Re: Minimalist Yeast Abatement Protocol

The hints at polysystemic colonization provided by "eye floaters",

See //www.curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=1961901

and the suite of invasive and self-protective options (including quorum sensing) available to Candida Albicans,

See //www.curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=1962320

both suggest that the abilities of this organism to maintain its presence in the human host have been underestimated. We need to be at least as subtle and strategically-minded as evolution has made it in order to reduce its impact.

Although its major presence is in the alimentary canal from throat to anus and in female genital areas, it is important to realize that it may also have established sub-colonies in other nutrient-rich zones, such as the blood-brain barrier. Sustenance in the form of glucose, vitamins and minerals is supplied here in an endless stream on this pathway to the brain for any organism that can persist there.

Yeast may be able to maintain its presence below the clinical radar but it does leave detectable footprints wherever it may be:

• red rash on the back of the neck (possibly phospholipase irritation of tissue)

• scrunching sound during neck motion (possibly acetaldehyde modification of disulfide bonds in neck cartilage affecting elasticity parameters)

See //www.curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=1958887

• concentration problems/memory loss/brain fog (possibly acetaldehdye interference with choline acetyl transferase enzymatic processes)

See //www.curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=1949530

• "hangover" symptoms: headache, depression, anxiety, irritability (possibly acetaldehyde interference with brain biochemistry since acetaldehyde is also the breakdown byproduct of alcohol consumption and is able to cross the blood brain barrier)

See Heap L et al. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7632171

• in severe cases, infectious processes in the brain (possibly acetaldehyde disruption of the tight junctions securing the blood-brain barrier )

See "leaky gut" //www.curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=1956265

And "leaky throat" //www.curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=1960577

The presence of yeast at the blood-brain barrier and its ability to quorum sense its own activity level may play a role in side effects experienced when the primary colonies in the alimentary canal are challenged. The sudden introduction of antifungals (such as garlic) into the diet can trigger what has been considered to be a "die-off" reaction (headaches, nausea, vomiting, etc.). While the Herxheimer reaction may indeed be a partial explanation of what is happening here, there may be other aspects to the problem.

By challenging the yeast in the gut outright with a potent antifungal, its budding activity there may decrease significantly. However, given that polysystemic colonization is highly likely, and that yeast may be able to quorum sense its own activity in various parts of the body, then the reduction of budding activity (and acetaldehyde production) in the gut may result in a commensurate increase of similar activity in the blood-brain region. Many of the "die-off" side effects are strikingly similar to brain exposure to acetaldehyde!

From a yeast perspective, this gives it "host-control" leverage. If the host ingests something that challenges it in the gut, it can "punish" the host with more severe brain-active symptoms with the likely effect that its host will revert to previous behavior and remove the antifungal from its dietary intake. It already appears to be exerting host control suppression of the immune system response to its presence via acetaldehyde-mediated interference with the thyroid.

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