Candida Library

The meaning of antibiotics is "against life". Medicine focuses on the short-term "benefits" of antibiotic use over long-term health. Antibiotics are the main cause of systemic fungal candida, which in itself is related to over 125 different diseases and conditions. Beyond that, antibiotic use drives many other imbalances that are associated with even more diseases and conditions, as well as disrupting the planetary ecosystem.

One of the tools used in diagnosing imbalances in the gut is the stool test. While it is considered to be the most reliable diagnostic test for fungal candida and many other imbalances related to the microbes in the gut, I haven't found the explanations of the test results to be very useful. When I analyze stool tests, I incorporate many other factors that give a much better picture of what is taking place.

Now, science has discovered yet another consideration that further weakens stool tests and how the interpretations can have less validity. This study showed that antibiotics can change the function of the gut bacteria in ways that render beneficial bacteria less effective.

The study highlights yet another negative effect of antibiotics on the beneficial gut bacteria, Akkermansia muciniphila. Antibiotic exposure altered A. mucinphila's effectiveness. A stool test may show that the amounts of this bacteria are within the pre-determined arbitrary "healthy" ranges, but the reality can be that it is providing litte to no benefit despite the amounts present. Now, we need to account for this with every bacteria in the gut.

Unfortunately, studies like this constantly slip by unnoticed and so it is unlikely that the knowledge or application of this information will be incorporated into test results for decades.

Antibiotics are appropriately named.

Antibiotic-associated changes in Akkermansia muciniphila alter its effects on host metabolic health - Microbiome Background Altered gut microbiota has emerged as a major contributing factor to the etiology of chronic conditions in humans. Antibiotic exposure, historically dating back to the mass production of penicillin in the early 1940s, has been proposed as a primary contributor to the cumulative alteration...

A new podcast - Candida and Pregnancy

Candida Diet Tips, Recipes, and Insights! Listen to Candida Diet Tips, Recipes, and Insights! on Spotify. Candida Diet Tips, Recipes, and Insights for greater health and vitality!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2031739

Candida Diet Tips, Recipes, and Insights! Candida Diet Tips, Recipes, and Insights for greater health and vitality!

My candida journey from suicidal to candida-free and feeling incredible:
https://www.loom.com/share/3329a6b6989c4498ab3c22f2b3e36ed4
https://www.loom.com/share/0e0c4182b9cb4d79865d989b55b191ec
https://www.loom.com/share/4a0be859c7434842a6b49be13f7e0160
https://www.loom.com/share/e51b8745f9114056ba20b19a1fa37114
https://www.loom.com/share/4167b8aa106d475dbd48b2d08928f18d
https://www.loom.com/share/3e09ff9251cf4e6a8b49e7fb3b01aa90fin

15 May, 2020 - Loom Recording

The Candida Chronicles can now be found on Pandora -

The Candida Chronicles Listen to The Candida Chronicles on Pandora - Revealing the science behind candida and providing usable solutions for systemic imbalances and other health-related issues, with your host Dr. Jeff McCombs, DC.

Part of the success of the Candida Plan over the past 30+ years is based on the use of Detox Essentials to boost the correct antifungal immune response, while reverting fungal candida back to its normal yeast form. This recent paper from U.S. and Italian researchers highlights the benefit of this approach. Unfortunately, it will take another 25 years for this information to become part of the medical curriculum, as that's how long it takes for research to be included medical textbooks. At a minimum, the Candida Plan is 54 years ahead of medicine.

"Despite the availability of potent antifungals, the morbidity and mortality associated with invasive Candida infections continues to increase. Elegant in vitro and animal studies have demonstrated the ability of Candida spp. to evade the immune system thus prolonging infection and potentially increasing the risk for antifungal resistance. Proof of concept studies and case series have demonstrated the effect of immune-stimulating agents such as pro-inflammatory cytokines (IFN) and macrophage stimulators to augment the immune system response to Candida infection. For the most part, these therapies are either too toxic or insufficient clinical evidence exists to justify routine use. However,augmentation of the host immune response either by restoring any response in the immunocompromised patient or augmenting the response in the immunocompetent patient is a new and exciting potential therapeutic strategy that deserves further study."
https://www.academia.edu/21557868/Immunomodulatory_Agents_as_Adjunctive_Therapy_for_the_Treatment_of_Resistant_Candida_Species?email_work_card=title

Happy New Year and Best Wishes for health, wealth and happiness in 2020 and beyond!

Everyone with Candida produces extra alcohol in the body and has Auto Brewery syndrome to one degree or another.

Dr. Oz and Auto Brewery Syndrome - DUICandida.com Dr. Oz invited guests onto his show to learn about Auto Brewery Syndrome on the December 20th show segment on Medical Mysteries

This is a nice article relating inflammation to many physical and mental diseases. Candida is a cause in over 125 conditions due to the inflammation it drives in the body.

Taming chronic inflammation may reduce illness, save lives: Scientists call for early diagnosis, prevention and treatment to reduce risk of chronic diseases Scientists are recommending early diagnosis, prevention and treatment of severe chronic inflammation to reduce the risk of chronic disease and death worldwide.

Auto Brewery Syndrome goes mainstream on Dec. 20th with Dr. Oz discussing this unacknowledged condition -

https://www.doctoroz.com/page/where-watch-dr-oz-show…

Where to Watch The Dr. Oz Show You can also use our WATCH OZ feature in the upper right hand corner of your screen.

I find myself getting asked more and more to be an expert witness on candida and DUIs. It’s an interesting arena and something we’ll see more about in the future.

http://www.duicandida.com

Home - DUICandida.com

This will be the new therapy soon for women who need it. I would recommend correcting fungal candida to see even better results.

Vaginal microbiome transplantation in women with intractable bacterial vaginosis This first-in-human study assessed the feasibility of vaginal microbiome transplantation from healthy donors as a therapeutic alternative for patients suffering from symptomatic, intractable and recurrent bacterial vaginosis.