How we got involved in Natural Health
AKA: Bill's Candida Story

Our own story about yeast beings in the Fall in 1991, when my husband went through a very difficult time observing the gradual cancer-death of his Grandmother. The feelings of helplessness were internalized causing extreme stress. In an effort to overcome this stress Bill began working out very hard and consuming large amounts of protein and pre workout sugar based sport drinks. In retrospect we can see the acid environment forming. By January of 1992 Bill was feeling a constant "weakness" and lack of enthusiasm for much of anything. He became uninterested in participating in many of the events of our household. Over the next 6-8 weeks he lost about 35 pounds, and much of his hard earned muscle mass. He began to experience pain in his back that radiated around the left side to the stomach area and back through the body to the adrenal gland area.

This pain began to affect his enthusiasm for life and the frightening thing was that he didn't seem to care. This eventually made us seek medical help. His journey though a maze of tests and scans began. The endocrinologist monitored blood sugars and pancreas function, the cardiologist followed up on heart function. The Gastro-intestinal specialist filled the upper and lower intestines with barium for the series of x-rays. He went through MRI's, CAT scans, and scopes down the throat only to be told that nothing was wrong. After several months of testing the doctors decided it was in his head and opted to start anti-depressant therapy. The drugs didn't even mask the problems they simply made him too tired to complain.

Through our persistence we finally ended up at a pain management clinic. The doctors found no reason for the pain, so they planned to "break the pain cycle" with cortisone injections directly into the painful trigger points of the back. They recruited me, due to the shortage of nurses at the clinic, for Bill to lean against for support in the event that he would "pass out from the pain as most of their patients did". It was at the very moment that I held him against my chest that I realized the absurdity of what was being done to him. It all appeared to be some bizarre head game of "let's torture him until he quits complaining"

It was about this same time that Bill learned, from a friend at work, about this strange type of testing that used body energies to determine nutrient deficiencies. As weird as this pressing on your arm sounded it couldn't be any worse than the experience at the Pain Clinic. So off he went to experience kinesiology. It was through Marge and her findings that Bill was put on a program that started the healing process. It was just a matter of weeks before we saw major improvements, but the healing process was slow and took a couple years to complete. When Bill first braved the gym again he was forced to start with only a few reps of each exercise.

The next few years were a struggle, but with the loving support of his family and the determination to get well, Bill was able to gain back his health. Those years are important to us now because the struggle to find the most effective supplements and to change what we believed were good eating habits to be better made us realize that there are many others out there that are going through this same experience. Foods that Bill craved during his sickest days like peanut butter, pastas and breads had to be eliminated. It was a new way of thinking. Stress had to be managed, but the improvement was worth it. We have put together the protocol that worked for Bill. It is as follows.

· Caprylimmune (NSP) to Kill the candida:

· Liver Cleanse Formula (Liv-A) (NSP) to Remove dead candida from the liver:

· Tiao He Cleanse (NSP) to clean the bowel.


· Increase the fiber in the diet to about 30 -35 grams daily with Super Seed (Garden of Life)

· Flax seed oil to increase the essential fatty acids
We also added a couple Tablespoons of EXTRA virgin olive oil daily

· We increased the friendly bacteria in the digestive tract. By using acidophilus but would probably use Primal Defense (Garden of Life) today.

· Pau De Arco tea (NSP) was used for its anti-fungal properties (1 quart daily)

· High Potency Garlic (NSP) kept the body healthy during the cleansing as well as helped kill the candida.

· In Bill's case we Nourish the adrenal glands with Licorice Root (NSP) since that was where the candida seemed to have settled.

· He used the candida diet along with this program several weeks. Then gradually modified some of the more extreme dietary changes. We found that even 10 years later it is not possible for Bill to eat a high carb or high acid producing diet because the symptoms return. It candida seems to also rear it's ugly head under high stress conditions so it is important to take time to exercise and control stress with meditation and relaxation therapies. It has been a life long process to obtain good health. We continue to educate ourselves about the process of remaining yeast free. A copy of the diet program Bill used as well as other possible choices for supplementation appears on our web site under Education/Library. Candida Program and Candida Diet.

Remember that re-education is very important to long-term relief from candida.