CANDIDA
What is Candida?
Candida Albicans is an over-infestation of yeast in the body.
It invades the brain and every tissue of the body. Candida
grows and lives on what you eat, and makes your body
crave what it needs to enhance the growth.
For this reason, Candida is difficult to
get rid of, but it can be eradicated if proper steps are taken.
Candida may occur alone or in combination with
fibromyalgia. About 80% of those suffering from
fibromyalgia also have candida. For those with both
fibromyalgia and candida, the candida must be addressed
before the fibromyalgia.
Candida (albicans) is one of many different types of yeast. Yeast cells are able to grow on the surface of all living things and occur virtually everywhere. The fact is, we breathe, eat, and drink them daily. Because they are part of our daily lives, we all have yeast growing in our skin, on other body surfaces and in our intestines. Normally our bodies’ defense systems keep the total number of yeast cells under control, and so candida colonies in our intestinal tract are nothing to worry about. However, poor nutrition or a sluggish or impaired immune system weakens the body’s ability to fight off yeast. Stress and environmental pollutants can also play a role in reducing the body’s control over candida. When this happens, yeast colonies grow rapidly and candida may result.
Causes Of Candida
There are over 900 strains of yeast, and candida albicans
is a major one found in the human body. In some ways it
is very much like the yeast used in breads. Scientists are
not sure why yeasts are in our bodies or what their exact
function is. The only thing we know for sure is that they
help decompose and recycle our bodies when we die. If
they multiply too rapidly in our bodies, they begin their job
prematurely.
• A number of conditions can lead to Candida. Steroid
drugs (such as cortisone), hormonal birth control pills
and the long-term use of antibiotics (such as those
used to control acne or various bacterial infections)
can invite the problem.
• Poor nutrition or a sluggish or impaired immune system
weakens the body’s ability to fight off yeast. Stress
and environmental pollutants can also play a role in
reducing the body’s control over Candida. When this
happens, the yeast colonies grow rapidly and Candida
may result.
• Alcohol, caffeine, stress and aging all destroy friendly
bacteria in the system.
• Sugar, gluten and meat encourage harmful bacterial
growth in the intestines.
Symptoms Of Candida
• Allergic reaction; congested nose, hives, headache,
dizziness, diarrhea, weakness, cramps, arthritis,
irritability or depression, increased sensitivities to foods
or chemicals.
• gastrointestinal problems; gas, bloating, abdominal
pain, gastritis, gastric ulcer, heartburn, diarrhea,
constipation, spastic colon.
• Respiratory problems; frequent sore throat, mouth
or canker sores, sinus infection, bronchial infections,
chronic cough, asthma.
• Skin infection; usually rash type in nature, typically
under the breasts, groin area, diaper rash, hives, etc.
• Central nervous system problems; headache, sinus
headache, tension headache, migraines, low blood
sugar headaches, rapid blood sugar changes.
• High levels of stress hormones can cause anxiety,
irritability, moodiness, restlessness, panic attacks,
sudden anger, sleep disturbances, poor short term
memory, inability to concentrate, fuzzy thinking and
confusion.
• Fatigue, which may be caused by impaired metabolism
and impaired enzyme production.
• Weight gain may result from an overgrowth of yeast
that may cause cravings for sugar, interference with
normal hunger, high insulin levels, low metabolism, low
energy levels and fatigue.
There are many other symptoms.
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What's New
WHAT IS NORMAL AGING?
Conventional wisdom indicates that we slowly start going downhill in our early 40s. As we move into our mid-50s, we get a little fatter, weaker, slower and less sure-footed. Also, more medical and orthopedic problems surface, such as arthritis, high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes, and elevated cholesterol.
By the time we reach into our mid-60s, chances are we will be on five or six different medications. Our hair turns gray, thins out and starts to disappear. The elasticity of our skin is almost nonexistent, and our muscles look like drapery.
We sit more and move less. Some even lose their independence and give up on life.
“The more I look at science, the more it becomes clear to me that such human decay, medical ailments and physical deterioration are not a normal part of aging.” Said Henry S. Lodge, a board-certified internist and co-author of the New York Times best seller, “Younger Next Year: A Guide to Living Like 50 until You’re 80 and Beyond.” Dr. Lodge goes on to say; “They are an outrage – an outrage that we have simply gotten used to because we set the bar on normal aging so shamefully low.”
The idea of normal aging did a dramatic about-face when he noticed how many of his older patients who came in for their annual physical exams each year were steadily growing older at an alarming rate.
“The idea of normal aging, when you reach a certain age and your feet are on that slippery slope – the long slide into old age and death – is intolerable and avoidable,” suggests Lodge, who also heads a 23-doctor practice in Manhattan and appears regularly on “Best Doctors in New York – America – World” surveys. “Over 70% of all illness and injury in the last third of your life can be eliminated by changing your lifestyle. Not only that, but I’m also convinced that 70% of premature death is also related to the lifestyle choices we make.”
Lodge relates, “many of my patients were sedentary, but even those who were moderately active were becoming increasingly overweight, out of shape and apathetic. Some were getting seriously sick. A number had died, and the timing did not seem to make sense.”
“For most, their declines, their illnesses, were 30-year problems of lifestyle, not disease. I, like most doctors in America, had been doing the wrong job extremely well. I was trained to diagnose and treat disease, not deal with bad health habits, which caused the problem. Modern medicine does not concern itself with lifestyle problems. Doctors don’t treat them, medical schools don’t teach them and insurers don’t pay to solve them.”
“Some 70% of the heart attacks, strokes, common cancers, diabetes, falls, fractures, and serious injuries and illnesses are primarily caused by the way we live and the everyday lifestyle choices we make,” Lodge said, “aging may be a biological inevitability, but accelerated physiological decline and rapid decay are optional!”
As people age, all of us can make the choice to improve the quality of our lives and not be victims of normal aging. It gets down to knowing what to do and how to make the quality of life changes. Most important, it is understanding that the inevitabilities of normal aging are not inevitable at all.
Make the Healthy Aging choice today. Call Alternative Health at 800-322-6855 to get your Daily 6 Maintenance Supplements; Daily, Calcium, Evening Primrose Oil, Flax Seed Oil, Vital and Vitamin D.
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Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) is incessant muscle pain throughout the body. It is a chronic, disabling
condition.
Four percent of the U.S. population, more than 10 million people (most of them women), have Fibromyalgia.
Weight Reduction
The weight reduction program is designed to get to the root of weight-related problems and aid in
the improvement of overall health.
Our program is NOT considered to be a diet. It is a lifestyle change designed to assist you in weight
loss and your ability to keep the weight off. In addition to loosing body fat, energy is elevated,
blood sugar is stabilized and overall health is enhanced.
Arthritis
Several positive steps can be taken which will assist a person with arthritis in normalizing his
or her chemistry so that further deterioration will stop