C is for Candida ... OT

Since so many of us are wrestling with Candida and other yeasts and fungi, I wanted to share this lengthy extract from Dr. Young's book, "Ph Miracle":

C IS FOR CANDIDA

"Acid waste sets the stage for the potentially devastating effects of a host of microscopic organisms in your body, starting with Candida. Candida is the Latin name for what is commonly known as a yeast in the human body but is really a kind of fungus. Yeast and fungus (and the closely related mold) are single-celled forms of plant life that inhabit land, air and water. They are absolutely everywhere. For example, Candida is normally found in the gastrointestinal tract. We'd actually die without it. However, it can easily become drastically overgrown, causing a wide variety of symptoms, from annoying to chronic to fatal. This is the bug all too many women are familiar with through "yeast infections," and parents may have experience with if their infants ever had thrush (which is just Candida growing in the throat).

While mainstream medicine recognizes these and a hanful of other medical problems stemming from yeast and fungus, the truth is that on the typical American diet the vast majority of people develop out-of-control growths within their bodies - and the effects are disastrous. Actually, excess Candida is just one of the villains. We are living in a plague of "microforms", including yeasts, fungus, and molds as well as bacteria and viruses. Worse still, we are victimized not only by the microforms themselves, but also by their poisonous excretions, or "mycotoxins" and "exotoxins" (from "myco" meaning fungus, "exo" meaning bacterial, and "toxin" meaning poison). The microforms produce these acidic wastes when they digest (ferment, really) glucose, proteins and fats - the same substances our bodies are looking to use for energy.

Candida and other microforms take advantage of the body's weaker areas, poisoning and overworking them. In an acidic anvironment, they basically get free rein to break down tissues and bodily processes. They live on our body's glucose, which they use for energy, and use our fats and proteins (even our genetic matter, nucleic acids!) for development and growth. These organisms are literally eating us alive! They then send their waste products (acids) out into the bloodstream, as well as inside the cells, further polluting the system.

Just to give you a little perspective on just how daunting the potential damage is: Over the hundreds of millions of years that yeast, fungus and mold have been on earth, they have developed into over five hundred thousand different identifiable forms. And they undergone little genetic change. Apparently, they haven't needed to, because they are great opportunists and survivalists, perfectly suited to what they do. They can go from explosive growth to thousands of years of dormancy (living spores have been found in ancient Egyptian tombs only recently excavated). Furthermore, there are more than a thousand toxins produced by yeast, fungus and mold.

Bacteria, yeast, fungus and mold do not themselves produce symptoms in the body - their toxic wastes do. Nor do they initiate disease. They only show up because of a compromised environment. As Rudolph Virchow wrote, "Mosquitoes seek the stagnant water, but do not cause the pool to become stagnant."

These organisms and their wastes contribute directly or indirectly to a huge list of symptoms. Most disease, especially chronic and degenerative ones, follow microform overgrowth. Between the extremes of athlete's foot and AIDS are the yeast and fungus overgrowths underlying symptoms such as diabetes, cancer, atherosclerosis (clogged arteries), osteoporosis, chronic fatigue, and more -- including infections that appear to be transmitted person to person. The general signs of overgrowth include pain, infection, fatigue, and body malfunctions including adrenal/thyroid failure, indigestion, diarrhea, food cravings, intestinal pain, depression, hyperactivity, antisocial behavior, asthma, hemorrhoids, colds and flu, respiratory problems, endometriosis, dry skin and itching, thrush, receding gums, finger/toenail fungus, dizziness, joint pain, bad breath, ulcers, colitis, heartburn, dry mouth, PMS and menstrual problems, irritability, puffy eyes, lack of sex drive, skin rash and hives, lupus, mood swings, hormonal imbalance, vaginal yeast infection, cycts and tumors, Rheumatoid Arthritis , numbness, hay fever, acne, gas/bloating, bowel stasis, low blood sugar, hiatal hernia, headaches, lethargy/laziness, insomnia, suicidal tendencies, coldness/shakiness, infections, over and underweight conditions, chemical sensitivity, poor memory, muscle aches, allergies, burning eyes, multiple sclerosis, malabsorption, and bladder infections (whew!). And that's not even including that general, just overall bad feeling so common these days. You can blame that on out-of-control microforms and their toxic acid wastes as well."


THAT WILL BRING US BACK TO ... ACID

"Microforms thrive in ... acidity! They love to swim in their own waste products. They also love the low oxygen levels that come with acidity. On top of that, the wastes they produce are strong acids themselves. So just in case you needed further convincing about the importance of getting your body back to basics, try the mental image of your body swarming with mold and fungus.

Still, the good news is that eating properly and using supplements wisely is all you need to do to let your body use and control the microforms it needs without risking the development of overgrowths or dangerous negative forms of them. Maintaining your acid/base balance through diet provides the optimal environment for only healthful levels of microforms.

Everyone needs to be concerned about microforms, even if they are not (yet) experiencing outward signs of overgrowth. That's because overgrowth happens in two stages. In the first, initial development phase, microforms grow in small colonies and, although they are most likely visible in the blood, are probably not detectable by physical sensations or symptoms, In the second, acute or chronic symptomatic phase, the complications and discomforts become obvious. It is now bad enough that your body is complaining, throwing up warning signs and pleading for help. A second-stage overgrowth may happen relatively quickly or take years to develop.

Even in this second, more serious stage, all you need to do to reverse it is to create an internal environment in your body that wont support the microforms. All that requires is balancing your blood and tissue pH with nutritional supplements and an alkaline diet like the one detailed in later chapters. Of course, it would be better still to stop them in their tracks before they ever get that bad, which is why anyone will benefit from this program.

When your body goes from acid back to base, yeast, fungus, and mold stop growing and revert back to being benign. Their leftover toxins can them be bound up by certain fats and minerals and eliminated from the body.


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