Archive for June, 2007

When I had Candida - Tara’s Story

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

 Hello. My name is Tara. When I was a baby the Docters said my Mom was sick and gave me antiboictis so I didn’t get it.  After that, I have always have stomach problems. It really hurt when ever I ate something. My Mom and Dad were worried. Then we figured about Candida. Mom looked around on the internet and found something called Threelac. I tried it out (my stomach was hurting right then). It was like a miracle, a couple of seconds later my stomach stopped hurting and for once in my life I was okay after I ate something. I’ve been taking Threelac for a year and a half. I stopped taking it when I was around 10. Now I am 11 and a half and doing great! This Threelac was a God sent gift. My Mom and Dad are selling it at a website www.stopyeast.com. They have instructions and you can call us too at 1-888-242-8408. They will help you with questions. Thank you for reading my Blog.  

Tara ;)
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Toxicity - it plays a role in Candida Cleansing

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

Believe it or not, toxicity is probably one of the main reasons that a candida cleanse may fail.  Candida causes a large number of symptoms, but what may not be commonly known is that the symptoms that a person who has candida experiences may not be due to the actual presence of candida, but to the toxins that the candida exudes.  Candida releases up to 79 distinct toxins into the system and according to Dr. Stephan Cooter, Ph.D, in his book Beating Chronic Disease, “Candida is responsible for flooding the system with an accumulation of toxic acetylaldehydes. Acetylaldehydes are known to poison tissues – accumulating in the brain, spinal cord, joints, muscles and tissues.” These toxins also negatively affect the immune system which will increase the candida overgrowth and create, you guessed it, more toxins.  The other problem is that trying to eliminate candida causes the organism to put even more toxins into your system. Talk about going from from bad to worse.  Imagine, a slow drip (or in some cases a torrent) of poison going into your  system every day - it’s not a good thing and you will feel miserable.

Typical toxicity symptoms include: brain fog, headaches, muscle/joint achiness, general skin itchiness and rashes, acne/pimples and even vaginal irritation or discharge. 

The challenge?  How to get rid of candida and eliminate the toxins as you do it.
1.  Get your bowels moving! The body is supposed to eliminate 80% of toxins through the bowel. If you are constipated, your body will be forced to utilize your liver and even your skin to get rid of toxins. If your body is using your skin to get rid of toxins, you may experience things like itchiness, rashes, acne breakouts, ezcema or open sores.  The easiest way to solve a minor constipation problem is to take an elemental magnesium citrate in liquid form. The magnesium I have found to be most effective is Natural Calm (www.best-magnesium-citrate.com).  If you have a severe constipation problem, your best bet is a product called OxyPowder (www.constipationfree.com).

2.  Use a pysillium-based fiber product.  Metamucil or simple pysillium husk can be effective, but there are a few fibers out there that are specifically designed to help eliminate toxins.  My favorite fiber for pulling toxins is called (LOCLO) by Nature Sunshine.  It contains pysillium hull, apple pectin, acacia gum, guar gum and oat bran and can effectively cleanse your system in about 1 month although you will see improvements in less than 1 week. As with any pysillium product, do not use this if you are allergic to pysillium. Always drink plenty of water with a pysillium product.

3. If you can not take a fiber, there are some alternatives.  Activated Charcoal and Bentonite Clay (liquid form) work best to pull toxins.  These products will absorb any medications that you are taking, so you will want to take them at least 4 hours away from the time that you take your pharmacueticals. You also may want to take these for 2 weeks, then take 1 week off.

4. Another way to eliminate toxins in a hurry is an InfraRed Sauna.  Sweating will move toxins out of the bloodstream very quickly.  If you can take a suana at least 3 times a week, you will be doing yourself a big favor.

5. Sea Salt baths are another way to pull toxins out through the skin. It is relaxing, too!  To do a sea salt bath use 1 cup of baking soda and 1-2 cups of sea salt. Soak for 20 minutes.

6. Epsom Salt Bath will help pull toxins and eliminate pain.  Add 1 cup of Epsom salts and 2 tablespoons of raw grated ginger to a hot bath and soak for 30 minutes.

Getting rid of toxins through a candida cleanse, will help you to see improvement much more quickly and you will feel better, too. Happy detoxing!

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Tabula Rasa - A Clean Slate

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

A clean slate, a place to start… The hardest part about starting a blog of this nature is taking the plunge and actually putting “pen to paper” or, more accurately, “fingertips to keyboard”.  The best place to start?  hmmmm…. perhaps, the beginning.  

Three years ago I got a urinary tract infection. My doctor put me on the traditional 10 day antibiotic - nothing major, just amoxicillin. In two weeks from the start of the antibiotic I was miserable. I had developed a vaginal yeast infection, was tremendously fatigued (not great when homeschooling 5 children), my eyes hurt, my joints ached and the list of symptoms went on and on.  My health was on the worst downward spiral I have ever experienced and it didn’t seem like I was anywhere close to hitting bottom.

I had been hearing about systemic yeast infections for a little while and I guessed that I had this. So, I started a candida fighting protocol… and could not believe the difference in how I felt.  Since that time, I have done a tremendous amount of research about candida, have helped thousands of people through an effective candida fighting regimen(www.stopyeast.com), have written an online free ebook on how to treat vaginal yeast infections (www.yeastinfectionsolutions.net) and am now writing this blog as a way to be more interactive with people who are struggling with this condition. 

Believe me, you are not alone! So many people suffer with this and many do not even know that they have candida. Please feel free to help me with this Blog.  Let me know what you would like to know about this condition. I will do my best to give you good, up-to-date information that will help you to help yourself!

Leanne Felzien
Renewed Health Company

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