemicellulase enzymes digest these fibers they destroy the fibers needed for the flora to ferment in order to produce the acids needed to control the Candida. In addition, there is the same problem of the breakdown of the cellulose and hemicellulose leading to increased glucose being present to feed the Candida.
- There are some herbs that can help kill off Candida without feeding the Candida such as >yucca root (Yucca schidegra) and >turmeric powders.
- But the main focus still should be on restoring the >flora since this is the body's main means of controlling Candida.
- Alkalinity promotes Candida overgrowth
- There is a very persistent myth that Candida albicans cannot survive a high (alkaline) pH. The fact is that C. albicans can survive very acid to extremely alkaline pH. The primary difference is the form it takes on dependent on the pH. At a low (acidic) pH C. albicans remains in a less pathogenic yeast form, and its growth is inhibited. When C. albicans is exposed to a high (alkaline) pH it promotes the formation of its hyphal growth. This hyphal growth allows C. albicans to not only become pathogenic, but also to allow it to invade deep in to tissues and to promote organ damage. This hyphal growth is inhibited at an acidic pH of 4 or below reducing tissue invasion and damage. I have compiled some research from non-commercial sites to prove these facts. The growth of C. albicans in an alkaline environment, as well as an acidic environment in a pH range of 2 to 10:
- http://ec.asm.org/cgi/content/full/5/9/1550
- http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi? artid_232444
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15189995? ordinalpos_1&itool_EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_Resul tsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel %E2%80%8B.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos_1&log %24_relatedarticles&logdbfrom_pubmed
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10629054? ordinalpos_11&itool_EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_Resu ltsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportP%E2%80%8Banel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
- http://www.springerlink.com/content/06crgmq4x3nj2820/
- "In vitro, C. albicans can thrive over a remarkably wide range of extracellular pH, at pH values of 2-10 (Odds 1988)". They also point out that alkalinity promotes hyphal growth of C. albicans.
- http://www.springerlink.com/content/j5v6h012235h3576/
- "Upon response to environmental stimuli C. albicans can switch between yeast-like and filamentous, hyphal growth. This allows C. albicans to generate niche specific responses, form biofilms, adhere, and invade epithelial tissues. "
- It is this switch to the hyphal growth, from alkalinity, that allows C. albicans to become pathogenic by more readily invading tissues:
- http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi? artid_97632
- http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(06) 00252-1
- Hyphal growth has been shown to be inhibited at the acidic pH of 4 in all strains of C. albicans showing that an acidic pH helps to prevent C. albicans from being pathogenic. An alkaline pH on the other hand promotes pathogenesis of C. albicans as it promotes hyphal growth. The article from the following link points out what I have been trying to explain to people for decades. Stomach acid helps to control pathogen growth, including Candida. The same applies to the skin, which is normally slightly on the acidic side. When the pH is raised to the alkaline side candidiasis of the skin is promoted.
- http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi? artid_1770313
- "In tissue samples from mucosal surfaces with a non-acidic pH, such as the tongue, oesophagus, intestine, and most skin areas, filamentous forms of C albicans predominated, and most of them exhibited both 1H4 immunostaining and an invasive phenotype (fig 3A ). In internal organs having a non-acidic pH (liver, lung, heart, and thyroid) from patients with systemic candidiasis, variable numbers of yeast cells were found, together with hyphae or pseudohyphae in virtually all cases. In these tissues, both yeast and filamentous forms showed strong 1H4 immunoreactivity (fig 3B , C). In contrast, in those tissues with an acidic pH, such as the stomach and collecting ducts of the kidney, the predominant form of C albicans was the blastospore (yeast). Interestingly, in these locations yeast cells essentially showed no 1H4 immunoreactivity (fig 3D , E). However, when adjacent tissue invasion was present, hyphae or pseudohyphae were the predominant form."
- "The ability to undergo transition from the yeast to the hyphal form appears to be crucial in the pathogenesis of invasive candidiasis. 4– 6 Both yeast cells and hyphae are found in infected tissues and contribute to pathogenesis. Yeast cells are better suited for rapid haematogenous dissemination, but together with hyphal elements they are also capable of breaching epithelial and endothelial barriers to cause extensive organ damage. 4 During the infectious process, yeast cells and hyphae may encounter different microenvironments within the host. At acidic pH, C albicans grows mostly in the yeast form; at an alkaline pH, it grows primarily in the filamentous form. 2, 6, 7 Gastric acid provides an effective barrier to most microorganisms (normal gastric pH values are 1–3.5). In contrast, achlorhydria and the use of H2 antagonists, which raise gastric pH, have been found to be associated with a higher proportion of invasive gastric candidiasis. 17 Similarly, although the skin is relatively inhospitable to fungal growth, 18 the experimental increase of skin surface pH yields more pronounced cutaneous candidiasis in human volunteers. 19"
- As I have pointed out numerous times women in particular get yeast infections after antibiotic therapy because of the shift in vaginal pH to the alkaline side. The normal pH of the **** is slightly acid, which helps to prevent Candida overgrowth as well as other pathogens. This is because most pathogens cannot survive an acidic environment. The acidity comes from beneficial Lactobacillus bacteria (flora) that produce lactic, acetic and fatty acids. When a woman takes antibiotics the flora are destroyed and the acids not being produced in sufficient quantities to maintain the proper acidic pH. When the pH is shifted to the alkaline side as I pointed out in my earlier post the Candida converts from a mild yeast form in to a more virulent and pathogenic form. Thus the Candida overgrowth.
- More evidence that acids control Candida:
http://www.arltma.com/CandidaNews.htm
- "Acidity and candida. Yeast thrives in an alkaline environment. Gastric hydrochloric acid deficiency is widespread and allows yeast to survive passage through the stomach. The colon and **** should be slightly acid, which would discourage yeast growth. However, in many people they are alkaline due to improper bowel flora, enzyme deficiencies and diets high in fruit and other carbohydrates."
- http://www.drlwilson.com/articles/candida.htm
- "Slow metabolism, deficient acid in the stomach, an over-alkaline intestinal tract and copper imbalance allow candida to flourish in the body. Weak adrenals, improper bowel flora, diets high in sugar and taking antibiotics, antacids, birth control pills and steroid hormones contribute to candida infection."
- More from the above site:
"CAUSES - SLOW METABOLISM
- In their order of importance, causes include slow metabolism, copper imbalance, alkaline intestines and tissues, medications, high carbohydrate diets and other toxins. Most people with candida are slow metabolizers. While their cells are more acidic, their intercellular spaces are too alkaline. Their bodies do not generate enough acid end products of metabolism such as lactic acid. Calcium, an alkaline-forming element, also builds up adding to the alkalinity. Candida thrives in an alkaline environment and becomes able to invade tissues and cause serious illness.
- Slow metabolizers are also often deficient in hydrochloric acid. Stomach acid normally kills candida. This is one reason >acidophilus, an acid-forming organism, often helps alleviate candida."
- "Antibiotic overuse ranks high as a cause for candida. Acidophilus and other friendly yeasts help maintain an acidic intestinal environment. Antibiotics often kill acidophilus. E. coli and other bacteria replace the friendly organisms and produce an alkaline environment in which candida thrives."
- "Antacids and other drugs that reduce acid may worsen candida by creating a deficiency of stomach acid. Ulcers and heartburn are often due to wheat allergy or factors other than excess stomach acid. Antacid drugs include Prilosec, Prevacid, Zantac, Pepcid, Tagamet, Mylanta, Malox, Gaviscon, Riopan, Rolaids, Tums, Nexium and others. Birth control pills and steroid drugs such as cortisone or prednisone also contribute to candida."
- http://iai.asm.org/cgi/reprint/72/11/6206.pdf
- LAB stands for >lactic acid bacteria "LAB are also known to inhibit C. albicans colonization of the epithelium of the gastrointestinal tract in mice and subsequent hyphal invasion and systemic infection (45)."
- http://www.candida-albicans-cure.com/probiotics.html
- "These 3 lower the intestinal pH - making it too acidic for Candida to thrive"
>Lactic Acid, >Acetic Acid, >Short Chain Fatty Acids:

__CANDIDIASIS
Candidiasis can manifest as vaginal yeast infections, thrush, excessive intestinal bloating, etc. These are some of the better indicators since many of the symptoms frequently associated with Candidiasis on many websites either have nothing to do with Candida overgrowth or can also be attributed to a number of other things.

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__YEAST INFECTION -- LESS RELIABLE REMEDIES FROM OTHER SOURCES

....... Intestinal-#1, Intestinal-#2, Intestinal-#3, Garlic &/or (See 5-Day-Cleanse)
...(DEVOUR) Vegetables, Herbs, Protein-Rich Foods, Chicken, Eggs, Live-Culture Yogurt Or Kefir, Raw Garlic, Vit E + B Comp
...(&/or) More Water, Fiber, Good Proteins, Fruit Or Xylitol For Sweet
...(&/or) Avoid Sugar, Honey, Dried Fruits, Artificial Sweets, Wheat, Refined Carbs, Carbonated Drinks, Juices
...(&/or)
...(APPLY) Warm-Water Enema With Drops Of MMS

__CANDIDA, EXTERNAL
...(APPLY) Garlic Paste, Not For ****
...(&/or) Sesame Oil
...(&/or) Tea Tree Oil And Plain Yogurt Are Natural Treatments For Yeast Infection  We Have Many
...(&/or) Pharmacy Grade Boric Acid Paste
...(&/or) Neosporin
...(&/or) Avoid Deodorant Sanitary Pads And Tampons, Sprays & Other Irritants, Wet Clothes
...(&> See Candida

__CANDIDA, ORAL, OR THRUSH
...(APPLY) Drops Of Tea Tree Oil + ¼ C Water For Mouth Rinse & Gargle 2x/Day ...(&/or)
...(&> See Candida

__CANDIDA, VAGINAL
...(APPLY) Yogurt, Or High Quality Acidophilis Powder, Or Drops Of Tea Tree Oil On Tampon 2x/Day Till Symptoms End
...(&/or) Vagisil For 2 Days
...(&/or) Wear Loose Fitting Cotton Underwear
...(&/or) Put Pharmacy Grade Boric Acid In Clear Gel Caps From Health Food Store Into
...(&> See Candida