Natural Cures for Candida Questions

Updated: 05/05/2008

WILL BORIC ACID WORK FOR CANDIDA TREATMENT?

ACID VS. ALKALINE

COMBINING REMEDIES

SYSTEMIC CANDIDIASIS

XYLITOL AND SUGAR

TED'S REMEDIES

ACIDOSIS AND CANDIDA

DIET CLARIFICATION

SYSTEMIC INFECTION RECOMMENDATIONS?

ZINC SOURCES AND QUESTIONS

FUNGUS AND NIACINAMIDE

NIACIN OR NIACINAMIDE?

NIACINAMIDE INFO?

WILL BORIC ACID WORK FOR CANDIDA TREATMENT?

05/05/2008: Christine M. writes: "i have only just read most of both pages of this website, and i am really surprised, altho, what i went looking for was something on candida & dandruff, for my husbands, who has really nasty dandruff.......he's had it for yrs and i new next to nothing about it, but in the last 5 mos i've been treated for adrenal fatigue, candida & parasites......i recently got my husband to the same dr and he is being treated for candida & parasites.........the thing is, no one has ever said anything about the dandruff & candida being related... i just hate his head......well, i've been using a 10% solution for my itchy places, especially my ears, which were driving me nuts......this solution has helps all of these itches, which i have suffered with for most of my life, somethings itching till i bled........one thing it seems to have helped is, my continually clogged nose......i put the mix in a nasal sprayer & use it in my nose, which at first, stung alittle, but i wanted to get rid of commercial nasal spray........i found out that candida can colonize in your mucus membranes......... so many things that u mentioned in these pages, were really informative, what i wanted to add, was that is candida is the major cause of this, then shouldn't people, along with doing the stuff to their heads, take supplements, meds, whatever, internally, to help kill off the over-growth of the candida, so that it stops it from the inside out?.......there are lots of other symptoms of candida over-growth......the least of which is a lousy looking scalp & hair........that stuff can effect your joints, just to name one........how about brain fog?... but aside from all that, one part in your site mentioned dull, dry hair and i do have that problem, but i thought it might b hormones, as i have alot of issues with that stuff..........i'm going to try the vinegar rinse.....

i do have a question, i've experimented with boric acid solution in place of the vinegar & H2O mix, does boric acid has the same ph?, & do u think it would work the same, without any adverse effects?........ thanks, chris"

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ACID VS. ALKALINE

03/31/2008: Mandi writes: "Hi Ted, I have been reading the Earth Clinic website and your comments for a couple of months now and find it fascinating and helpful.' After years of research on fatigue and now autism, this site has been what I was looking for from the beginning. So, thank you.

 My question is: Some websites are insisting that candida albicans thrives in an alkaline environment.  I've read this many places specifically, the website from the Biamonte Center for Clinical Nutrition saying that the cells may be acid but, the intracelluar fluid is alkaline causing candida to thrive (in the small intestine). Also read similar reports on a good website using H2O2 for cancer treatment.  Please let me in on your thought about this.

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Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "A lot of many website not only don't provide information, and if the information they do provide its often disinformation. If you are a microbiologist trying to grow a candida, a slightly acid environment is always needed, below 7. An esophagus pH of a candida is always below 6, so I don't know how they managed to cure if they keep doing that. Do they have results? Many yeast infections grows and bread mold grow if sugar is given, and sugar is acid. Intracellular argument doesn't hold water because the intracellular fluids are very exacting and slightly acid, but fungus and candida does not grow inside the cell, it exist outside a cell in an extracellular body fluids. It easy to determine whether candida grows in acid or alkaline environment. 95% of all foods we eat are acid forming. Candida grows whenever acid forming foods are taken, this includes sugar, cakes, chocolate, colas, and the list goes on and on. Interestingly, candida can't grow or dies immediately in present of milk of magnesia (very alkaline), vegetarian diets,' sodium carbonate, etc. I give you a simple example of a bathroom cleaner, ammonia bo peep floor cleaner. This kills off fungus on cement wall much more easier than if I just use ordinary water and detergent. Fungus in general have a weakness for alkalinity and it is this reason why fungus are found on the ground near the sea coast more than it is found in deep oceans or in the middle of a pacific oceans. The reason why this is so is simple: the pH of the world's ocean is 8, an alkaline solution, while the pH of the coastal waters and fungus houses it's pH averages 5-6. A dirt a farmers grow, the pH is usually 6.5 and that's also below 7 and this is why fungus and molds grow in the dirt easily. The job of these little organism in the grand scheme of mother nature is to decay dead organic matters and in order to DIGEST these dead organic matters they must produce acid to digest the protein. However people who eat acid forming foods and acidic food are more or less like the walking dead, and the bacteria thinks your body is decaying like a dead organic entity whenever tey are dead, its becomes and acid and these organism picks up the cue that we are living dead and hence begin to digest us alive. This is why some people with long term yeast infection and candida reversed the condition whenever alkalizing remeides is used. Or if you don't believe me take acid forming foods like aspartame, sugar, cakes, cookies, which I am sure will do than to cause the body for further decay. It should also be noted that H2O2 works synergistically when baking soda is added, not adding Coke or Pepsi or anything that is acid forming will defeat its purpose. The reason is simple: the body's fluids absorb oxygen and hydrogen peroxide better whenever it is in an alkaline state, not acidic state and this is just chemistry 101. I just wished the other sites are more informative and put out the correct information and I shall be free from the shackles of answering emails, but that Utopia just simply don't exist. I wish it would! lol"

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COMBINING REMEDIES

02/22/2008: K writes: "My whole family has been overrun by candida.' Our ph has been off for years.  As a result, many, many health problems.  Found a website with info on 35% grade h202 and of course your site for the ACV and oil pulling.

Gradually building up from 1 drop in 6-8 oz of water 3x's daily of h202 until you reach 25 drops 3x's daily over a course of 2 weeks(for those who can stomache this, please note this is only for CHRONIC ailments and 35% FOOD GRADE h202 ONLY, purchased online or at health food stores).  After 2 weeks, once you are up to the full doasge, continue for a week (may need to keep going for weeks, even up to 4 months, depending how bad your case is) and then slowly taper off, decreasing each dosage by 1-2 drops until you reach a maintaining level of 1-3 drops daily, or every other day, depending on what is best FOR YOU.  Note:  35% food grade h202 needs to be handled with kid gloves.  It is very strong and MUST NOT be abused or taken in large quantities.  Death can occur if taken at full strength.  Keep in refigerator and if contact with skin, rinse area immediately.

I think if I had to do it all over again, I would have gotten our ph levels balanced BEFORE starting course of h202 therapy, but as it was, I was already in the middle of it when I stumbled upon this site for using ACV in hopes of curing other ailments we all had. For the ACV therapy I used the standard 2 Tbl ACV (organic unpasteurized is best, NOT white vinegar!) mixed with 1/4 tsp baking soda. 

Finding the right dosage for your younger children will have to use some smart thinking and regulating.  Only you know your child best.  Always start with smaller amounts when in doubt and gradually build up.  My 16 year old could not stomache more than 20 drops of 35% h202 3x's a day.  For my 11 year old I did a max of 14 drops 3x daily and my 6 year old, 8 drops 3xs daily.  I have heard lecitin can be used to help lessen the nausea that is often associated with taking h202 orally, though I have not personally tried it.               
As for the ACV, my teen was ok with the adult dosage and my younger two by cutting it in half. 

Ted has stated on this site that h202 and ACV should not be mixed, so either do one or the other, however, I found for my husband as well as myself, alternating days has been working out so far.  In other words, one day doing h202 and then the next day only using ACV.

Oil pulling has also proved beneficial for us, 1 Tbl EVOO (extra virg. olive oil) swishing and pulling through teeth until it turns white and liquid like.  Twice weekly.

Thanks to all who have passed on info in order to improve the quality of life for others.  You guys rock Earth Clinic, (and a shout out to Dr. David G. Williams for h202 therapy as well)!
"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "The H2O2 and Apple cider vinegar mixed with baking soda should be kept (updated remedy) at least 3-6 hours apart or alternate days so that they won't neutralize each other. So this newer remedy does not require to be taken on alternate days, but kept 3-6 hours apart so that the remedy will be much more effective. While more H2O2 drops definitely helps and is as effective as MMS, it is not as toxic in the long run as the MMS, as the body simply has little tolerance for chlorinated compounds in general, with exception of salt. Some other remedies I have found to help candida besides alkalization is the borax remedy such as 1/4 teaspoon of borax in one liter of water plus 30 drops of 3% H2O2, which is generally a mild remedy but a more effective one against candida. Although 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water taken twice a day further discourages candida, it should be noted that borax or boron are strongly antifungals and has longer effect in getting rid of candida. The other thing I might add that is important is the use of some sea salt such as 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt a day in 1/2 glass of water can raise the salinity of the body further discouraging candida growth. Oil pulling helps in removing heavy metals which sometimes fuels candida growth. Excess blood calcium supports candida growth which is why alkalization commonly reduces blood calcium discouraging. I have also found recently that either or d-mannose and xylitol, at 1/2 teaspoon can perhaps taken twice or three times a day prevents fungus from attaching and discourage their growth too. Of course I tend to support milder remedies but using a couple of supplements taking advantages of synergistic effect instead of any particular single remedies to gang up against the yeast, without much side effects from such use. Certain other mineral supplements discourages candida, such as chromium, vanadium and tungsten, but also molybdenum. However current supplements in the market the dose is too small to see results. It should be noted that at least in wood preservatives, chromium does indeed have antifungal properties, but some literature shows sodium molybdate might also discourage candida growth too. However for my own candida, I was simply cured simply taking two doses of sea salt, alkalization and some hydrogen peroxide. The sea salt seems to help in some cases where the dose is seen as 1/2 teaspoon per 1/2 glass of' water and then I take later 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda twice a day. I am also most helped with borax, but I need to take it for about a week. So if I do this, I need not take too much hydrogen peroxide. My maximum dose for hydrogen peroxide is simply 1 and 1/2 tablespoon of 3% Hydrogen peroxide in 1/2 glass of water, but I rarely go that far as using other things added is most helpful, but without the added side effects. It should be noted still despite all these complicated remedies I have, that I think sea salt and baking soda were most helpful for me, and for stubborn cases I might consider adding D-mannose and/or xylitol."

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SYSTEMIC CANDIDIASIS

11/22/2007: J writes: "I found a video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN-STK2XvgM Which makes systemic candidiasis appear almost uncurable. How can you tell if things like this are real or if it's some money making scheme? Thanks."

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "

LOL. He is as funny as Jackie Gleason! A funny video by someone who don't look serious about what he says. It is easy to tell whether it is a money making scheme or not. A candida yeast infection will be worse if you take more sugar. The video mentioned that a cure through oxygen therapy and yes it will destroy it, but if enough sugar is taken it will be there nevertheless. So a "cure" is not possible as the cause is not eliminate.

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The video mentioned about "friendly" versus non-friendly bacteria imbalance, but how nature maintains equilibrium is not just oxygen, but certain nutrients which are quite antifungal, such as sulfur, magnesium, no sugar, and in one research study I have read, alkalinity of the foods we eat was a major factor in maintaining some, if not most of the microfloral balance so that an overgrowth do not occur. Excess of free heavy will also lead to overgrowth, but interestingly antibiotics use can lead to this just the same. Any one who tries to be simplistic and ignore sugar, alkalinity, mineral imbalance can have trouble getting rid of it.

 

What I do generally, as a basic foundation is to get the alkalinity issue and achieve urinary pH of 7. That means 2 tablespoon of lime juice plus 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water (at least!) taken twice a day to achieve a normal parameter. An ocean's water averages a pH of 8, and proper salinity, and you hardly see candida also. This is at least a clue. Yeast tends to grow in acid environment and it takes about two weeks for the body to attain sufficient alkalinity necessary to control the yeast. Yeast food is primarily sugar so taken sugar and oral oxygen will hardly work.

 

A little know information is that candida yeast can be maintained if pH and nutrient in the body is maintained at NORMAL parameters. Alkalinity is primarily one of them, but then so is sufficient sulfur (from Methyl sulfonyl methane), boron (from borax), and magnesium. Other minerals that discourages yeast are molybdenum (there's hardly any in most mineral supplements) and sometimes vitamin B complex.

 

Since certain amino acids are anti fungal, and the price of individual amino acids are still expensive (at least here in Bangkok), I might take certain nutrient dense food, such as chinese wolfberries 2 tablespoon a day, with plenty of water.

 

Fungus tend to grow on rancid food as a result of oxidation and spoilage from lack of antioxidants added as a food preservatives. Hence, vitamin E (200 i.u.) and alkaline vitamin C sodium ascorbate (500 mg), and ester C (fat soluble vitamin C), chlorella (500 mg), vitamin D3 (5000 i.u.), vitamin K2 (100 mcg from Japanese Natto) for example will prevent fungal growth.

 

Fungus is a necessary part in nature's way to decay organic matter by lack of antioxidants. So while in the short-term oxidants or oxygen therapy may work, it is not going to work in the long run. The video mentioned actually was influenced by certain studies that mentioned effectiveness of suppression of yeast candida with the use of chlorine dioxide (one of the oxygen therapies). But even with this, we are hardly discussing the fact that fungus tends to grow best if the antioxidant in a living cell and alkalinity is sufficiently maintained. Certain amino acid may hold the future to yeast candida, but it is not within my reach to do these experiments because of budget problems, but certain rich amino acid foods such as soy amino acids, amino acid supplements and chinese wolfberries may deal with most of the imbalance.

 

One other thing that fungus tend to grow best from excess antibiotics, besides the fact that antibiotics cause acidosis is that antibiotics cause accumulation of heavy metals. High numbers of heavy metals are prooxidant, as opposed to antioxidant, and reduction of FREE heavy metals can also starve the yeast. A well known Fenton reaction which causes free radicals from metals from free metal iron, which tends to come from foods we eat in iron cookware, metal pipes, and even stainless steel cookware. I have actually measured free metals to be high in most drinking water, and taking some chlorella supplement, a heavy metal chelator, or avoiding tap water, or working near metallic machinery can result in yeast infection and sometimes even lupus. Therefore the other missing key is reduction of free heavy metals, either separately or together taking chlorella, chinese parsley, EDTA, cod liver oil, sodium thiosulfate drops, and many other chelators, pomegranate, green tea (prepared from A GLASS JAR ONLY - do not use metal pots!!!!), including a citrate (from lemon and baking soda)

 

If I were a con man, I will always try to promote one single theory and avoid the rest. The reason is economics (from mass production and volume sales). I don't need to buy so many supplements in stock and make money not from the cures, but from the analysis and large scale selling of a single product on a single theory. Unfortunately nature requires a balance of several things, pH, salinity, antioxidant, and low glycemic foods."

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XYLITOL AND SUGAR

11/01/2007: Jessica writes: "Hi Ted, I was wondering if you could tell me how Xylitol affects Candida. I want to cleanse my body of this infestation, so I don't want to feed the Candida. I'm interested in Xylitol because I'm insulin resistant and need a sweetener that won't raise my blood sugar levels too quickly. Is it okay to have Xylitol--in moderation--while I'm cleansing? Can I have any sugar at all while I'm fighting the infection? Thanks so much for your help! Jessica"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Jessica:

The xylitol won't raise the sugar that much but most polyol sugar I found tends to cause the body to be somewhat more acid, but especially the mannitol and possibly the mannose sugar. Hence, if xylitol were taken I would consider taking more baking soda or citrates (from lemon and baking soda remedy). Usually the simple baking soda remedy requires about 1/4 teaspoon in 1/2 glass of water taken twice a day. If sleepiness is indicated, I will take it in early and late evening.

Alkalization is an important factor in reducing the problems of candida, although a borax remedy used together, such as 1/4 teaspoon of borax in one liter drinking water drank the whole day may work better as the borax is antifungal. Generally fungus and yeast has difficulties in growth in presence of high mineral boron, copper, molybdenum, chromium, vanadium, tungsten, and possibly manganese, but also certain compounds such as ammonium, polyol sugars (e.g. xylitol!) and alkalization.

It should be noted that polyol sugars, which is xylitol, have antifungal properties that is hard to ignore. My experience of diabetes is that the cause of diabetes came from high fatty foods and free fatty acid (glycine supplements will reduce that), while sugar only made it worse. Sugar causes acidosis and interferes with the body's immune system. Taken at 10 grams of sugar (sucrose), causes the body's immune system to be impaired for about 5 hours. Hence, drinking plenty of water (with some sea salt at 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt per one liter of water, or in addition to the 1/8 teaspoon of borax that I might add too) will dilute the sugar concentration in the body by 1/2 the sugar level if the water were drank twice the amount. Hence a person with a sugar of 280, if drank twice the amount of water would have only 140 instead since the water (with some salt to help protect electrolytic balance PLUS some magnesium) would dilute the sugar level, yet maintaining a steady pH and electrolytes of the body.

A longer term strategy against fungus is to lower the body's sugar level with one tablespoon of lecithin would at least reduce the food source of the fungus, which consists of high fats (yes, fungus loves this), high metals (from metal pots and pans and iron cookware), and of course, high sugar (most dangerous is the glucose, fructose, but to some extent the sucrose). Borax interferes with the negative effects of sugar by protecting the sugar's reaction of glycation that damages the cell and hence, borax, is my favorite treatment against candida, and other yeast infection problem in general.

Ted

Here is the reference material concerning antifungal properties of polyol sugars, such as xylitol (it seems that people keep patenting things people know decades before and deters companies from ever marketing them! :-) ):"

United States Patent 6414035
Use of polyols in combating yeast infection and polyol preparations for said use US Patent Issued on July 2, 2002

The present invention relates to the use of polyols such as xylitol for the preparation of a composition to be administered in the treatment or prophylaxis of mucosal yeast infection in mammals, as well as to preparations for use in the systemic or topical therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of mucosal yeast infections. The invention relates specifically but not solely to the combating of infections caused by Candida s.p. in mucosa in connection with exocrine glands of the mammalian body."

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TED'S REMEDIES

09/05/2007: P writes: "What is the protocol you advise for using borax to get rid of systemic candida. I've started adding 1/4 tsp to 1 liter of water dan drinking that once a day. Should I be adding it to all my water? How much do you advise to take in one day? Also, can I use boric acid powder as an eyewash to get rid of candida? Thanks"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Actually, the body should be sufficiently alkaline,which means for example 2 tablespoons of apple ciderviengar plus 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glassof water. However, I think a lemon or lime formula ismore alkalizing such as 2 tablespoons of lemon (orlime) plus 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass ofwater taken twice a day, once in the morning and oncebefore bedtime. Then the drinking water is added witha small amount of borax to get sufficient boron todiscourage candida growth, such as 1/4 teaspoon ofborax in one liter of drinking water only. Then thefrequency of dose can be anywhere from once a week tofive days out of a week. However, for a woman's dose Ibelieve a lower dose is called for such as 1/8teaspoon of borax in general.

Certain diets seems to encourage fungus growth,especially high oily foods, fatty foods, margarine,hydrogenated vegetable oils, partially hydrogenatedvegetable oils and all kinds of sweet foods that havesugar or fructose. If these are avoided, it would helpgreatly the reduction of systemic candida.

The diets should generally be fishes and high proteindiet consisting of mostly fish and amino acids. Thosetend to breakdown into ammonium compounds which tendto kill candida growth. The addition of 12 drops of 3%H2O2 in the one liter of drinking water with theborax, further prevented such systemic candida better.I also suspect vitamin B complex to be helpful asthose generally help the body with the glucosemetabolism in normalizing blood sugar, but those, Ithink can be taken such as 3 times a week. Granulatedlecithin reduces the body's excess dietary oils byemulsification and also prevent some candida growthtoo."

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "The dose of granulated lecithin are generally 1 tablespoon per day with meals as the minimum that is needed."

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ACIDOSIS AND CANDIDA

07/27/2007: A writes: "Hi Ted, I will try to make this short, Ok I'm a twenty five year old male and have had increasing health problems over the last three years. The first year they started as intense heart burn and indigestion constantly day and night for a week then I would have none for months, then it would happen again. I used digestive enzymes and fiber supplements for about a year, and during that year my stools were always loose and were never what I considered to be regular. Then I stared getting heartburn again and started having digestive problems,mucus in stool and a constant gas flatulence, more than I new possible, I would pass gas every couple of minutes all day long. I start having problems with decreasing weight and begin to have abdominal pains, mucus in stool and this is when I start experimenting with different homeopathic remedies I discover garlic get rid of pain and helps with heartburn but the gas still remains chronic. now about two years in this, Still have constant flatulence and loose stools but I notice I have a white coating on my tongue and now start thinking that I have candida overgrowth, I don't know if this is what started all of this or if another condition caused this. I take antibiotic as a child for strep throat probably twenty times, and also had asthma from age seven to sixteen which stopped after a year of oral steroids with i haven't had a problem with since. coconut oil has given me a few bowel movements that looked normal to my amazement but they keep slipping back to odd loose clay looking bowel movements with undigested food matter and seem to give me a perpetual die off effect I think from candida. The products that give me relief that don't last always seems to be products meant to soothe, but this never seems to fix the underlying problem. I just now been seeing a naturopath for the past three weeks and she has me on an anti inflammatory diet no dairy/peanuts/wheat/corn/tomatoes/sugar except two pieces fruit a day, also castor oil packs, unda biotherapedic drainage system and probiotics with b-complex. I felt die off effects or detox symptoms for about three days and then I started feeling better than I have in years my foggy mind gone and I had bowel movement going in between normal and irregular, I felt great like this for a week and a half and then started getting abdominal pains again and horrible gas and I am still doing the same routine I have been doing. My foggy mind still remains to be better but have pains and bloating again. and this is where I stand now kind of constantly trying to put clues together and figure out what is cause this mess in the first place. How start fixing the underlying problem. The digestive system is much more complicated than I ever new. If you have any suggestions/advice anything would be appreciated Thanks."

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Without going through all the symptoms mentioned and the whys, the symptoms you are describing are a very nearly complete description of a classic acidosis, which can trigger a chain reaction of various problems which all the symptoms mentioned are due to that as being a major one. Digestive enzymes are acid forming, so that may make it worse generally. Coconut oil merely rids of microbes, but they come back because the body's pH and nutrients imbalance makes it an ideal environment for "bad bacteria" to grow back again, ad infinitum.

Therefore, a simple 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda plus 8 teaspoon of lime juice freshly squeezed (which is about one whole lime) mixed in 1/2 glass of water or just 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda plus 1/4 teaspoon of citric acid, which is taken about 2 times a day for about 2-3 weeks should resolve the underlying cause.

Deep breathing exercises should help with foggy brain and magnesium citrate supplements and some vitamin C sodium ascorbate 500- 1000 mg taken for only 4 or 5 days out of a week, for a brief period of a month should correct some other biochemical parameters to normal, mostly anyway. When things get better may be once or twice a week 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt in one liter of water or more should help flush out or correct the electrolytic imbalance and some micromineral imbalances also. Obviously I am assuming you are already eating a healthy diet, so not much mention is needed here except that ice cream, potatoes, cheese and white bread should be avoided. Rice and whole wheat flour can be suitable replacements."

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DIET CLARIFICATION

07/25/2007: Jess writes: "I have been trying to deal with a candida overload for the last 2 years. I believe much of the overload has been due to stress and has now lead to recurrent infections of pelvic strep B. I have been seeing a chriro who has me on coconut oil, oil of oregano, vit A and probiotics. It has been tough sticking to the diet part (no coffee is the worst). I am throughly confused regarding what I should and shouldn't eat: some say no tomatoes, lemons cranberry others say load up on acids. I know not to eat sugar, even though it is tough and now it seems after reading everything here I shouln't be eating fruits either. There are so much contradictory advise that I don't really know what to do. What I am doing hasn't helped yet, but I am going to keep trying."

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "If following so much contradictory advice is hard for you, generally avoid sugar, white bread and oily fried food. Those can be replaced with stevia, whole rye bread, and baked foods.

Most improvement should be helped with taking the lemon and baking soda remedy. The remedy is 8 teaspoon of lemon juice freshly squeezed plus 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water.

The remedy may be synergist if fishes are eaten such as baked fishes, since they are high in amines, which breaks into trace ammonium compounds in the body and are antifungal in nature.

Generally a pinch of borax added to a drinking water, which is generally equal to 1/16 teaspoon of borax in 1 glass of water for a couple of days out of a week should help.

If viruses is a problem, usually a zinc gluconate 50 mg plus 250 mg of magnesium citrate or magnesium gluconate would help reduce those bacterial load, but the most important thing at least for me is to get my urine pH to at least 7.0 - which is by the way is neutral."

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SYSTEMIC INFECTION RECOMMENDATIONS?

03/07/2007: M. writes: "Ted, Have read many of your cures on earth clinic and am very impressed and grateful. I wanted to try your 1/4 teaspoon of borax to 1 liter of water for what I believe to be Candida but can only find '20 Mule Borax' no food grade. Is this safe enough to use? If not, any idea on how to get food grade in California? Any other suggestions for Candida that is in my penis, testicles, rectum, guts and head. I'm 37, in great shape, exercise every day, eat well but cant kick this stuff. I believe I got it from having unprotected sex with my ex-girlfriend who had chronic yeast infections. It's been 5 months and I've been to several doctors and been tested for every STD, bacteria, fungus and parasite that they can think of (I'm not impressed with their ideas, methods or attitudes) and all come back negative. Have been using H202 which has improved some things about me but not the overall Candida symptoms. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you, Mark"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Mark: A condition of candida is caused by several things that make them ideal for growth in your body. Sugar, fried foods, oily foods and acid forming food.

It has been my observation that you will be most help with alkalizing, borax, sodium ascorbate vitamin C and chelation of heavy metals being the most effective in dealing with candida.

There are others, such as sugar, high gluten, lack of chromium, molybdenum, zinc deficiency for example and this can be seen as supportive. But I will do this supportive therapies once the basic is dealt first.

I wanted to try your 1/4 teaspoon of borax to 1 liter of water for what I believe to be Candida but can only find '20 Mule Borax'

Since the amount is small and generally this is how people in U.S. is using it. I have no reports of a problem. However I do get problems from people who don't follow instructions.

Any other suggestions for Candida that is in my penis, testicles, rectum, guts and head.

Yes prepare a 1% hydrogen peroxide solution of 1/2 liter and add about 1/2 tablespoon of borax. Apply this topically to the body. The solution may be drying in dry cold weather, but this may not be a problem in California.

Consider 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water taken 3 times a day on an empty stomach. This should be done along with the borax.

IN chelation, eat plenty of chinese parsley (coriander) to remove heavy metals which tends to encourage candida growth. For me I just take a handful and eat them once a day to remove this problem for about 4 days out of 7 days. The body simply needs a break of about 3 days.

Vitamin C sodium ascorbate 500 mg. is needed for the body to maintain a good antioxidant level at least in neutralizing some free radicals from the candida growth.

Consider taking some zinc acetate 50 mg/ per week and pare off the dose to once every 2 or 3 weeks. It helps raise the immune system.

In certain cases where candida remains unresponsive, than 10,000 to 20,000 i.u. of vitamin D3 for about a month. Vitamin D helps raise the body's immune system against a known candida.

There are others but borax, alkalizing and chelation is the three most important at least in the beginning of the treatment."

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ZINC SOURCES AND QUESTIONS

01/29/2007: Nikki writes: "Thank all of you!! This site is absolutley amazing!! So many of my questions were answered and many more new insightful questions raised. By far the best solution from reading 100's of posts, 90percent of them being Ted's ( thanks Ted) is the Zinc link. I have known for years about my own zinc deficeincy and the minor to major problems it causes, but once my 9 year old life became majorly impacted I did some drastic changes. She has anorexia, severve candida, sores in her mouth, diahrea, weakened immunity,acidic ph, depression, slight acne,phobias and of course Mee's nails. I mentioned to two alternative practitioners that she has a Zinc problem but they want to clear the candida first. We have been tring to do that for the months. Now I with go with Ted'd program to get her ph balanced,,I am planning on testing her urine too. WHAT form of ZINC does she need and WHERE do I get it?? Ted says to be aware of balancing out the copper levels too. I will be most willing to pass along any solutions we find. Diet alone does NOT work. please pass that on. Also from everything I have read, which is alot, Candida is a whole body issue, therefore if the whole body is out of balance then the whole body needs to be treated very gently and carefully. No microwave cures for this. I truly belive the best way to start is with Ph in additon to a sugar free, including sugar alternatives-, wheat free, and dairy free diet. This is really hard for children. then the right supplimentation combined with destressors and relaxation...baths work great. somedays she gets two. we've done all sorts of mineral and lavender baths, I'm acutally going to give the baking soda/ peroxide baths 4 times a week for the next month and see how it fares since there is no way she's gonna drink that.. I wish I could get the lime/ baking soda to her but oh well one important thing I have found is that every one's body is unique an not able to absorb nutrients the same way or at all. Some will get instant relief with remedys and others nothing. Heaing all depends your own willingness to accept responsibility for your own body, trial and error and alot of research. My little one is sleeping while I poor over websites to find the answers for her. I try stuff for about two weeks, if no positive changes we discontinue, if so then we move on until we see better results. As of yet we have only been able to elliminate undesireable moods and behaviors, the diahrea ( as long as she doen't sneak sugar) and a marginally increased appetite. Thanks again for this great resource!! It's nice to know i'm not alone in this!!"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Nikki: Most drug store and supermarkets will have zinc, but you just have to read the labels. Most importantly, it is important to avoid zinc sulfate. The best zinc I found that was helpful are zinc acetate, zinc citrate, zinc gluconate. Chelated zinc varies greatly depending on what kinds of amino acid they have attached, and most companies won't even put that on the labels. With that kind of question mark, I tend to avoid. I personally prefer zinc acetate as I have had a lot of good results from that one. The biggest problems I have about zinc, is you need to do the 15 minute test. Put a zinc tablet in a glass of water. If it does not dissolve in 15 minutes, it is useless as the body cannot absorb them well."

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FUNGUS AND NIACINAMIDE

09/29/2006: Maggie writes: "Ted, I do thank you for you information, but I still would like get from you information which you have posted on internet in regards Niacinamide and how good its is in case of fungus. That's what got my attention in a first place. So where is that particular source? I am fighting candida on and off, and believe me it is not easy. Yes, we do need nutrients and the correction in my case is more troublesome, because of diverticulosis. Niacinamide intake helped me with osteoarthritis. What do you think Niacinamide and lysine? There is a lot of information regarding sirtuins, but they would not work if one is difficient in this particular amino acid. What is your opinion? Again, THX Maggie"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Maggie: Yes there is much literature in regards to niacinamide in controlling the problematic candida. Again, the dose should be fairly large, along with malates, selenium, etc. Please reread the above abstract. What they are basically saying is more nicotinamide shortens the lifespan of candida and yeast cells. A more telling story about your body's terrain which causes candida in the first place and should tell the whole story such as urinary ORP, pH, and sugar."

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NIACIN OR NIACINAMIDE?

09/18/2006: Maggie writes: "In regards to Ted's comments... I would like to know, who is Ted, is he a medical professional? I did like what he had written about candida and SIR 2... there is a lot of info about niacin and niacinamide, so which one is better in regards candida prolifiration? I would like to contact him about his info. Yes, niacinamide works in osteoarthritis. Where did he generate his information? Maggie"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Which ones work best depends of course how well the body responds to it without the side effects. It must be understood that all those SIR 2, etc. sounds complicated. But in practice, niacinamide is the preferred ones. Theories and practice don't always go together. It depends on which ones work for you best.

If you are serious about getting rid of candida, you should look into other nutrients which prevents yeast proliferation and not just that alone, such as molybdenum, manganese, for example. Foods high in phosphorus, sugar may trigger a candida growth also. The biological terrain for candida is a simple one, they tend to proliferate when the body's pH is out of balance, so often, the removal of them is to alkalize by taking plenty of baking soda, such as 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda twice a day, mixed with water. When the body reaches alkalinity, yeast cells for some reason simply can't hold onto the body and gets loose. Raising your body's pH is one thing you should consider. Sugar control can be furthered by taking glucophage, and granulated lecithin. These will help the body normalize sugar control It is important to avoid oily foods and fried foods.

I would like to contact him about his info.

Do a search on candida and vitamin B3 in pubmed. There is plenty of scientific literature there. The location is: www.pubmed.org"

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NIACINAMIDE INFO?

08/04/2006: Maggie writes: "In response to Ted/Niacinamide. I did look for answers on the internet too long to get what he had mentioned about this product. I do have candida, but I would like to have more of his retrieved info about it. Guarente in his book talked that Niacinamide when used does not prolong the life of the cell, yet, its is changed anyway into NAD, Niacin. So, Ted's statement about niacinamide is more of my agreement. But, I do need more of his info to further analyze it. Maggie"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Maggie: There are several studies which tend to support niacinamide in controlling conditions of candida. If you want more studies, I will give you some listed below are some research abstracts. Candida is are sensitive to vitamin B3 niacinamide this is how it is controlled.

It must be stated again that you cannot just concentrate on any one nutrition. Both zinc and selenium for example are quite important for the controlling of candida yeast. I have noted that children with high mercury levels tend to be deficient in selenium will see common candida infection. It is therefore important to supplement with plenty of selenium and zinc.

Biotin is also important and maybe deficient in those that have candida as the major food source of candida is sugar. The logic is really simple and can be supported by research abstract listed below. Biotin is used to treat diabetes, and this deprives candida of the food source. Therefore, another one that is used to control sugar, by fat emulsification (long story), is the granulated lecithin taken along with food will be very helpful too. Talking about sugar, vitamin B1 is also very much involved in sugar metabolism, as well as chromium, vanadium and aspirin. By taking supplements which deprives the candida of sugar or glucose, you can also control the candida.

The future of treatment of candida albicans is very likely to be the use of both zinc and copper (in form of copper chloride reacted with simple soy protein) supplementation for effective control. Currently researcher haven't gotten that far yet, but they are only looking at copper complexed with zeolite, which are somewhat poorly absorbed. At least this is where my own research is pointing (the use of copper complexed with protein). Of course I am not lucky enough to know anyone here with candida that I can try on! However, you can only use copper, if the body's zinc levels are high enough, and only then do you use both zinc and copper, in a ratio of 2:1 for optimal effectiveness.

In summary, it is not sufficient enough just to use B3 alone, zinc, selenium, biotin, lecithin, and B1 for example are just as important. The use copper supplements in addition to zinc remains a future treatment that for me at least looks quite promising. In fact many swimming pools that does not use chlorine uses a copper and zinc ions together to prevent fungus."

"EC: Do a google search and you will find the abstract that Ted refers to (it is too lengthy to post on this page): Nicotinic acid limitation regulates silencing of Candida adhesins during UTI. Domergue R, Castano I, De Las Penas A, Zupancic M, Lockatell V, Hebel JR, Johnson D, Cormack BP."

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ACID VS. ALKALINE

Mandi writes: "Hi Ted, I have been reading the Earth Clinic website and your comments for a couple of months now and find it fascinating and helpful.' After years of research on fatigue and now autism, this site has been what I was looking for from the beginning. So, thank you.

 My question is: Some websites are insisting that candida albicans thrives in an alkaline environment.  I've read this many places specifically, the website from the Biamonte Center for Clinical Nutrition saying that the cells may be acid but, the intracelluar fluid is alkaline causing candida to thrive (in the small intestine). Also read similar reports on a good website using H2O2 for cancer treatment.  Please let me in on your thought about this.

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03/14/2008: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "The issue of candida thriving in small intestines in "an alkaline" media doesn't  make sense. Because in a healthy individuals candida don't thrive. So the fact that small intestines are generally alkaline in healthy individual is not the argument that a healthy individual is sick with candida. The argument is circular. In a person who does have candida the small intestines are actually acid, and people with acid reflux have esophagus pH of 4 or below, including candida, which is still higher, but also acid. The primary metabolism of a candida is sugar, maltose, galactose and other sugar, all these nutrients are primarily acid. The method of killing off candida is alkaline whenever the body's free ammonia are present is the active components that kill off the fungus. The major reason why the world's oceans are so sterile is that its pH are 8 and quite alkaline, otherwise we will have teeming yeast all over the ocean.

When people ferment beer, wine, like the French, grapes pH are primarily acid, needed for the yeast fungus to ferment into alcohol, candida albicans is not different as it is part of a yeast family, in that it's primary food is sugar, like grapes, but grapes are also sour and is how people ferment foods for thousands of years. It's quite difficult to really ferment anything if the solution of grape vine has a pH of 8 or 9. In fact no yeast can survive if the pH is over 9, but many yeast can easily survive if pH is acid at 4 or 5, like the grape juice.

A diseased acquarium fish tanks is no different, whenever the pH reaches below 6, the fungus infects the tanks, but that doesn't happen if it is above 7.

Maybe I'm wrong but I do get reports of people getting cured just using baking soda and acv or just baking soda alone. The baking soda and acv's pH is about 7.5 if you allow it to react completely, where the formula is 2 tablespoons of ACV plus 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water. Perhaps its all a fluke, but I never hear any success from those who support eating acid forming food to cure yeast or candida problems. Candida also causes heavy metal accumulation and olive oil are also important too. Free radicals metals and acid forming foods often support yeast and fungus growth and this is why some people who take antibiotics have fungus and yeast infections. Antibiotics is a product of yeast, and hence it also tends to support yeast growth, while it may be antibacterial, nearly all antibiotics are acid formng and cause increase in heavy metal accumulation, leading to more free radicals. The acid forming supporters to treat candida just doesn't make sense, and even in laboratory settings, I can't grow candida albicans if the solution on petri dishes are alkaline. Perhaps I' m missing something here, or is it just disinformation. Please see website for the positive feedback received from alkalizing."

03/15/2008: Mandi from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "I hear you and what you are saying is what makes sense.' I guess I just needed to know HOW it worked. I have not taken an antibiotic for years. I freaked out when my kids were babies and gave them a "round" of antibiotics when they were babies with very high fever. It is obvious now that was the beginning of some serious "autistic" symptoms in my son. It is good to have the information on how the antibiotics pollute the body so that I can relay that to my sister and brother who insist on taking them for everything. By the way, I have started with food grade H2O2 in my drinking water-45 drops in my 1/2 gallon container that I drink every day (recommended by Bill from Dancing Algae Company where I ordered the H2O2 from). I will begin with the baking soda-1/4 tsp in a glass of water, morning and eve, for a week (for the candida-still concerned about the borax since I can only find 20 mule team). Then I will add the ACV the next week. Thanks for taking the time to answer. I am grateful."

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "I agree with you. I have several cases of children who became ADHD, ADD, and even autistic when they took antibiotics and happens to be quite dangerous especially when they are so young. This can easily be proven when their hair samples have heavy metals that just comes from nowhere and I suspect antibiotics is the cause, at at the very least because research has shown increase in heavy metals, perhaps because it limits the heavy metal excretion. But whatever the case a chemistry 101 will show you that soapy alkaline solutions which helps hydrophobic metals excrete from the kidney while acid forming antibiotics limits hydrophobic metals from excretion, then we see the mechanisms how heavy metals accumulates, at least in children. The heavy metals that accumulate from antibiotic use cause almost a life long learning disability because antibiotics raises heavy metal, lowers immune system because of the fungus in the antibiotics (and this becomes an antibiotic addiction), causes the body to be acid. It is a nightmare to see parents spend years trying to cure the constant infection left by the toxicity of antibiotics. This is one of the biggest unrecognized cause of learning disability in children next to vaccination bringing on ADD, ADHD, and lowered immunity bought on by an initial use of antibiotics, resulting in eczema, skin problems, digestive trouble amongst other. 'It's just too bad there is a lot of disinformation about yeast infection, candida, and uncontrolled antibiotics used in children just to keep the status quo of "business as usual" policy. That's why I have to take a stance on this alkaline issue and why antibiotics are so potentially dangerous. As an example, people think at least in developed countries that nearly everyone has "yeast infections". Yeast infections is virtually unknown in many underdeveloped countries because there's not much use of antibiotics and frequently herbal medicines are still popular. What I think is much of the yeast infections and candida are bought about easier whenever there is a widespread use of antibiotics since antibiotics are made from fungus and obviously a candida gets "protection money" from antibiotics use and becomes easy to infect a person when the body becomes fertile grounds for candida infection, such as high heavy metals, acidic blood, recirulated antibiotic chemicals that prevent bacteria from attacking yeast cells, baking yeast candida the freedom it needs to expand at virtually free from any competing pathogens. p.s. It should be noted that yeast grow in foods with low pH of 6.5 for a candida and most other less infectious yeast grows below pH of 5.0 or lower whenever especially dextrose, maltose (corn syrup), and sucrose sugars are present. During their growth they exist in cheese, meats, syrup and jams. One major sugars that should be avoided I think are the dextrose and the maltose. Interestingly most children and babies that drink milk formula contain dextrose. Yeast infections may be especially more severe if the food has added "maltodextrin" or corn syrup. So this would appear that old fashion sugar is somewhat more safer than foreign sounding sugars used by the sugar industries. Still most sugar should be avoided anyway, yeast needs the sugar like humans need oxygen."

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