"Candidiasis should never be considered the root problem for anyone with chronic fatigue."
The Canary and Chronic Fatigue by Majid Ali, M.D.
[Spit test was VERY positive for me but I failed the Candida quiz. I don't have CFS right now 12/10/2008 but I was starting to get the awake all night symptom again. - bfg]
From: http://www.nutritioninstitute.com/Chronic_Fatigue.html (go to website for complete article)
Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disabling condition which robs its sufferers of their energy to function in life. In the academic world of medicine, there is no known cause and no treatment. I have helped many sufferers of chronic fatigue syndrome by treating the yeast Candida albicans. Let me explain why this treatment is helpful.
The yeast Candida albicans is a normal resident inside of our intestinal tract. This yeast can also be found at times in the mouth. Sometimes this yeast overgrows and the doctor recognizes this overgrowth of yeast as a yeast infection in the mouth called thrush.
Bacteria are also resident inside the intestinal tract, sharing space with the yeast. When a person uses antibiotics, for example to treat strep throat, the antibiotics kill the bacteria. This leaves space for the yeast. The yeast then grow to fill in the spaces. Even after the antibiotics have been stopped, the yeast continue to grow at a higher level. Pregnancy and the use of birth control pills can also make yeast grow more. The overgrowth of yeast can cause problems in some people.
Yeast make a number of chemical compounds which are then picked up and absorbed into the body. These compounds are quite toxic (poisonous) to the nervous system. These compounds include toxic alcohols and aldehydes, as well as the powerful nervous system poison hydrogen sulfide.
Alcohols depress the nervous system and at least some aldehydes are anesthetic agents, which of course put the brain to sleep. These chemicals slow the brain down so that the brain no longer works correctly. These chemicals should be cleared by the liver so that these chemicals never reach the brain. However in some people, these chemicals are apparently not cleared, reach the brain, and cause symptoms.
In addition to yeast that lives in your body, you can also take in chemicals through your food. These chemicals also slow down the brain. Barley malt, the raw material for making beer, contains chemicals which slow down the brain. Vinegar also contains such chemicals. Such chemicals can also cause problems with fatigue. I explain exactly which foods cause the problems, and how to eliminate them while still eating great food, in Feast Without Yeast:4 Stages to Better Health .
Literally, these chemicals cause the brain and body not to be able to function at their normal level of energy. When you remove these chemicals, both by treating the intestinal yeast and by changing the diet to exclude chemicals which slow the brain down, the body's energy returns.
The way to reverse this intestinal yeast problem is to take the anti-yeast drug nystatin. This drug is not absorbed and kills the yeast living in the intestinal tract. Then the yeast can no longer make the toxic chemical compounds.
Second, the diet contains many foods which contain yeast compounds. Some of these yeast chemicals are toxic to bacteria and will clear space for the yeast to grow again. If these yeast chemicals are left in the diet, nystatin will not do much good because the yeast keeps growing back. So, to treat yeast, these foods must be removed from the diet. Taking away these dietary yeast products enables the body to clear itself of yeast chemicals.
Fortunately, because nystatin is not absorbed, nystatin causes no side effects except for a little nausea. No side effects are reported in Physicians Desk Reference. To my knowledge, no harmful side effects have ever been caused by the use of nystatin. This is a very low-risk therapy.
The diet for Candida problems consists of removing fermented foods from the diet. The worst offenders are alcoholic beverages and non-alcoholic beer, vinegar, barley malt, chocolate, pickles, and aged cheese. Most people feel better just by eliminating these foods, which I call Stage I of the 4 stage diet. Feast Without Yeast explains exactly which foods to eliminate when, and how to do it easily.
All the fatigued patients I have seen who have changed their diets and taken nystatin have improved. The level of improvement depends on the patient. Even people who have been fatigued for years or had not even been able to get out of bed improve.
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...She also saw a naturopath, who told her she had candida, a yeast-like fungal infection. He gave her acidophilus and put her on a yeast elimination diet, but it didn't seem to help.
The naturopath was right in his diagnosis but wrong in his treatment. Candida infections are very stubborn and often need to be treated aggressively. So I gave Theresa ten treatments of bio-oxidation. All her symptoms disappeared, and today she says she feels better than she's ever felt in her life!
Flyer for "Second Opinion", Robert J. Rowen, MD
flwrlady [ Joined on 11/08 ] [ Posted on November 22, 2008
I used to have Fibro (from age 7 to 33). What cleared mine up was a 4 month stint on a systemic antifungal that I took for severe toe-nail fungus. (this was before I knew much about natural medicine, now I probably would treat the nail fungus with walnut oil). It was a totally unexpected bonus. I fully believe that I must have picked up a fungus as a young child and carried it for years. Muscle testing says it was mainly in the hypothalamus. Mercury also aggravated the problem. My current dentist is willing to use the ceramic fillings if needed. - So far only one filling since my mid-twenties. I get very angry at people who imply the problem is "all in the head" and/or is caused by depression. Seven Years of 24/7 pain is enough to cause depression. Pain, never ending pain will cause depression. Depression does not cause pain. It may accentuate it, but it does not cause it. Pain will also cause a person to be more emotional, as it is just overwhelming to deal with it and any thing else is just too much.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/11/22/proof-that-fibromyalgia-is-real.aspx
I really believe biotin is the best possible thing for fungus. Take lots you may have to go up to huge amounts but start with 10 mg a day you will see so much difference in a couple of weeks, after that take colostrum lozenges to start healing the gut, it will take months but keep at it because week to week you will see slight improvement until about 4 or 5 months later you will look back and realize you have no symptoms anymore. The good thing about doing it this way is you do not have to change the way you eat, the worse you eat just means the more biotin you have to take, some people might have to take 30 or 40 mg a day.