~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Candida's Healing Power & Your Best Gift Ever ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A common theme lately in client questions has been: How do I kill my Candida? My first thought when a person says, "I have Candida", is "lucky you". Candida has a powerful purpose in human physiology and for some... Candida is the only thing keeping them alive. Here's the real scoop on Candida... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Administrivia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Articles : join@RadicalHealth.com Unsubscribe : leave@RadicalHealth.com Austin Events: austin@RadicalHealth.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Candida Symptoms ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Candida is a micro organism which lives in all humans. Symptoms associated with Candida seem to intensify if: 1) You or your parents/grandparents have taken antibiotics. 2) You've experienced reoccurring vaginal, urinary or prostate infections or thrush. 3) At the same time every day you feel "spaced out" or you have mental "black outs", where you stay upright and simply lose time. 4) You have continual fungal episodes on your skin, especially toes and fingernails. There are other symptoms and these usually are the most pronounced. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Candida's True Function ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Candida's true function is to serve as a secondary digestive system, when our primary digestive system is overwhelmed. As such, when I hear someone say, "How do I kill my Candida?, I have a little cringe. Specifically Candida metabolizes/digests/breaks down necrotic (dead) material in our bodies. Debris which is to toxic or difficult for digestive systems, is handled by Candida. If a person is successful killing Candida, many times their weight balloons and digestive challenges set in which get worse by the day. This happens because if Candida is killed, then the necrotic (dead) material Candida was digesting begins to backup and buildup. In fact, many experts have noticed the symbiotic Candida/Cancer relationship. Thinking through this for a moment, you'll immediately understand why these two friends usually travel together. When Cancer and Candida occur together, Cancer is usually a backup mechanism which has kicked in because Candida has become overwhelmed. Cancer's purpose is to "temporarily" partition mutating tissue from integrous (good) tissue, until such time as our normal systems can break down and expel these. As necrotic material builds up and our digestive system is overwhelmed, Candida begins to overgrow to digest this material, so it can be safely eliminated. If Candida fails, Cancer cells form to encapsulize and partition/store this necrotic material for a future time when the body has recovered enough energy to break down the "fibroid jails" Cancer uses as storage containers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Better Way To Consider Candida ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One way to think of Candida is as a "canary in the coal mine", a strong indication there is some serious work required to balance your bodies digestive/immune system. I say digest/immune system, as the Pancreas can be though of as the seat or core producer of immune substances. The Pancreas creates many of the substances which can either do the heavy lifting of digesting dead/cooked/processed foods, or be about the work of extreme longevity. Quality of immune function strength and speed directly tracks digestive fire, the efficiency of our digestive function. Rather than killing Candida, we're served in listening to Candida and supporting Candida to complete it's cycle/work quickly. And here's how... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Supporting Candida's Rapid Completion ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The progression we use with our clients supporting rapid completion of Candida's work generally takes the following sequence: 1) Cease all excipient intake. Excipients destroy T-Cells (primary immunity) and block nutrient update. More about excipients here: Are Excipients In Your Health Supplements Destroying Your Immune System http://www.radicalhealth.com/issues/2006-06-30:excipients.txt Excipients Reloaded - Immunity Destroying Supplements http://www.radicalhealth.com/issues/2006-07-05:excipients.txt In essence, excipients are substances added to caplets and capsules which ease/simplify the encapsulation process. Only purchase from excipient free companies like Radical Health and Premier Research. If there is no explicit "We are an excipient free company" on your supplements, best to use them on your garden rather than internally. 2) Reboot strong digestive fire. Many of our clients have been running an experiment of eating high quality, Himalayan Salt to taste and having one Digest/Salivarius/Crystal Manna (Algae) with and between meals. Digest unloads our Pancreas from digestive work. Salivarius is an aggressive probiotic which facilitates rapid transfer of nutrients from our digestive tract, through our fluids, to our cells. Crystal Manna is the only cold processed, Blue Green Algae and acts as a probiotic Super Food greatly enhancing probiotic function. 3) Upgrade dietary sources of necrotic material. Primary sources are animal products, cooked or processed food and excipient rich supplements. Rather than trying to upgrade every food, better to start with step two above and use Digest/Salivarius/Crystal Manna and your body will naturally begin to enjoy expanding your upscale eating choices. 4) Phase in Super Foods as much as possible. Products like Raw Chocolate, Goji Berries, Bee Pollen, Hemp, Vanilla Agave - ounce for ounce have huge quantities of clean burning, low calorie nutrients. The real secret about Super Foods is the nutrient/calorie ratio. Usually people experience a dramatic drop in caloric intake when eating Super Foods because we eat for nutrients and stop eating when our nutrient reserves are full up. Yes there may be other reasons and to know for sure, most people may be served by balancing physical nutrient related issues first, then proceeding on to emotional/psycho-spiritual considerations. To me, the primary root of over eating is people are starving from eating foods which contain insufficient quality and quantity of nutrients, so their bodies overeat trying relentlessly and unsuccessfully to satisfy nutrient requirements. The reason we designed our Coco Chai product is so people no longer are required to seek out 50+ Super Foods, mix them in correct ratio to create ambrosic flavor and highest function. Anyone can invest 2 minutes/day mixing Coco Chai, Vanilla Agave and Water for a full day's supply of Super Nutrition. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Candida Support Outcome ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If Candida is supported, so it can rapidly complete it's cycle, then Candida breaks down necrotic material (it's food) and as it's food supply exhausts, it naturally goes dormant, ready to swing into action when required again. Many times as Candida is dramatically supported any pre-Cancer and Cancer symptoms naturally balance as a side effect. Our bodies are complex in nature and extremely simple to support. Our only requirements for optimal health are to 1) keep our pipes and tubes flowing freely and 2) flood our body with clean burning, low calorie, nutrient rich foods Optimal health is then simply a side effect. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your Best Gift Ever ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The best gift you can give this season is your Full Loving Presence. Share some time with your loved ones in a full-on attentive/adoring state. Just be Present with them. One of the most intimate ways for people to increase Presence with each other is to operate at peak health. When people are comfortable and energized being Present is smooth and easy. If you're planning on sharing some Coco Chai with your friends this holiday season be sure to place your order quickly, so you can receive your delicious Chai Packs before Christmas. Enjoy your best, most present holiday season ever! - David -- Enjoy feeling your best... all day, every day? Here's how... Your simple secrets are here - http://RadicalHealth.com/peak/ This article is for entertainment purposes only. No medical advice is intended or implied. Consult your health practitioner before changing your health practices. Copyright (c) 2006 by David & Yemiah Favor You may reprint all or part of this content so long as credit is given the author(s).