Candida: An Overview of this Pesky Fungus

In recent years, we have all become a little more aware of candida, although we might not know its name. Candida is a type of fungus that causes common ailments like thrush and nappy rash. Below, we are going to explore this fungus in more depth.

What is candida? 
As we mentioned above, it is a type of fungus. It lives on all of our bodies, where it usually causes no problems.

However, sometimes, the fungus can grow in excessive numbers, and this leads to the problems, such as nappy rash and thrush.

Why does candida grow excessively?
Under certain conditions, the candida fungus will grow to excess numbers. There are several reasons why this happens:

1. A recent course of antibiotics can cause you to lose the friendly bacteria that keeps the candida fungus at manageable levels. 
2. A compromised immune system means that the body cannot fight the infection (it’s common in immunology problems, such as AIDS). 

What are the Candida Symptoms?
There can be various signs of candida. These include:

• White, thick, patches in the mouth, nose, or genitals. 
• Pain and itching 
• Difficulty eating in the case of oral thrush
• Tiredness and lethargy
• Foggy thinking 

The latter two candida symptoms can be indicative of other problems, too. You are more likely to have candida if you also have the thick white patches.

How do you treat candida?
There are numerous ways of treating candida. You can buy anti-fungal medication over-the-counter. You can also buy products from health shops that can purportedly reduce the number of infection-causing candida spores. There is also a “candida” diet that can supposedly keep the fungus at bay; this usually involves cutting out sugars, which is the main source of fuel that the candida fungus uses.

Aging Disgracefully: 3 Supplements/Foods that Can Turn Back the Clock

OK, so we misled you. We can’t turn back the clock just yet, but we can certainly slow it down, and we can sort of reverse some signs of aging, albeit temporarily. Below, we’re going to look at some supplements and natural foods/drinks that can help you slow that clock right down.

Green Tea
This is revered in Eastern cultures, and now Western medicine is in agreement. Green tea is a powerful antioxidant that can help maintain brain health. A healthy brain is a happy brain, and happiness is one of the leading factors of longevity.

Active Digestive Enzymes
These help the body to process vitamins and nutrients better. This serves several different benefits. First, it means that our bodies work less hard. As a consequence, we conserve energy instead of wearing ourselves out. Secondly, active digestive enzymes allow us to process a greater number of nutrients, vitamins, and minerals. Therefore, our bodies receive more of the good stuff. This contributes to faster cell repair on all levels.

Acetyl-L-Carnitine (ACL)
This is fantastic for brain health. One thing that it purportedly does is to increase the levels of acetylcholine. Acetylcholine is directly implemented in Alzheimer’s disease. You might have heard recently that certain medications, such as Diphenhydramine-containing sleep supplements, contain anticholinergic. These damage the myelin sheath around brain neurons, which is needed for adequate communication and plasticity. Without these sheaths, the neurons become damaged.

Well, ACL helps to reverse the damage of anticholinergic products and processes, by boosting acetylcholine, which is protective to the myelin sheath. If you’re interested, there’s a fantastic TED Talk about demyelination in certain neurological conditions. It’s called “Minding Your Mitochondria”. There are some people that dismiss her diet, but much of what she says is accurate.

Bayberry V Wild Endive

Many synthetically produced medicines originate from botanical species with the most popular of all medicine; the humble aspirin, being a prime example.

A great many health benefits can be found in plants. And roughage that cleans the gut is found in green leafy vegetables that we should all eat some of on a daily basis.

Wild endive that grows in many parts of the world has always been considered beneficial in many ways including that roughage property. Some recent research indicates that the high inulin and fibre content helps bring down glucose levels in the blood along with cholesterol so it’s obviously beneficial to diabetics and obese people.

This plant also contains antioxidant properties with high levels of carotene and vitamin A, something that helps with skin and mucus membrane. It’s also an essential vitamin to help maintain good eyesight.

Some plants are like Jekyll and Hyde. There is a healthy and highly beneficial part and another part to be avoided at all costs. Rhubarb and Bayberry springs to mind here.

The latter is a plant that has been known to provide many benefits for thousands of years. The Greeks, the Romans and every apothecary following, has known of these benefits. For many years these beneficial components were reduced to a form that was available at all health outlets.

Unfortunately, despite the fact that just a small part of a particular type of this plant was considered dangerous, the whole family of them has been banned by some committee in the EEC.

As a result more work has been put into producing a commercial supplement containing the useful parts of the endive family.

This slightly begs the question as to whether we should make rhubarb crumble and custard illegal. Rhubarb stalks may be delicious but the leaves are known to be deadly.

As an aside, a Belgium once stored young endive in a dark storage area and covered them with a blanket hoping they would last throughout the winter.

When he went to check them they had not grown like ordinary endive and turned green but had remained slightly stunted with closed leaves and remained white; and are delicious.

Choose Supplements With Care

One of the problems with dietary and beauty products is that there are just too many to choose from and knowing the best from the rest isn’t easy.

Because dietary and vitamin products are taken by so many of us some unscrupulous producers have jumped on the bandwagon. In the UK alone it’s a three-quarter of a billion pound business every year.

So choosing the ones that work and avoiding the ones that are probably doing little good for you, is hard work.

The first tip is to buy from a reputable supplier that has been around for plenty of time. New suppliers that have very recently sprung up on the internet are best avoided. Ones that actually go into some more detail than others and are willing to offer unsolicited helpful criticism from customers are also more likely to be trustworthy.

Major manufacturers, like the makers of Biocare Products, are likely to be more effective than one product wonders that suddenly pop-up on the internet. If you look carefully you’ll find some suppliers of a multitude of products have been trading for decades.

These providers of supplements must have something right if they have been successfully trading a long time.

The internet means you can research very easily the basic attributes of products that are contained in the product. In other words, if a product reveals it contains an amount of aloe-vera in its skin cream then just research that plant and see if it really is good for skin.

As it happens in that instance the plant has been known for hundreds if not thousands of years to be good for skin. Many societies living in very hot countries where the plant grows have always known that if anyone gets sunburn then cutting with a knife through a thick leaf and rubbing the juicy end over the burnt skin brings instant relief.

Whether it’s taken orally or is a skin product there seems to be a supplement for every ill. But just do a little homework before buying a product that might just be a waste of money.

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The Benefits of Enzyme Supplements

Enzymes are an important feature within the digestive system. However, they receive very little attention, particularly in comparison to other similar things, such as probiotics. We have produced this article as an attempt to bring people’s attention to these wonderful digestive juices. If you’re interested in learning more about them, then read on.

What is an enzyme?

An enzyme is a type of protein that acts as a catalyst to bring about certain chemical reactions. In terms of their presence within an animal’s digestive tract, they bring about a number of different reactions, depending on the type of enzymes. These reactions can include the breakdown of food into its constituent nutrients, vitamins, and minerals. As you can appreciate, this is essential for good health. Without our enzymes, we wouldn’t’ be able to digest our food, and we would surely die.

Are there different types of enzymes? 

Yes, there are three key types of enzyme: metabolic, digestive, and food. Metabolic enzymes speed up the metabolism, allowing the body to produce energy. Digestive enzymes help us to break down food so that we can absorb the nutrients, vitamins, and minerals. Food enzymes are similar to digestive enzymes, except that the process doesn't necessarily happen inside the body, but within the food itself.

Where do we get our enzymes?

With many enzymes, they already reside inside us. You must remember that enzymes aren’t alive, unlike probiotics, which are very similar but living. The majority of enzymes we get from the food we eat. However, people that don’t eat a varied diet can often lack enzymes. In this case, they can ingest supplements such as Prolactazyme forte capsules to help support their digestive system.

Prolactazyme forte capsules play a particular role in digesting dairy products. They can help people that suffer from dairy intolerance or allergies. This is because they undertake some of the processes that the body would normally undertake, but which can’t because of the particular allergy/illness.

When you choose an enzyme supplement, it’s important that you discuss your needs with a nutritionist. They can point you to a supplement that will work for you, given your particular condition.

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The many health benefits of Silica

With a steady rise in environment pollution, humans are stricken with a variety of medical ailments ranging from respiratory tract infections to, allergies and a host of other medical conditions. One of the most effective ways to fight the detrimental effects of pollution is through the regular intake of silica based supplements, which have a host of health benefits that include strengthening the immune system and helps in leading a healthier life.

The consumption of silica based supplements like Crystal energy water offers the following benefits:

       
Reduce hypertension: One of the primary benefits of silica is that it helps to regulate blood pressure. Those who suffer from hypertension or high blood pressure benefit from the use of silica based health supplements.

Help to maintain PH balance: The human body needs to maintain the right levels of PH to stay healthy. This is achieved through a healthy diet, an abundant intake of water and through the use of silica base supplements, which help to alkalise the body and get rid of excess levels of acid in the body. By maintaining a balanced acidic level the body remains healthy.

Good for the bones:  One of the most common medical ailments associated with ageing is Osteoporosis. When we age the calcium content in the body depletes, which results in our bones becoming brittle and susceptible to fractures. Just taking a calcium supplement will not effectively remedy this issue as the body cannot properly absorb and assimilate calcium without the presence of adequate silica levels in the system. As per studies conducted it has been found that only taking calcium supplements hastens the leaching of bone calcium, which precipitates the onset of osteoporosis and other ailments, which damage the connective and supportive tissues in the human body.  For those suffering with osteoporosis, silica can help to alleviate the pain and also help to restore the body’s self healing mechanism. Silica plays a key role in the deposition of minerals in the including calcium. It expedites healing as well as reduces scarring in fractures.

Healthy skin: Silica is a must for the development of healthy skin, nails, hair, bones, and joints. When we age tissue degeneration begins to accelerate because of connective tissue being unable to retain moisture on its own. The use of silica supplements help to slow down the degenerative process of connective tissues. The vitality and life of the skin and hair can be maintained and even restored which will leave the skin glowing and looking healthy. Collagen is what makes our skin look healthy and it is mainly made up of silica. If the body has adequate levels of silica, the collagen helps to retain a youthful appearance and a soft healthy skin. Silica is also known to assist in the prevention and treatment of skin ailments like acne, rashes, itching, abscesses, eczemas, boils and a host of other skin conditions.

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The Power of Mother’s Milk

It’s pretty obvious that a new born baby thrives best on mother’s milk and this is as true for humans as it is for all mammals.

The milk produced after the birth of an offspring is packed with all sorts of beneficial substances that includes immunoglobulins, peptides and bioactive molecules that include growth factors. It’s a rich cream substance that goes toward preparing the digestive system by fortifying the lining adding extra protection.

For this reason it is often taken by athletes preparing for big sporting events. The act of strengthening the lining of the intestines meansthere is less chance of any leakage that often occurs during excessive physical training.

Of course we cannot find supplies of mother’s milk on a commercial scale but this almost miraculous natural liquid is sourced mostly from organically fed cow’s milk immediately after calving.

There’s no need to ask a dairy farmer what is colostrum because traditionally the farmer’s wife will bake the most delicious puddings with it.

Some nutritionists and health professionals believe that almost all illnesses other than air born virus begin in the gut where anything that goes wrong with the digestive system can lead to many assorted health problems.

Athletes that take it as a powder supplement that can be diluted and drunk report a reduction in many seemingly unrelated issues such as respiratory difficulties.

Colostrum is highly recommended for elderly people with an existing problem such as arthritis where strong pain killers are regularly taken. Any strong medicine such as that is likely to weaken the lining of the gut and this product is like a natural repair kit.

Throughout history many cultures have realised the importance of colostrum even if they’ve not been able to explain why. For thousands of years the Chinese have recognised it as a health giving product that has helped sufferers of all manner of illnesses.

For a new born baby, mother’s milk is the first step in creating a strong immune system and for adults the results can be the same especially after or during a long illness.