Re: Thank you, BUT...

Hveragerthi, you seem very passionate about your knowledge of these things, and I do appreciate your response to my concerns (even if you think I don't!).  Did you successfully heal your body of candida symptoms?

Actually, the supplement I originally referenced had both cal and mag in the form of CITRATE.  No mention anywhere on the label of carbonate or oxide.

As a sufferer of migraines for 15 years, this is the FIRST I have heard that Calcium may contribute to migraines. Did you actually mean if cal / mag ratios are out of whack? I have seen numerous conventional medicine headache specialists, as well as natural healers, acupuncturists / Chinese Medicine practitioners, raw foods counselors, and macrobiotics practitioners throughout the years and NEVER has any of them said Calcium can contribute to migraines.  I'm curious of this - can you point me in the direction of studies you've read where this has been proven?

As for the multivitamin oxidizers only work in the presence of moisture. As an example I can take a handful of powdered bleach and put it on a colored towel. The bleach will not touch the towel though until I add water, which allows the oxidation to take place. The same principle applies to vitamins. When water is added to the vitamin the process of oxidation is sped up, which quickly deteriorates the vitamin. To show you how fast this can occur back in high school we did an experiment with synthetic vitamin C commonly sold in health food stores. We took 3 samples and exposed one to light, one to heat, and one to water all of which promote oxidation. About 40 minutes later we tested all three samples for vitamin C. In all 3 cases the vitamin C was completely destroyed in that short time.

I can't remember high school as it was YEARS and YEARS ago, but thank you for the information. So, basically what you're saying is that LIQUID multis are junk...OR ALL MULTIS are junk?  I concede that whole foods are ALWAYS better.

You cannot kill off the Candida because it is a natural part of the body. The probiotics will kill some of the Candida, but the primary effect of the probiotics is to generate acids (lactic acid, acetic acid, fatty acids) that keep the Candida in a yeast form rather than its pathogenic fungal form.

I know it is a natural part of the body and only appears to be a problem when it overwhelms the good bacteria. In a Bacteriology Culture done, it was found I have ZERO beneficial bacteria. The amounts came out 0+ for Bifidobacter, E.coli, and Lactobacillus. 

I am not sure of which post you are referring to. It could have been one of the posts discussing the many aspects of the immune system. Or it could have been someone asking about how to address Candida. Your question was not about how to get the Candida under control. Your question was when to take the probiotics, which I believe I answered.

No, it was a thread started six days ago called "Best way to take a probitioic supplement."