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Don’t Be Fooled By These 5 Gut Health Myths

Even smart people can be duped into believing myths about gut health. Here are seven of the most common misunderstandings about the GI tract that I’ve encountered during my years of practice.

1. Many people believe that gut problems are primarily caused by food. Nothing can be further from the truth. I’ve seen many clients who have terrible diets and excellent gut health. I’ve also seen people with amazingly healthy diets who have terrible gut problems.

For many clients, a high-stress lifestyle overrides a healthy diet. If you’re unhappy in life, I don’t care what kind of food you eat; you need to get things sorted.

2. Eating clean doesn’t guarantee good gut health. I’ve seen people eat incredibly clean and yet continue to have gut problems. Eating clean sometimes involve being extremely rigid about food choices. My point is that limiting yourself to four types of quinoa, three types of legumes, and two types of green drinks is often not the answer. A diverse diet that isn’t sterile helps generate a diverse gut flora.

You don’t need to eat super clean to have super good gut health. In fact, ou need bacteria to keep your gut in good shape,

3. Carbohydrates are not the demons they are made out to be. With the ketogenic diet being the rage right now, many people are eating more protein and fat at the expense of healthy carbs. The common symptom I’ve seen in my ketogenic clients is fatigue. Once you take bananas, most fruits, many vegetables, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and whole grains out of your diet, your fiber intake plummets.

Of course, there is no harm in avoiding carbs like white bread, candy, and French fries. But sweet potatoes are a darn good food.

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4. Many people claim that the ketogenic diet is the best way to lose weight. I strongly beg to differ. You don’t need a ketogenic diet to lose weight; you need common sense. Eat the right kind of food and avoid the wrong kind.

I had many clients over the year who lost weight and kept it off by changing their diet and their lifestyle. With time, their gut improved so much, it finally starting to give them the right signals. The donut in the office kitchen no longer tempted them.

5. Writing off supplements as a waste of time is a mistake. I hear people say “food cures all,” and “food is medicine, medicine is food.’ Yet, when your gut is in a terrible place, sometimes supplements make all the difference in the world. I’ve had many clients who tried to get better by following a healthy diet. They weren’t able to achieve gut health until they incorporated an antimicrobial like CanXida Remove into their supplement regime.

Once they cleaned up the bad bacteria, they added some probiotics and enzymes into the mix, and that kick-started their gut back to health. CanXida Restore is a very effective mix of probiotics and digestive enzymes.

Following a healthy diet is essential for the long-term. But sometimes you need some short-term help from supplements.

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Using Periodic Detoxification To Optimize Gut Health

Periodically detoxifying and resting the GI tract are essential steps to take if you want to build up your gut’s health. I often get comments regarding my formula, CanXida Restore. People complain that their gut can’t tolerate the product, or that they are getting a Herxheimer reaction.

So, let talk a little bit about what happens if you’re gut is in a state of disarray. For example, how will your gut react to probiotics if you have low levels of beneficial bacteria and little enzyme production. You’ve started to change your diet and want to give the gut a rest. Maybe there is some toxin build-up in the gut.

You starting taking a probiotics like CanXida Restore and suddenly you’re getting side effects. In that situation, it pays to back off on the probiotics. There is likely a considerable amount of endotoxin build up in the gut. The gut may be permeable and secretory IgA levels are often low. When you add a probiotic to the mix, there is increased production of acetic and lactic acid. Lymphocytes are stimulated, antibody production is ramped up, and cytokine levels increase. Cytokines can, in turn, cause uncomfortable signs and symptoms.

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The solution is to back off. It’s also important to, every now and then, have a bit of a rest day for food. For example, every second or third Sunday you could cut back on eating and just have a bit of soup or a light meal. Eating like that gives your body a bit of a resting or cleansing.

This is often a good time to drink more water, rest, an go for a walk rather than exercising intensely. You’ll find that your gut will be in a lot better shape than if you keep pummeling it with food and supplements, without any downtime. Make your changes very slowly and carefully. Plateau or back off if side effects become a problem.

Remember, that when you take a good probiotic like CanXida Restore, particularly if it also contains enzymes, you may get side effects. The side effects should only last a few days, particularly if you back off for a bit. If you have a poorly functioning GI tract, sometimes you have to tolerate a little bit of discomfort to break through to a higher level of gut health.

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Restoring Your Gut After Antibiotics: Ten Steps You Need To Take

How do you restore your gut flora after taking a course of antibiotics? Here are ten tips I’ve provided my clients over the years.

1. Finish the antibiotic treatment as prescribed: It doesn’t make sense to take the antibiotics for a day or two and then stop. If you need the treatment, finish the course. If you are getting side effects or an allergic reaction from the antibiotics, you need to let your doctor know right away. Stop taking the medication if signs of an allergy surface.

2. Don’t let your next step be more antibiotics: If the first round of antibiotics didn’t work, don’t take another round unless it is absolutely necessary. Some of the sickest clients I had during my career as a naturopath, took antibiotics repeatedly and severely damaged their gut function as a result.

3. Eat well for several weeks: You’re not going to get your gut right unless you eat good food. A critical step in restoring your gut health is to make sure you’re eating well.

4. If you get sick again, see a naturopath or a functional medicine doctor: You may want to get a comprehensive stool analysis to see what needs to be cleared up. It will help you decide what you need to do next to clear up your gut. It may be that you have a yeast infection that needs to be addressed.

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5. You need to rest up: Rest is best, as they say. If you can take time off work, do. If you push through instead of resting, you can end up with adrenal problems, thyroid problems, and fatigue. Cancel your social functions and spend time relaxing.

6. Engage in light exercise: You’re not going to get your gut in high spec, if you overexercise. Do some light exercise, but don’t push your stress hormone axis by training for three hours a day.

7. Get to bed on time: You need a lot of sleep to facilitate gut recovery. Better sleep patterns will help you recuperate faster.

8. No alcohol: Alcohol and soda drinks are not a good idea when you are trying to restore gut function after antibiotics. It worries me if people find it hard to take a break from alcohol – it may mean that they have a problem with drinking that is also harming the gut.

9. If you’re not getting better, get more testing: If you are having allergies and gut problems despite a healthy stool test, do some further testing. Take a look at your adrenal function through a salivary cortisol test. You may also need to look at your iodine levels and thyroid function. If you have hormonal problems, it sets you up for recurrent infections.

10. Don’t come off probiotics in a hurry: It’s crucial to stay on probiotics for the long haul to recover fully. For every week you were on antibiotics, you can easily stay on probiotics for four to eight weeks. Make sure you have a healthy gut long before you discontinue your probiotics.

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The Best Way To Use The CanXida Line Of Products

When people ask me about how best to use CanXida to treat a Candida infection, I always want to confirm that the diagnosis is correct. Many times I have had people swear up and down that they are struggling with a yeast infection, only to have their comprehensive stool analysis (CSA) come back completely negative for Candida.

I think it’s a good idea to do a CSA before starting, or at least early in, treatment with CanXida. That way, you know what you’re dealing with and can monitor treatment response over time.

One of the nice things about the CanXida products is that you don’t have to take 10, 20, or 30 supplements to get everything you need. I’ve designed CanXida to contain all that you need in a few pills.

I’ve had clients take CanXida, who still needed a bit more customized treatment for vaginal thrush. In those cases, I suggest watching my videos on boric acid for vaginal Candida. If you still have a cycle, the best time to do the boric acid treatment is as you’re coming into having that cycle. Apply the boric acid solution when the period starts or when the irritation starts.

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But if there’s no irritation there and you’re postmenopausal, I would say treat it probably one week out of four. The best time to undertake boric acid treatment is when you are taking CanXida. CanXida provides an excellent boost to your immune response. It makes sense to address the vaginal area when you’re cleaning up your gut.

If you aren’t able to get the CSA done, find the Symptom Tracker page in my Candida Crusher pdf. Print off that page and start rating your symptoms from 1 (mild) to 10 (severe) while remembering to record the date. Next, start on the CanXida line of products. Every two weeks after beginning CanXida, rate your symptoms again. That way, you can see how you’re progressing in response to treatment.

My standard recommendation is to start with one CanXida Remove tablet per day with the main meal. Also, take one CanXida Restore at breakfast or bedtime. Add in one tablet of CanXida Rebuild, but don’t take it with any other the other CanXida products.

Follow that protocol for about a week and then increase to two doses each of Remove and Restore and keep Rebuild at one daily dose. If your symptoms are relatively mild, I’d stick with that plan for the remaining weeks.

Don’t make your dosages too high. It’s better to take the slow and I tend to do a shorter treatment with a high dosage in people who have one or two very strong symptoms, and they’re looking for a breakthrough. Sometimes I do ridiculously high dosages with people for very specific reasons. Other times, I recommend a very long, slow road – break a tablet in half and maybe go for six months.

When you’re taking CanXida, make sure your diet is impeccable. Monitor your bowel movements, digestive comfort, your bloating, and any other sites of infection. Tweak your doses as required.

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Are CanXida Products And Hydrochloric Acid Supplements Compatible?

I had someone with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis ask me if it okay to take hydrochloric acid tablets while on CanXida.

The answer to that question is, “Yes.” Many people with Hashimoto’s don’t produce enough hydrochloric acid in their stomach. When taking CanXida Restore, it may be possible to reduce the dose of hydrochloric acid because the product contains digestive enzymes.

I also strongly recommend getting a comprehensive stool analysis in the presence of an autoimmune disorder like Hashimoto’s. Use either Genova Diagnostics out of North Carolina or Doctor’s Data out of Chicago. It’s vital that you know exactly what is going on in the bowel, and particularly with the small bowel when autoimmune issues are present.

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For nearly every one of my clients with an autoimmune condition, I found a bacteria infection. High amounts of Citrobacter and Klebsiella is a common stool test finding in people with autoimmune issues.

Often there is also a yeast infection. Sorting those issues out is very high-yield. If you start working on cleaning up the gut, you’re going to be pleasantly surprised by what the antibodies do over time. That’s my experience with the majority of people with autoimmunity. You can look in other places, but the gut is your foundational starting point really to get things right. CanXida Remove will help clean the gut up.

Hashimoto’s is one of the very few conditions where I believe getting off gluten is the right thing to do. I also recommend a period of strict gluten-free eating for psoriasis. There is lots of research linking gluten and Hashimoto’s, so it is vital to take all traces of that protein out of your diet.

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