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Improving Your Gut Health With CanXida Products

I often get asked by people, what are the most important supplements for gut health?

Most people I’ve seen in the clinic take far too many supplements. They spend too much money taking dozens and dozens of supplements in this ridiculous belief that they take 20 or 30 things, it’s going to improve their health.

I’ve rarely seen a person attain excellent health taking 10, 20, 30 dietary supplements. I think the one that topped the cake for me is a lady who took 63 different nutritional supplements in one day.

Many people will see a practitioner like me, and they may get recommended a supplement. But then after a while they’ll see somebody else and somebody else and somebody else, and then they’ll go to a Whole Foods store, and then they’ll go online, and before they know it, they’re taking 10, 20, 30 supplements.

It’s not required. You don’t need to spend so much money taking so many vitamins and the like.
You should be able to get almost everything you need, from your diet and lifestyle. The whole idea about my Candida Crusher channel is to get you to a better level of living, better way of thinking, better way of living and relating to people, but also a better way of eating. And, this should get you to a point where you don’t need to take lots and lots of dietary supplements.

The only things I like to take myself personally are good quality and omega-3, and occasionally I’ll take magnesium. I take a multivitamin may be sometimes, but that’s about it. I get everything I need from the kind of diet that I have.

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I encourage people, is always to select those foods that I’ve talked about on this channel. Prepare them yourself. If you can grow some of your foods. Get involved in your food chain.
If you’re reading this article, you’ve likely got a digestive problem.

Do you have constipation? Do you have esophageal reflux disease? Do you have gas or bloating? Have you had a stool test performed, and it’s conclusive that you’ve got a Candida problem or maybe a parasite problem?

Maybe you’ve got SIBO or dysbiosis. Once you find out what you’ve got, then it’s a matter of tailoring the diet and lifestyle to suit that condition. Supplements are just icing on the cake.
Now, you may think that it’s a bit weird for someone like me not to have a range of like 50 different products because I am a product formulator. I’ve formulated many successful products for many companies over the years. But I’ve only formulated a few CanXida products so far because I don’t believe people need a whole bunch of stuff to take.

One of my key products is the antimicrobial Canxida Remove. If you have a problem with bacterial overgrowth, you may want to consider CanXida Remove, assuming you’re already eating a healthy diet.

The second thing that I often get people to consider is probiotics.

Digestive enzymes and probiotics need to be taken together, either as separate supplements or as a combined supplement together.CanXida Restore contains both digestive enzymes and probiotics.

In my opinion, most people only need to take these two or three products for about six to twelve months to improve their gut health.

And after, they don’t need to take supplements anymore, unless
they have a specific need for, say, a magnesium supplement or a coenzyme Q10 one because they’ve got some issues there with their heart.

Or, they could take some lutein or zeaxanthin for their eye, for example, if they’ve got a visual problem.

Don’t fall into the trap of taking a supplement for sleep, a supplement for anxiety, a supplement for your bowels, and so on. It’s a waste of money.

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Estrogen: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

Estrogen has been very maligned for many years. Many people believe estrogen is a “bad” hormone, but if you have a healthy, balanced body, estrogen is perfectly fine.

The problem is that obesity has become the norm in many countries. The diet in these countries is high in saturated animal fat, which can cause estrogen problems.

Saturated fat influences certain types of intestinal bacteria to produce an enzyme called beta-glucuronidase. Beta-glucuronidase makes estrogen a lot more able to move through the bloodstream and into the body where it can create damage.

Estrogen is a proliferative hormone. It makes things grow. When in excess, estrogen has been linked with many different types of cancers. This is why you don’t want a whole lot of beta-glucuronidase activity going on in the body.

One of the reasons vegans and vegetarians tend to have a more streamlined body shape is that they have a more balanced estrogen and progesterone profile.

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By changing the amount and types of fats that you eat, you can avoid estrogen problems. For example, lean protein and fish protein are god choices. Fish protein is often associated with an anti-inflammatory fat.

Beef fat, on the other hand, tends to trigger inflammation through a particular pathway.

In order to reduce the build-up of estrogens in the body, you need to be aware of xeno-estrogens (foreign estrogens). Xeno-estrogens are found in the diet as well as plastics like cling wrap. It’s not a good idea to use those types of plastics, especially on high fat foods, because artificial estrogens can get sucked into the fat.

Use containers with a lid rather than plastic wrap.

Dietary fiber can reduce estrogens levels. So can certain probiotics, particularly lactobacillus acidophilus, which has been linked with a reduction of both beta-glucuronidase and estrogen. I recommend having a bit of yogurt in your diet and taking lactobacillus acidophilus supplements.

The critical steps to keeping your estrogen at a health level are to keep at a healthy weight, eat the right foods, including plenty of fiber, avoid deep-fried foods, and cut back on alcohol.

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Fecal Microbial Transplant: What You Need To Know

I have been following the science of fecal microbial transplants for years.

I just saw on Wikipedia that it was first performed in 1958 in the States. Still, more recently since the 1980s, it’s been performed and probably likely pioneered by the Center for Digestive Diseases in Sydney, Australia.

After a medical conference in Sydney, I had some discussions with some of the doctors that work at the CDC. One of the doctors said that when they first started doing the pilot studies with a group of about 20 patients, after 12 months, all patients had exactly the same problem that they had prior to the transplant. So it’s not a cure-all. FMT was originally used particularly for Clostridium difficile, quite a nasty gut infection you can get, which can lead to some serious bowel problems. In fact, it’s now sort of become the standard treatment for C. diff in America.

My personal opinion on FMT is, in most cases, it’s not going to have much effect on the patient.
Doctor Thomas Borody from the CDC, for example, in 1988, had a successful attempt at working with a patient with ulcerative colitis (UC) with FMT. The patient went into remission for a considerable period and then relapsed. I worked with over 100 cases of UC in the last several years, and they had almost a complete remission for an extended period using no FMT whatsoever.

My clients were able to go into remission through stool testing, eliminating the main pathogens, rebuilding the gut with probiotics, and following an anti-inflammatory diet.

Fecal microbial transplant, in my opinion, is clutching at straws. It’s a last resort kind of thing that many people jump into, but now it’s sort of seen as a first resort. I think it should be reserved for rare and unusual cases where other avenues have been exhausted. In my personal opinion, it’s not required in 99% of cases.

Now, I’m probably going to get some comments back along the lines of, “I had successful FMT or I would’ve been dead years ago.” I’m sure there’ll be people out there like that, but you’ll likely be only 1% of patients with serious gut problems.

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For 99% of people, it’s possible to get great results through regular stool tests, getting on top of leaky gut, addressing SIBO, and managing Candida.

If you fix things up earlier, they don’t become serious problems down the track, requiring things like FMT. Now, as I mentioned, there will be rare, genetically-linked cases that may benefit from FMT.

Several years ago, I had a young client from the UK who had a very dysfunctional GI system. I tried many things with her and couldn’t get the result I was looking for. The parents had plenty of money, so they flew the girl to Sydney. The girl had FMT, and for three months, it was all hunky-dory. This girl thought she was cured, but then, bang, straight back to where she was. 30 grand later, she’s back in the same hole she was in the beginning.

Ultimately, the solution for this young lady was probiotics. Once we found the correct probiotics for her, literally within a month, she was back at university again. It’s as simple as that, okay? This girl spent a lot of money going to all different clinics, tried all of the different types of antibiotics, many different things, but in the end, it was just probiotics that fixed her up.

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Serotonin And The Gut: What You Need To Know

Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that has an impact on both the brain and the gut. It comes from the amino acid tryptophan and can be released as a result of vagal stimulation.

Most people have heard of Prozac, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) used to treat depression. SSRIs are given to people to help flood their brains with serotonin. That’s one of the reasons most people think of mood problems when they hear the word serotonin.

SSRIs prolong the life of serotonin in the body by preventing it from breaking down in synaptic junctions.

However, serotonin does more than regulate the mood.

Serotonin also impacts the libido. It affects the heart by increasing vasodilatation and vasoconstriction via certain biochemical pathways.

Serotonin impacts bone, uterine contractions, and the digestive system.

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The GI system contains 5-HT receptors. These receptors uptake serotonin. We all need to have a good supply of serotonin to maintain optimal gut function.

Serotonin has a particularly beneficial impact on the migrating motor complex (MMC). The MMC is responsible for moving food through the digestive system, which helps regulate appetite and digestive control. Having a sufficient supply of serotonin will help maintain a healthy weight and reduce cravings.

The MMC also has an impact on bowel function. It ensures that stool is not too firm or too loose. This is why people with terrible problems with constipation or diarrhea often also have a serotonin imbalance.

Serotonin also helps ensure that the amount of stomach acid you have isn’t too little or too much. Serotonin is even helpful when it comes to nausea and vomiting because it helps regulate the relevant pathways.

And, don’t forget, serotonin is important for the prevention of leaky gut.

Clearly, serotonin is a chemical that plays a pivotal role in human health.

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D-Limonene: An Introduction

D-limonene is a constituent found in citrus fruit. I think they call it monoterpene. It’s a particular type of chemical, a hydrocarbon, that’s found in the white pith, or in the peel, of oranges, in particular. D-limonene is a type of monoterpene.

My question is, why focus on eating a constituent of citrus when you could have the whole fruit?
When you take a constituent, especially a monoterpene, from a plant, and they make it in a large amount and put it in a pill, it’s going to create bloating and gas.

Many people get reflux from taking concentrated D-limonene. I’ve had reports of diarrhea, and constipation, and heartburn from taking stuff that’s supposed to make you feel better.
Of course, this isn’t just true for D-limonene. Many pharmaceutical medications worsen the problems they are supposed to cure.

Natural medicine is getting to the point where it’s becoming almost like pharmaceutical medicine. Some companies are taking chemicals that are present in the diet in tiny amounts and blowing them up into large amounts. At the same time, they’re disregarding all of the other complimentary miscellaneous substances that are provided by nature with that plant.

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When I make a supplement I try, and very carefully, not to do that. I try and make sure that I look at an active ingredient and then make sure that all of the other compounds are included. So having a single active molecule, on its own, can be problematic for people.

Can d-Limonene cause gas and diarrhea? Yes, it can. You need to be very careful with it. In my opinion, have a small amount of citrus, like lemon, lime, or grapefruit instead.

Grapefruit is incredibly healthy, but some medications don’t interact well with this fruit. Grapefruit contains a flavonoid called naringenin, which can impact the processing of drugs by the liver.

But for 99% of people, it’s going to be fine to have a piece of grapefruit.

I grow a variety of grapefruit called Pink Lady. It’s a beautiful small grapefruit and pink inside. Grapefruit is fantastic for the gut and for the gallbladder. It’s got d-Limonene in it, but it’s not just d-Limonene. Think about that. Don’t take d-Limonene, preferably, have a little piece of grapefruit, or lemon, or lime regularly, and you’ll be good to go.

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