I found this article in the Candida section of Curezone. I have MCS and I wish I saw this sooner. For those that have multiple chemical sensitivities to perfume, newsprint, and cleaners this is a must read. If you have Candida please read this carefully because this applies to you as well. I have used these supplements successfully in my protocol among others.


The Candida/Aldehyde detox pathway and the Molybdenum Connection
written by Janice Weiss
As it relates to Candida, those of you who have read the work of Dr. Orion
Truss, or who have seen quotes by others from his work, will already have been
alerted to his assertion that much of the harm done by Candida results from
its waste product, acetaldehyde, which in turn can affect the metabolic,
neurological, endocrine, and immune systems. Further, that few chemicals can
create so much havoc in the body as acetaldehyde can. It may interfere with the
receptors for acetylcholine which is supposedly the major neurotransmitter in
the corpus callosum.
Formaldehyde, obviously then, is related to acetaldehyde in the aldehyde
chain of chemicals.
Dr. Stephen Rochlitz worked with cross-crawl brain integration exercises with
dyslexic patients with formaldehyde taped to these patients right brain
hemisphere, and sometimes the left.
Acetaldehyde is a fungal waste product.
Dr. Stephen Cooter, in his book "Beating Chronic Disease", ProMotion
Publishing, San Diego, California, states that "Candida is responsible for flooding
the system with an accumulation of toxic acetaldehydes. Acetaldehydes are
known to poison tissues -- accumulating in the brain, spinal cord, joints,
muscles and tissues."
Dr. Cooter then goes on to describe how he learned from a chiropractor, Dr.
Carol Cooper [this name came up on this List way back] that molybdenum -- a
mineral -- not a medication, but a nutrient, had a blanket reputation for
breaking down yeast by-products into forms that the body could excrete.
Coincidentally, Dr. Cooter read the monogram by Dr. Walter Schmitt "Molybdenum for
Candida Albicans Patients and Other Problems" through Dr. Cooper.
[Interestingly, these are all chiropractor, Drs. Roschlitz, Cooper, and Schmitt.]
I'm beginning to see a glimmer of some possible connections here. Dr.
Roschlitz's work, and Dr. Walter Schmitt's, although slightly different, seems
similar to me to the principle of Dr. Nambupridad's work with NAET, and perhaps
then, holding the substance, when the body is worked on through one of their
modalities, might not seem so strange after all. I think I see a common
denominator here. Worth exploring? Perhaps....
Back to Dr. Cooter and Dr. Schmitt: "Molybdenum is chemically responsible for
breaking down acetaldehyde into acetic acid. Acetaldehyde cannot be excreted
from the body; it accumulates. Acetic acid can be, though, and the body
naturally removes it or changes it into acetyl coenzyme A, a major player in the
body's energy system.... Acetaldhyde accumulations in tissue are responsible
for weakness in muscles, irritation, and PAIN."
And now for the good part (g), directly quoted from Dr. Walter Schmitt:
"Chemical aldehydes are best known as fragrances." [Shall I repeat that?]
"Chemical aldehydess are best known as fragrances.... Ethanol, or drinking
alcohol, is also precessed to acetaldehyde. ...the body has an enzyme which
breaks down the aldehydes to less toxic substances. This enzyme is aldehyde
oxidase, or sometimes, aldehyde dehydrogenase. Aldehydes encountered dietarily or
environmentally or produced in the body must be handled by aldehyde oxidase
metabolic pathways.
Acetaldehyde is a paraticularly toxic substance which, in addition to being
produced by threonine and ethanol, is a product of the metabolism (i.e.
fermentation) of carbohydrate in yeast -- hence the Candida connection.
Acetaldehyde is thought to be the major source of tissue damage in alcoholics rather
than ethanol itself. The conversion of acetaldehyde into acetic acid" for this
reaction to occur, threonine to acetaldehyde to acetic acid to acetyl
coenzyme A, NAD (niacine amide) is required, and aldehyde oxidase is dependent of
riboflavin, iron, and molybdenum. These forgoing nutrients could be helpful to
Candida albicans patients, and others who are sensitive to various fragrances
and airborne odors. Those patients with aldehyde sensitivity are incredibly
sensitive to any type of fragrance.
By coincidence, (or is it?) there's a little squibb in the newsletter from
the Environmental Health Association of Dallas on fragrance. "Perfume today is
not made from flowers but from toxic chemicals..... More than 4,000 chemicals
are used in fragrances. Of these, 95 percent are made from petroleum. Some
toxic chemicals found in fragrances: toluene, ethanol, acetone, formaldehyde,
limonene, benzene derivatives, methylene chloride, and many others known to
cause cancer, birth defects, infertility, nervous system damage, or other
injuries.... Exposure to scented products can cause exhaustion, weakness, 'hay
fever', dizziness, difficulty concentrating, headaches, rashes, swollen lymph
glands, muscle aches and spasms, heart palpitations, nausea, stomach cramps,
vomiting, asthma attacks, neuromotor dysfunction, seizures, and loss of
consciousness." This was reprinted from No Perfume Means Healthier Air brochure,
Breath of Fresh Air Battleaxe, Oakland, California.
And from another source comes another connection -- from Dr. Robert Atkins'
newsletter: Dr. Atkins is writing about Pantethine which he prescribes to his
Crohn's Disease and Colitis patients, with acknowledgement to Dr. Melvin
Werbach for Dr. Werbach's study that demonstrated that people with colitis have
markedly decreased Coenzyme A activity if the mucosal surface of their colons,
even when the blood levels of pantothenic acid are normal. Dr. Atkins
concluded, based on his success with these patients of his, that Pantethine
bypasses the block in converting Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid) to Coenzyme A. But
also, that Pantethine is a growth factor for lactobacillus bulgaricus and
bifidobacterium that we know help control yeast overgrowth (and Dr. Cooter also
speaks of it in his book). Candida, according to antibody studies done at the
Atkins Center, is involved in more than 80 percent of all cases of Crohn's and
Colitis.
And for autoimmune problems, Dr. Atkins states, " For all conditions that a
doctor might prescribe prednisone -- allergies, asthma, Rheumatoid Arthritis ,
psoriasis, lupus, and olther autoimmune diseases, pantethine can be safely,
effectively substituted. I routinely use it for all of those conditions on
hundreds of my patients, and it's valuable in weaning them off steroidal drugs,
or certainly in allowing a lower dose....
By upping body levels of a body enzyme, pantethine counteracts brain fog,
certain allergic sensitivities, and some consequences of alcoholism. (And here
it is --) ... In people with candidiasis, the enzyme fights off a toxic
byproduct called acetaldehyde, which is thought to cause brain fog, often-suffered
but rarely diagnosed.... Acetaldehyde also is suspected of being responsible
for some symptoms of alcoholism, including alcoholic heart muscle disease.
The pantethine-stimulated enzyme also detoxifies formaldehyde, an all too
frequent offender for chemically sensitive individuals."
In summary, Dr. Atkins is saying that Pantethine, without toxic consequences,
can reduce cholesterol, counuteract oxidation, stimulate the growth of
friendly bacteria, and fight allergies, inflammation, autoimmune disruptions, and
alcoholism.
In case you wondered, Dr. Cooter and Dr. Schmtt suggest 300 micrograms of
Molybdenum in three divided doses per day, and further suggests staying on it
for at least 4 months.. Dr. Atkins suggests 450 to 900 miligrams daily of
Pantethine with an equal amount of Pantethenic Acid.



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