Download Candida Albicans (Yeast Infection) Recommendations

Candida Albicans (Yeast Infection) Recommendations
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Candida is usually a good sign that we have taken internally something unnatural
(pharmaceutical drugs and potions) that has upset the natural flora of our intestinal body or taken
too much of something. The scriptures say to be temperate in all things…that means don’t eat
too much of any good thing. Father even provided for us to avoid yeast or fermented products
one week out of the year to rebalance our bodies…it’s called the Feast of Unleavened Bread. The
word used for unleavened is actually sweetness as compared to something sour that has been
fermented or leavened. It was not a big thing in Scripture times to eat a lot of sweet stuff. The
sweetest thing they had back then was honey and usually they found it, they didn’t deliberately
cultivate honey bees. Proverbs 25:16 says, “Have you found honey? Eat only as much as you
need, Lest you be satiated with it and vomit.” We believe we have satiated our bodies with
sugar foods, unnatural food additives and chemicals and now we are reaping the results of
it…Yeast infections! Whenever we stray from what Father has given us to eat and to heal
ourselves, we will run into trouble.
Some of the signs of a yeast syndrome are recurrent skin fungus infections, such as ringworm,
athlete’s foot, “jock itch,” or nail problems. Also, craving for sweets, breads, or alcohol, chronic
fatigue, indigestion, or food reactions, sensitivity to molds, dampness, and smells, mental
symptoms of depression, mood swings, or confusion, recurrent vaginal yeast infections in
women or prostate problems in men and premenstrual symptoms. These symptoms may be due
to frequent or long-term use of antibiotics, such as tetracycline for acne, broad-spectrum
antibiotics for recurrent infections in the ears, bladder, vagina, or throat, and/or birth control pill
use in women.
Personally, we do not promote eliminating fruits and vegetables from the diet as we believe it is
unhealthy and unbiblical to do so. While it is true that yeast can feed off of these foods, we find
that treating with the herbs or oils eliminates the ‘need’ to cut out any of Yah’s healthy food.
Additionally, many people are so intimidated by the diet restrictions, that they feel living with
the yeast is better than the treatment. We have found that those with a mostly raw whole food
diet, ones that may even include occasional dairy and meat, can see huge success implementing
the herbs and oils, but the following are some general diet guidelines that will improve your
outcomes:
1. Drink Coconut water and Cold pressed Coconut Oil. It contains caprylic acid, a
powerful antifungal agent that directly kills the Candida yeast. At minimum, drink
the water from one or more coconut daily and/or take 3 tbsp. of oil per day.
2. Take two fresh cloves of garlic/day which is high in a biologically active compound
called allicin. This is a strong anti-fungal.
3. Reduce and/or eliminate refined sugars, refined flours, and refined grains (i.e. white
flours, sugars and rice) is the most important step.
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4. Avoid chemical household products and cleaners as much as possible. Do not use
corticosteroids or oral contraceptives as these can upset the balance of Candida
albicans.
5. Do eat 70% or more raw vegetables, some whole grains, nuts, seeds and occasional
eggs and fish. Oils should be obtained from avocados, some butter, and cold-pressed
oils such as olive, flaxseed, sesame, coconut, red palm and sunflower. Legumes are
often limited because they add to intestinal gas. Drink plenty of vegetable juices.
6. You should definitely be getting at least 4000 IU’s of Vitamin D, although most
experts agree that 10,000 IU per day is what we should be shooting for. To get this
amount of Vitamin D, you should be getting 15-40 minutes of sun per day to get
enough vitamin D. Recommended time in the sun to produce about 10, 000 IU of
vitamin D:
Light skin = 15-20 minutes daily
Medium Skin = 25-30 minutes daily
Dark Skin = 40-45 minutes daily
Don’t use sunscreens. Even weak sunscreens (SPF=8) block your body’s ability
to generate vitamin D by 95%. This is how sunscreen products actually cause
disease — by creating a critical vitamin deficiency in the body.
Ideally exposure should be to prime midday sun (10:00 AM to 2:00 PM) when the
UVB rays are strongest; UVB are the kind of sun rays that produce vitamin D on
the skin.
Don’t shower after sun exposure. Natural skin oil is critical to the absorption
process since vitamin D is only formed on skin that has enough natural oil
formed on its surface and if it stays on the skin long enough after exposure to
the sun.
7. Taking a greens supplement or making green smoothies is especially helpful when
you are balancing yeast. Mold, Fungi and yeast attach on to the greens molecules and
helps to sweep them out efficiently. Radishes are known for their ability to keep yeast
at bay plus tone down flatulence.
8. Natural remedies that help to kill yeast include: caprylic acid, fresh garlic and garlic
extract, and the herb paud’arco, or taheebo. Garlic capsules can be taken-2 several
times daily and Pau d’arco can be made into a tea, which is drunk several times daily.
If you find this tea doesn’t help try clove tea instead. Thyme oil has also been
recommended to kill yeast. You could also try a cycle of “Parashield” from Gaia
Herbs to rid your body of parasites (yeast being one of them). To make Pau d’arco
tea, boil one quart of distilled water with 2 tablespoons tea for 5 minutes. Store it in
the fridge with the tea leaves in. Strain as much as you need. Drink 3-6 cups daily.
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You can also try a combination of the following herbs in equal parts- chaparral, pau
d’arco, olive leaf, and myrrh either encapsulated or tinctured. If you are in stage 1,
you could try the following regimen with these 4 herbs for persons 7 years and older:
3 pills (or 3 dropperfuls – dropperful equals 25 drops), 3 times per day for 14 days –
which would equal 120 pills or 4 oz of tincture.
1. Once this 14 days is complete, take 3 pills (or 3 dropperfuls) once a day for
one month for every year you’ve had a problem, otherwise the yeast is likely
to overgrow again quickly. For many people, this would include exposure to
yeast overgrowth in the womb. For instance, if you are 30 years old, and you
feel you’ve had yeast overgrowth symptoms all your life, you would take 3
pills a day for 30 months. Add on one more month if you think your mother
had yeast overgrowth when she was pregnant with you.
2. Be sure to take a probiotic, greens and prebiotics with this regimen.
3. For infants and between 4-12 months, doing 1 dropperful per day with a
probiotic is sufficient
4. For children 1-3 years, 2 dropperfuls with a probiotic per day
5. For children 4-6 years, 2-3 dropperfuls with a probiotic
If using essential oils: 5 drops Lemon Essential Oil, 5 drops Melaleuca (Tea Tree) Essential Oil,
3 drops Oregano Essential Oil, in a capsule -take 1 per day with a meal.
Rotate using the essential oils with probiotics. For example, stay on the yeast killing blend for 10
days. Then rebuild with a Probiotic for 5 days, taking a good probiotic 3x day. Repeat cycle until
yeast is controlled. This cycle can last a few months.
9. Otherwise, saturate the internal body with good bacteria. Probiotics contain our good
bacteria, that coats our internal organs and keeps yeast in check, preventing it from
invading our systems through our organ walls. A really good pro-biotic product is
called “Good Belly” (It’s a little like kefir. I use it to make a fermented yogurt
product out of blended coconut meat and water-costs less plus you get your caprylic
acid as well. You can find the recipe for this in Debi’s Yahsom, Rawsom UnCookbook in our Living Foods Store)
10. Eat foods that will increase the multiplication of probiotics. These foods are called
prebiotics and are:
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Chicory Root
Jerusalem Artichoke
Dandelion Greens
Garlic
Leek
Onion
Cooked Onion
Asparagus
Wheat bran
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Whole Grains, including oatmeal
Banana
Flax and chia seeds
Almonds. Well known for their prebiotic properties that improve your digestive
health by increasing levels of beneficial gut bacteria, in addition to being an
excellent source of alkaline protein. Soaking them in water in the refrigerator for
at least 4 hours will remove their phytic acid (an enzyme inhibitor that protects
the nuts while growing), making the nutrients more bio available.
11. To prevent re-infection, use a new toothbrush every 3 days (or soak it overnight in
hydrogen peroxide). This is a good preventive measure against both fungus and
bacterial infections of the mouth.
12. Breathe and exercise. If I am craving sweets or cheese or anything that will make me
more acidic, I stop and take some deep breaths and the craving goes away. Breathe
deep down into your belly as often as you can think about it. Any form of exercise
will encourage deeper breathing. An acidic pH environment provides a fertile bed for
fungal overgrowth. As such, an acidic pH is one of the factors that encourages
Candida overgrowth to start and keeps the fungus healthy. Just deep breathing by
itself can bring your pH into balance.
Warning: Before treating with any herbs or essential oils, please consult your Naturopathic
or Medical doctor to avoid negative side effects. We are not doctors and only provide this
information for your education.
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