Re: I think my 1 and 3 year olds have Candida. Need advice asap. Please help!

Please dig into the studies that are now being undertaken by the NIH and CDC on The Human Microbiome Project.

http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jun2012/nhgri-13.htm

http://commonfund.nih.gov/hmp/

http://www.hmpdacc.org/

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/health/human-microbiome-project-decodes-our...

http://io9.com/5920874/10-ways-the-human-microbiome-project-could-change-the-...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18422288



This is all very, very new stuff (at least for mainstream medicine) and very relevant to this forum and this discussion.

Some conclusions from this are:

1: Everybody's gut microflora is individually unique
2: At birth, our intestinal microflora begin to be established on the journey through the birth canal
3: Further establishment takes place during breastfeeding

So what's being learned here is that in the absence of natural childbirth and breastfeeding, the more recent generations are a mess. If you couple that with the Antibiotic use of the prior generations and the birth canal being devoid of probiotics (think about the prevalence of vaginal yeast infections these days), it's no wonder our offspring are a mess.

Anyway, formula manufacturers are beginning to incorporate probiotics into infant formula now.

So, my advice to you is to read, read, read the information that's coming out of the Human Microbiome Project, and to focus on restoration of intestinal flora balance in your infant and toddler. They have a better shot at being fixed than we do as adults, because their gut microflora are not well established, or even existent.

I have been following these studies, and have started to make my own homemade kefir from milk kefir grains to try to a least help to rebalance my intestinal flora, or to at least prevent it from getting worse.

I could go on and on about the literature but as I said, it's best that you don't jump around to much and remain focused.
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