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CANDIDA - MYTH AND REALITY



now available: DIRK BUDKA:
"THE CANDIDA CONFUSION"
- ISBN 978-0-9557205-0-5, 64 pages. Copies available from
The Nutri Centre, 7 Park Crescent, London W1B 1PF
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“You have a Candida”

Candida albicans is a yeast/fungus that is part of the microflora for about half the population and is being found on mucosal membranes of the mouth, vagina and the gut. In most cases Candida albicans causes no harm because its population is controlled by the body’s natural defences and by bacterial competition. If the balance is seriously disturbed it can become a significant problem. When it grows systematically in the body in can have fatal consequences.

CANDIDA infection appears in the list of "non-diseases" together with "Total Allergy Syndrome", "False Memory Syndrome" and "Multiple Chemical Sensitivities"... all wonderful diagnoses and useful for practitioners who exploit their patients.
What is a "non-disease"? Definition: ..."a human process or problem that some have defined as a medical condition but where people may have better outcomes if the problem or process was not defined in that way." (source: BMJ)

Of course this does not mean that the suffering of people with these "non-disease" is not genuine. It can be even much greater than those with recognized diseases. BUT... the problem is the high level of misdiagnosis which increases grief and loneliness.

Candida albicans diagnoses, candidiasis, is the play ground of many quacks and irresponsible practitioners who have very little, if any, understanding of medical mycology… who do not know the difference between the candida strains (like C. dubliniensis, C. parapsilosis, C. tropicalis) or who do not know how to compare with other fungi like the Saccaromyces cerevisiae.
Often, candidiasis is diagnosed by “guessing”, just looking at the patient, or by machines like Bicom or Vega… and it is always “You have a Candida” - although there are approximately 150 fungal species known to cause infections in humans.

Systemic spread of Candida albicans into blood and lymph tissue is always associated with severely predisposing factors such as leukaemia, advanced diabetes, prolonged corticosteroid therapy, etc.
This makes the very weird “live/dried-blood analysis” even more questionable, because some live-blood practitioners “see” the candida in the drop of blood under a microscope.
Candida bloodstream (nosocomial) infections take advantage of weaknesses in the host’s immune system and is life-threatening. It does not grow in single shapes, but is polymorphic with cells developing as spherical yeasts or filaments, including true hyphal and pseudohyphal forms.

“You have a Candida” is one of the most used diagnosis in alternative medicine and is as useful as “Avoid eating wheat and avoid lactose”! And most of the time Candida is diagnosed without stool samples or other proper tests.
Irresponsible practitioners put the poor sufferers on extremely long exclusion diets, which do not even target yeasts/moulds/fungi properly. Most diets have been copied out of weird books. These diets will lead to severe malnutrition and cause other diseases. A fungus can be starved within a period of four weeks, once proper diagnosed. Some practitioners believe that colonic hydrotherapy can be useful when suffering in yeast treatment. NO! As mentioned before: Yeasts are controlled by bacterial competition. And hydrotherapy bring an imbalance to bacterial colonies.
Colonics are useful tools when it comes to the elimination of indigested food particles, of glandular and cellular debris, excess mucus, gas and is helpful when suffering from severe constipation, or to rebalance the colon pH and to strengthen muscular contraction in the colon.


Searching the web can be extremely frustrating... not only for "Candida sufferers". Here is one example:
There is a NATIONAL CANDIDA SOCIETY... the name sounds very serious and official. We did send an e-mail to this society: "For a research programme I need volunteers who suffer from candida symptoms for MORE than 2 years. Can you help?..." Answer: "No, we can't". That's all. No question about our research. Their aim: "...To raise awareness of Candida, its causes, treatments and related conditions...". We offered participation in a research programme including free treatments. Their answer: Three words!
Their symptom-list is the usual one: Checking it properly... and everybody is a Candida sufferer.
On their TESTS site is only one laboratory mentioned, and in their THERAPIST AREA you can find also all sorts of weird test/diagnose/treatment methods.

So... what to do? Before you trust anyone (including us :-), do some good research yourself. But be aware that even the most serious looking websites can be just rubbish. Bearing that in mind, have a look at www.doctorfungus.org. You find some useful information and a list of scientific papers as PDF-files. But careful: Dr. Fungus is sponsored by Merck & Pfizer. Other ways to get some useful information: use the search phrase "medical mycology" or for more advanced science research go to the japanese site http://www.pf.chiba-u.ac.jp/english/index.html.



FUNNY AND TRAGIC STATEMENTS FROM DIFFERENT WEBSITES REGARDING CANDIDA (from the book THE CANDIDA CONFUSION)

“Gluten grains feed Candida because they have a high glycemic index.”

“Antibiotics ignite dental mercury with the fire Candida. Candida consumes dental mercury. Candida's fire, and its flame, methyl mercury, can consume your health.”
(This comment must make everyone speechless)

“Candida has now reached epidemic proportions.”

“Candida Albicans essentially can choke the liver, causing a domino effect of adverse events.” (Gillian McKeith) (means: your liver disappears and not to be seen on x-rays/scans anymore, because it was choked. You can only see the big mass of Candida… or so… )

“Yeast, staph, strep, and E. coli all convert inorganic mercury ions into methyl mercury.” (From the Hollywood movie “The Incredible Four Converters”)

“Candida can run riot throughout your body.”

“Candida ingests everything in its environment.”
(Oh dear…)

“Yeasts, moulds and funguses are one-celled organisms. Beneficial ones include brewers and nutritional yeast, and lactobacillus acidophilus.” (which is not a yeast, as far as I know- and the plural of fungus is fungi)

Use foot pads to get rid of Candida. “if the pads turn black after use, then you know it's working; (the blacker they are, the more toxins need to come out) use the pads until they are light brown or clear.....then maintain by not letting them get black again kinda thing”

If one is tired or spacey after eating sweets or a high-carbohydrate meal, candida is likely.”

“Food allergies are the cause of Colitis Ulcerosa and Morbus Crohn.”

“Everyone with Candida has a copper imbalance.”

“When candida cells are attacked they break up and massively release their toxins, the immune system mobilises against the dead cells causing headaches, fatigue, bloating, and aches.”

“So where do these antibiotics come from? You might be surprised. The most obvious source is from your doctor…” (Who would have thought that.)

“…this treat-or-trick, Jekyll-and-Hyde organism, that lives inside some 40 million people”

“Candida starts in the intestines.”

“…Candida is not intended to overgrow and get out of control while the body is still living. “

“Brain fog may be described as a state of confusion or lack of clarity.”

“Plagued by a myriad of unconnected symptoms?”

“Candida is found in the air, water and food but not normally in our bodies.” (but only if you do not eat, drink and breath)

“Until very recently there has been little recognition of Candida” (only hundreds and hundreds of research papers)

“Remove all stress from your life” (Why have we not thought about that… sounds a bit like Paul McKenna)

“Candida Albicans is a member of the yeast family, more specifically it belongs to the family of plants known as fungi or moulds.”

“The immune system is also depressed by many toxic substances including… shampoo, body lotions, makeup, detergents, air fresheners, cleaning agents, synthetic carpets, etc.” (and granddad’s armchair)

“For those patients who do exactly what I tell them, they generally have an excellent success rate in combating the Candidiasis.” (Gillian Mc Keith) (people would be frightened to death NOT to do what Gillian says… )

“Imagine a Halloween creature that grows inside the cells of human organs.”

“Replacement of amalgam fillings usually results in elimination of candida.”

“Yeast infections are generally caused by an organism called Candida albicans or Candidiasis.”

“…You see, our body invites bacteria and viruses in order to help us cleanse toxins. In biology , that is called symbioses.” (I prefer not to invite viruses)

“How else can our body cleanse all those toxins without help of viruses and bacteria ?
The answer is TUMOR !” (Oh dear, oh dear…)

“I have developed a sure-fire, 100% guaranteed, clinically researched system that is backed by 25,000+ hours of nutritional expertise for eliminating yeast infection for good.” (Linda Allen)
(Now… THAT’s worth at least ONE Nobel-price, although this clinical research is not available…for whatever reason)

“The ideal ratio of Candida (yeast) to good bacteria in the body is 1 yeast to 1 million bacteria”

“The need to nag, to be irritable, "bitchy", is most likely candida overrun. It's a feeling of "inner rage." I have even heard "I feel like I'm going crazy" or "Man, she's a little crazy." Candida overgrowth causes many little side personality traits, which cause us not to be who we truly are.” (Your honour, I am truly sorry for killing 14 people in my road rage… but it was the Candida, not me…)

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Many of the websites are great in quoting incredible statistics (if you search for the source of the statistic, you never or very rarely find it):

“Candida has 78 different toxins”
“Candida has 72 different toxins”
“Candida has been found to produce 79 distinct toxins”
“Candida releases 48 toxins”
“Candida has about 100 waste and secretory products known as Candida toxins”
“In 60% of all Candida cases there is a link to Irritable Bowel Syndrome”

“A Candida diet is for a minimum of three months”
“You must follow a Candida diet for six months”
“Following the Candida diet for three weeks is important”
“For mild overgrowths, expect two to six months for significant improvement.”

“…many health experts estimate that up to 80% of the population has a Candida problem.”
“15% of the population has Candida problems”

“Take 4.5 billion CFU's (colony forming units) of L. acidophilus and B. bifidus daily. These bacteria are available in health stores…” (where are they hiding?)

“…Acidophilus (or Bifidus, or other ProBiotic), usually 1-2 capsules, or at least 1 million organisms.”
(P.S. 1 CFU has many, many organisms… but who cares… 1 million organisms or 4.5 million cfu’s… )

“Nearly 75 percent of all adult women will have at least one genital yeast infection in their lifetime.”
“All women have at least 1-3 yeast infections in their lifetime”
“Studies show nearly 3 out of every 4 women will experience a yeast infection at least once in their life.”
“On healthy people skin it (Candida) is found in 19-70%, in oral cavity of adults - in 20-30% and newborns - in 90% (!) of the whole population.”
“It is estimated that between 30 to 80 percent of the American populace has a mild to severe candida overgrowth”
“One out of four people are suffering from Candida overgrowth.”