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Posted 11/8/2017 12:56 PM (GMT 0)
hey guys,

what do you use to treat candida? herbal, prescription, supplements, diet wise? Thanx!
Posted 11/8/2017 2:50 PM (GMT 0)
I found that diet alone was enough, but is essential. No sugar, wheat, junk food, greasy food, etc. I had to take a round of nystatin, but that still didn't clear it up 100%. I'd say I got about 80%. I could proably do anti-fungals like garlic or oregano.
Posted 11/8/2017 3:38 PM (GMT 0)
Diet definitely helps. My LLMD has me doing no grains, no sugar, no nightshades, no alcohol, no cow dairy.

I did get candida once from the antibiox, and a drop of oil or oregano a day took care of it.
Posted 11/8/2017 5:57 PM (GMT 0)
Hi! I do ketogenic diet, oil of oregano, agricept-L , 2 kinds of probiotics, lemon water & sometimes ACV in water. Lots of coconut oil... There might be others I'm forgetting now...

Also binders!

I seriously increased my candidia protocol after my natural practitioner discovered ( I think ) 8-9 strains of candidia in my gut ! Yuck!

I had been doing natural antimicrobals & EO's for quite sometime & just added in doxycycline a few weeks prior to testing & although I was doing many if the above things already ( except the agricept-L & doubling probiotic dosage) he said it just wasn't enough to combat the doxy... hopefully the more aggressive protocol will help!

My practitioner swears by the agricept, but...

If you take doxycycline, you may want to research if you can take the agricept-l, as it contains GSE. I just read somewhere ( sorry forgot where) that GSE can cause doxy not to work as well...
Posted 11/9/2017 12:44 AM (GMT 0)
Hi physedgirl -

Here is a lot of info on yeast/fungus treatment:

Y/FO post in the "New to Lyme?" thread:
www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=1606610&g=3644275#m3644275

Great comments on diet. Restrictions on sugars and simple carbs (that the body turns into sugar) are essential. But most people need an antifungal protocol to include antifungals. And most people who are on abx need antifungal meds - natural antifungals don't seem to work as well once yeast/fungus has already overgrown and you continue to take abx.

Lots more in that link above about what to use to treat it.

The biggest risk you run either not treating it or taking too long to try different approaches that don't work or taking too low a dose of something - is that it gives the yeast/fungus time to build up resistance to what you're trying, and might also give it enough time to damage the mucosal lining of your GI, which can cause leaky gut and a ton of other problems. And generally, GI problems can interfere with Lyme & Co treatment. Best to hit it hard and fast and then implement a maintenance protocol.

Lots more about that in that link, as well.

Hope that's helpful -

-p
Posted 11/9/2017 12:54 AM (GMT 0)
Hi! I'm taking something called candida cleanse by purely holistic. You can get it on amazon. It has a lot of the herbs that were previously mentioned. I was doing fine on it for the last week, but now I feel horrible! So I'm thinking maybe it's causing a herx, so I guess that is good even though I feel so rotten! Good luck!
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