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Dear friend
I hope this note finds you well.
Quotes for your life:
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."
Tolstoy
"Between the banks of pain and pleasure the river of life flows. It
is only when the mind refuses to flow with life, and gets stuck at
the banks, that it becomes a problem. "
Manual Hernandez
"If you shut your door to all errors, truth will be shut out."
Rabindranath Tagore
Acne - Candida - The Foods We Eat
I get letters:
"My son is nearly 16 years old. He has had acne since he was 13 years. Initially it was mild, but it became severe and "cystic" when he was 14.
For one year he was on antibiotics. Tetracycline seemed to work for approximately 4 to 5 months. My son's face became worse again. He was then placed on Minocycline.
He was on and off on different antibiotics. Nothing seemed to make any difference.
Then his doctor proposed that my son take Acutane. I was required to sign a release form. When I read the potential side effects, I finally said "NO MORE".
He has been off antibiotics for about 10 months. He has tried all kinds of topical creams and blue light treatment. His face looks terrible. I know this affects my son's self esteem. I really did not know where to turn or what else I could do to help him when a friend recommended Dr. Z. who had helped her son with his acne problems in some rather unconventional ways. Without much further thought I made an appointment.
The examination was very extensive. It made a lot of sense. Dr. Z explained in detail his findings: My son tested allergic to many, if not all, his favorite foods: waffle and syrup, box cereals, oatmeal squares, peanut butter and jelly on white bread, etc. He pointed out, that this type of "diet" was not useful for resolving his skin condition. He suggested that due to his past heavy and prolonged antibiotic use, there was a high probability that his intestinal flora was quite damaged and that he most likely suffered from candida overgrowth.
Dr. Z proposed a dramatic change in eating habits - no bread, no potatoes, no fruit, no fruit juice, no carbs… He recommended a set of supplements to help restore normal digestive function. He gave my son exercises to stimulate brain function. He adjusted him and started a series of Low Level Laser Therapy sessions over the affected parts of his face.
I went home in shock - as a mother how could I make this work? This required a complete rethinking of my shopping and cooking and lunch preparation.
We gave it a good try. I felt my son wanted to quit, but he also wanted to get rid of his terrible acne. Within 5 days there was a noticeable improvement. I have my shopping and cooking routine together now. To my amazement, my son is actually following all recommendations.
Two weeks have gone by. My son's skin looks 75 to 80% better. His moodiness is much improved. This already makes a tremendous difference in his social behavior. When we go shopping, my husband and I read every label in the grocery store before we buy anything. What an education!"
Denise, Auburn - California
Candida Research from Norway
Family Practice Vol. 18, No. 3, 258-265
Oxford University Press 2001
"Effectiveness of nystatin in polysymptomatic patients. A randomized, double-blind trial with nystatin versus placebo in general practice
Heiko Santelmann, Even Laerum, Joergen Roenneviga, and Hans E Fagertunb,
Department of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo, 0317 Oslo,
a Alpharma AS, 0212 Oslo and
b Parexel Medstat AS, 2001 Lillestroem, Norway.
Correspondence to: Correspondence to Dr H. Santelmann, Holmenveien 1, 0374 Oslo, Norway. E-mail: drheiko@online.no
Background. Antifungal therapy has been claimed to be effective in polysymptomatic patients with diffuse symptoms from multiple body systems and even well defined diseases, traditionally not related to fungi. Hypersensitivity to fungus proteins and mycotoxins has been proposed as the cause.
Methods. We conducted a 4-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in 116 individuals selected by a 7-item questionnaire to determine whether the antifungal agent nystatin given orally was superior to placebo. At the onset of the study, the patients were free to select either their regular diet or a sugar- and yeast-free diet, which resulted in four different subgroups: nystatin + diet (ND); placebo + diet (PD); nystatin (N); and placebo (P).
Results. Nystatin was significantly better than placebo in reduction of the overall symptom score (P < 0.003). In six of the 45 individually recorded symptoms, the improvement was significant (P < 0.01). All three active treatment groups reduced their overall symptom scores significantly (P < 0.0001), while the placebo regimen had no effect (P = 0.83). The benefit of diet was significant within both the nystatin (ND > N) and the placebo groups (PD > P).
Conclusions. Nystatin is superior to placebo in reducing localized and systemic symptoms in individuals with presumed fungus hypersensitivity as selected by a 7-item questionnaire. This superiority is probably enhanced even further by a sugar- and yeast-free diet."
Bolds and color added by Dr. Z.
Dr. Z's comments:
The issue of candida albicans overgrowth, yeast and fungus sensitivities and the resulting ill effects on the health of a vast number of people is widely ignored by the medical community. The main reason for this may be that candida/yeast/fungus problems are mostly iatrogenic in nature. In other words, the problem is actually "doctor induced". For years medical doctors have been prescibing antibiotics for anything and everything without regard or concern for the many negative and often devastating effects on the health of the digestive and immune systems. It is encouraging to see this research study being published in a medical journal.
Very interesting is the observation that a sugar- and yeast-free diet is of considerable importance. How many doctors know anything about nutrition? How many include nutrition and diet in their diagnosis and treatment recommendations? It is always drugs, and more drugs.
My clinical experience over the past decade has demonstrated over and over again that the combination of Formula SF722 by Thorne, Pleo-Ex by Sanum/Pleomorphic-- along with our specific dietary recommendations, digestive support supplements, and the restoration of normal bowel flora--may actually be much superior in resolving candida overgrowth related symptoms compared with nystatin use and dietary changes alone.
In addition, I am concerned that pharmaceutical intervention with Nystatin and the likes may create drug resistant yeast and fungus strains that may prove tough to treat in the future.
Candida Supplements of the Month
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- A Thorne innovation, SF722 containing undecelenic acid in a base of olive oil, aids in the establishment of a healthy gut flora, and has been one of our best selling products for over a decade. It may be useful for individuals with intestinal overgrowth of Candida. Sensitivity to Candida can cause a myriad of symptoms such as chronic fatigue, allergies, hives, rashes, irritability, brain fog, depression, mood swings, itching.
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- German Homeopathic Antifungal Medicine by Sanum for symptoms associated with Candida Albicans and other fungal/yeast infections. European health practitioners report that this remedy may be useful in intestinal overgrowth of Candida, mycosis, resistant skin infections of mouth, stomatitis, gingivitis, urogenital mycosis, vaginal yeast infections, prostatic hypertophy, gall bladder problems, colitis of fungal origin, allergies.
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