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Is It Okay To Eat Fermented Foods If I Have Candida Or A Leaky Gut?

I think many people overdo this category of fermented and cultured foods. If you’re taking all these kinds of things like yogurt, kefir, kombucha, and sauerkraut, it’s overkill.

I’ve got a book from the 1950s on fermented and cultured foods, and it specifically states not to take kefir if you have digestive problems. Fifty years down the track and everyone is drinking kefir and recommending it to everyone else. Fifty years from now people will have the same amount of caution that they used to have about fermented foods. They’ll again realize how powerful these foods can be – sometimes too powerful for an ailing gut

The gut can’t handle this kind of microbial onslaught. When you are pummelling the body, with all these several acids like high dose lactic acid, and multiple types of yeast in these foods, it’s very hard on the body.

The first thing you may want to do is a stool test. Check to see what level of beneficial bacteria you have, what level of imbalanced flora you’ve got. Have you got parasites or yeast? Is there any inflammation in your gut? Is the immune system faulty?

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Fix these problems first and then introduce fermented foods, slowly but surely, to build up the microbial health of your gut. It can take three, six, or twelve months to do this. You need to be very careful with the microbial balance in the gut and make changes very, very slowly

Once you fix your gut problems and gradually introduce fermented foods, you can build your gut health up to a very high level. Working at the clinic has taught me that kefir is the wrong food if you’ve got a gut imbalance. Once you correct the gut imbalance, you may be able to tolerate a small amount of kefir every single day. For example, if you’ve not had kefir before, you may want to start with half a teaspoon of kefir per day because it is such a powerful food. Don’t forget, kefir is a fermented product, and it’s full of yeast. People don’t realize that you can get Candida strains from kefir. You need to be very careful with these kinds of foods

Eventually, you may even be able to tolerate kefir and yogurt in the same day. But to put kefir and yogurt into the diet at the same time is crazy to me. That’s literally like doing three hours of gym work a day and three hours of running. It’s going to cause some damage.

Yogurt is fine, but again, if you’ve got a very big problem with Candida, and a low number of beneficial bacteria, you need to go very slow with yogurt at first. You may also have a dairy allergy, so you need to be cautious. Always be cautious with yogurt. Start with a tablespoon per day. Many people can gradually build up to a small bowl of yogurt per day.

Sauerkraut is not a problem. But if you’ve got a leaky gut and a bad histamine problem, you may get itchy skin and a strong reaction to it.

The bottom line is this: proceed with caution when it comes to fermented foods. Yes, reap the benefits, but make sure you don’t overwhelm your gut with these powerful foods.

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The Management of Chronic Bloating Due To Candida

I think it’s very sad that some people live with horrible gut conditions that are entirely treatable. Sometimes people find themselves surfing from one doctor to another and taking medications that don’t address the underlying problem. If you are having this experience, you may be living with bloating, embarrassment, gas, and a chronic feeling of being sick.

If it’s bloating that you’ve got, especially if you look like you’re pregnant with the bloating, it means you have a significant fermentation problem. You likely have bacterial or Candida issues and a lack of beneficial bacteria. Just throwing a pill at the problem won’t make it go away. For anyone with chronic bloating, particularly if you’ve had the problem for years and years, the first step is a comprehensive stool test. You need to know exactly what is going on in your gut to fix the bloating problem. The solution is not to get the typical testing available at your doctor’s office. Standard testing won’t provide the information that you need.

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Getting a comprehensive stool analysis will be money well spent. If you forego doing the test, you’ll find yourself with poor information, poor decisions, and a poor future that includes ongoing bloating. Stop the CanXida supplements for 14 days before the test to ensure accurate results. If you’re following a paleo diet, you can continue to eat that way while undergoing the stool testing.

You can buy the test yourself from Direct Labs. If you want to do a follow-up with me for interpretation of the results, I’m happy to do that. Otherwise, look at the results and take the appropriate action. My guess is that within three to six months, you’ll get rid of the bloating.

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How Long Should I Say On Canxida Supplements?

My general rule for using CanXida products is that the longer you’ve been sick, the longer you’ll need to stay on the supplements. Conversely, the shorter the amount of time you’ve been unwell, the shorter the length of treatment.

For many people with Candida infections, the CanXida products can help get rid of the infection within three to six months. For more severe cases of Candida, it may take nine months or longer to treat the infection successfully. Generally, if you’ve had Candida for just a short time, I suggest taking the supplements for another two to three months after the condition has been successfully treated. Taking CanXida for that additional time will help prevent a relapse of the Candida.

If you’ve had Candida issues for a long, long time but still managed to successfully treat the infection with three months, you’ll need to continue the CanXida for a longer duration. You might need to stay on a daily dose for at least twelve months to ensure the symptoms of Candida don’t come back.

Remember that CanXida products are not only for people who have a Candida infection. People around the world use these products for several reasons, not just Candida. Examples of conditions that can benefit from the use of CanXida products include:

  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Leaky gut syndrome
  • Helicobacter pylori infection
  • Parasites
  • Food allergies

We’ve also had great feedback about CanXida products from people with chronic constipation, diarrhea, and vaginal infections. Some people even opt to take a container of CanXida with them when they go away on a cruise or business trip.

The CanXida products can be used together or as standalone supplements.

Many people take CanXida Remove one or two per day for a long time, just to keep the gut clean.

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Other people take CanXida Restore one or two capsules per day, on and off, for many different reasons because it’s a combination of digestive enzymes and probiotics. CanXida Restore is used by a wide range of people, including teenagers, the elderly, and everyone in between.

Rebuild is a multivitamin designed for daily use on an ongoing basis. It can replace any kind of multivitamin.

The supplement I would say you probably want to stay on the longest is the combination of Remove and Restore. Even just one dose per day of each is beneficial.

What I generally suggest is that you follow the adage “Start low, go slow” when introducing CanXida products into your daily routine. This approach reduces the risk of side effects, making it easier to use the products consistently and effectively.

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How Digestive Enzymes Help Reduce Candida Levels

There is a fair amount of misinformation about digestive enzymes when it comes to their role in the management of Candida. So, although I do recommend using them, I think it is imperative to understand how digestive enzymes help overcome Candida infections.

However, before taking digestive enzymes to manage Candida, you should confirm that you actually have that problem. If you’re assuming that Candida is your problem, there is only a 50% chance that you are right. Once you have determined that you are dealing with a Candida infection, digestive enzymes certainly have a role to play. Many people think digestive enzymes are helpful because they break the cell wall of the Candida or because they kill harmful bacteria. The truth is that digestive enzymes don’t directly kill Candida. Instead, these enzymes improve and facilitate digestion. A powerful digestive system can overcome Candida and bacterial problems.

Digestive enzymes improve the fermentation of food in the gut. The improved digestive process encourages populations of healthy bacteria to grow. These healthy bacteria can then displace the Candida populating your gut. In other words, digestive enzymes are not about killing Candida. They are about building a robust, healthy digestive system that can overcome any infection, not just Candida.

If you are going to include digestive enzymes in your diet, it’s critical to include the rights ones. It is essential to include probiotics in the mix. Probiotics help with digestion and reduce gas and bloating. Make sure that the enzymes you are taking are compatible with the probiotics. Don’t just take a random combination of digestive enzymes and probiotics.

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Enzymes to include in your digestive enzyme mix include glucoamylase, hemicellulase, and amylase. These are very small, very specific carbohydrate busting enzymes. By breaking down carbohydrates into smaller components, your healthy bacteria can ferment carbohydrates more readily. More efficient fermentation in the intestines is going to help you avoid all sorts of health problems.

I recommend including the specific enzyme serratiopeptidase in your digestive enzyme mix. Serratiopeptidase binds to “junk” molecules and helps escort them out of your body. Serratiopeptidase can also improve the working of antibodies.

Before formulating CanXida Restore, I did a lot of research into the best digestive enzyme and probiotic combinations. The result is a product that has received great feedback from consumers. CanXida Restore includes all the enzymes mentioned above plus compatible probiotics. The particular combination of enzymes and probiotics found in CanXida Restore results in reduced bloating and higher numbers of beneficial bacteria in your gut. CanXida Restore also improves the digestive functions of the stomach, pancreas, and small intestine.

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Mercury Fillings: What Should You Do?

Dental amalgam fillings contain the heavy metal mercury. It’s not uncommon for my patients to decide to have these fillings removed as part of their efforts to get healthy.

If you’re going to take that course of action, make sure that you have a dentist who is very sharp and up to date when it comes to mercury amalgam removal. For example, you’ll definitely want to work with a dentist who uses a rubber dam during the procedure. It also makes the most sense to remove the biggest filling first and work your way down from the “worst” tooth to the tooth containing the least amalgam.

I would recommend getting a hair analysis for heavy metals before you undertake the dental procedure. A hair analysis should measure not only mercury but also the levels of copper, zinc, cadmium, lead, and arsenic.

You should repeat the hair analysis during the filling removal process, and again farther on down the road. What you should notice is that your baseline mercury level increases as the dental work is done, and then it goes down to a very low level. Once the mercury level has dropped significantly, you can be confident that a substantial amount of this toxic metal has been removed from your body.

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In addition to hair analysis, I would recommend a stool test to determine the health of your gut. Next, address any gut-related issues before you undertake a mercury detoxification process. You want your gut to be healthy before beginning the detox. If you have a leaky gut, you’ll end up reabsorbing the heavy metals you are trying to remove.

Your liver and kidneys are involved in excreting heavy metals from the body. Mercury can be very hard on your kidneys. For that reason, make sure these organs are in good working order before beginning a heavy metal detoxification process.

In summary, the steps to take when removing your amalgam fillings are as follows:

1. Find a well-trained dentist with expertise in amalgam removal.

2. Do a hair analysis before, during, and after removing your mercury-containing fillings.

3. Do a stool analysis and address any gut problem.

4. Ensure your liver and kidneys are working well.

5. Undertake the heavy metal detoxification process with the appropriate monitoring by a healthcare professional.

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