Re: Candida iodine

What I said was that this trio was very close to my list; I would toss in some zinc as well.

I am not a candida expert, rather an expert on myself:)
Dosages; cant help much other than share what I have done.
I took 1/4 of a level teaspoon of borax (cosmetical grade,99,9% pure) for a whole year or two, then maintenance after that; which is a half 00 capsule once or twice a week. Taken with vit C, MSM, magnesium.
Dosages needed may vary, depending on health history and severity of symptoms.

I focused on getting my thyroid on track, and my adrenals; and my digestion that was far beyond par. This way I got the candida under control. I dont believe much in "killing" or starving it, as it works like a dandelion; comes back with revenge.
Better make the terrain in such a shape that it doesnt get the hold of you.

When it comes to craving for soda and alchohol; it may be adrenals, hypo adreni (cortisol/aldosterone inbalance), low blood Sugar causing it. A high intake of sodium, vit C, B may help the adrenals.
+ some adrenal supporting herbs. High intake of saturated good fat like coconut. Chromium.
Lithium in small dosages may help with alcohol damages.
Potassium to keep the inside of cells hydrated.
The adrenals are highly involved in the sodium-potassium pump, as well as blood sugar.

"Low Cortisol, Adrenal Fatigue and Hypoglycemia
It’s been known for almost a century that people who suffer from low blood Sugar frequently suffer from adrenal fatigue. It’s also been known that people who suffer from adrenal fatigue almost always have some form of irregular blood Sugar pattern, of which hypoglycemia is the most common. With hypoglycemia there are usually cravings for sugar. There are real physiological reasons why these cravings exist.



"When your adrenals are fatigued, their cortisol output is diminished and you have lower levels of circulating blood cortisol. With lowered blood cortisol, your liver has a more difficult time converting glycogen into glucose. Fats, proteins and carbohydrates, which normally can be converted into glucose, also cannot be as readily converted into glucose. These reserve energy pools controlled by cortisol are critical to achieving and maintaining normal blood sugar levels, especially during stress. Further complicating this matter is that during stress, insulin levels are increased because the demand for energy in the cells is greater. Insulin opens the cell wall membranes to take in more glucose in order to provide more energy to the cells. Without adequate cortisol levels to facilitate the conversion of glycogen, fats and proteins to new glucose supplies, this increased demand is difficult or impossible to meet. All this combines to produce low blood sugar.



People with adrenal fatigue are in a real bind because when they are under stress, demand for blood glucose increases, but their fatigued adrenals cannot produce enough cortisol to generate higher glucose levels from reserves. In the presence of increased insulin and decreased cortisol, blood sugar drops rapidly. When this happens at the same time as an increasing demand for glucose, the stage is set for tragedy. In a physical survival situation this might lead to death because response times slow down, thinking easily becomes confused, muscular strength is weakened, and other problems occur which render the individual too helpless to effectively defend themselves or escape.



Typically in our society in which physical survival is not usually a daily source of stress, people handle their low-adrenal related hypoglycemia symptoms with a double-edged sword; they eat something sweet with a cup of coffee or cola. This is a short acting emergency remedy that temporarily increases blood sugar with nearly immediate impact. They can almost feel it hit the back of their brain as their blood sugar moves out of the basement and shoots for the stars, relieving their hypoglycemic symptoms for about 45-90 minutes. However, this is inevitably followed by a precipitous plunge back to even lower blood sugar levels than they started with. Many individuals do this day in and day out, not realizing that hypoglycemia itself is a significant stress on the entire body, and especially on the adrenals."
http://www.tuberose.com/Adrenal_Glands.html

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