CANDIDA...THE VICIOUS CYCLE OF THE ENEMY WITHIN

So many people go through life suffering from symptoms like recurrent headaches, fatigue, yeast infections, migraines, irritable bowel syndrome, itching, and brain fog. But as diverse as those symptoms sound, they often all have the same cause – an opportunistic fungus named Candida Albicans.

Sadly Candida is often misdiagnosed, but today I’m going to explain exactly what it is, how it develops and how to treat it. I’ll list the most common causes of Candida overgrowth, and then I’ll share the key elements that you must include in a successful Candida treatment plan.

What Exactly Is Candida/Candidiasis?

Candida Albicans is a pathogen that takes advantage of a disruption in the balance of microorganisms in your gut.  It lives harmoniously in the inner warm creases and crevices of the digestive tract (and in the vaginal tract in women).   This balance of ‘gut flora’ is a crucial part of your immune system and digestive health, but it can easily be lost during periods of stress or after a course of antibiotics. When this balance is lost, the colonies of Candida Albicans are able to expand rapidly until they control a large portion of your gut.  

Candida Albicans releases up to 79 different byproducts, including uric acid and a powerful neurotoxin named acetaldehyde. Acetaldehyde causes chronic headaches and brain fog.  Uric acid can cause joint pain and lead to gout if an excess builds up.  Meanwhile, the change in your gut flora can lead to digestive problems, food intolerances, yeast infections and oral thrush.

SIGNS & SYMPOMS: 

Patients who have chronic candidiasis generally say they "feel sick all over".   Fatigue, allergies, immune system malfunction, general malaise, loss of energy, bloating and gas, depression, rectal itching, chemical sensitivities, and digestive disturbances are just some of the symptoms these patients tend to experience. 

How Does Candida Overgrow In Your System?

It's basically a classic example of a multifactorial coniditon, as shown in the vicious cycle above.  

Therefore, the most effective treatment involves addressing and correcting the factors that predipose to C. albicans overgrowth.  Know that...it involves much more than killing the yeast with antifungal agents, whether synthetic or natural. 

PREDIPOSING FACTORS IN CANDIDA ALBICANS OVERGROWTH

Prolonged Antibiotic Use Impaired Immunity High Sugar Diet Underlying Disease States Altered Bowel Flora Birth Control Pills

Nutrient Deficiency High Stress Levels Decreased Digestive Secretions Impaired Liver Function Drug/Medication/Steroids Overuse Estrogen Replacement Therapy

"Antibiotic Use" is undoubtedly the most common cause of Candida overgrowth. Antibiotics can be lifesavers, but they also come with serious side effects that should NOT be ignored. In fact broad spectrum antibiotics are often prescribed for illnesses that would quickly clear up with a little rest.  Unfortunately, this has some major consequences for our digestive and immune systems.

Broad spectrum antibiotics do exactly what they are designed to do – kill bacteria. But the problem is that not all the bacteria in your body are harmful. In fact, a typical healthy adult carries around 500 strains of bacteria and as many as 100 trillion individual bacteria. Many of these bacteria play important roles in digesting your food and maintaining a healthy immune system.

A poor diet (refined sugar, dairy products, soda pop) and high stress levels keep feeding the yeast overgrowth. Digestion becomes impaired, essential vitamins and minerals are lacking, and healthy cells are not replicated to repair the body. The result  = chronic progressive disease over time.

THERAPEUTIC CONSIDERATIONS:

*As I mentioned before... a comprehensive approach is more effective in treating chronic candidiasis than simply trying to kill C. albicans with a drug such as Nystatin, Ketoconazole, or Fluconazole (AKA Diflucan) or with a natural antifungal agent.  

*These rarely produce significant long-term results because the fail to address the underlying factors that promote C. albicans overgrowth.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT VARIOUS BODY SYSTEMS ACCORDING TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.

Nevertheless, here are a few general tips to treating Candidiasis naturally...

1. Candida Diet - Go on a diet that helps control candida.  Starve the yeast be eliminating contributing factors such as sugar, diary products, alcohol, dried fruits and peanuts.
2. Food Allergy Testing - Since food allergies are common finding in patients with yeast syndrome, the ELISA test, will be beneficial in getting to the underlying causative factor.
3. Enhance Immunity - Restoring proper immune function is essential in treating and protecting against C. albicans overgrowth, in which will successful strengthens the patient overall.
4. Natural Antifungal Agents - A number of natural agents have proven activity against C. albicans,  As I have noted, however, rather than relying on these agents solely, it is important to address the underlying factors.  
5. Repopulate The Gut - It's essential to put good bugs (probiotics) into the gut to crowd out the bad ones; sacchromyces boulardii is particularly good at this.  Probiotics also encourage proper bowel movements; if you're not pooping properly, the body will recirculate yeast and that's the last thing you want. 
6. Promote Detoxification - Enhanced liver function is imperative at this time.  Damage to liver is often an underlying factor in chnonic yeast overgrowth, as well as in chronic fatigue.  Eliminate the use of antibiotics, steriods, immune-suppressive drugs, and birth control pills unless there is an absolute medical necessity.
7. Rebalance Your Life - At Royal Healing, we pride ourselves in delivering exceptionally attentive natural healthcare solutions to assist in rebalancing and regaining control of your health.     

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WHY NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION IS ESSENTIAL IN TODAY’S SOCIETY?

There seems to be an on-going debate as to whether nutritional supplements are actually necessary. Some studies claim that people who take a multivitamin are not any healthier than those who don’t. Other studies have proved time and time again that supplements have played an integral part in helping promote health and wellness.  There are countless studies showing that by simply increasing your vitamin and mineral intake you can promote mental clarity, weight loss, boost your immunity, reduce stress, prevent cancer and other diseases, combat depression, lower blood pressure, reduce cravings, increase energy levels, improve sleep, and regulate digestion. Given this information is it little wonder that many experts now advise that an all-round supplementation program, in conjunction with a healthy diet, is a savvy health choice.

Reason #1: Food Isn’t What It Used To Be

Some people theorize that we get all the nutrients we need from food. While that is a nice idea, it simply is not the case anymore. At one point in time, food was grown in your neighborhood, if not if your own backyard. The chickens, cows, and goats ate what they were naturally designed to digest. Fruits and vegetables were allowed to ripen and gain the maximum level of nutrients right on the vine, where they were then pick and almost immediately consumed. The soils were rich with minerals, and chemical pesticides had yet to be introduced.

Yes, at that time, food did provide the nutrients necessary for health. Now, soil has been overused and lacks in overall nutritional value. Fruits and vegetables are picked way too early and are ripen with ethanol gas while they sit in a dark truck traveling across the country. Animals are fed processed foods that are unnatural to their digestion and making them sick. And let’s not forget about all the man-made foods (GMOs) that are completely unrecognizable in nature, the chemicals added to foods to preserve them, and the genetic mutations made to plants in order to mass-produce crops.

Nothing about our food is the same. Unless you raise your own meat, grow your own produce, and rotate your soils every seven years to ensure mineral replenishment, then the truth is your food does not contain the ideal nutrients anymore.

Reason #2: Most People Don’t Eat Enough Of The Right Foods

Do you get a minimum of five servings of vegetables and two servings of fruit each day? Do you eat enough complete proteins, containing all eight essential amino acids? How about oils and fiber?

Even if our food was still nutritionally dense and unprocessed, most people do not get enough of the right foods to meet their bodies’ demands for vitamins, minerals, fiber, fatty acids, and amino acids. Additionally, certain people have conditions that demand higher levels of certain nutrients, almost to the point where it’s impossible to physically consume enough in a single setting or day.

Reason #3: New Diseases Are Linked To Nutrition Deficiencies

 The average life span is far greater than is used to be, thanks to the reduction of acute illnesses, such as the plague or small pox. Instead, we live a long life but suffer from chronic and long-term illness, including arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, thyroid conditions, fibromyalgia, hormonal imbalances, depression and anxiety, acid reflux disease, and so on.

While acute illnesses often require conventional medical treatment, chronic illnesses can frequently be linked back to a nutritional deficiency or digestive disorder. If the problem is lack of nutrition, then it would just make sense that the solution would be an increase in nutrition, which can be achieved with a good diet and the right supplementation.

Reason #4: Environmental Toxins Create A Higher Demand For Nutrients

Cars, manufacturing plants, chemical pesticides, cell phones, radiation, household cleaners, cosmetics, birth control pill, vaccinations…this list could go on and on. Our technological advances have brought on toxic overload. Because most of us probably won’t trade in our cell phones or vehicles, we are in a position of having to combat the negative effects our body experiences because of those things. Higher exposure to toxins, even in the form of excess stress, leads to a greater need for phytonutrients, antioxidants, and other immune boosting nutrients. Once again, we’re faced with a situation where food alone may not be enough and we need supplements to assist the body in times of both chronic and critical exposure.

Reason #5: Today’s Supplements Were Yesterday’s Medicine

Many of the people who argue we do not need supplements are probably the same people prescribing pharmaceutical drugs, thus acknowledging the fact that some treatment method is necessary. What we have forgotten is that what we now call nutritional supplements used to be medicinal treatments. Years ago, when you were in pain, you weren’t given aspirin; you were given white willow bark. When you had a stomach acid, you didn’t take Tums; you drank peppermint or ginger tea (or apple cider vinegar).

Considering this, it seems hard to believe than anyone could ever deny the need for nutritional supplementation, given that they have been used for the treatment of disease for centuries. Today we see them in capsules, tablets, and powders rather than ground in our kitchen with a mortar and pestle, but ultimately, they are serving the same purpose.

In summary, it is obvious that nutritional supplements are an essential element in the process of achieving optimal health. That said, it is also important to remember that supplements are just that: supplements. A well-rounded, clean diet is the best foundation to any healthy or healing lifestyle; however, supplements are there to fill in the gaps and address the needs that food alone cannot meet.     Stay Tuned...Next I will discuss on "the importance of ONLY utilizing Practitioner-Trusted vitamins and supplements".    You can start shopping TODAY at http://www.npscript.com/royalhealingnd

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