Candida yeast spit test and good book

[Chemar]

I saw a few folks asking about the Spit test to see if Candida may be a problem

Although this is just a very basic and unscientific test, it does appear to be a good indicator of whether or not Candida overgrowth is present

 

here is a simple explanation of it (good website to browse too)

http://www.stopyeast.com/saliva.html

 

There is also an excellent book called "THE YEAST SYNDROME" by Morton Walker and John Trowbridge which, in addition to giving much detail on candida, also provides excellent advice for eliminating it, including really yummy recipes to help with a Candida elimination diet.

 

We found that the diet, along with the supplement Caprylic Acid (Caprylate) was most effective

 

I know others have used additional methods and so will leave them to elaborate on it.

[Dara]

Cheri,

 

Did your doctor prescribe the Caprylate? Our son Karl was diagnosed with a yeast/funal overgrowth as a result of a first morning urine sample. The sample was sent to 'Great Plains Laboratory, Inc' for an Organic Acid Test. The compounds, 'citramalic' and 'arabinose' which I believe are metabolites ,came back high which our doctor interpreted as a yeast/fungal overgrowth of the gastrointestinal tract. He prescribed Nystatin to correct the problem. Karl takes it two weeks on and one week off - though, by the looks of his tics today, I don't think it's under control.

 

Dara

[Chemar]

Hi Dara

yes, our physician recommended the Capryllate (we used the one by Solaray)

 

it worked very well, inconjunction with the diet which we followed strictly for a month.

The recipes in that book are really good as you dont feel "deprived" because you are eating all this healthy yet tasty stuff

 

We drank LOTS of pure water (reverse osmosis from our unit or Aquafina bottled)

and we also had accupuncture/reflexology/aromatherapy/biofeedback to help with the initial "die off" yucky reaction

Antioxidants are a good way to also boost the system and probiotics restore the natural flora.

 

since then, we still take capryllate once a week, and really have found that our sugar and carb cravings have gone away.

We seem to have the Candida well under control