James, you are the one who sent me the PM about hydrocloric acid was it? what a coicidence. maybe its what I need after all..   [End]
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Thanks so much for that information! that is interesting.I had a feeling that could have been the case. Four years ago I took Tums every day when their was nothing wrong with my stomach as a calcium supplement. on the other hand, in 2005 I had took an antiobiotic for the first time in my life and it completely wiped out my system. i never did get it back up.   [End]
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I read Natural Triad magazine all the time. i live in NC in the triad area and they have the best articles on there on natural therapies. Dr.Elizabeth Vaughn is in integrative medicine and does transcripts. she wrote something about IBS recently with one of her clients and it lead to talking about candida. I thought I would share what she wrote because it might be of use to you all: ”Your gut wall acts as a barrier between the rest of your body and whats inside the gut. If your gut wall is damaged by psychological stress, stomach flu, toxins, or taking various meds like antibiotics, ste ...
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Im in dire need of probiotics in some form. I cant swallow pills so i dont know how much will go down there, but its pretty bad. I used to have what little resources I could to help myself, now I have less than before. I have no money, my probiotics ran out and i cant take antifungals without them. My chronic fatigue has come back, muscle weakness, and my stomach still is bloated and IBS. Last year i got rid of some of it proudly but I dont want to fall back down again. If anyone has Vitamin C, high quality kefir, anti fungals, and probiotics and are kind enough to send some, please contac ...
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I looked it up. its been aged for 10 to 12 months and you are not supposed to have aged cheeses when you have candida until it gets better. i use it a little bit but its the bottled stuff   [End]
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Thank you, thats interesting! i use garlic oil and havent tried that yet..   [End]
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also it was there before i noticed gluten was even aproblem. i used to could eat it without nose issues and then all of a sudden it changed   [End]
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not that easy when you have nothing.   [End]
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For two months now or close to it, I have had nonstop congestion in my nose to where every day is a breathing battle. both nostrils are congested. I tried using collodial silver and it helped some, but im not sure if its safe to use every day. Also, anytime i even eat the slightest bit of gluten, it clogs up. this is very unusual and ive never heard anyone say they have this problem. I have heard fungus can be in the sinuses but that is it. Ive gone through a whole bottle of Nostrilla which your not supposed to keep taking...just to be able to breathe. Any ideas?   [End]
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Thanks for the tip!   [End]
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thanks for the advice about inulin. i dont know if it has it or not. i have to check. ive heard of FOS. i want to say i used to take digestive enzymes that had those in them once..   [End]
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i feel like probiotics are important right now. my nose has been clogged up every day for a month and i was begging to die or have a change because i couldnt breathe. i started pB8 and it helped my nose clear up after a week mostly. its still there but not as bad so quitting probiotics dosent seem right. i have done anti fungals for six months now, and took a break for about a month. the very second I stopped taking them, my body had problems again.   [End]
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I bought PB8 from Nutrition Now, 14 billion about a week and a half ago. I started off small. I take half a capsule in the morning and the other half at night. its worked okay but I took a bigger dose and was bloated. I dont understand. its been almost two weeks of the same dosing and my body still isnt used to it? Im completely lost about how to take probiotics. I heard you have to build up to a higher strain of bacteria, so that why I split it up. Is there a time ratio of how long it would take to get to 14 billion all at one time or what? probiotics are confusing..   [End]
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cut back on your medicine. eye floaters are a die off symptom but if your body cant take too much of it, it will cause problems. find something easier to take   [End]
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I really wonder how much of a difference there is between candida and gluten intolerance. I read that candida has the same symptoms to some degree. I have smelly stool a lot and it seems to land on days I eat grains of some sort. sometimes its there anyway, but the smell is different, odd. my nose also clogs up when i eat certain types of wheat or refined flours. it is gluten intolerance or candida? my belly is bloated regardless of what i do so how on earth can you tell the difference??   [End]
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the mucuous in the stool gets to me, as well as cysts in the ovaries. i would have never have thought that would come from candida.   [End]
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Here is an article some of you may have already read about Candida. Its pretty scary to me.I know a lot of this already,most of us know these symptoms very well and are living it, but still reading about it and the way everyone acts like its going to kill us is crippling... http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/how-to-overcome-candida-pt1   [End]
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That is quite scary. How do we know what to do about it then? other than the usual stuff..   [End]
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I really wonder about this one. I never have any courage in life, even though I used to, and my mind functions seems screwed up. I cant always think clearly, I know thats a symptom, but Im interested in hearing from people about how candida has affected their everyday brain function. maybe its just life thats made me feel this way but it never hurts to ask   [End]
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I dont have much food choices right now so i cant stop dairy, usually i only have a little bit. Yes it can be for sinuses but it can cause it. since ive been off of it, I have noticed a little bit of difference. my nose isnt plugged up as bad as it was. usually before, I can take it and twenty minutes later im plugged up.   [End]
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I have been taking expeller pressed coconut oil from tropical traditions for almost four months. I have candida in my intestines and since ive been taking coconut oil i have had several sinusitis attacks where i have been in bed for three days at a time, and noticed my sinus problems have gotten so bad, I stopped taking coconut oil out of worry it could be causing it. for three weeks i have not been able to breathe through my nose. i pretty much think its sinus fungus but i dont know why its there when i was taking an anti-fungal like coconut oil in the first place. I can take garlic oil a ...
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I am very confused. The past three weeks my sinuses have closed up both nostrils. I cant breathe a lot and was using nasal spray a few times and suffering the rest. Oddly enough, whenever I take coconut oil from Tropical Traditions, which is supposed to be a great company, It causes a reaction. Ever since ive been taking it for three months, ive had severe sinusitis at times. i have good energy otherwise, and its helped in other ways, but i dont understand. Also, its like all of a sudden my body acts allergic to certain foods. If i eat lasagna, which i know i cant have, but im poor and ...
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you dont have to exercise and take the stuff. you have to take it for a few days. its a great immune system booster   [End]
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doctors cannot treat or even spot candida most of the time so thats why it came up negative. what makes you have it is the symptoms and a strong feeling that you do have it. inner guidance told me loud and clear something was wrong with me last year. it led me to candida, which ended up being true. i tested it on myself to see if i would have die off symptoms and that was what convinced me i had it. once i saw my body feel better, my stomach go down, the yeast on my tongue getting better i realized i was right. trust in yourself more   [End]
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I wanted to tell IBS sufferers something very important. You might already know it and will seem nonchalant about it, but be very careful with this condition, because it can quickly turn into Candida Albicans-yeast in the gut. I know because I had IBS for almost four years before it turned into Candida. It may have turned into it sooner, and I had no idea. I had classic IBS symptoms due to taking an antiobiotic for the first time in my life in the winter of 2006. Afterwards my stomach was a mess and never recovered. I had bouts for years of constipation and diarrhea over and over again ...
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oh wow. the book Coconut Cures says a lot of people jump to big amounts right away not thinking it will cause them harm but there was a chapter on what they call a healing crisis. the book says: ”Common symptoms include fatigue, nausea, diarrhea, rashes, acne,headaches, muscle aches and pains, loss of appetite, and fever just to name a few” the book said its different for everyone and people will experience bad symptoms depending on their level of good health. So a sore throat would be considered a symptom. Im a big sinus person, so i get congested at the drop of a hat as a die off ef ...
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i have never heard of lemon and salt water. Ive heard of Lemon water to cleanse the liver. I have said many times on this forum that coconut oil is the best anti fungal out there, but it also works a little too well. for me, it creates bad die off and books warn you off taking too much too fast. you start off with a teaspoon a day and then up your dosage half a tablespoon a week until you reach three tablespoons. i have took it for two or three months now and die off is so bad I cant even get past a tablespoon a day. everyone is different though..   [End]
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I just found this brief article on beta glucons. I was worried about taking it because its a type of yeast, but I may have misunderstood. Its oat fiber and its supposed to treat candida and boost the immune system. i never see anyone on here mention beta glucons much so I thought I would put the idea out there. btw, Im not endorsing this site and dont know anything about it. I just wanted to pass on this link to read: http://www.stopcandida.com/betaglucan.htm   [End]
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how in the world do you take that much vitamin C and not have bad die off effects? i cant take any more than 500 to 1000 most of the time. I will add to this post..ive got a good immune system booster for you i started taking the past week.. Beta Glucons My mom has always took this to prevent colds and it seems to keep illness away pretty good.   [End]
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correction: 60 mg a day sometimes twice a day. I see a difference in my body. Only issue is, if it even is one..your stool comes out green. everything turns green a lot but what do you expect when you eat grass? ** I also want to add I dont swallow pills, I pour things into my mouth. The bad on my tongue gets directly hit when I put chlorophyll on it..   [End]
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After reading the information from one of the members of the forum about Chlorophyll..i bought some, about 40 mg at a health food store. I started taking it and pretty fast noticed when i looked at my tongue that it is practically better as far as white spots go. I always thought that white spots on your tongue meant its the sign candida is in your digestive tract also. My stomach is also flatter and I feel better. i did feel tired at first, and still do some, but that ’intestinal shift’ the user talked about, seemed to happen. Just wanted to pass it on to all of you that chlorophyll sees ...
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I am just like the rest of you. I want to try new things to get rid of candida and will do so. But I feel like I would be a complete idiot if I didnt look into emotional causes. Ive been into metaphysics for a few years now and have learned that the body holds things inside of it due to traumas, stress, failures, heartbreak, etc and can cause severe health problems. I dont think ts a coincidence if we can look back on our lives and see how bad we were emotionally prior to getting our condition. For those of you who think its hocus pocus think again. we usually get headaches in direct re ...
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This is so weird you saying this about sinuses! i have problems big time with yeast dying off their a lot and the other day i started to massage my ears, my head where it hurt, and it got better. i took advil anyway, and i needed that as well, but the massage worked wonders.   [End]
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Hi. I want to say that Caprylic Acid is the same thing as Coconut Oil. the name was put in capsules because coconut oil was made fun of for years unfairly because of its high fat content, not understanding that the chain of fat..medium chain fatty acid, was good for you. Caprylic acid and lauric acid are in coconut oil and its easier to take that instead. go for expeller pressed if you dont like virgin, and make sure it does not say refined on the bottle, or it means trans fat. I can tell you that for me coconut oil has given me tons of energy, and apprently kills off a lot of yeast bec ...
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Facebook has a page called Candida Support Forum and it has interesting tips people are allowed to post to help others. http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Candida-Support-forum/116482981722268   [End]
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Im worried about this also. kissing is a big deal and I hope to start a relationship soon. I hope the other person is strong and has a good immune system. you cant just not be in a relationship ever because of candida, that is depressing   [End]
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if you do have a brain tumor, you might want to consider reading the book ”coconut cures” by Bruce Fife. in it, is a testimonial from a woman who had a brain tumor, took coconut oil and it cured it! doctors couldnt help her, they sent her home, she started coconut oil treatment and never went back to the doctor again. sorry for your frustrations and please know their are cures   [End]
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Thanks for the great info in this thread. greatly appreciated.   [End]
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thank you for the information. I dont remember what magazine it was that it was on the cover but one of the newest ones in a grocery store, said that. they arent always right though, as usual. balancing PH would be essential to candida. thats good to hear. :)   [End]
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I have used Chlorophyll off and on for years but havent had any in awhile. today, I saw a magazine cover that screamed out a title to me about Chlorophyll killing yeast and that got me. I know its good for a lot of things so i wonder if anyone has had success with it? Thanks in advance..   [End]
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sentient, you are being a bit rough. i wasnt going to say anything because its obvious people are missing my point. i do not have the money and i will do the best i can, but when you have ZERO money to buy stuff with, you eat to survive. i was just trying to point out a reality. i know that diet is important but I dont think you should tell me that i have no hope if i dont do things perfectly im doing the best i can for my lifestyle.   [End]
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Thanks for the replies, the diet is important, but the point I was trying to make was, if you are poor and have no choice, you shouldnt have to depress yourself to death because you have to eat what you can. I liked the thread on this forum about the guy who ate peanut butter and mentioned potatoes, and rice as soluable fiber so the bowels work slower. I agree with that, and it ties in with what I am able to do right now. I think anti fungals are the most important and taking probiotics, but I guess that goes without saying..LOL   [End]
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I discovered I had candida due to a large bloated belly back in September of this year. I went on the diet and started taking natural anti fungals. i had die off problems and still do. I walk around every day with sinus congestion due to coconut oil use, and find it hard to up the dosage even though its highly recommended. Anyway, why does the diet have to be so picky? i am not able to get food stamps again, live with my parents who eat starches all the time, and I am looking for work but am unemployed. Its not realistic to eat perfect on the candida diet and the whole thing is depressin ...
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