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Lichen Planus: Does The Candida Diet Work?

Lichen planus is a common skin condition I’ve seen many times over. I think it affects about one in a hundred people, mainly women and most commonly people over the age of 40.

Lichen planus is a chronic, autoimmune, inflammatory skin condition. This condition involves the T cell’s mediating response. If I remember correctly, there are certain inflammatory proteins that impact the keratin cells, resulting in a whiteish rash.

Lichen planus can impact the fingernails, the genitals, the face, and other parts of the body.
If you have lichen planus, the first thing I recommend is having a comprehensive stool analysis (CSA) performed by Doctor’s Data. Genova Diagnostics is another reputable lab that conducts stool testing.

Once you have your CSA results, work with a knowledgeable physician or naturopathy who can review your results, and design a customized treatment plan.

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Often people with autoimmune diseases such as lichen planus have problems with their small intestine that need repairing. They could have a leaky gut. A breath test may be appropriate, but the focus should really be a bowel makeover.

The first priority is to get any harmful bugs cleaned up and sorted out. The next step is to work on your diet. I recommend a diet that is very similar to the Candida Crusher approach.
Take the junk and crappy foods out of your diet. Focus on eating fresh vegetables, fruit, leans meats, legumes, nuts, and seeds. Drink plenty of clean, filtered, drinking water.

When you follow these dietary principles, your body builds up a high population of beneficial bacteria, and your immune system improves. When immune function improves, the body’s inflammatory response downregulates. The result will be an improvement in the lichen planus. You may still have the condition but in a much less aggressive state.

Next, add supplements like probiotics and Omega-3 fatty acids. I suggest taking 2000 mg per day of Omega-3 if you have lichen planus. It can make a significant difference.

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Are Carbs The “Bad Guy” When It Comes To Weight?

Do carbs make you fat?

Everybody’s gone keto crazy these days. Now and then, we get a diet that just blows people away. They love it, and keto is one of those diets at the moment. I can tell you guys in another five years there’ll be some other diet. It’ll be the iRobot diet or the Apple phone diet, or the Antarctic is melting diet. Who knows what kind of diets are going to come out. Sometimes diets seem like the flavor of the month.

My advice is to forget about the keto diet. You need carbohydrates, and I’m going to tell you why.

Carb is not a four-letter word.

The only carbs you need to avoid are the wrong kind of carbs. Don’t let people brainwash you into believing that all carbs are akin to radioactive nuclear waste.

These are the carbs you should be avoiding: candy, ice cream, soda drinks, and white, processed bread, and donuts.

The carbs that you should feel good about including in your diet are sweet potatoes, broccoli, vegetables, and fruits – to name just a few.

I’ve had several comments on my YouTube channel telling me that I’m behind the times, and I don’t realize how bad fruit and vegetables are for your health. I’ve even be told that we should only be eating meat.

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I stand 100% behind my perspective. You need starch and fiber in your diet. Good luck getting fiber from a two-pound steak.

We want to cultivate a diverse population of beneficial bacteria in our gut. We can achievethat by including the right kinds of sugars and carbs in our diet.

Of course, there are bad, really bad, good, and outstanding sugars. The trick is knowing which ones to avoid and which ones to include in your diet.

You can’t tell me for one moment that a sweet potato is going to make you fat or sick. Focus on choosing the right carbohydrates, and your weight will move in the right direction.

When you first start on a weight loss program, you’re going to lose a lot of fluid and probably a few pounds from the bowel that needs cleaning out. And then you’ll plateau. When that happens, you need to keep up your physical activity and continue to fine-tune your diet.

Carbs will only make you fat if you eat the wrong kind. But, anything can you make you fat if you eat too much of it and don’t keep active.

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How Do Probiotics Impact Gut Bacteria

Probiotics have an important role to play in establishing a healthy gut flora.

There was a fascinating study conducted in Russia in 2019 that looked at the impact of adding probiotics to yogurt. One hundred fifty volunteers participated in the study. The microbiome of each subject was checked on day one and day 30.

Each participant had 125 milliliters of yogurt with a small amount of added probiotics twice a day.

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After 30 days, they noticed an increase in bifidobacteria. The more bifidobacteria in the gut, the more effectively lactose can be broken down by the body. Being able to digest nutrients more effectively provides a boost to the immune system as well as providing the body with more amino acids.

Other studies have found that higher bifidobacteria levels are associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes.

Don’t let people pull the wool over your eyes and tell you that probiotics are a waste of time, and they’re useless. The Russians have been studying probiotics now for well over 100 years, and the benefits are profound.

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What To Do If Your Candida Cleanses Don’t Work

If you’ve done multiple Candida cleanses without any benefit, the first thing to do is confirm that you truly have a Candida problem.

I would want to know if you’ve had a stool test done? I can’t tell you how many times people have said to me they wish they had a stool test done a long time ago.

I also want to make sure the stool test was done properly. Did you stop all dietary supplements for at least a week before the stool tests? Did you stop all probiotics for 14 days before the stool test? Did you complete a three-day collection, not just one random sample?

The goal of the stool analysis is to identify the nature of your gut bacteria? What are the levels of beneficial bacteria in your GI tract? Do you have dysbiotic flora, low Klebsiella, pseudomonas, or other bacterial problems?

Are there detectable levels of yeast in your gut? What species of yeast are colonizing your GI system?

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There’s no point in making assumptions. Too many people I see make assumptions. They will say something like, “Oh, I just thought I’d try a Candida cleanse.” they’ll tell me? When I ask if they have a confirmed diagnosis of Candida, I’m told, “I don’t know, but I’ve got all the signs and symptoms.”

That’s not good enough. If you value your health and want to achieve fantastic gut health, you need to know exactly what problems you do or don’t have.

Before you do any cleansing, have the 3-sample comprehensive stool analysis completed.

Then, find an expert who can sit down with you and review the findings.
It could be a naturopath or a functional medicine doctor who provides the guidance.

If you use a lab like Doctor’s Data out of Chicago, your stool test results will also include a susceptibility panel. This panel will identify the natural and pharmaceutical agents that can treat the organisms identified in your stool.

If you have a confirmed case of Candida, and you’re still not improving, the most common reason is insufficient dosing or a life that is out of kilter.

If you’re staying up to three o’clock in the morning watching cat videos, you’re not getting the rest your body needs to optimize your gut health.

Start eating properly.

If your diet, lifestyle, sleep patterns, job, and relationships are in working order, you should recover.

If you hit a roadblock, try and identify what it is and go from there. It could be a new conflict in your life. It could be drinking too much alcohol. There’s usually some kind of snag that needs unsnagging, and then your health improves.

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Using Charcoal To Treat Candida

Charcoal has been used for thousands of years, probably since pre-Egyptian times.

Charcoal is the result of burning wood in the absence of oxygen. That process greatly increases the porosity of the material.

Charcoal can hold an incredible amount of stuff due to its porosity. Many people take charcoal as part of a detoxification regime. But, you need to be careful with charcoal, especially if you’re taking medications.

Charcoal needs to be taken well away from food. For example, between meals or at bedtime are appropriate times to take charcoal.

Dosages of charcoal can range up to as high as two grams or more. If charcoal is recommended, our clinic starts people on a low dose. It should be taken with plenty of water.

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Being well hydrated will make such a difference in your life. I run a five-stage filtration system for the house with many different types of filters to take everything out of the water. I like drinking ultra-pure water and getting my minerals from eating good food.

For some people, drinking pure water and then taking charcoal can have a positive response on Candida. Charcoal can reduce the toxic bioload produced by dysbiotic bacteria like SIBO and Candida.

Some clients have reported that charcoal gave them tremendous relief from symptoms of die-off. Other people reported that they had black stools and experienced no benefit from the charcoal.

Some naughty people I know, take charcoal to reduce hangovers because it has an ability also to reduce the level of alcohol byproducts, particularly if taken before bed.

As I mentioned, be careful taking charcoal if you’re on pharmaceuticals. Also, take charcoal well away from any other kind of supplement.

If you want to make the most of the charcoal supplement, eat a high-fiber diet. I like to eat apples and pears, for example, and lots of berries in my diet and avocados. All these foods I grow them myself, so I’m quite lucky that I’ve got access to all these nice fresh, unsprayed produce. When you eat large amounts of fiber, and you have good bowel movements, charcoal is a significant benefit.

There’s no point eating fries, burgers, and a glass of pop and then taking charcoal supplements. I mean, that’s just a dumb thing to do.

Charcoal benefits those who have a good lifestyle and a good diet.

Charcoal is also a handy supplement to take with you while traveling, if you’re worried about getting sick from food or water. Charcoal is sometimes used in emergency rooms for acute detoxification from pharmaceutical drugs.

Charcoal definitely works for some people with Candida and SIBO, although I’m not sure if it is effective against parasites. If you have brain fog and you’ve got blastocystis, for example, it’s certainly worth trying charcoal to see if that reduces the toxic bioload.

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