Bill Thompson's Candida Diet Protocol

Is it safe to use the Chlorella, Molybdenum and Humic/Fulvic Acid which apparently all move mercury around or out, as I have (9) mercury fillings? I do have a safe 'mercury free' dentist who will take them out. 1. Do you advise removal? 2. Is it ok in your opinion and experience to do all your protocol with fillings still intact?

I highly suggest you get on a detox protocol and take lots of vitamin c daily to get your body strong before doing it. If you are in good health perhaps doing some chelation while you detox. After they are removed, ramp up your chelation and detox. You will be much better off.

The trick is to just reduce your detox dosages so that these symptoms are reduced to bearable levels again. These symptoms, once you get the mercury numbers back down to healthy levels again, should also disappear completely in time.

Thank you for the wealth of info you provide for all of us.

My 1 year old son was born with intestinal bands that never dissolved and which ended up strangling his small intestine when he was only 4 months old. He ended up losing half of his small intestine (the lower half), as well as his appendix and Ileocecal valve. His upper half of the small intestine was joined with his colon, and now he just has one continuous length of intestine without the separation of the small int. and colon (due to no Ileocecal valve). Majority of children who also have this same condition end up with bacterial overgrowth in the intestines, and are treated with antibiotics. They end up stuck in a vicious cycle of bacteria (and I'm sure candida/ yeast/ fungal) overgrowth, antibiotics, temp relief, overgrowth... However, I'm in prevention mode and plan on using your candida protocol (including small amounts of turp) to keep his intestines free of microbial overgrowth. Thank you for your clear explanation here regarding how much CO/turp to use, and why.

I also just read on one of your most recent posts regarding constipation, that gum arabic makes an excellent prebiotic, so I will give him small amounts of that a few times a week as well. (His bowels are already very loose so I don't want to overdo it, but do want to provide food for the probiotics to thrive on).

I had a question for you about a protocol you mentioned in a couple of your other posts.. about a woman who used a mix of ghee with turmeric, cinnamon, clove, etc. to heal her child's autism. Can you please tell me where I can get more info on how exactly to make this ghee and spice mixture, along with how much and how often it's given?? I think this would be excellent for all of my kids to take. And it's a keeper for the recipe book!

Many thanks, Meeya

Also be sure to take the full Iodine Protocol with all the companion nutrients that are advised.

What's sufficient time to give one protocol before starting another? One week, two weeks or a few days? And then the idea, is to work up to where you are doing all in tandem correct? I plan on starting with the Borax first for a couple of weeks while taking the Iodine cofactors. I heard taking them a few weeks before actually starting the Iodine protocol was a good idea. Thanks, Cleo

Now, upon looking up the info here, do I understand that I should have put 8 drops in a liter of water and used 10 drops of that?

What should I expect to happen on OD-ing the methylene? What should I do other than drinking lots of water?

Now, upon looking up the info here, do I understand that I should have put 8 drops in a liter of water and used 10 drops of that?

What should I expect to happen on OD-ing the methylene? What should I do other than drinking lots of water?

Also, in the book I can't tell how to use the turpentine protocol with the other protocol. Is it not good to mix the 2. I am following the anti-candida protocol, but just adding the turpentine right before lunch, is that ok?

How many days in a row can I use the turpentine?

One last question about Alkalizing. It seems to make sense to me when I read your book, but I know that I have also read that Candida thrives in an alkaline environment and that being acidic is what kills it. I am so confused!

Also, on the daily example protocol you have Molybdenum, but if I am taking the 3 main anti candida remedies, alkalizing, iodine, and borax, do I need the Molybdenum?

One more, why do you prefer the turps over the digestive enzymes? Do you think it works better?

On this article that says that you have updated the protocol, I do not see a link that takes me to that updated protocol. Also, the link for J's Personal Candida Diet Testimony does not seem to go to the right thing, just FYI, because I really would like to read it.

Thank you so much for your book and being so great about answering questions. I am feeling much more hope about my situation. My main physical complaint is that I have Interstitial Cystitis and I feel that Candida plays a role in that. My mother use to give me amoxicillin almost like a daily vitamin when I was a child. My children have not really had antibiotics, but I am wondering if fungal candida can be passed from the mother through the womb.

Thanks again.

First, when I wrote the Candida: Killing So Sweetly I didn't really know how well turpentine worked against candida. But for the last 18 months or so, I've been working with and advising a parent's autism group who have kids with with serious autism or ASD issues. All kids who have ASD will have serious parasite and candida infestation problems. Cure the candida and parasites and you cure autism -- that's it in a nutshell. This is when I discovered that using gum turpentine with castor oil was the best way to use turps because of the laxative effect of the castor oil -- which tends to spread the turpentine evenly and quickly throughout the intestines thus having a more efficient candida-killing effect throughout the intestines. The parents have been successfully using the turpentine/CO protocol with ther ASD kids with age ranges from 2 to 16+ without problems. When the turpentine/CO protocol is also combined with Lugol's Iodine, Alkalizing and Borax then these latter protocols will also adequately act to kill the candida and other pathogens in the blood, tissues and organs as well.

The main pathogen protocols that you should be using are Ludols Iodine, Borax, Alkalizing and Turpentine/CO which are all defined in detail here:

Candida-Kill Protocols

Remember that the above remedies are only part of the anti-candida cure protocol -- for a better result you should really also follow the full protocol which also incorporates Liver/Kidney and Immune Support, Detox and an Anti-candida Diet.

Now to answer all your questions:

The first is that on this site I see a lot about using Turps with Castor Oil, but in your book you use Coconut Oil. I am just wondering which you prefer?

I think I've already answered this one. I use the castor oil because of its laxative effects -- which is not a characteristic of VCO. So not only will turps/CO combination kill pathogens throughout the intestines -- it also expels them quickly due to its laxative effects.

I am following the anti-candida protocol, but just adding the turpentine right before lunch, is that ok?

Taking the turpentine/CO just before meals is the way that you should take it because the food will carry the turps/CO into the intestines where you want it to kill the candida and pathogens. Clearing candida/parasites from the intestines is very difficult -- but the turps/CO protocol seems to work well.

How many days in a row can I use the turpentine?

I advise that you should not use turpentine/CO for more than 5 consecutive days(at the lower dose of 1 tspn turps, 1 tablespoon castor oil) without a few days break. Having said that, some of the parents in the autism group used the turps/CO protocol consecutively for weeks without problems. But I prefer being a little more careful.

You should only use the stronger full laxative dose(1 tspn turps, 3 tablespoons castor oil) just once a week. See the link above for more details.

...do I need the Molybdenum?

Molybdenum is highly useful -- it both kills candida and reduces the Herx reactions but, unfortunately, I've found that the powder is hard to find. My view is that there are already adequate protocols that will kill pathogens in my protocol so there's no real need to take molybdenum.

...Alkalizing -- good or bad against candida?

When I cured my own candida problems some years ago I alkalized every single day. I regard that alkalizing was a major reason that helped me to a cure. And I still alkalize my body now on a daily basis. The only time you should not alkalize is if you have a problem in your body that cause alkalosis -- such problems are usually related to liver issues.

One more, why do you prefer the turps over the digestive enzymes? Do you think it works better?

I prefer turps/CO because it is faster acting. Turpentine is a paint thinner whose surfactant properties also act to strip away biofilms rapidly as well as killing candida and killing a huge range of other pathogens at the same time. From my own research, protease enzymes are slower acting because they must digest the biofilms. And I'm not convinced that protease will act throughout the whole intestines like turpentine/CO does. Also, protease enzymes will not necessarily kill the candida(whose cell walls are made of chitin or hemicellulose -- not protein). That's why I prefer turpentine.

If you have Interstitial Cystitis then you can use DMSO(DimethylSulfoxide) topically. This is also a recognized allopathic treatment for IC that is now recommended by doctors in America. But I would just do it yourself and save some money. It's also a fairly simple protocol.

Buy some 99% DMSO(from ebay.com or amazon.com). Make a 50%-50% water solution by adding one tablespoon of the DMSO to a glass or small container and then adding one tablespoon of water to it. Then add 10 drops of Lugol's Iodine to the DMSO/water and mix it all up.

With a wad of cotton wool, just spread this solution thinly over your lower abdomen(over the bladder). The DMSO will act to reduce the pain, as will the iodine which will kill any bacterial or fungal infection in your bladder. After you have finished topically, use organic aloe oil over the region to avoid irritation and then wash your hands. Apply this topical application once a day. If you do get any irritation in the application area above your bladder then just skip a day.

The DMSO will act to reduce the pain and the DMSO with LI will also help to kill off any involved pathogens that are active in your bladder area.

Thank you for the information on the turpentine. I have just been using in 3 times a week because it kind of scares me. It makes me a little nauseous and tired after taking it, hopefully that is just die off. But I am going to up it to 5 times a week like you suggest.

I found that putting it in milk makes it easier to swallow. Is it ok to put the castor oil and the turps both in milk?

I have not yet tried it with the 3 T if castor oil but want to try that this coming week if I can get brave enough.

Also, if I forget to take it before lunch, can it be after? Or if I take it in the evening will it effect sleep?

I have been following the rest of the protocol as you have advised and haven't noticed anything major passing thru me like some people report. I do notice some grey slime that is mixed in or encasing my stools. I hope that is either biofilms or else the grey stuff lining my intestines that you have mentioned. Do you know?

I am doing the alkalizing, the iodine and the borax now and they all seem to set fine with me. I have been so tired since starting the iodine, is that normal? Starting the Borax made me feel energized at first. It may just all be coincidence.

Thank you so much for your book and for answering my questions. I have finished the book since last posting and I feel that I am on a good path. I will keep you posted.

Also, thank you for the info on DMSO. I had never thought to try it because I thought that was something a doctor had to distill the bladder with. I will definitely try it.

Is it ok to put the castor oil and the turps both in milk?

It's ok to take turps/co with milk -- I recommend it in my book.

I have not yet tried it with the 3 T if castor oil but want to try that this coming week if I can get brave enough?

The 3 tablespoon castor oil is the full laxative dose and is just a ball-park dose -- some people might need less for full laxative effect, some people might need more. It won't hurt you and will clear out much of the candida, poisons and biofilm from your intestines. Only take the full laxative dose once week.

Also, if I forget to take it before lunch, can it be after? Or if I take it in the evening will it effect sleep?

Best time to take it(the lower turps/co maintenance dose) is before meals either in the morning or evening. But you can really take this any time you like that is convenient to you.

I do notice some grey slime that is mixed in or encasing my stools. I hope that is either biofilms or else the grey stuff lining my intestines that you have mentioned. Do you know?

It may well be biofilms or it could be the removal of hard mucus that has solidified and impacted onto your intestinal walls over the years. Either way, this outcome is beneficial.

I have been so tired since starting the iodine, is that normal?

Iodine usually always gives both a Herx and detox reaction when you first take it. In time these effects should clear as both these die-off and detox effects reduce as they are cleared by the liver.

Also, if you take the liver protocol as recommended in the book(take milk thistle, selenium and Alpha Lipoic Acid) this should also help the liver to remove poisons from the die-off and detox more quickly.

I must also mention an interesting nutrient that I'm using at the moment. Everyone knows the health wonders of organic ACV, but I've been using vinegar made from the coconut nectar that is tapped and fermented from the flower stem of the coconut tree. The remarkable health profile of this vinegar is described here and here. This organic vinegar is particularly high in minerals, vitamins, enzymes and amino acids. I found some locally produced organic Coconut Nectar Vinegar(CNV) here in the local market and bought some to try it(very cheap). The vinegar is a quite a bit different to ACV because when you shake up the bottle the CNV turns a dense dark brown because it has a much higher amount of "mother" particles in it(you can't see through the bottle) -- and that is probably the reason why it is so high in aminos(contains 17 amino acids for the body). The other thing I noticed about the CNV is that it is much less sour tasting -- tastes quite pleasant in fact -- therefore it is less acidic than ACV. The CNV is also high in potassium, copper, zinc, natural sulfur and magnesium minerals.

The coconut aminos that you have would also be useful just for their protein value only. In other words, both ACV or Coconut Nectar Vinegar will do much more to help your body than just aminos alone. So, in answer to your question, supplementing aminos alone is not really a viable substitute for ACV or Coconut Nectar Vinegar.

My question is about UT. I read conflicting information on how much, how often etc.

Any advice welcomed as well as advice on which combinations work well for others. My symptoms: weight gain, serious bloat (I am asked frequently if I am pregnant), flare ups in mucus membranes and ears, migraines, and general aches and pains, reduced concentration. The list goes on and on - you get the picture. I'm 50, female, tough as nails, though 3 digits on my right hand and on both feet are not at all pretty - but the infections have never spread to other nails. I need more discipline! I find it hard to be social with this condition and crave crappy food though can eat well and be severe with diet though I lose the plot after a fashion. Most I have managed is 6 months and my nails were getting better. It is long, long haul I know. It is nice to know there are others out there who truly understand.

Thanks for reading.

The Main Candida-Kill Protocols

The above article just describes the kill remedies for candida, virus, bacteria, mycoplasma and parasites that should be used. It is not the full protocol that I advise but it is still very useful as a smaller, easier protocol for you to use. The autism group that I've been working with, whose kids all have serious candida and parasite issues, have used all these protocols to good effect.

For your sugar cravings I would simply take Gymnema silvestre tea 3 times a day. This simple tea reduces cravings, reduces sugar in the blood and also prevents the candida morphing into its more dangerous fungal form. And it will also help you to lose weight. Also be aware thatthis tea might causea Herx or candida die-off reaction in your body.

When I started my anti-candida protocol, I was also fat, always bloated and overweight. The two protocols that particularly helped to remove the fat were Lugol's Iodine and Alkalizing. Supplementing virgin coconut oil also helped with my bloating and constipation issues.

The lugols helped because iodine increases the metabolic efficiency for proper handling of proteins and fats. Therefore using iodine will help you to excrete more fat more efficiently from your body and you will lose weight.

Alkalizing just provides the right cell pH for maintenance of correct concentration gradients in the cells -- this means alkalizing will help the management and excretion of fats at the cellular level. Both Lugol's Iodine and Alkalizing protocols are described fully the above doc link.

You should also avoid grains, dairy, sugar and reduce carbohydrates in the diet to a minimum. Also try and avoid processed foods.

I also had eczma, psoriasis, jock itch and bad athletes foot(for over 20 years). So I had candida skin symptoms similar to you. I never bothered to treat any of these local expressions of candida with any topical remedy. All I did was kill the candida inside me. And I knew my candida had completely been defeated when all these skin problems and other candida symptoms eventually disappeared and I could once again eat normal amounts of carbohydrates, sugar, dairy etc without problems or allergies etc. That's when you know that you are really cured.

Thanks so much for your encouraging and detailed response. You are amazing! Just wondering if you have any UT advice?

I have found this product in the UK and wonder what you might make of it. it would cover most of what I would need for the alkalizing remedies. It does not go quite far enough maybe for iodine protocol however. Or it might be rubbish!

What is new to me in this round of candida bashing is turpentine and borax. I'm going to give the latter a try for a bit and maybe try the other. The thought of castor oil and turps is worse than pee for me!

Anyway, many appreciations sent to you from a wet, wet, wet day in Scotland.

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Once again I am here to ask a bit of knowledge! I have just taken the co/turps remedy for the first time. Quite an effect I must say. I have passed a lot of... white material, for lack of better words.

Anyways, I know that taking Lugol's Iodoine, turps and borax water simultaneously can be detrimental. I am wondering the time frame that it is considered safe to take them. So for example, after taking a turps/co remedy, how long should I wait before consuming borax water and/or LI? Likewise, how long should I wait between consuming LI and borax?

Thanks for all the great info!

But you can also, as an option, take the lower dose non-laxative form of the turps/co protocol, which is much gentler, but I would always take this on a day on, day off basis as well because it should not be so strong acting. This lower dose should not cause a laxative effect -- it should only act to just loosen the stool, so you can also take borax, alkalizing and iodine a few hours before or after taking this protocol without problems.

It's also OK to take borax two hours before or after the lugols iodine. This should cause no problems.

Adult dosages for turps/CO for candida:

Gentle: 1 tspn turpentine, 1 tablespoon turps. Taken every other day or once a week for maintenance.

Strong laxative: 1 tspn turpentine, 3 to 4 tablespoons castor oil. Once a week only.

Notice that the dose of turps remains the same for both protocols. It is the amount of castor oil which makes the critical difference. This ensures, at the higher dose, that the turps is evenly spread throughout the whole intestines(all 28 feet) by the castor oil which also inhibits turps absorption into the blood. That's why this stronger protocol is so good at destroying candida and parasites quickly in the intestines, which is normally the throne and fortress of any candida infection in the body. This stronger protocol may not be pleasant or pretty -- but it works.

Yesterday, I took the 1 tspn turps/1 tablespoon CO. I wouldn't necessarily call it gentle! I was amazed at its rapid effect (Without pain... It just encouraged the clearance). There were no immediate effects and the taste was much more mild than I was expecting. It applied fairly strong laxative effects after about 4 hours. I was passing totally liquid stools and what came out was just incredible (Sorry for being graphic). Keep in mind that I have been on Alkalizing/LI/Borax Water/Pau D'arko/Molybdenum and many supporting nutrients for about 4 weeks now prior (militantly). I also had run another more primitive version of a candida protocol for 2 weeks before that.

I passed large amounts of white spots after the Turps/CO last night. I am almost certain that they were candida and/or biofilms. I felt almost immediately noticeably better and I can tell that I was able to clear large amounts of hyphae from my intestines. I felt the areas in my intestines this morning. Almost like a tenderness after you clean a cut if that makes any sense. In a good way though. No intense pain at all. By 12 oclock today there was no sensation there. Like my intestines were starting to heal themselves. I feel that the candida/parasites/etc had drilled deeply into the intestinal walls and I was experiencing the first bought of clearing.

I had a feeling after you answered some questions previously about the middle and bottom gut still housing large amounts pathogens in my system even after using the other parts of the protocol. This was a great confirmation and I am feeling better and better as today goes on. I can't wait to see the effects after weeks/months of usage. I plan on waiting 2 days and then resuming 1 day on 1 day off. I feel that my body could use the extra day after the initial release.

Anyways. Have a great day!

So the dosages recommended are not so hard and fast. I work from the principle that we are not clones because we all eat different diets, we have different metabolic rates, we all have different things wrong with us and we all have different lifestyles. You will have to find your own dose for turps/CO that works for you in other words.

And if I had some sort of chronic disease like arthritis or heart disease or cancer -- the first thing I would do is use the turps/CO remedy to eliminate all pathogens hiding in the lower intestines. Both Max Gerson and William Kelly used laxatives and enemas frequently to good effect to clear out the intestines. They not only used this strategy to clear out toxins -- they also used them to clear out pathogens that were always hiding, lurking and breeding in this lower intestinal region.

You are also using the protocols correctly(without shortcuts). The turps/CO protocol will get rid of all the candida(yeast and fungal from) and other bad stuff from the intestines. But you still need to take the Borax, Iodine, Alkalizing etc to kill the candida(fungal form) and other associated pathogens in the blood and that will take a wee bit longer.

I will be trying out my new turpentine/CO/Boswellia(mixed together) protocol soon. Boswellia is also extremely good at killing fungus.

I will note one thing. And I wonder if you have any comments on this. When I first started this program, about a week later I "injured" my wrist. The only issue was that I had NO idea how I did it. I am pretty athletic so for my entire life I almost always know how I have damaged something. This was out of the blue and not due to any particular stressor or injury I knew of. I thought it was an interesting coincidence that it happened as I began the program.

Now, I am experiencing another similar issue. This time its in my hips (hip pointers on my back) though. And it happens to be following the use of the turpentine. There was no particular movement that I don't usually do with ease that would have caused the pain.

I have no doubt that it will heal just as my wrist did. I'm just wondering if it has something to do with the clearance of candida and other pathogens from the joint tissue. Have you run into anything like this happening before?

By the way, I am 27 and am pretty athletic like I said. I am not usually susceptible to these types of injuries unless I do something intense, at which point I usually remember how I did it in the first place!

One of the most debilitating and primary characteristic features of candida is that candida can release a huge range of poisonous aldehyde waste toxins into the blood. These poisons can greatly lower the immune system potential, lower the body's detox potential, cause mental effects, create havoc with our hormones, cause pain in the gut and can even cause rheumatic and arthritic pain outbreaks in the body.

So when you successfully kill large amounts of candida in your body quickly, then even more of these same poisons are released into the blood for a while due to the sudden die-off or Herx effect. And that's when you can suddenly get these strange pains in your body as well as a possible increase in your symptoms for a while. But these poisons and symptoms should eventually all recede and go away as the liver finally removes these poisons from your blood.

This is the reason I include Molybdenum, ALA, Milk Thistle and Selenium in the full protocol -- for liver detox and support -- to aid the liver. This protocol helps the liver to manufacture more glutathione(master detoxer for the body), helps to neutralize and remove the poisonous aldehydes (molybdenum, ALA, Milk Thistle) and also helps to boost the immune system.

In the strong laxative dose, it's 3-4 tsp of castor and 1 tsp of terp. Do you take 1 tsp of those or 4-5 tsp, or do you take all 4-5 tsp? Thanks!

The lower dose castor oil version -- 1 tspn turps with 1 tablespoon castor oil -- should not have a laxative or diarrhea effect but should only help to loosen the stool. if this dose gives you a full laxative effect then just reduce the castor oil dose by half. This can be taken 3 times a week or it can be taken for 5 consecutive days with 2 or 3 days off as a break.

First, love this site and its immense amounts of info! Such wonderful contributions for all of us to benefit from. I have 3 questions at the end of this, but just for more background (please indulge me when you are able:) This is not a pleasant picture, but I think many women, in particular, fit my description (I can feel myself being yanked upon as I'm pulled out of my dietary and medicinal denial:)

I took the Candida Questionnaire and I'm in the "Probable" range. 47 Y/O female and trying to determine if I'm headed for the change as the hormones I've been given for a year don't create cycles as of late; I have a few fibroids I've been told; I endured extreme job-related emotional stress in 2013, had three cortisone epidurals for neck and arm pain (pain better), but now have knee and ankle pain (no bone damage, but I need to lose 30 lbs.)

I've decided it's high time to detox my life, starting with my body. I was going to start the Black Strap Molasses and the Apple Cider Vinegar, thinking that will help with my fibroids, BUT then I read all about Candida and it seems that would be the first place I should start??

Q - Does the Candida diet protocol in your book that's been referred to prevent me from using, say, the Black Strap Molasses? I don't mean to sound wimpy, but can I put it in my (decaf) coffee or my Teecino and not sabotage this?

Q - Have you heard of any benefits to fibroid tumors perhaps being positively affected (shrunk or broken down) as a woman might use the Candida diet protocol?

Q - I haven't looked at the diet protocol yet, but is there a way someone who's been brought up in Los Angeles -- fast food dinners by the age of 10 regularly, daily coffee, breakfast cereal, In-n-Out, Margaritas with chips & salsa -- is there any way someone like me can ease their way into this highly self-disciplined regime?

I want to start and succeed, but like with anything, I know myself and if I can get into the water slowly, I have a better chance of learning to swim. Time keeps ticking away, and it's time I do this.

Thank you for your wealth of info here.

Have a great day.

Mary

The candida kill remedies are iodine, alkalizing, borax, pau d'arco, molybedenum and methylene blue. You do not have to use every single one of these remedies. My favourite combination for removing candida is using lugols iodine(or Iodoral), borax and alkalizing. This has worked very well for me and for other people with candida problems in the past. I would also advise that you use the turpentine/castor oil remedy as well -- at least twice a week -- this also kills candida and gets rid of biofilms in the gut where candida and other pathogens can safely hide away from the immune system and anti-fungals.

The body detox is achieved using nutrients such as Vitamin C, Milk Thistle, ALA, Selenium, Iodine, sodium thiosulfate and chlorella.

Perhaps easier for you -- here is an at-a-glance diagram which shows all the nutrient activity of the different nutrients used in the anti-candida regimen:

Protocol Nutrient Activity

Four or five years ago an African lady asked for help with her systemic candida issues. She eventually cured herself after about 4 to 6 months on the full anti-candida protocol. She also had low thyroid issues, kidney nodules, gastritis, thyroid nodules, fibroids, esophigitis and other problems besides which I can't recall. The daily anti-candida protocol that I put her on also resolved all these other peripheral problems as well.

I've written much info on the anti-candida protocol on this website which can be found in the Candida ailments section.

I've also written a book on candida which goes into much more detail about candida behaviour, why candida is so difficult to defeat and which also describes the best logical approach for curing systemic candida problems. This book is sold here on EC and on amazon.com and its called Candida: Killing So Sweetly.

Another reason to take MB with vitamin c is to stop its side effects -- it turns urine green and the whites of your eyes blue. MB is used as a stain in biochemistry for identifying the presence of carbohydrates. So taking taking MB with ascorbate will stop these side-effects.

MB attacks plasmodium, bacteria and fungus and is also energizing. MB has positive methylation effects and also acts to increase serotonin in the body thereby also increasing the production of T-cells and immune system lymphocytes.

You should never take MB together with SSRIs(Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors) because this could result in overproduction of serotonin, MAOI and serotonin toxicity:

Overview of MB

Interactions

I used MB frequently when I had candida problems and I also alkalized(at different times) using Sodium Bicarbonate on the same days and I have never suffered any problems with with this combination.

Don't forget that very small amounts of MB are recommended on this site -- 6 to 10 drops of 0.1% MB taken only once or twice a day. When the US troops used MB against malaria in Vietnam in the 60s -- they took stronger dosages by the spoonful.

I have been reading all thru these postings and I noticed you recommend natural mineral water. At the risk of sounding like a fool, could you suggest where I might find it, and what I should look for?

I have been using distilled water, with borax and acv, and have had impressive results in my health, in general, but would switch to natural mineral water if you could help me with how to find/select it. Also cost is going to be a factor for me.

I'm really new to all of this, and 'health' had always been my doctors issue, if you know what I mean. But I now research everything, so any info would be great.

I also want to thank you for all of your input here. It's a very kind thing you do sharing your knowledge.

Mineral water has minerals in it that are healthy and useful for the body. Distilled water has no minerals and tends to pull minerals out of the body into the intestines if you drink it. This is why I prefer to use mineral water. I regard mineral water as just natural water or water that has never been chemical manipulated or chemically processed. It should be natural mineral water. I stop short of advising brands because I'm an English guy living in the Philippines. So I guess you'll have to use your own careful judgement there.

I purchased your book last month. It's very informative. I did not yet start with the protocol. I'm planning to start this month. I just have 1 question. Can I substitute lemon/lime/acv with calamondin or calamansi? Thank you in advance.

Since decoction of chanca piedra is more concentrated and better than tablets, capsules and tea, I'll be making my own decoction and tincture. Fresh chanca piedra is readily available here. I believe decoction can only lasts for 2-3 days. I can't make decoction every time I need it so I'm planning to make large amount and preserve it using vegetable glycerin. I'm also planning to make a tincture, but I read that tincture bypasses the gi tract and directly absorbs in the bloodstream.

Chanca piedra has anti-fungal properties. If I take it, I want it to pass my gi tract so decoction is more suitable for that than tincture. Tincture is stronger though than decoction and its absorption to the bloodstream is faster than tea and decoction, so its effect to the body is faster too. Now, I'm unsure which is better for candida sufferers, a decoction or a tincture of chanca piedra? This will be my first time making decoction and tincture of chanca piedra. I can't find several sources on how to make tincture of chanca piedra. I hope I can make it right. Your place is just some minutes away from mine. If I failed to make an effective chanca piedra decoction or tincture, I might politely ask if I can bother and visit you personally as my last resort. Thank you again.

I have been following your (and Ted's) Candida recommendations for 9 months now starting with Baking Soda/Lime which was a massive health turn around in 3 days for me, then taking Borax which worked well at first for about 3 months, drinking Povidine Iodine (it is all I could get for 6 months) and taking small amounts of Serrapeptase.

Recently I visited the USA where I could get everything I wanted (Nattokinase, Lumbrokinase, high potency Serrapeptase, Lugols in particular) and I must say I got sick and weak rather quickly. At this time I bought your book on Candida and read it through 3 times already.

It took about 4 weeks (360,000IU Serrapeptase a day, 9000FU Nattokinase, 1.4 mill units lumbrokinase + 300mg Lugols Iodine + lots of supporting minerals + 1 tsp borax a day) and I, excuse the language, shat out a putrid lot of black slime when my diet is mainly eggs and greens so that was not something I ate. At first after this I got sicker and slept a lot but now almost 2 weeks later (I added 500ml natural yoghurt a day + 5 yakult drinks) I feel so much better and my brain works again, most important I lost my instant temper and emotionally and very stable after years of instability.

THANKYOU for your book and your work, I just have a few more issues to clear up and I'll be better than when I was 18.

Excellent work, I cannot thankyou enough.

Big C :)

I also note that you were taking 300 mgs per day of lugols Iodine which is a large dose equivalent to about 50 drops of 5% LI per day. This doesn't surprise me, since the Filipino diet is much better than the processed food Western diet. Westerners seem to have great difficulty taking even one or two drops of lugols iodine, which gives them heart palpitations, insomnia, skin problems and many other issues. Then the LI immediately gets blamed as the poison cause. Little do they realize that it isn't LI but its their awful lifestyle and diets that are the cause. Processed foods that lack critical minerals and anti-oxidants and which are jam packed with heavy metals, bromine, fluorine and chlorine and other poisons are not health giving diets.

Furthermore, lugols iodine is a wonderful chelator of heavy metals and halides -- so all these poisons are removed from the cells by LI, dumped into the blood, and the liver is simply unable to cope. Hence all the weird symptoms. The fact remains that those poisons should not be in your body in the first place. The fact that you are not affected by such high dosages of LI is proof positive that, with a good diet, there should be minimal symptomatic effects from supplementing lugols iodine(apart from the initial Herx or die-off effect).

By the way, the 300 mg dose of LI that you have been taking is the same dosage used regularly against cancers. This higher dosage is particularly recommended as a cure for people with breast or prostate cancers.

Since you are feeling so much better I would also cut down on your borax dosage to just 1/4 tspn a day in a liter of water taken on a five days on, two days off basis as advised in my book.

The use of Serrapeptase, Nattokinase and Lumbrokinase in your protocol is particularly useful for digesting biofilms. You can also use bromelain and papain enzymes from the pineapple and papaya respectively for the same beneficial effect. Bromelain and Papaya enzymes are more easily obtainable in the Philippines and they cost less.

My last piece of advice is -- stay away from antibiotics. Taking anitbiotics is, perhaps, the major reason and cause of serious candida issues in the body today.

And once again my thanks to you for your feedback. This is a rare event and is particularly useful for me to judge how well the protocol is working.

At first, a huge THANKS for all you've done here (and CZ). I've read everything you wrote about curing the candida (I spent hours reading religiously your testimonials, advices, comments, replies to comments... everything you've written in 4 years about candida).

I only have one question about the whole protocol : do I (we, us all) have to take all items, all elements, all complements during months ? A year ? Aren't there rounds for specific things ? For example, I know it's only possible to drink Pau d'Arco for one month. Then make a pause (2 weeks I think, then start a new cycle).

Should we make pauses in the protocol (for any product) and then go for new rounds ?

Thank you very much in advance for your reply and help.

Mat - Paris

Regarding your question about taking nutrients with rest periods, when I had candida, I alkalized every day non-stop, I took borax for 5 days on with 2 days off, supplemented Iodine every day in split doses. But yes, your right in what you say -- everyone is different, people will have different things wrong with them, different diets, different lifestyles etc, so you can certainly come off protocols for short periods if necessary. But there are protocols -- such as the vitamin and minerals and detox protocols which are always necessary because of both he tpoisons and a lack of nutrients in processed food today.

And again you're right about Pau D'Arco. This is a very strong anti-pathogen protocol which, from experience, can give particularly difficult Herx reactions. You should start with smaller amounts of PD and work up to full dosage over a number of days. In Brazil they are still using Pau D'Arco to cure various cancers.

As to how long you should take the protocols for -- well, that's really up to you. But remember, just because you feel great and you may think that you've gotten rid of your candida/other pathogens, please remember that many pathogens, including candida, are easily capable of hiding away and hibernating for a while in various areas in your body, such as in biofilms or in the lower intestines region or in the fluids in the back-bone and in synovial fluids at the joints just to name a few. That's why I would always continue your protocol for a little while past the time you think that you are cured. I took my candida protocol for over a year before I stopped it. Then I went onto my own maintenance protocol which was less strict but was not only designed to prevent candida, but was also very active in protecting the liver, kidneys, thyroid and intestines(The Big Four!! ). I also mention this in my book on candida which is sold on EC. In the book, I go into much greater detail about candida and its relationships with so many other disease.

Here is a diagram that shows the many relationships that candida has with so many other diseases:

The Progression and Virulence of Candida

And here is an easy quick reference diagram that shows that complete activity and benefit from all the nutrients used in my anti-candida protocol:

Bill's Protocol -- Nutrient Activity

Generally, it won't hurt to take rests from the following nutrients if you feel that it is necessary(because of the Herx or detox effects): Iodine, Pau D'Arco, Molybdenum, Turpentine(usually taken only twice a week with castor oil as advised) and Borax. The rest of the nutrients in the protocol should not harm you if taken long term -- I'm testament to that.

Thank you very much for your reply. I feel better now with the way I should follow your protocol.
As you say Candida may trigger a huge number of troubles. Mine are very severe. The main one is psoriasis (5 years light, but since sept. 2013 extremely strong... I'm covered with it, I have horrible hands...). That's how I discovered I have a Candidiasis. But I had to discover it myself because MD generally have no clue about the possible origins (as you know very well yourself! ).
I also have troubles of attention, memory, agressivity, a dead libido, headaches, etc. The perfect cocktail that actually matches with Candida.

I don't remember if you mention it in your documents but corticotherapies are as dangerous as antibiotics in triggering candida. This is my story.
After years of corticotherapies, I met a girl who often had vaginitis. The thing is she had also psoriasis. After 1 month (of close intimacy, I mean... well you got it), I began to get psoriasis on the scalp. From then on I was sure there was a link but no MD was capable to find it. It means I lost 6 years before I finally find out what was wrong with my health. You can't imagine how furious I am against "modern medicine" and MDs. These people should be sentenced for their incompetence...

Now I have a long way to go before getting well again. Just to think it'll take months or years scares me... I really really hope I'll get rid of that curve. Moreover I have no job and it's very hard for me to apply because of my appearance (which is really scarey). And of course none of the protocol elements can be supported by the Social Health System and insurances (in France I mean). I even have to order things like molybdenum on US websites because it's not available for sale here.
When I say "a curve" I mean a curve.

Thank you so very much for your support and help. People like you are precious on that earth. I'll try to give some news of my health...

Very best. Mat

I was mostly following what I learned from Earthclinic and that helped a lot.

Borax in particular, at the start even 1/8th tsp in 5 litres of water (I drink 5 litres a day, it's easy in the tropics) gave me Herx reactions and my palms and soles of my feet when all spotty with lots of little red dots coming from inside the skin. After a few days the skin would peel off, this repeated several times until now I can take 2 tsp Borax in one hit without an adverse side effect (besides the free testosterone increase that is - I read the MSDS and figured this would be safe for me). I continue to take borax but 1/8th tsp a day, 4-5 days a week.

A "side effect" from the Borax is making your bones stronger. 3 months ago I had a tooth extracted, the hole has now filled in and 3 days ago I went in to start the procedure for an implant. The Dentist started joking that my jaw bone was very strong, he later got frustrated and then annoyed that the 45 minute procedure took an extra 20 minutes to drill one hole into the jawbone. I've been taking Borax for about 2 years in total now. I guess I won't be suffering any broken hips in the future.

After this I added the iodine tincture, and started drinking it too, this helped my thyroid issues, and the bloating about my neck and face.

The Baking Soda was a miracle cure and led me to realise I had a rather bad chronic case of Acidosis, which of course helped the Candida and other parasites have a wild party in my body, much to the detriment of my health.

Fibromyalgia lessened significantly in just 3 days, I was once again able to turn my head to look behind myself (previously most of my muscles were stuck in contracted positions pulling my joints and spine out of alignment.) And as I mentioned my mood improved so much my girlfriend noted it (she had been away those 3 days), she noted it within 15 minutes.

After this I had a long struggle until I got hold of your book and all the ingredients that I needed to follow the protocol 100% plus I took several of the alternative compounds/herbs at the same time.

My strongest advice to anyone else trying to get rid of candida is to follow Bill's protocol EXACTLY don't try most of it, don't do it 95% do it 100% or more then you will see the results.

The Biofilm protocol was the most important for myself, with the large doses of Iodine. (As a side note my girlfriend who had ovarian cysts had an ultrasound yesterday and the cysts are gone, I have had her on Serrapeptase on and off for about a year).

After the candida protocols I have followed on with the Hulda Clarke parasite protocol, the first time I was so ill I was nearly bed ridden for a week, the second time 4 months later I was lethargic and lost strength. Both times afterward my vibrancy and mental alertness increased significantly to the point where my brain works again and I can plan my career and life and make major decisions easily becasue I can think through all the options with ease.

Previously, while the Candida had a hold I am sure I would have qualified as Autistic, the simplest decisions were difficult, I was stupid, easily cohersed, and just not myself, I had no cardiovascular endurance, even strength training was embarrasing as the women in the gym were using the same (and I was a professional strength athlete before)

All this time I ate fresh food from small farms (hence why I was in The Philippines previously) and tried to avoid factory farmed meat, chickens in particular (they are fed antibiotics for growth promotion). I drank fresh pressed green juices and avoided processed foods and sugar completely.

A nice effect of the Candida leaving is that I no longer crave alcohol with increasing 'desperation' until after about 2 weeks it was all I'd think about.(as I never ate many sugars so the candida wanted alcohol I believe).

Anyway I hope this is useful for others, I have a lot more stories from this pursuit of health from chronic fatigue, "diet controlled" diabetes, fibromyalgia, bone loss, calcification of my muscles, hair loss, sickly yellow pallor, bloated intestines, thyroid and other hormone exhaustion, frequent infections, sensitive to chemicals (skin and nose), the list goes on.

All are cured now, not controlled, but cured and I can now work on the damage done to my body while this was all taking place.

Thanks Bill and Thankyou Ted, thankyou Earthclinic.

This is the protocol I (a 300lb ex-competitive athlete) followed out of desperation and experimentation. I have been trying to defeat this for over 5 years and though I have had success I am yet to achieve a total 'cure'.

The amounts I used I would in no way recommend to anyone else. Please read that again. This is purely for information only, you need to study and read up everything yourself and make your own informed decision. Do not follow this protocol. It is for information only.

I recently used iodine again, starting at a drop and increasing it daily until I reached 100mg a day - this made me sich so I stayed at it about 5 days until the reactions and the black stuff in my poo disappeared.

I then increased it to 200mg/day (over 4 doses) my poo turned black again and I got sick again, about 5 days this stopped so I increased th dose again.

400mg a day for about a week until the sick feelings stopped and my poo wasn't so black.
Then to 600mg a day (4 doses) with the same results.

Then to 800mg/day (over 4 doses) for 2 days and I did not feel too bad at all.
Then 800mg in one dose for only one day, I felt a little queezy from all the iodine for about 15 minutes and that was all. My poo had turned back to a natural brown by this stage.

My conclusions:
The fact my poo turned to brown on the high doses would indicate that something was coming out of my body - see my first post in this thread for supporting info.

My strength and endurance increased after this protocal, water retention around my waist line decreased, my brain works again! My reasoning and planning abilities are much better than they have been for years, I no longer feel stupid.

My mood improved and I am back on other protocols to see if I get Herx reactions again from anything else.

I had wet point injections into my tendons from my doctor and an adjustment from a chiropractor and some of hte problems I attributed to muscle damage from the acidosis have now gone (hip and shoulder pains in particular).

I would also highly recommend the Hulda-Clark liver detox protocol after this to clean some of hte mess out of your liver otherwise it'll continue to poison you.

I highly doubt any one protocol will fix us completely but look for the combination that will fix your individual mix of issues. Iodine was particularly useful for me.

I tried pine turpentine and it makes me very sick even on small doses, I cannot stand the taste at all after just 4 tries at it, which is very unusual for myself. Giving it a break and trying again in a month or so.

I hope this information gives some people some material for thought.

Thank you so much.

How are you doing now? Do you feel that you have ended the healing journey? How do you test that? How long have you been following the protocol?
thank you

Do you recommend that anyone and everyone do a candida cleanse? I don't have any major signs of candida overgrowth... I'm pretty healthy, have good elimination/ digestion, and don't get sick much. However, I do notice that I have a craving for sweets, as well as itchy ears (sometimes) that crack / pop when I swallow. I'm 34 years old, and ate junk food until I was in my 20s and realized how bad it was. Now I eat lots of veggies and am gluten/ dairy/ soy/ artificial/ processed free. I'd like to do a candida cleanse just to take my health to the next level and make sure I don't have any candida overgrowth. Plus, as I understand it, I can get rid of any parasites I may be housing too (with the turp) and eliminate heavy metals in the process.

~ Thanks so much for your time, effort and service in putting this all together for us. It will not doubt change many lives for the better! ~

As an example, before I noticed my own candida problems, I had athletes foot for over 25 years. Tried everything but couldn't get rid of it over the years. Then, after I eventually got rid of my own systemic candida, my athletes foot just disappeared on its own. Just like that!! Same with my psoriasis and eczma. This eventually led me to believe that my own candida problems had probably been with me for years or even decades and that my skin problems -- which I simply couldn't eradicate -- were just long-time symptoms or indicators of my systemic candida problem.

Candida is like cancer. It can hit quickly(from sudden trauma or stress or by taking antibiotics for instance) or it can take decades to become noticeable or serious. It's all about your immune system, diet and lifestyle.

But perhaps the major cause of candida is antibiotcs use over any period of time. People nowadays seems to pop antibiotics into their mouths like jelly babies for the slightest sniff or cold. If you must take antibiotics then only take them for three days. And if they have had no effect on your problem after three days then stop taking the antibiotics. Common sense really. And if you do take antibiotics for an extended period of time then you should alkalize and take probiotics on a daily basis to help support your gut bacteria (which are being rapidly killed by the antibiotics). Also bear in mind that 70% of the immune system's activity is all about protecting the intestines against pathogens. That's why the good gut bacteria are such an essential and important part of the immune system.

Currently you have sugar cravings as well as itchy ears which could indicate candida problems. Perhaps the best way to assess whether you have candida or not is to take the Candida Questionnaire shown here -- it only takes a few minutes:

Candida Questionnaire

As I read your book, "Candida Killing So Sweetly" you recommend a specific diet. However, You had a sample menu log from a client which stated that she had plantains as part of her diet. I was wondering is this okay to eat if one is trying to get rid of candida? Because I have cut out grains and flour, which doesn't leave much other options except veggies. And I have been experiencing weight loss which I would like to gain back some of it.

The main offender in the diet is any form of sugar or junk food -- sugar must be avoided as far as possible. However, I also recommend to reduce carbohydrates but I also recognize that people need carbohydrates -- but not excessive amounts of carbohydrates in their diet. So plantains or any form of carbohydrate like rice should be OK -- but in small amounts only.

If you continue to lose weight then I would supplement protease enzymes(protein digesting enzymes) that contain pancreatin enzymes as well as papain and bromelain. You can buy these enzyme supplements at most health stores. You might be losing weight because of lack of enzymes from the pancreas causing inefficient digestion. So taking protease enzymes as advised with all meals should help your digestion and should help you put weight back on.

if you also have reflux problems then you should also take betaine hydrochloride tablets at mealtimes as well.

I should be receiving the majority of the protocol supplements tomorrow and starting with the Borax and preparing to add in the Iodine a couple of weeks later.

My question about the diet: Like June, I'm concerned with losing weight. I only weigh 97lbs as is and earlier this year I lost 10lbs trying the Gaps and Body Ecology diets. I also ended up constipated, gassy, bloated and with a thyroid suppressed by all the veggies I was consuming. About 5 months ago my nutritionist took me off all the veggies(have reintroduced some since, but still having issues with dense greens) and added in Ezekiel bread. Are you familiar with Ezekiel bread? It's sprouted whole grain bread and it's low glycemic. I'm pretty sure it still feeds the yeast, but for a while it was the only fiber I had that got things moving and nothing seems to satiate me like it does. Mind you I cook all meals and don't eat any processed/ fast-food bought/pre-made food.

For instance this morning in an effort to not do the bread, I had two boiled eggs, sweet potatoes and asparagus and I was hungry within an hour or so.

There's a lot of don't in the diet, but no recommendations for carbs that are safe and that are filling. Rice has been hard for me for the past 4 or so years, and so has quinoa lately. A year ago I could eat quinoa. I truly believe the Gaps into the Body Ecology diet left me with some IBS symptoms I didn't have before.

Just looking for some meal and snack examples and suggestions, as I'm going slightly mad about what I can and cannot eat.

On my way to buy some Protease and search for other carb options.

Your suggestions and time are truly appreciated, Bill! Can't wait to start healing,

Cleo

Can Nascent Iodine be used in place of Lugols and if yes what would be the equivalent dosage (I have a 2% solution)?

My urine PH is very alkaline. Your recommendations are to alkalize, however, that would create even further problems for me. Can I use the protocol not following the supplements that are recommended for alkalizing?

I have been following a diet protocol called Reams biological theory of ionization (RBTI) and in that protocol it uses distilled water for detoxification. There is a very good explanation on why distilled water is the best water to drink on Page 118 of Dr. Beddoes book on RBTI. If the objective is to detoxify the body would not distilled water be preferable?

I have read a lot of conflicting information on diet for Candida. In particular one website recommends sweet potatoes and kidney beans and cashews and others say that these shouldn't be eaten. Any thoughts?

I have been doing coffee enemas for liver detoxification and glutathione production for leaky gut. Should this be discontinued on the diet?

The normal healthy alkaline range for both your saliva and your urine should be between pH 6.1 to 6.8. So if your pH is to high(too alkaline) then I would simply reduce your alkalizing protocols until the healthy range is achieved.

I am against drinking distilled water because I regard this form of water simply as dead water -- because it contains no useful minerals for the body and its not natural water. Drinking distilled water also tends to draw out, excrete and expel poisons as well as useful minerals from the body. That's why I think natural mineral water is much better for your own health. There are other ways of expelling poisons from your body without depleting your own body's minerals at the same time.

The diet that I recommend is the same as Ted from Bangkok's diet. It's really an elimination diet where you must eat good quality food(no processed food). The unique thing about the diet that I recommend is that you can use it with most other diets. Just follow the diet rules whenever you can.

I would certainly also continue doing your coffee enemas if you can while doing the protocol. This will help to remove all the candida poisons and heavy metals from the blood and liver quickly. And if you co-ordinated taking enemas with taking also laxatives twice a week then this would also help to more quickly get rid of all toxins and heavy metals from the intestines as well.

I have been reading your Candida Protocols and have been trying to follow them. I also incorporated the Sanum remedies. I think I have resolved most of it but a recent stool sample showed evidence of yeast cells. I am interested in the turpentine protocol. I live in Thailand and am wondering if there is a specific brand or other information you have to pass on regarding pure gum turpentine and possibly where to buy it.

I also suffer from dilated cardiomyopathy, have a pacemaker and have Hashimoto's Thyroditis.

Appreciate any help or advise you can give.

Over near Khao San Road

With your protocol for treating systemic candida. What is the average time on this to cure your condition and how do you know when you are?

I have had people recover from candida in 3 to 4 months and there was a lady following the protocol who recently said she had cured herself in 5 weeks on the protocol. It took me a year to cure my own systemic candida but that was 8 years ago and I've made many improvements to the protocol since then. I think it's a much more effective protocol now.

When you also consider that a candida infection can be inside you, spreading slowly for years or even decades before you actually notice it, its not so surprising that this disease is so confusing and hard to cure. For sometime I just thought my own candida infection was just the slow down through old age. But then it suddenly became much worse(due to multi-vaccinations) and that was when I realized that I had a systemic infection.

It may or may not take long to cure your own candida but I would simply advise persistence and discipline in getting rid of that disease. And even after you think that you are completely cured, I would still continue to do the protocol for at least another 3 months just in case the candida is hiding. I advise that because candida, just like cancer, can hide in your body for a while and then suddenly come back with a vengeance when you least expect it.

And now, even though I can eat what I like without problems, I'm healthy and everything is pretty normal, I still take the Iodine, Borax and alkalize regularly -- and that's mainly because I never want to have any fungal infection dominating my own body ever again.

I also want to know, is it safe to eat turpentine?

http://www.diamondgforestproducts.com/~shop/4-oz-100-pure-gum-spirits-of-turpentine/186769/

Made many trips to Finland buying Pulp and Paper Machinery. Great craftsman, great people and a beautiful country. They got me into Heat Sauna's in the 70's which I modified to a FIR Soy'na ( Finnish Pronunciation ) in 2008.

Whoa my friend, I take all the above back after I just got off the phone with Chip the owner. He told me that 2 weeks ago the Post Office told him that he could no longer ship his turpentine all over the world. He told them that he had been shipping for years and for them to tell him what regulation stops him. They told him to contact the U. N. and they are now calling the shots. AYSM. They now say turpentine is a hazardous material and cannot be shipped by normal mail. They can still ship it in the U S or to Canada, but not across the ponds.

Finnish Friend, you were born lucky . Your country is thriving and ours is going to hell........ PDQ. Our first two choices to correct this route is the vote and money. They are both intertwined. The next is a second Revolution. We fought the first one because citizens had no say. We are now back to square one. Where do we go from here ? I think we all know.

=============OLE ROBERT HENRY==============

Both thyroid and menopause problems are complex hormonal subjects. So its very important that you get a doc who understands both of these problems well. Your problems might well be due to poor testing and poor treatment with synthetic thyroid from your doctor.

Here are 18 mistakes that patients and doctors make on diagnosing and treating thyroid problems:

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/mistakes-patients-make/

Another article from a woman who had thyroid problems in menopause:

Thyroid Problems and Menopause

Here is a very good article that describes how you should diagnose and treat thyroid problems:

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/recommended-labwork/

Here's why you need to supplement iodine for thyroid problems:

Iodine and the Thyroid

Like I said, its complicated. Most doctors just use the TSH to test for thyroid problems. This is not the most accurate test. In your case -- a person with menopause problems as well -- you need to get a more thorough and accurate test panel as described here:

Thyroid Lab Work

Generally, GPs will always treat hypothyroid problems with a synthetic thyroid like Synthroid or Levoxyl. But synthetic thyroid usually only contains just T4 which can create problems. Better to take a natural bio-identical thyroid from porcine or bovine origin like Armour or Naturethroid which will contain the full thyroid spectrum of thyroid hormones -- T1, T2, T3, T4, calcitonin etc.

I know that all the above information might be somewhat daunting for you but all you have to do is get a good doctor who is knowledgeable and who will really listen to your problems(yes, so very rare these days). To help you in this, here is a list of Top Thyroid Doctors in UK (and US for those interested) who are quite knowedgeable and who tend to test the thyroid properly and use natural thyroid supplements:

Thyroid Top Docs List(UK)

Thyroid Top Docs List(US)

Hi Bill, do you have any ideas on how to get at/rid of suspected bio films in the ears? My ears are VERY sticky not like normally and they have a bad smell, also have the same smell in my nose at times. I really suspect a fungus issue and don't know what to do for it. Anything I have taken orally does not help. I have tried things in the ear with little success as well. My ears and nose is also almost always stuffed up. Thanks Bill.

For the iodine protocol, just add a few drops of povidone or lugols iodine to a capful of water and use a dropper and insert this into the ears. Keep the solution in your ears for a minute or two. Do not wash out the ear afterwards.

For the HP, just use 1% HP solution and insert that into your ears with a dropper and the rest is exactly the same as for the iodine protocol. The HP will bubble and tickle in your ear, which is proof that the HP is killing pathogens. Wait until the bubbling has died off, which may take a few minutes, then empty the HP from your ear.

Use these protocols every day at least twice a day.

You can also use these protocols, in exactly the same way as above, for your blocked nose problem.

I must also mention that if you have other localized fungal problems such as white tongue, constantly returning uterine thrush, digestion problems, skin problems etc, then these localized problems might also indicate a systemic fungal problem(candida). In other words, that all these localized problems that you have might just be symptoms of a wider systemic fungal problem in your blood, tissues and organs. To check whether this is the case, you should take this questionnaire:

Candida Questionnaire

Furthermore, if no topical remedy that you try ever gets rid of your fungal ear/nose problem -- or it just keeps returning -- then it is highly likely that your apparently external topical ear/nose infections have arisen as a symptom of an internal candida infection -- so it is most unlikely that just topical remedies will ever work, since your external fungal infections may well have arisen because of an untreated systemic fungal infection in the first place.

Bill, having cured yourself from candida, I was hoping you could share the diet you followed and what food you ate and didn't eat. I totally get the no sugar part but do you also have to eliminate carb. vegetables? I cannot eat ANY dairy, eggs or beef and really struggle to find the right balance of fat, protein and carbs to feel satisfied and not hungry again in an hour or two. Also how to deal with the severe carb/sugar cravings. Could that be a die off reaction? Thank you Bill for your time and any advice.

Whenever you kill large amounts of candida in the body, this causes a large release of mycotoxins into the blood when the candida cells are destroyed and broken up. This will usually cause an exaggeration of candida symptoms for a while but should eventually reduce as the body gets rid of these poisons. So if you're killing alot of candida on a daily basis, then these candida poisons may act to increase your cravings for sugar or carbs for a while because of these toxins.

Here are some helpful nutrients that should help to both reduce the cravings and heal the intestines.

Glutamine -- 1000 mgs twice a day with meals. Taken with food.

Take B50 Complex every day with food.

Niacin or niacinamide -- 500 mgs twice a day.

Pantothenic Acid -- Vitamin B5 -- 500 mgs twice day.

Pantethine -- 500 mgs twice a day.

Vitamin C -- 1000 mgs three times a day.

Molybdenum(Sodium Molybdate) -- Take at least 900 mcgs three times a day. Acts to neutralize the candida aldehyde and alcohol toxins in the body and also kills candida at the same time. This mineral also helps to reduce excess copper in the body which is another virulence factor for candida. See this link.

Hydrgoen Peroxide(food grade) -- One capful of 3% HP in a liter of water as Ted from Bangkok recommends. Drink a liter a day. Always take HP alone away from food. Always ensure that you take HP at least an hour either side of taking any anti-oxidants or supplements.

When I cured my own candida, I never went on a diet persay because I did not know about diets all those years ago. Consequently it took me a whole year of taking specific nutrients to cure my own candida problems. With my current candida protocol, which also involves a diet, I've cured people of candida in four months, provided they don't abbreviate the protocol and strictly follow it as recommended and don't take shortcuts or cheat. Mind you, when I came to the Philippines my diet changed radically anyway -- very little supermarket food, mostly market-bought food. This obviously helped me to cure my candida. But it still took me a year to get rid of my candida with all symptoms -- which is why going on a proper diet will always help to accelerate a cure. The diet I recommend is shown here. Avoid all wheat, sugar, dairy, yeast foods and allopathic drugs -- these are the main priorities. You can eat white meat(fish, chicken) but avoid all red meat. Red meat contains iron which tends to increase candida biofilms in the intestines and makes candida more virulent.

I also hope that you will forgive me for not recommending specific foods as you requested. To do this and do it justice and give reasons would take a book. That's why I only ever recommend foods groups that are natural and contain no agri-chemicals, pesticides, heavy metals etc. In other words -- avoid all processed foods and eat as healthy as you can.

Wondering if you could help me. I have had candida for years.Its now really affecting my vision, memory, skin, mood, joints. I also had a very severe case of Valley Fever - Cocci- a few years ago so my lungs are pretty weak. I have tried most everything including your protocol for a few months last Fall which really seemed to help me. Then the holidays hit and I got lazy and fell off my candida diet. So I am back and resolving to start again. I have done weeks of a good diet and 4 days of Turpentine drops. I am going to try to find new turps today as mine do not say PURE GUM SPIRITS. They only say 100% Natural from tree resin. What I need your advice on are my dosages. I am 48 years old and 102 lbs. How long should I take working up to the 1tsp of turps and when do I take breaks? Also, when I take turps with the borax/ Lugols/ Meth Blue is it going to overload my system too much? I have two young boys and need to avoid the massive die-off as much as possible. And last question, what do you think of Dr. J. Daniels using sugar cubes as "they lure the candida out and the turps then kill it" ? As a long time Candida sufferer, taking pure sugar or even honey sounds like suicide!! I have been melting EVCO and mixing the turps in it. Any advice would really help. And thanks for all your work here, Bill. I have been lurking on the boards for years and am very grateful for this site.

I am 48 years old and 102 lbs. How long should I take working up to the 1 tsp of turps and when do I take breaks ?

You can take a week to two weeks working up to the full one teaspoon dose of turpentine. You can initially start the turps protocol with drop dosage amounts of your own choice and work up to the full dose that way. Or you can simply start with 1/4 teaspoon of turps and work up to a full tspn that way, in drop dosage amounts. Take day-off breaks whenever you have to in order to cope with the healing crisis or die-off effects. The worst thing you can possibly do is start taking turpentine at the one teaspoon dose straight away. This is likely to cause a huge pathogen die-off that might produce a much more severe die-off. Your body must also be given time to get used to the turpentine. Hence you should start small and go slow.

Also, when I take turps with the borax/ Lugols/ Meth Blue is it going to overload my system too much?

I have taken the turpentine protocol with the remedies you mention above without problems.

And last question, what do you think of Dr. J. Daniels using sugar cubes as "they lure the candida out and the turps then kill it" ?

Have you ever seen the film "The Ghost in the Darkness"? This was a story about man-eating tigers in old colonial India. The way they eventually killed the last tiger was by using a goat as bait and by building a platform near the goat so the hunter could kill the tiger when it went for the goat. The was the bait and kill tactic they used.

Turpentine and sugar uses the same strategy. Add to this that you are on a sugar-restricted candida diet and this also makes the candida sugar receptors very sensitive and desperate for sugar. So when you do take the sugar(or molasses or honey) and turpentine together, the candida cells open up to gorge on the sugar, which allows the turps to freely enter their cells which kills them.

Also, I'm afraid I find it quite hard to believe Dr Daniels somewhat rigid recommendation that only sugar cubes of a particular size should be used in the turps protocol. She explains that she discovered the turps protocol when she read about early American slaves curing many illnesses using this particular cube sugar turps protocol. But there is one glaring hole in her recommendations.

They didn't have refined sugar or cube sugar in early American history. So the slaves must have used cane syrup, molasses or raw honey instead with their own turps protocols.

Thanks so much for your advice. I bought your book and I love it! If possible, could you advise me again?

I am working up the turps...now at 1/4tsp. How long should I take to reach 1tsp? And once I get there, do I take it for 10 days on then 10 days off?

I know each person is different but I am wondering how long I should do the whole turps protocol? And the main anti-Candida protocol? I am assuming the main protocol will be months.

And last question....should I swap out the turps for the nattokinase at some point? Likewise, should I use the meth blue on the 2 days off from the borax or does my system need a break on those days?

Really appreciate you, Bill. Thanks.

Nonsense. Read Walter Last online and you will see Borax is feared by health business and big pharma. So it had to be demonized .Australia is fiercely opposed to natural medicines, as for instance Essiac cannot even be imported. Walter Last explains also about Merk's lies in their book on medicine, scaring people in Europe off Turpentine and Kerosene treatments which have even been used many hundreds of years ago. They are cheap and effective. The lies and disinformation proliferate everywhere.

One has to learn by following up and studying, then the Truth comes out. It seems to me that this is not the age of information but the age of deceit and disinformation for the sake of greed. Namaste, Om

Would this protocol be efficient for treating that combination of mental sickness? Our son has been on quite a bit of anti-biotics. We've tried numerous natural approach remedies as well as prescription meds. Nothing to date has helped him. Right now, we don't have him on any meds or natural remedies.

What's your opinion on the best route of treatment for him? I'm already using the turpentine myself so getting him to take it shouldn't be too much a problem since he sees me using it. I know taste will be the biggest problem for him. Thanks again Bill for your time & God Bless!

My question is how long will I have to do Bill's Candida regime for in order to see a full body result?

We're doing our best with him. We want to use only natural remedies. He's already tried enough prescription meds. We took him off them about 2 years ago. We've tried to deal with his problems by therapy and alternative remedies but they too haven't worked. We just haven't came across the right treatment option(s).

We're believing in God to do that! Turpentine might be the answer for him. I just know how difficult it would be for him to ingest this stuff. He's so picky anyhow with food. Maybe mixing it with juice/food would do the trick. That's if you think turpentine is right choice for his mental health conditions. Thanks again Bill! Have a great day!

Another protocol that your son can try which should help to greatly improve his mood, shyness, anger and sociability is just to take higher dose niacinamide(B3) every day in an easy protocol shown here:

Supplement magnesium citrate (250 mgs) twice a day and zinc gluconate(25 mgs) once a day.

At every meal your son should also take:

500 mgs niacinamide

B-Complex vitamins

1000 mgs vitamin C

You can also take an adult dose of 1000 mgs of niacinamide three times a day at meals without problems according to Dr Abram Hoffer.

The above niacinamide protocol is a paired down and simplified version of the main orthomolecular protocol that works to resolve many mental health problems like depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, OCD, CFS, ME and other autism spectrum disorders. The full protocol that is recommended is shown at this link.

This same protocol should also greatly help your wife's condition who you have said has a bipolar disorder. She should also use this niacinamide protocol.

And today I've just read how a daughter cured her 89 year old mother's 6 year old Alzheimer problem by just using higher dose niacinamide, Vitamin A and Coconut Oil. See this link.

Also, the turpentine should not interfere with any of the nutrients, although -- as has already been mentioned -- it does expel xenobiotics. I use turpentine normally twice a week now as a preventative. I also use higher dose niacin on the same day as using the turpentine, without any problems at all.

Our son isn't on any meds so that's not an issue as for the xenobiotics factor. However my wife is on 5 bipolar meds.. Well, 6 when you include the Maxalt for her migraines. I already have her on magnesium, omega 3's, & Coq10 for headaches. This would be a factor for her. We've discussed here using the turpentine but certainly is small amounts to start off with.

She shouldn't have any problems with the niacin protocol with her meds. I think 1/4 tsp. daily dose for her for a couple weeks is a good start. Should she take the turpentine dose at least a couple hours away from her prescription meds? Thanks again Bill & God Bless!

I feel like the answer to curing my high blood pressure is by doing a toxic/metal cleanse, a liver and gallbladder cleanse and cleaning up my diet. I don't use table salt, but pink Himalayan salt and I try my best to avoid processed foods. I do green juices to help alkalize and take spirulina in small doses.

But as I said, I am afraid that doing a cleanse will also remove the medication that keeps my blood pressure down. Though I think the cleanses will cure the blood pressure problem, I worry that my bp will spike severely if either I don't take my medication and to the cleanse...or even take the medication while doing the cleanse. What advice and/or information can you give me regarding this? I'd like to clean out my body in the safest way. I am suspecting I have a slight candida problem as I have daily flatulence...not a normal level of it...it's alot and sometimes very, very smelly. I also have a hard time losing weight.

Turpentine are you referring to Kerosene or Turpentine obtained from Pine Trees? Good Health

Pine Bark Extract capsules:

Powerful Antioxidant People around the world have used pine bark remedies to treat various health problems from coughs to wounds for quite some time. Pine bark extract comes from the bark of the European coastal pine, pinus maritime. The rough bark of this particular pine tree contains a rich source of flavonoids. Recent research suggests that many of the compounds found in pine bark such as oligomeric proanthocyanidin complexes (OPCs) act as a powerful antioxidant in the human body. These OPCs are among the most potent antioxidants existing today and they seem to help cells defend against the damages of free radicals. Free radicals, or oxidants, are unstable molecules with an unpaired (free) electron. Free radicals result when your body is exposed to air pollution, stress, chemicals, radiation, or cigarette smoke. They can even result when food is converted to energy. Unfortunately, these free radicals can build up and over time start attacking normal cells and tissues. When the body has adequate antioxidants, it can defend against these destructive predators. Antioxidants provide the extra electron to neutralize the damaging effect of free radicals. By keeping these oxidants under control, the body is better able to fight off diseases and to recover from injuries. So where do you find the right antioxidants? Pine bark extract, olive polyphenols, RosaEx, Coenzyme Q10, vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E certainly seem to help fend off the damage done by free radicals. Health Benefits In France, both the pine bark extract and OPCs have undergone extensive testing for safety and effectiveness. They have been shown to protect cells from free radical damage and increase the effectiveness of other antioxidants including vitamins A, C, and E and the mineral selenium. Studies have shown that the antioxidant power of OPCs is much stronger than vitamin C and vitamin E. Pine bark extract is one of the few antioxidants capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier to protect brain cells. Further, researchers have found that pine bark extract provides support for heart, circulation, and brain systems. Pine Bark Extract Pine Bark Extract is a complex of bioflavonoid antioxidants, with a standardized concentration of 95% Oligomeric Proanthocyanidins. Each vegetarian capsule contains 60 mg of pine bark extract and an enzyme activation system (Lipase and Amylase) to help with absorption. We used to carry the branded Pycnogenol? French maritime pine bark extract. However, we changed to our Pine Bark Extract and find that people seem to be getting similar results to the Pycnogenol? at a much more reasonable price. Suggested Dosage: For usual adult dosage, Take one capsule daily or as needed. Ingredients: Supplement Facts Serving Size: 1 capsule Amount Per Serving % DV Pine Bark Extract 60 mg * Amylase 20 mg * Lipase 20 mg * Other Ingredients: Rice Flour and Cellulose * Daily Value not established Nothing in this product is of animal origin.

Kerosene

And your question on whether enemas will help against candida is a good one. In fact, in my candida book, I actually considered putting in a chapter that described cures for other diseases that are usually associated to candida. These other associated diseases are various and many and some of them are quite serious -- see Dr William Shaw's website for a complete listing of these disease associations. But I was just considering including the commonly associated diseases: like GERD/Reflux, bacterial vaginitiis, toenail fingus, esophigitis, allergies etc. I also considered including prebiotics, enema and laxative protocols as further viable strategies against serious candida issues. In the end, I decided against including these -- not least because my book would've become huge and complicated as a result. I wanted to make the approach to a candida cure as simple as possible.

But your question about using enemas against candida is certainly a good one which I completely support.

So why should we need to use enemas against candida?

In my book I make the point that it is a huge mistake to regard and treat candida in the same way as bacteria or viruses. I illustrate this in the book by calling bacteria and viruses the regular enemy troops that invade our bodies, while describing candida fungal disease as their Special Forces or as a highly effective terrorist group -- the invisible guerilla pathogen. This is why so many people who have serious candida issues are unable to even get their disease diagnosed -- so they call it a Mystery Illness or Mystery Diagnosis here on EC because doctors can't find anything wrong with them. So it has become very obvious to me that candida is extremey adept and clever at hiding in our bodies.

How many people here have got rid of their candida from their intestines or from their uterus using nystatin or whatever protocol only to have this disease come raging back a few months later?

Candida could only return later by hiding safely somewhere in your body. So where does candida hide? Ted from Bangkok has mentioned that viral diseases like Epstein Barr, HPV and herpes can easily hide in the fluid areas of our bodies. They tend to hide in the fluids of the backbone and in the sinovial fluids in between our joints where the immune system cannot reach them. He uses topical oils such as clove oil and lavendar oil to chase these pathogens out of their hiding place and then uses other protocols, such as lysine, vitamin c and green tea to kill these viral pathogens when they are thus exposed in the blood.

After pondering where candida can hide, here is a further relevant list of areas in the body where I think that candida (as well as other pathogens) can easily hide:

The ear canals

The sinuses(think rhinitis or sinusitis - both incurable fungal/bacterial diseases associated with allergies)

The root canals of the teeth(see Weston Price's research)

The lower intestines (caecum/colon region)

Biofilms in the gut (same as plaque on teeth. Biofilms are impenetrable fibrin fortresses to antifungals and the immune system)

The Brain (due to the blood/brain barrier)

The Bone fluids(due to the blood/bone barrier)

When you have flu and then get rid of it -- why does the flu suddenly come back with a vengeance after a week of recovery? After getting rid of cancer and successfully going into remission -- why does the cancer come back within 5 years? The reason must be because cancer is a patient pathogen, yet another invisible guerrilla pathogen, that can hide and will wait until your immune system and body is at its lowest ebb and then it will reveal itself and strike again.

But lets talk about pathogens hiding in the lower intestines -- which hasn't really been mentioned before on EC. This explanation applies not just to candida -- as far as I'm concerned it also applies to many other incurable diseases like HIV AIDS, cancer, Hepatitis, Herpes, HPV etc. I recently read about a woman on another health website who had serious candida problems for years and years. She tried all the allopathic and alternative remedies and nothing ever worked. Sometimes taking a particular protocol would help for a while but the candida always came back. Then one day, out of desperation, she tried dissolving nystatin (one pill) in water and took this as an enema and, within a very short time she was vastly improved and healthy again -- no candida. So yes I would definitely advise taking enemas (or even regular laxatives like Miilk of Magnesia -- similar effect and outcome) for serious candida issues because, as far as I can work out, the lower intestines is a prime safe haven for candida.

And if you really think about the enema protocol against candida, it actually makes complete sense. When you take all the remedies that kill candida, you take oral dosages by mouth that will only ever be effective against candida in the upper intestine(duodenum, ileum) and for absorption into the body. But by the time these oral candida-kill remedies reach the caecum/colon in the lower intestines they will be all played out, in very low and ineffective concentrations, which will have little beneficial effect there. So perhaps candida can easily hide with impunity in the lower intestines, which allows a hiding place and safe haven for candida to continually pump out evermore candida spores and toxins into the body.

Would you be able to tell me how to make colloidal silver correctly? Do I need to check the ppm with what? I usually heat the dist. water but it still takes a long time before I notice the slight yellow tone appearing. Then, upon storing it takes on a deeper shade to gold.

I think highly of colloidal silver abilities . Will it cure mites in humans and animals? I have had good results with rosacea. I really would value your reply. Namaste, Om

Regarding mercury fillings, I only have one mercury filling in my mouth(over 40 years old). But I still use 3% HP both topically(skin, ears, nose) and internally regularly. The way I see it, hydrogen peroxide -- even if it did react with your mercury fillings -- would neutralize mercury's affects in the body because HP safely chelates and removes heavy metals. Furthermore, supplementing other nutrients such as liquid forms of chlorella, sodium thiosulfate and even the cilantro that you eat will also react with mercury in this manner.

It's probably easier to think more simply about your alternatives like this. If you don't take the HP then you will not get the benefits of HP. But if you do take HP, then this will help your body to kill pathogens, remove heavy metals, oxygenate the cells etc.

It would therefore seems to me that the benefits of HP, even if you do have mercury fillings in your mouth, far outweighs the benefits of not taking HP, especially when you consider that we really shouldn't have mercury fillings in our teeth in the first place.

If you are stiil concerned about the effects of HP on mercury fillings, you can avoid the oral and digestive route entirely by simply combining DMSO and HP together in the appropriate amounts and use the transdermal route(through the skin directly into the blood). However, if you are using the oral/digestive route for supplementing HP for a problem in your intestines then the transdermal route, using DMSO, may not be so effective.

Thank you so much for your detailed and informative post. I am sure this post will be helpful to many people!

~Mama to Many~

Anti-candida/yeasts,

I had great result with Nystatin also. Important to note Nystatin is NOT a statin drug.

As for rectal administration, I have historically used povidone Iodne plus coffee enema w/ decent success. But lately I use a mixture of commercial grade veg. oil plus appropriate measure of grapefruitseed extract w/ very good results. My case is so severe that before getting out-of-bed, my colon is so contaminated that I require multiple hydrogen peroxide enemas (measured & mixed w/ water for suitable administration) until I finally get "cleaned out" and still require the oil based grapefruitseed extract. This has been going on many yrs and the severity, in comparison to others, is to the point of embarrassing mentally, and near death physically. The best abstract explanation I can provide is the Hulda Clark heavy metals/zenobiotics in combo w/ (in my case 3 species of parasites/worms I.e. fluke, tape, and round and at this point I think only eggs, cyst, and stages) and the attending pathogens and very bad stuff like malonic acid, to the max degree. I have been in the trenches for 3 yrs now and am surprisingly still alive. If not for the recent lipo trt I would proly be dead, although I have not yet tried some of the advanced MMS protocols that are good at reducing the nausea (which was a big problem for me). There are also symbolic aspects that may betray malicious spiritual intent. As w/ many severe chronic illnesses one questions for causes as the possibility of accident seems small in comparison to very likely evil design. Maybe going to far here, but there is some plausibility to it all, unlike primitive peoples who understood their diseases mostly thrugh shamans probing and exorcising the "evil spirits". Unfortunately they had not a correct measure of balance of science/spirt to validate their superstitions.

Back to the lipo, I have not yet published the results but now seems appropriate although maybe premature, the standard black walnut hulls, clove, and wormwood plus grapefruitseed extract, garlic extract, and oregano extract. The first 16oz batch was consumed through out the evening w/ the lower back tightening feeling that is my key indicator of para/path killing, and experience die-off symptoms for 2 days whereupon I drank another half batch w/ some seeming breakthrough results. That night fallowing the second batch, I experienced significant viral loading in the gut/liver whereupon 2 250mg bht fallowed by one cap chanka paedra w/ much relief. The lipo borax seems to compliment the lipo herbal very well and I am going steady w/ 2 doses each daily and seem to be slowly improving and beginning to have some real hope.

Back to the lipo gth, if I may indulge. Before finishing the first batch, I experienced mass parasite & pathogen mobilization which also included viral. On one occasion there was a crisis situation that would proly have lead to very high fever and possibly kidney or heart damage but one good dose lipo-c resolved the issue within minutes; so I thank dr Levy for his practice and teachings as this application proly saved my life.

So, I am stimulated by your proposal to try the aforementioned lipo iodine/c protocol as I certainly need it.

Also, am going to try lipo cilantro prior to foot spa for the removal of heavy metals, in lue of a more risky lipo edta. Any info on lipo oxygen? Seems possible. Ozone is bubbled into water or olive oil, why not water/lecithin?

I was wondering how long to do this protocol for? I can't find it anywhere in the book or posts. Thanks!

I read that Aloe Vera is a miracle multi cure remedy and can cure Systemic Candida.
any thoughts on AV?

I read your book and you are the King of this ailment! TY for your detail reply!

Systemic Candida is serious and it will show by obvious illness, correct? Do you agree that most doctors are unable to diagnose/ treat it in its mild -serious stage?
I did come across a popular doctor on YouTube claiming Candida is Alkaline-loving…is that the opposite of your research or am I just confused about the need to alkalinize your body to control the bad bugs like Candida?

I do like AloeVera Gel juice so I hope it can't hurt having it from time to time.

Don't forget it's Happy 4Th here in the states!

If Lugol's is too much iodine for your system, you could try taking some Kelp instead. One Kelp capsule (or 1/4 t. kelp powder) would be a lot less iodine than Lugol's.

Some people use Bentonite Clay baths to remove heavy metals from their systems. It might be an option that would work for you if iodine won't work for you.

~Mama to Many~

The full advised Lugol's Iodine Protocol -- with companion nutrients -- is shown at this link. Furthermore, in my own anti-candida protocol, which also uses lugol's iodine, I have also ensured that the the iodine companion nutrients are fully incorporated into the protocol.

I must also mention that one of the women that I am currently helping with serious candida issues also initially complained that she had problems -- heart palpitations -- whenever she supplemented LI and was unable to use it. But she wasn't taking the companion nutrients. So when she started taking the companion nutrients as well as the LI she found that there were no problems or side-effects, and she is now doing really well on the protocol.

The point here is that Hashimto's is a very up and down problem. My way of thinking tells me this is completely due to both a lack of iodine and is also related to a lack of essential nutrients and anti-oxidants that support the thyroid process and which are entirely dependent on diet -- on what you eat every day. So I think that you will find that when you start taking the proper companion nutrients together with supplementing the lugol's iodine, then your thyroid problems should be much improved as a consequence with few side-effects. And as I've already said, both the lugols and the companion nutrients are already incorporated into the candida protocol that I use.

Thank you from all your articulate work on candida.

I've had success with nystatin. You've probably talked about it but would you comment on nystatin's place in an anti yeast protocol.

Thanks

I think where I should start is by first defining what I mean by a cure. A cure from any disease occurs when you take a nutrient(s) or drug(s) for say 3 months for a particular disease, during which time all symptoms of the disease disappear. Then you STOP taking that particular drug or nutrient and you remain healthy and disease free. To be absolutely clear, I do not regard a person as being cured from candida problems(or any other disease for that matter) if he or she has to take Nystatin or other drugs for the rest their life. All you are doing with such a protocol is merely treating and perhaps suppressing the symptoms as well as giving a considerable sum of money to the drugs companies for a non-cure protocol.

In my own readings of testimonials on blogs from people who have taken nystatin for candida, many have found it useless while others have managed to get rid of candida locally for a short while but then, after of one or two months, the candida suddenly comes raging back into their bodies and -- lo and behold!! -- nystatin no longer has any effect whatsoever because candida has adjusted to it.

The same story applies to the azole family of anti-fungals and to the Amphotericin A and B forms of anti-fungals. Similar to anti-biotics, allopathic anti-fungals have, in my opinion, been over-used so that candida is now easily able to either hide away in biofilms to avoid them or has already adjusted to these anti-fungals. Modern medicine also fully recognizes its huge weaknesses in both the diagnosis and treatment of candida as these links to several critical medical reviews show:

Biological diagnosis of systemic candidiasis: difficulties and future prospects

Recurrent Candidiasis: One Step Forward, Still Backward.

Why Do Doctors Often Miss Candida Diagnosis?

Furthermore, nystatin has a fairly high toxicity profile and is also poorly absorbed into the blood from the intestines. Therefore, nystatin will only ever have any efficacy locally -- just in the intestines or uterus for example. Nystatin therefore has no applicable use or efficacy in getting rid of the fungal form or disseminated systemic form of candida(that has already spread into the blood, tissues and organs). So this is yet another reason why the candida either never goes away or just keeps coming back when you use nystatin.

It is also widely recognized that nystatin users suffer from something that the medical profession describes as "The Rebound Effect". This effect occurs when you take nystatin and the candida symptoms are improved or supressed but when you stop using the Nystatin -- then the symptoms and disease come roaring back. As I've said already, this effect or outcome does not fit my own definition of a cure.

Another interesting but useless fact about nystatin is its name. Nystatin was invented or discovered by two women researchers -- Elizabeth Hazen and Rachel Brown -- in 1950 from the New York Health Department -- hence the name NY-Stat(e)-in.

Just one question Bill - In India we use Jaggery (unrefined raw sugar), some time honey, rock sugar as an alternate to sugar. Do you approve any?

The only time it is acceptable to take sugar is if you take something to kill the candida at the same time. So in the turpentine/kerosene protocol it is acceptable to take it with honey, sugar or molasses. The sugar helps to draw out the candida and other pathogens in the intestines and the turpentine immediately kills them. Its like a bait and kill strategy. This is the same strategy you use to kill a dangerous man-eating tiger. You tie the goat to the tree then the hunter waits up in a tree or platform near the goat. The man-eating tiger comes for the goat and the hunter in the tree then shoots and kills the man-eating tiger. The man-eating tiger is the pathogen, the goat is the sugar(or bait) and the hunter is the turpentine or kerosene.

I would like to hear your (Bill's) opinion on a few subjects:

1. Is it absolutely necessary to cut out all the carbs while staying on the diet? I work out hard at the gym and one time when I went on a slow carb diet (from the 4hour body book) I ate mostly legumes, eggs, meat and lots of vegetables and it actually made my candida symptoms subside quite severely but I had very little energy and lost quite a lot of strength (eg. On bench press) Can I for example replace the carbs with VCO? You once wrote that:

"Coconut oil is a medium chain triglyceride, a much shorter molecule, which never gets stored in the body but is processed directly by the liver into glycogen -- which is why it is so useful for diabetics as a source of energy"

So I thought that maybe it could replace my carbs during the candida diet. An if not, what fats can I use to up my calorie intake during the diet?

2. Can I eat eggs on the diet? I read in one of Ted's posts that egg white is an anti nutrient and should be avoided. Eggs eaten everyday seem to cause my salivary gland swelling (but strangely, not always) an I think I may be allergic to them.

3. I plan to alkalize (since I just recently discovered that my urinary PH showed 5.0 in a lab test 4 years ago, which is very, very bad acording to Ted) and firstly buy some magnesium to try to balance my minerals, since I have high blood pressure and am afraid of taking the baking soda for now. However I read in one of Ted's recent posts that a magnesium is bad on the candida diet, to be exact, he wrote 08/25/2013:

"Magnesium promotes candida overgrowth and certain fungus issues, but the effects can be reduced if it is 60% magnesium chloride mixed with 5% ammonium chloride solution, and take it as drops say 5 drops added during meals twice a day with a pinch of sea salt."

What is your opinion on this? Also back to the alkalizing, could drinking the maintenance amount of alkalizing remedies counteract heavy consumption of protein from meats, eggs, cheese etc? I workout a lot in a gym and just have to eat many protein rich foods...

4. Another thing that bothers me is Ted's recent opinion on vitamin C, you say that sodium ascorbate is best on the candida diet, but Ted recently advocated use of ascorbic acid to treat candida, he wrote in response to a lady seeking treatment for her daughter:

"if you give her 500 mg of ascorbic acid only every hour for at least 12 to 18 hours on the first day, she should improve. This is because a fungus does not like acidic forms of vitamin C."

Your opinion on the subject would be very helpful.

5. Another one regarding recent Ted's post, he wrote recently that

"Borax is a known remedy to get rid of fungus too, but is only maybe 1/8 teaspoon in 1 or 2 liter of
water and use that as drinking water."

In your protocol you suggest taking 1/4 teaspoon so I'm concerned, just don't want to overdose the borax.

Thanks in advance for the response, I love your site and try to learn as much as I can from you.

Kacper.

1. Is it absolutely necessary to cut out all the carbs while staying on the diet? I work out hard at the gym and one time when I went on a slow carb diet (from the 4hour body book) I ate mostly legumes, eggs, meat and lots of vegetables and it actually made my candida symptoms subside quite severely but I had very little energy and lost quite a lot of strength (eg. On bench press) Can I for example replace the carbs with VCO?

You should at least reduce your carb intake because carbs convert to sugar in the body and sugar feeds candida. The VCO medium chain tryglycerides convert to glyocogen or ketone bodies which the liver produces when you suddenly need energy. This pathway, involving ketone bodies, is not controlled by insulin which is why supplementing VCO is so beneficial. These ketone bodies that are derived from coconut oil are useful for energy in the human body because candida does not use them.

2. Can I eat eggs on the diet? I read in one of Ted's posts that egg white is an anti nutrient and should be avoided. Eggs eaten everyday seem to cause my salivary gland swelling (but strangely, not always) an I think I may be allergic to them.

Egg does tend to prevent absorbtion of nutrients which is true. So don't take supplements when you are eating eggs. But aside from that, eggs are a good source of protein and other nutrients for the body.

3. I plan to alkalize (since I just recently discovered that my urinary PH showed 5. 0 in a lab test 4 years ago, which is very, very bad acording to Ted) and firstly buy some magnesium to try to balance my minerals, since I have high blood pressure and am afraid of taking the baking soda for now. However I read in one of Ted's recent posts that a magnesium is bad on the candida diet, to be exact, he wrote 08/25/2013...

There are too many other benefits, particularly from Magnesium Chloride, so if you stopped taking this nutrient then you would not gain from its essential immune boosting and anti-aging qualities.

You can read all about it here: Http://drsircus.com/medicine/magnesium/

With minerals, its all about proper balanced intake. The right amount of calcium is good for you but too much or too littlle calcium in the diet is bad for you. Candida also loves Calcium, Iron and copper when it is in excess in the body. Both excess calcium and iron, in too large amounts, will cause the candida to form and grow more biofilms in your gut - makes candida more virulent. Similarly, even though it is believed that copper kills candida -- I have recently read some research which concluded that excess cooper in the body will act to make the fungal candida form(in the blood, organs an tissues) much more virulent. Like I've been saying -- it's all about balanced intake of minerals for the body.

Ascorbic Acid

I advise ascorbic acid as ascorbate in order to boost the immune system and help to detox the body. Ted also recommends the ascorbate form to boost the immune system. I don't know why Ted advises ascorbic acid against candida. I don't like ascorbic acid because it is an acid. Candida likes an acid environment.

Borax Water

The dose is usually dependent on whether you are a man or woman. Usually it is 1/4 teaspoon in a liter of water for men and only an 1/8 of a teaspoon for women. The reason for these differing dosages is due to the differences in hormone activity between men and women.

I'll try to replace the carbs with VCO then, but don't know how much can I ingest safely without having a laxative effect, as some of the EC readers reported it may occur, I guess I'll have to check my tolerance then.

In your response you missed one thing important for me, that is the acidosis from protein consumption and how to counteract it with the alkalizing remedies. If I for example eat 2 or 2, 5 grams of protein for 1 kg of lean body mass a day, how much lime with baking soda should I take to balance it out, I don't think the standard dose would be enough....

Of course I plan to limit my protein consumption on the candida diet as you advocate, but I cannot drop it entirely and even after resigning from some meats I will probably still be ingesting considerable amount of protein.

One last thing I would like to ask you is about your new protocol using turpentine and digestive enzymes that I read on curezone about. If it really gets rid of candida much quicker than the standard protocol, I would like to know something more about it, since it is a fairly new subject you are working on as I assume and it hasn't been briefly described here. If it really is that good I'd be very happy to try it on my own.

Thank you once again, your work here is truly wonderful, I'm so glad I found your site.

How much lemon/lime must I take to improve my acidosis?

If you have acid intestines, then this might actually be caused by too little acid from the stomach. The way to repair that is to take Betaine Hydrochloriide tablets together with pancreatin enzymes (that also contain bromelain and /or papain enzymes), at every meal. You should also take either the sodium bicarbonate with water protocol or take the the lemon/lime protocol one hour after eating all your meals. This protocol not only helps against candida but also builds up proper protective acid levels in your stomach while at the same time ensuring that final digestion in the duodenum is achieved at the proper alkaline to neutral pH.

See this link for a more detailed explanations on alkalizing: www.earthclinic.com/remedies/alkalizing_formulas.html

Turpentine or Protease enzymes vs Candida

Both Turpentine and protease enzymes will act to dissolve candida biofilms made of fibrin, thereby removing any hiding place for the candida. Turpentine also acts to rapidly kill the candida at the same time time as helping to neutralize toxins in the body as well. I've been using the 100 % gum spirit of turpentine for healthy gut and blood maintenance for the last 8 months or so and it is a good protocol and cheaper than using protease enzymes. I take one teaspoon (in the morning or evening) once a week. But if I had candida I woud take one teaspoon of turpentine -- with sugar(1 tspn) or with molasses(1 tspn) or with milk or with just water --. Once a day for only 10 days and then take 10 days off the protocol. So 10 days on turpentine, then 10 days off on a continuous basis for as long as needed. If you get a laxative effect then reduce the dosage -- so initially start small and build up to the one teaspoon dose slowly.

More info here: earthclinic.com/remedies/turpentine-kerosene.html

Http://www.health-science-spirit.com/kero.htm

I think I'll first invest in some pocket PH meter and measure my salivary and urinary PH, to know if the alkalizing is sufficient. If it isn't I'll try to take some more of the baking soda and/or further reduce meat consumption. If even that won't help I'll buy some digestive enzyme supplements as you suggested.

As for the turpentine I have one last question for now, can I incorporate it into your standard candida protocol or do I have to take it as a separate protocol? I don't know if there are any interactions of turpentine with the supplements from your standard protocol.

Kacper

It's OK to take the turpentine with the anti-candida protocol. If you wish, you could also just take the turpentine protocol for a month on its own as a pre-protocol before taking the full candida protocol. This will help to initially dissolve all the candida biofilms mainly in the gut and will leave the candida and other associated pathogens with nowhere to hide. It also purifies the blood in the same way. Turpentine also kills bacteria, fungus and viruses, parasites and is also anti-xenobiotic -- which means that turpentine will act to remove any chemical, drug or poison that is foreign to the body. So if you are taking other medications then be aware that turpentine may also nullify these foreign drugs that are not body-friendly.

I was browsing curezone candida forums and found this:

http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1545201#i

In this post and in the whole topic that man counters Ted's statements about alkalinity being bad for the fungus, he even says that it promotes candida to turn into its fungal form. He also has his own explanations about eczema for example. Very confusing is also his opinion on salivary pH.

Another topic on the subject that I found is here:

http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=2014730#i

This man provides some links leading to scientific evidence behind his statements, he is seconded by the man from previous topic.

Could you please relate to those findings? I'm really confused about what to do now, I was thinking that there must be something to that they are saying, I thought of the statement of candida going into the fungal form and infecting the blood. But how is it suppose to do it when the blood has an alkaline PH that is believed to discourage it's growth?

Thanks in advance for your response Bill, and my apologies again to disturb you, but I really want to read some different opinion that may be countering those men findings.

Kacper

http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1452732#i

It seems to be overwhelming, I'm basically stuck now... Some are from pubmed, the site Ted recommended in one of his post for more indepth research on various subjects. This research also goes along with that recent statement of Ted that candida doesn't seem to like acidic forms of vitamin C... He also stated in some of his recent posts that certain kinds of fungus thrive in an alkaline environment.

I know that alkalizing remedies are great and help many, many people, but I'm now really concerned about taking them for my candida. I know that there are more kinds than only albicans, and that it may not be accurate for any of them but nevertheless I'm a bit scared...

I found a post with some reports that actually prove that candida albicans can also change to its fungal form in acidic pH by altering it, that organism is so complex, it's really scary. And no one knows for sure what exactly causes that transformation. here's the link:

http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1935391#i

I also found the most recent study proving the ability of pure baking soda to kill various yeast and fungi, it's an in vitro study, so we cannot be sure that the same things happen when we ingest it, but regardless of that, it's really important I think. Here it is:

http://curezone.com/forums/am.asp?i=2114051

I just started my way of researching things, because I really like to know how things work, but already at the start I can say that the field of biochemistry and microbiology, especially involving pH influence is very poorly researched.

People claiming that something doesn't work didn't even try to use it on themselves and convince other people to not use it too.

In comparison, people like you Bill, and of course also Ted, don't fear the experiments on the unknown and I see clearly that some things can work very good from your descriptions of succesfully ending cases, even if current scientific knowledge says otherwise.

Nevertheless I won't stop researching, I already have about a dozen questions and suggestions for Ted, but I won't write to him until his situation improves, what I really hope happens very soon.

Kacper"

Kind Regards, Teresa

The problem you have is slow or inefficient digestion which is perhaps caused by either a lack of acid in the stomach, damaged intestines(due to candida) or a lack of bicarbonates in your pancreas. These will all cause inefficient digestion and all sorts of problems can arise from this -- including candida.

To rectify this specific loss of weight problem, follow this protocol:

* Take betaine hydrochloride tablets at mealtimes. To find your correct dose (and correct stomach acid strength) increase your dosage of BH by one tablet every meal until you get an uncomfortable acid feeling. Then cut back by one or two tabs and that is your dose. Further on down the timeline, as your stomach heals and you start producing more stomach acid, you will again get that uncomfortable acid felling. Keep cutting back the dosage like this until your stomach is healed and you no longer have to take the BH. The stomach is now healed because the BH supplies chloride for the stomach to manufacture its own acid.

* Take 1/4-1/2 tspn of sea salt per day outside mealtimes. This also helps to supply chloride and minerals to increase stomach acid and for the stomach to heal itself.

* Take Magnesium Oil (Magnesium Chloride) -- 10 drops twice a day at mealtimes.

* Take a double dose of pancreatin enzymes or bromelain enzymes at mealtimes to help with more efficient protein digestion. This will help to digest proteins properly hence you will put weight back on.

* Take Ted from Bangkok's Sodium Bicarbonate and water remedy -- 1/4 - 1/2 tspn of SB in half a glass of water. Take this 1/2hr - 1 hr after you finish your meals. This helps main stage duodenal digestion and also helps the stomach to protect itself after you have eaten. It neutralizes the stomach acids in the stomach when it is empty and is incorporated in the mucus of the stomach to protect the parietal cells of the stomach from acid damage after stomach digestion. This protocol also helps to replenish the bicarbonates in the pancreas -- needed for proper alkaline duodenal digestion.

* Iodine (which you are already taking) is also essential to heal the stomach.

* Take a spoonful of Branch Chain Amino Acids (BCAAs) in water at mealtimes to supply the necessary proteins to help you put weight back on again. The protein enzymes that you are also taking will digest these proteins for you so they can be absorbed into the body. You can buy BCAAs at most health shops or weight training stores.

The above protocol should greatly accelerate your digestion time and make digestion more efficient.

The other problem you have is body acidity. You should be alkalizing two or three times a day(1 hr after all meals ) with sodium bicarbonate and water. This alkalizes the blood. You should also be alkalizing using the lemon lime or ACV and sodium bicarbonate remedy. This alkalizes inside the cells. You need to alkalize more!!

Another very healing and fortifying drink that will help against candida and other diseases is given here. Mix the following:
* 1/4 teaspoon sodium bicarbonate
* 1/4 teaspoon ascorbic acid powder
* 1/4 teaspoon MSM powder
* Juice of 1 lemon
* 6 drops Lugol's Iodine
* 200ml water(top up with water)
* 1 tablespoon Apple Cider Vinegar

* Mix and drink when the fizzing has stopped. To be taken 3 x daily after meals.

This drink is both highly alkalizing and very beneficial and is another alternative for you.

Here is the Carbicarb protocol that you requested: 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda plus 1/4 teaspoon of sodium carbonate and 1/8 tspn potassium carbonate in 1/2 glass of water. You can take this remedy up to 3 times a day and it is a strong alkalizer that can be used instead of the Sodium Bicarbonate and water protocol.

I would not supplement anything with yeast in it if you have candida. Yoghurt also contains lactic acid which acidifies the intestines.

Just bear in mind that these anti-candida protocols work according to the following strategy:

* Broad spectrum attack protocols that act to kill candida as well as kill all other coinfections associated with your problem. These protocols also don't just act in the intestines -- they act throughout the body in order to successfully kill off the systemic or fungal form of candida which infects the blood, tissues and organs -- body-wide.

* Anti-biofilm protocols. Most advertised anti-candida protocols that I've read about -- including the allopathic approach of just giving you anti-fungals with antibiotics -- don't act to remove or destroy candida biofilms, which then allows candida(and all other involved pathogens) to hide away so successfully and avoid the effects of anti-fungals and antibiotics and that's why the candida infection keeps coming back again and again. You have to continually use protocols that systematically destroy and dispel these biofilms in order to access and kill the candida for eventual success.

* Alkalizing prototocls. Essential to create the worst possible environment for acid-loving candida.

* Essential Body Detox protocols that also includes neutralizing and riddance of the debilitating candida mycotoxins in the body.

* Liver Support Protocols. This protocol, together with lugol's iodine, also helps to revive the thyroid.

* Vitamin and minerals support. To revive and support the immune system.

* A healthy anti-candida diet.

Your sensitivities to soy and coconut would also suggest that your intestinal wall has been compromised and damaged by the candida as well as by associated bacteria such as mycoplasma. The anti-candida protocol should help you overcome these problems.

In desperation I researched and found the candida diet. I've been trying anti candida recipes and they have been helping. I found your site and would like to try the protocol.

For the lime/lemon remedy, can I use mineral water with it? I found a mineral water recipe and will make my own. Should I carbonize the mineral water or is it fine as just filtered water? Thank you.

Thank you so much for your help, Bill.

http://www.hhpdr.net/pdf/Explore_the_Power_of_Iodine.pdf

Supplementing lugol's iodine within the protocol(together with borax and alkalizing every day) in the recommended orthomolecular amounts will help to kill off both the yeast and fungal forms of candida in your body and will also kill any other pathogenic bacteria involved. Iodine is also essential for the body - almost everyone is deficient in iodine/iodide now in the west because of poor diet. Iodine is also an efficient detoxer of heavy metals, halides and other poisons. Iodine/iodide is also critical for the production of thyroid hormones - it greatly improves low thyroid problems. Fibroids and cysts can also be caused by low thyroid and low iodine in the diet. See this research:

http://joannebrophy.com/programs/iodinetherapy.htm

I helped an African woman who had systemic candida as well as GERD, thyroid nodules, kidney nodules and uterine fibroids as well as many other problems. She primarily followed the anti-candida protocol with diet shown above and within six months all her symptoms and problems were completely resolved and she was healthy again. ''

Your sinus problem can also perhaps be just another symptom of systemic candida. You can certainly try a topical remedy by squirting hydrogen peroxide(1% solution) up your nose with a dropper. Or you can try lugol's iodine(4 drops in a capful of water) in the same way. For your ear problems, you can also use hydrogen peroxide or iodine to flush out the ears and remove the wax and pathogens in this region. But if this does not work then you probably have a systemic candida infection in your blood - which is why topical remedies will not work. You may have to kill the internal fungal candida in your blood first in order to successfully get rid of your ear or nose problems.

My main symptoms are oral thrush and the dreaded jock itch. I have been doing Ted's akalising remedy and following a prtocol with iodine, h2o2, vit c, liver aids etc. I have just read you don't recommend the lugol's and h2o2 together. I am starting again as I fell of the wagon with the diet a bit and just got a bit disheartened... But this site and the stories have given me hope. So now Bill the million questions: you can email at esgood4u at yahoo dot co dot nz

I love to party but alcohol is not allowed. is there any alcoholic beverage you can have? I heard gin was ok but I don't believe it...

Which in your opinion is more beneficial, h2o2 or lugols iodone?

What did you use to topically treat your jock itch? to stop the itch...

I love to cook and have lots of recipes using alternate flours like coconut, buckwheat, spelt and alternate sweetners like stevia and rice malt syrup... Are these allowed on your protocol?

I would love to add borax but finding it hard to locate in New Zealand... Any suggestions?

I have lots more questions but really just want to finish by saying thankyou again for giving your time. Absolute legend...

I look forward to hearing from you... Thanks Bill

The most recent update on my candida protocol is shown at this link (lower down in the post stream) and also includes a strict anti-candida diet.

I love to party but alcohol is not allowed. is there any alcoholic beverage you can have? I heard gin was ok but I don't believe it...

Alcohol is not allowed because alcohols are converted to sugars which feed candida. Alcohol, in excess, also stresses the liver - which, if you already have systemic candida, will be under continual stress from the poisons that candida secretes as waste. So, no alcohol allowed I'm afraid.

Which in your opinion is more beneficial, h2o2 or lugols iodone?

H202 is very useful both topically and internally and I would never dispute this fact. However, in my own opinion, lugols iodine is even more useful because, overall, it is more beneficial to the body. Also, when you take H2O2 internally, it depletes anti-oxidants in the body - so if you take hydrogen peroxide internally then you must also up your anti-oxidant intake to compensate for its pro-oxidant effects. Lugols is easier to take and manage -- it has many beneficial effects on the body and persists in the body much longer than hydrogen peroxide which is cleared in a couple of hours.

What did you use to topically treat your jock itch? to stop the itch...

Just to be clear -- I couldn't clear my own jock itch until after I had cured my systemic candida problem. After my cure, I then used the following mixture which successfully got rid of my own jock itch:

- Two tablespoons Milk of Magnesia
- Two Tablespoons 3% Hydrogen Peroxide
- 1/4 - 1/2 teasoon of Magnesium Chloride
- 1/4 teaspoon of Borax

Apply the above topically to all the affected area before you go to bed and after you have had a shower and leave it on overnight. Wash off the next morning when you shower.

Using 5 drops of lavendar oil in 1 teaspoon of VCO rubbed into the area during the daytime may also help to kill off the jock itch.

I love to cook and have lots of recipes using alternate flours like coconut, buckwheat, spelt and alternate sweetners like stevia and rice malt syrup... Are these allowed on your protocol?

The diet says no carbohydrates and no sugars. So no buckwheat, spelt of rice malt syrup in the diet would be best.

I would love to add borax but finding it hard to locate in New Zealand... Any suggestions?

You can buy borax easily on the internet - for example, just type "ebay.com ultra pure borax" in Google Search. It's pretty darn cheap even with the shipping costs.

Regarding your mold problem, and lung or bronchial problem that might have arisen as a result --- you should perhaps comsider using Bill Munroe's Hydrogen Peroxide Inhalation Method, which should kill off any mold in your lungs.

Unfortunately, you have given me very few symptoms to go on, so I can't really give you a proper assessment.

• What symptoms do you and your husband have?
• Have you been to the doctor?
• Have you taken antibiotics?
• Is your house/apartment or your place of work moldy?

I really need more complete info to help you.

I have moved out of the house that have caused all of the above diseases and gotten rid of my personal belongings. I'm now in a mold free house. I lived in the previous house for over 11 years and just continue to get worst. I'm in my forties.

My plan is to at least take cholestyramine to bind the mold and remove out of my body. My situation is now a life and death case. I don't eat any process foods. I'm very limited to the types of food I eat, because of the food sensitivity I suffered from. I'm gluten-free, even before I knew what that was. My body was just no able to tolerate any of those foods. As for now I can only eat brown rice, various types of peas and bean, steamed vegetables boniato potatoes( yea, I know they are sweet too). I also eat two salads per day. Before I started eating the above items I was severely malnourish and underweight. Even though I'm still under weight, but it's much better.

I'm a vegetarian and I desperately want to get on the candida diet and that is what I'm trying to figure out presently. I have been able to figure out what exactly to eat, that doesn't have so much starch.

Supplements that I have been taking are:
Iodine - Iodine helps me with the pain and bowel movements
Magnesium Chloride transdermally and orally- This one is a life saver. It only alleviate the pain and discomfort when I used it transdermally and I take it orally to help with my bowel movements and it really works.
ACV/BS twice daily
Sodium Ascorbate
B12- I show deficiencies in this one
D3- I also show deficiencies
Selenium-I just started 2 days ago
Coconut Oil- helps with the bowel
Omega Oil Supplement) -I can tell the different in my energy level.
Borax- I discontinued about 1 week ago, due to severe kidney and eye pain and eye stiffness.
Herbal tea- dandelion and burduck
Cilantro- with my salads
I was taking H2O2, but have stopped a few days ago, due to your advice on the forum. I then increased the dosage and frequency of the Iodine and it was an immediate relief to the pain, restful sleep and improved bowel movements. Even my husband is now having an extra bowel movement daily due to the Iodine.

I will be adding the following, which I can only do slowly, because of the high level of sensitivities:
HCL Betaine
Milk thistle - I have been using this in the past, I'm just out of it presently.
Methylene Blue- instead of the Borax
Niacin- I already have this at home, but I think I need to purchase a blood pressure monitor, before I start this one.
Green tea
Molybdenum- I tried this in the pass and it caused my fingers to shrink when come in contact with water. I will try it again.
N-Acetyl Cysteine

WHAT ELSE DO YOU SUGGEST? How far apart should I take the ACV/BS and Sodium Ascorbate from the Iodine?

When I got sick initially I had problems with my lungs, but they seems to be normal. I only experienced problems with my lungs when I'm exposed to mold and high level of dust. I'm see a rheumatologist and an internal medicine doctors.

My husband is having many of the symptoms I'm having. I know for sure that he has Arthritis, Insomnia, Candida, Constipation, Mold Toxicity, Blurred, Discolored eyes and teeth, Degenerative Joint Disease, Underweight, Prostate Problems and Decreased Vision and high levels of inflammation. I could be more that's not yet diagnose.

I will be adding Dr Mary Short's protocol to this regimen. My question she suggest Adrenal in her support pack, but I was wondering if I would still need that because I'm taking the Iodine. My hormones are imbalance, even though I had the test done and it says it's normal. That can't be because I'm having irregular periods, breast tenderness, no desire for sex (I'm married). This always happen when I'm exposed to mold.

HERE IS A LIST OF MY SYMPTOMS:
Headaches decreased concentration Lack of coordination Confusion; Brain fog Unusual and uncomfortable sensations in head Dizziness; Feeling of Head Swelling; Occasionally unable to process information; Blurred & deterioration of vision Eye pain Redness of eyes; Ear aches and popping sound in ears Itching ears; Nasal congestion Nose bleed; Respiratory Congestion Sinus drainage; Wheezing & SOB Painful inspiratory breath; Tingling tongue; Agina and chest discomfort Pounding heart Needle-like sensation in heart; Joint pain & stiffness Swollen joints; Back pain Frozen wrist & Left shoulder; Fatigue Flue-like symptoms Tremor Chills Seizure-like activities; Unusual pain & discomfort throughout body; Periodic numbness of hands & feet; Intense itching Skin rashes Crawling feelings under skin; Static shock Tick bites; Periodic nausea & Insomnia Urinary frequency; Cold hands & feet (winter); Irregular periods & increased flow; Multiple food, Mold & Chemical sensitivities; Under weight; Muscle spasm, aches & cramps Increased thirst; Periodic breast tenderness & pain; Difficulties Listening and Reading

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SORRY FOR BEEN SO LENGTHY!! I'm really desperate. I think I make need to do some off forum communication, because there is more to this. I just hate to put everything on the forum. I really hope this posting will be a blessing to others as theirs have been to me.

Marie

Intense itching Skin rashes Crawling feelings under skin

Static shock Tick bites

Having these particular symptoms may indicate tick-born diseases such as Lyme Disease or Morgellons Disease. What makes these diseases even more difficult to identify is that many of the symptoms of both Morgellons and Lyme are very similar to candida/mold symptoms. As well as this, fungal problems are also often found together with both these diseases which can make it quite hard to diagnose.

Here are links to the symptoms for Morgellon's Disease and Lyme Disease. If necessary, I would consult your doctor or specialist about this and see what he/she thinks as a priority.

It looks like your husband is also having B12 deficiency symptoms too; but with prostate problems, I would guess that Zinc may be needed.

you seem to know many useful hints. What you need is perspective on things. Start by reading the post I posted on earthclinic about candida Q&A. Search for franky from lebanon. and search for the candida post, then email me if you have any questions and we can move from there.

As you will be learning its most important to not eat the wrong food. More important than taking any supplement. Because one wrong food and your adding fuel to the fire. And I suspect you are still eating lots of wrong food. Which expains your slow healing, despite your good list of supplements.

Also please email me your diet, what kind of food you eat, organic, source, etc mido2k(at) hotmail.com

I suspect the candia and mold are the source of most if not all of your organ malfunctions. Candida is the first thing that should be treated.

are you drinking carrot juice for vit A. it seems to be lacking in your supplement list.

And you need a good probiotic.

But you also need to depend more on food for vitamins than from pills, and need to learn what power foods give you power vitamins. Synthetic vitamins are not all that good as they seem. they do have side effects and some are dangerous.

you also need to remember that when detoxing or killing off candida, you need to concentrate on vitamins A, C E and selenium so that there is nointernal inflamation /eye pain or any other side effect from extra bodily stress. These vitamins carry the toxins out of the body before they do other harm. Brasil nuts for selenium

how much vitamin d are you taking? theres nothing like sunlight, believe me.

sage tea is best for hormonal imbalance.

how old are you? do you get heat flashes?

have you done a hair analysis test for toxic metals and other minerals. I would strongly suggest one for someone your age, I am assuming you are over 50.

Any questions you can post here, or you can email me for faster response.

If you email me and I do help you, please post the result and program so that everyone can benefit.

There is no body that cannot heal. The trick is knowing what is poisoning the body and what minerals and vitamins the body needs to heal. One step at a time. slowly but surely god willing you will achieve success.

• ACV for alkalizing - how many times a day?
• VCO
• Borax
• Lugols Iodine
• Sodium Thiosulfate (purchased from a pool shop) as rice sized crystals-how many rice sized grains do I take?
• Methylene blue (purchased from a fish supply shop but not sure if I should take it whilst on anti-depressants due to contraindications with ssri's)
• Celtic Sea Salt to make mineral water
• Magnesium Citrate
• Zinc
• Vitamin B3
• Pau De Arco/Cayenne Pepper/Myhrr herbal tincture
• Biotin - is this still recommended in the protocol?
• Molybdenum
• HCL betaine
• Vitamin C as sodium ascorbate - how do I make this or can you buy it in this form?
• Milk Thistle
• Alpha Lipoic Acid
• Selenium

I also have the following supplements which I picked up before I found your Protocol - are they useful? :

• L-Glutamine - when would one introduce this to help with leaky gut?
• Apolactoferrin - is this a useful anti candida supplement?
• Psyllium and bentonite for a bowel cleansing shake - is this ok for people with leaky gut?
• s. boulardii probiotic - when would one introduce probiotics in the anti candida protocol?

Are all your suggested dosages ok for my weight(54kgs)? Also can you suggest how some of these supplements can be combined? Can you suggest a timeline of a daily plan to take these supplements?

Sorry for all the questions. I cannot discuss this diet/protocol with any of my family/doctors as they dont believe any of it. Despite the severe neurological symptoms with this illness other symptoms have included constant urgent need to urinate, acne, white spots on skin(Vitiligo), vaginal thrush, creeping or tingling feeling on face and insomnia. Also do you have any suggestions to curb cravings especially chocolate and also for carbohydrates in the afternoon would be much appreciated.

Regards Teresa

ACV for alkalizing -- Take this remedy at least twice a day outside mealtimes. This remedy alkalizes the cells.

Sodium Bicarbonate with water -- You forgot this one which is equally as important as the ACV alkalizing remedy. To fully alkalize the whole body you need to take both of these alkalizing remedies every day. SB and water alkalizes the blood, destroys candida biofilms, also kills candida, improves digestion, increases energy, removes heavy metals and does a myriad other beneficial things for your body. Take the sodium bicarbonate remedy three times amday 1/2 hour to 1 hour after all meals. This will not hurt you and will actually aid duodenal digestion which should be alkaline anyway. This will also not hurt stomach digestion because stomach digestion stops after about 1/2 after you have finished your meal.

Lugols Iodine -- The prime broadband pathogen killer in the protocol. Start with small doses and increase slowly to the advised dosage. I have also explained fully, in a recent post, why lugols iodine can cause severe reactions in people who eat western processed food diets. The problem is not really the iodine -- but is caused by the poisonous processed food diet.

Sodium Thiosulphate -- One flake -- the size of a grain of rice -- in a glass of water per day.

Methylene Blue -- You really don't need to take this remedy if you don't want to. Your protocol already contains Iodine, borax, pau d'arco, molybdenum and alkalizing remedies. All these are wide spectrum pathogen killers, detoxers as well as health promoters that are also very efficient at killing off the candida.

Pau D'Arco -- Go easy with the Pau D'Arco -- In my own experience, using too much initially can cause severe Herx or die-off reactions reactions in the intestines.

Vitamin B -- Take the higher dose of B3 or niacin(at least(500mgs to 1000 mgs three times a day). If the flush effect is too uncomfortable -- then just use the niacinamide form instead. And if you take B50 complex as well -- then there should be no need to take the biotin. Vitamin B is essential because the B3 tends to alleviate depression and you sleep better. Supplementing higher dose B3 also has been found, through research, to raise the capabilities of the immune system by a factor of 2000. The B vitamins in general also help to improve digestion and have other action against the candida.

Molybdenum -- Absolutely essential in the remedy for greatly reducing the candida poisons -- aldehydes and alcohols -- in the body caused by the candida and caused by the Herx die-off. These poisons are what cause the lethargy, lack of energy, brain fog, unclear thinking and even depression in candida sufferers. Molybdenum is critical to form the aldehyde dehdrogenase enzyme in the human body -- this is the main enzyme that removes the dangerous aldehydes from the body. Molybdenum also kills fungus

HCL Betaine -- Must be taken together with protease enzymes -- such as pancreatin, bromelain sand papain, in order to encourage proper stomach acid levels for proper digestion and prevention further intestinal infections via pathogens incoming from the mouth with the food and water. HCL Betaine and protease enzymes should be taken with food -- and also works in conjunction with the sodium bicarbonate remedy to both promote proper digestion and to help kill off the candida as well.

Vitamin C -- Buy the powdered form of Ascorbic acid. Mix a quarter of teaspoon(1000mgs) of AA with water in a glass. Sprinkle in Sodium Bicarbonate until the fizzing and the reaction stops. You now have the much more alkaline and beneficial ascorbate form of Vitamin C to supplement. Powder forms are much purer than pill or tablet forms.

Milk Thistle, ALA and Selenium -- Essential for production of glutathione and glutathione peroxidase enzyme. Not only do these nutrients help to protect your liver -- they also help to recover and revive low thyroid conditions as well.

L-Glutamine - when would one introduce this to help with leaky gut?

It would certainly help both to stop leaky gut as well as stop the sugar cravings when taken with glycerin as well. And avoid all forms of artificial sweeteners like the plague. Aloe vera oil is another good one for gut repair.

Apolactoferrin - is this a useful anti candida supplement?

Avoid this one. It's supposed to starve availability of iron for candida -- iron tends to accelerate transformation of candida into the much more virulent fungal form -- but it also starves your blood of the much needed iron.

Psyllium and bentonite for a bowel cleansing shake - is this ok for people with leaky gut?

If the bentonite with psylliium causes you problems -- then just take the bentonite on its own. Bentonite does not work by mechanical action, as does psyllium, but works electrically, attracting positively charged substances -- including heavy metals and pathogens -- and binding to them allowing direct and quick removal via excretion from the intestines. In this way the intestines are gently but effectively cleansed by bentonite.

s. boulardii probiotic - when would one introduce probiotics in the anti candida protocol?

It's pointless taking beneficial bacteria at the start of the protocol, because you will undoubtedly experience both detox reactions from heavy metals and the die-off or Herx reaction from the initial and heavy pathogen kill -- this may necssarily cause other symptoms such as diarrhea to occur in the initial healing crisis. So its pointless taking beneficial bacteria at the start of your own protocol. Wait for about a month after you have started your protocol and then you can introduce the boulardi to the regimen and it will have a much more beneficial effect.

Regarding all your other strange symtpoms -- disregard these for now. You will be amazed at how many other diseases that have been with you for years and years just disappear completely after you cure your candida. For now -- just focus on getting rid of the candida.

And I agree with you whole heartedly about some unfortunate experiences that certain candida sufferers have with doctors in their surgery.

So perhaps, if EC will allow this, I should illustrate this with a story which embeds many of the experiences of ordinary people with their doctors.

I again take my queue (with some small fictional licence) as exampled from what I have again read on many blogs -- where certain unfortunate people, who are indeed suffering from candida, still seem to regard candida as no more dangerous than the common cold. Some of these sufferers even seem to think like some doctors --

-- "Just take two pills in the morning, two pills in the evening and you can mail me the $200. You'll be cured and clear of your candida in no time.... NEXT!! " The doctor cries.

Ching-ching rings out loudly from the doctor's cash register.

I often wonder about these poor suffering souls and how their own views and opinions on candida might well have changed somewhat in say ten years time when the sufferer still has candida and decides, in some desperation, to go back --

-- "Hey doc, these pills aren't working. In fact my candida is much worse now!! "

"What??... Why that's impossible!! " The doc suddenly and gruffly rummages through a mountain of pill boxes on top of his beloved, crusty copy of The Merck Medical Manual on his desk.

"Here.." says the doctor, tossing a full box of pills over to his patient ". Try these...... Anti-depressants!! ... Better than chewing gum!! ... It's the new medical way -- we don't cure the disease now, we just accomodate or treat the symptoms!! "

The sufferer opens the box and looks at the pills curiously. Each pill is unusually stamped with a triple 6.

"Anti-depressants?" queries the confused patient. "Why do I need anti-depressants?"

"Our medical tests show that there is nothing at all wrong with you. No candida. You're as healthy as a horse, son... So you're either a compulsive liar or you have a psychosomatic mental condition. The Merck Medical Manual is NEVER wrong!!! " The doctor confidently booms.

"But..." --

-- "But I'll give you the benefit of the doubt anyway. That's because I'm such a caring, compassionate doctor"

"Wait a minute..."

"Those pills will help your mental condition no end."

''But doc -- I haven't got a mental condition and I'm not a liar... I have candida."

"Are you sure you haven't got CFS or ME or Fibromyalgia?" The doctor tentatively asks.

"No I haven't"

"Whew...Close call!! "

"Listen doc..".

"..NEXT...!! "

Ching-ching.

Please let me know what is most important to add to this protocal.

Also, if anyone has snacks that is on this diet, let me know. I am use to eating 2 meals and 2 snacks per day. Right now, I feel like I am hungry most of the tme :( Help, Please :)

You don't have to give your baby any Iodine solutions because if by all means you see your baby healthy then don't try anyting. Before taking Iodine, test yourself for allergic reaction to Iodine, which is very unlikely.

There is a natural way to supplement Iodine, without Lugol's Solution.

KELP-you can buy kelp leaves in japanese market and use it any recipe you want. A soup may be. Even kelp flakes (just crushed kelp) are available in Japanese markets. Kelp will provide you the necessary iodine as long as you breast feed. Then you can start Lugol's solution if required. Who knows, Just kelp can cure your hypothyroid.

Good Health, thanks

"The literature search revealed that 60 million mainland Japanese consume a daily average of 13.8 mg of elemental iodine and they are one of the healthiest nations, based on overall wellbeing and cancer statistics (4). Japanese women do not stop consuming iodine-rich foods during pregnancy, and Japanese fetuses are exposed to maternal peripheral levels of iodide at concentrations of 10-5M to 10-6M (1-4). Either the Japanese are mutants, capable of surviving on toxic levels of iodine or we have been grossly deceived, and the human body needs at least 100 times the RDA, which was established very recently in 1980 and confirmed in 1989!! (7). " -- Source Research: http://www.optimox.com/pics/Iodine/IOD-08/IOD_08.htm

Gabriel Cousins MD recomends the following iodine dosages for pregnant women and children:

"In 1911, 900 milligrams (900,000 micrograms! [nearly 1 gram of iodine]) daily were considered usual and safe doses. In 1950 the Japanese had 100 times more iodine in their diet than Americans. In 2001 they had 202 times more iodine than Americans and were using up to 13.8 milligrams daily as opposed to the average U. S. Intake of 425 micrograms daily. Unfortunately there has been no real study, ever, about what is the optimal safe dosage of iodine. But, again, no one has ever died from iodine overdose or allergic reactions. It is safe to suggest that at least the guidelines given by Drs. Abraham and Brownstein for the use of 12-50 milligrams of iodine daily, for overall iodine sufficiency and wellbeing, and up to 100 milligrams/day for diabetics is reasonable. My prudent suggestion is that as we follow these ideas, it is important to move forward carefully as we treat this pandemic level of 72% iodine deficiency in the world and a shocking 96% deficiency in Americans, affecting the minds of billions of people. I strongly recommend that people reevaluate the amounts of iodine people consume. I recommend that children under 6 years of age take half the adult dose[which is 12.5 mgs iodine], children 0-2 years take 1/4 the adult dose, pregnant women take 47% more than the adult dose (current FDA ratio), and lactating women take 93% more than the adult dose (current FDA ratio), as iodine is very important for brain development, from a holistic perspective. In the larger humanitarian context the risk to benefit ratio of these recommended doses is extremely safe for healing the planetary population and ourselves. " -- Source: The Universal and Holistic Super Mineral

From the above, it would therefore seem to be safe to take between 12.5 mgs -- 20 mgs iodide/iodine per day in the form of lugol's iodine or Iodoral during pregnancy. After the birth of your child, it also would be advisable to take between 12.5 mgs and 50 mgs of iodide/iodine per day for the benefit of the child when breast feeding and also for your own candida problems.

Concerning your own hypothyroid problems -- I would seriously consider coming off L-thyroxin and moving onto natural bio-identical thyroid hormones. For more information on this you should read David Brownsteins book: Overcoming Thyroid Disorders. L-Thyroxin is just synthetic T4 and that's all. T4 is the inactive form of the thyroid hormone (T3 is the active form) that is used to control the TSH hormone. If you use bio-identical or natural thyroid hormone made from bovine and porcine sources -- these contain Free T3, Free T4 as well as other essential minerals and components of the thyroid gland so it is much more effective at healing and improving thyroid operation than L-thyroxin. Up until the 1970s, natural bio-identical thyroid was always used for thyroid disorders, and quite successfully, with few side-effects. You should ask your doctor about this.

In the human body, pH can vary widely, from highly acidic (pH ~2) in the stomach to mildly acidic (skin and vagina), to neutral (bloodstream and parts of the gut), and even alkaline (some parts of the gut). Candida albicans, thrives in most of these sites and is highly tolerant to a wide range of environmental pH conditions, from pHs of <2 to pHs of >10.

Yeasts, and Candida albicans is no exception, can actively neutralize the pH of its environment (i. e the human body) from either acidic or alkaline pHs! Under acidic conditions, candida has demonstrated that it can raise the pH of its surrounding environment from 4 to >7 in less than 12 hours.

Your thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated!

The causes of dybiosis are:

1. Acid food western diet and eating habits. Approximately 90% of our processed food diet today is acidifying. This creates an acid body where anaerobic pathogens tend to take hold and spread. This is where alkalizing is a great help to the body's homeostatic pH mechanism.

2. Fungal and Bacterial Gut infections caused by lack of nutrients in the diet. These pathogenic intestinal invasions may enter and establish themselves either through a lack of protective HCL in the stomach causing externnal pathogen entry via the mouth or these pathogens can also rise up from the intestines through a lack of bicarbonates in the pancreatic juices which fail to neutralize the stomach acid/chyme necessary for the pancreatic enzymes to work and do their job properly during main stage digestion in the duodenum. Both of these situations therefore tend to create acid upper intestines which tends to weaken and disrupt the healthy microbiota of the intestines as well as to promote pathogen invasion. So here is another solid reason, completely seperate from just alkalizing, why you should supplement with BS -- to restore bicarbonates to the pancreas for proper main stage digestion in the duodenum.

4. Ingesting and accumulating high levels of heavy metals, halides and many other poisons from ingesting chemically processed food, water and medical drugs. Sodium Bicarbonate is a considerable help in neutralizing and removing poisons from the body. Heavy metals as well as calcium and heme iron are also known to promote the formations of candida and other biofilms in the gut which is a huge protection for the candida and other pathogens that reside in them. Sodium Bicarbonate helps to remove these dangerous poisons as well as helping to disrupt and remove these pathogenic biofilms from the upper intestinal mucosa(which should normally be at a pH of about 8. 5) by its emulsifying or surfactant action.

Just some other benefits with reasons for using Sodium Bicarbonate for the body.

Also one should make sure to include lots of vitamin c, esp citric acid fruits like lemon. To balance out the sodium bicarbonate nutrient demanding effects in the long run. As SB does drain you of potassium and vitamin c if used daily.

Best Regards

Anti-Candida Protocol
Remedies that Directly Attack Candida(Mandatory)
I must stress here -- to avoid any confusion -- that not all of the attack remedies below need to be used. These are just options for you. Furthermore, if recommendations are needed for clarity's sake -- I have also personally found that using Ted's Alkalizing Remedies, Lugol's Iodine and Borax in combination to be very useful at curing candida problems. But if these nutrients are hard to get -- just use another combination from below of your own choice.

* Take Ted's Lime/Lemon baking soda water alkalizing remedy at least 2 times a day as recommended. I used mainly the ACV, lemon or lime as well as just the sodium bicarb with water alkalizing remedies which also act to kill candida. These alkalizing remedies create the worst possible environment for the candida while simultaneously creating a healthy body terrain. Also take the Baking Soda with water remedy on it's own throughout the day and one hour before bed - this will help you get a good nights sleep. If you have problems with this remedy, then use Ted's Carbicarb remedy -- this is more balanced and incorporates potassium to balance any sodium issues. Potassium citrate can be taken to more directly aid intracellular alkalization. See this link for the alkalizing remedies:
https://www.earthclinic.c...lkalizing_formulas.html
https://www.earthclinic.c...URES/candida4.html#TEDS

* Supplementing with at least 50 mgs to 100 mgs of 5% Lugols Iodine per day - 8 to 16 drops a day(or as much as you can stand without problems) in split doses taken four times a day(not at mealtimes) in a glass of water. Iodine will also help to balance your hormones because it supports the thyroid and is also able to remove dangerous halogens like fluorine and bromine from your body. Lugol's Iodine also chelates heavy metals like aluminium, cadmium, lead and mercury from your body and this is very beneficial. LI also kills 90% -- 95% of all known pathogens - including candida. You can also use Kelp as the iodine source - but this does not really give sufficiently high amounts of iodine/iodide needed to kill the candida in my opinion.

* Drink 1/4 teaspoon of Tetrasodium Borate or Borax(1/8 tspn for women) in a litre of water throughout the day. Take this protocol for 5 days on then rest for 2 days. So, 5 days on, 2 days off with the Borax. Borax is the ultimate anti-fungal, also good for bones and helps to balance the hormones as well as chelates and removes fluoride from the body. Borax affects your male hormones or androgens in a viagra-like manner, which is why you must rest for 2 days -- to avoid gland over-stimulation.
https://www.earthclinic.c...Remedies/borax.html#TBF

* Sodium Molybdate or Molybdenum. Take at least 900 mcg Molybdenum a day. Sodium Molybdate kills candida and also removes the debilitating candida alcohol and aldehyde poisons from the body via the aldehyde dehydrogenase enzyme pathway(needs molybdenum) in the body -- this will help to remove symptoms like nausea, flu-like symptoms, aches and pains, brain fog and lethargy problems. Ted recommends supplementing between 10 mg and 25 mgs sodium molybdate a day taken for only two weeks to quickly kill off the candida -- but I've found Sodium Molybdate or Molybdenum difficult to purchase in amounts greater than 900 mcgs(the highest allowed RDA dosage).
http://candidapage.com/aldehyde.shtml

* Hydrogen peroxide (food grade) I just use a capful of 3% HP in one litre of water a day when I need it. HP kills bacteria, viruses and fungi and it also helps greatly to clear and unblock the lymph glands. Sometimes I splash 3% HP all over my body, this kills everything bad topically as well as being absorbed quite well transdermally into my body by this method. Very potent against all forms of bacteria, viruses and fungus. Do not use Lugol's Iodine together with Hydrogen Peroxide in the protocol - they tend to neutralize and cancel each other out - so just use one or the other in your protocol. See this link:
https://www.earthclinic.c...rogen_peroxide3.html#CF

Caveat: Although Hydrogen Peroxide is highly useful -- it does have its downside. Some people get nausea, migraine headaches etc when they supplement HP. HP also inactivates or neutralizes and depletes antioxidants in the body because of its pro-oxidant effects. I always prefer to use lugol's iodine against candida because it isn't as complicated to use as HP. But if lugol's iodine cannot be found or used -- use HP as recommended and increase anti-oxidant intake at the same time.

* Methylene Blue(MB). You can buy this at any aquatics or fish supply store. It is used to get rid of fungal and bacterial infections on fish. Also used throughout the last century as a successful anti-malarial. Taking MB on its own will turn your urine green and the whites of your eyes blue, but if you take at least 1000 mgs Vitamin C with the MB, these side-effects will not occur. Dosage: 4 - 6 drops of a 0. 1% solution of MB in a full glass of water once or twice a day. Do not take MB after 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon - it gives you alot of energy so you will not be able to sleep, MB is a deep acting anti-fungal that is able to penetrate the blood/brain and blood/bone barriers of the body. MB is also a marvellous mitochondrial super anti-oxidant for your brain -- gives you lots of energy.
https://www.earthclinic.c...ies/methylene-blue.html

* Pau D'Arco(Tabebuia impetiganosa). This is a very effective herb against candida with a solid and useful reputation as an effective anti-fungal. This is best taken as a tea or capsule(1000 mgs twice a day). See this link:
http://www.rain-tree.com/paudarco.htm

Body Detox(Mandatory)
* Detox and get rid of heavy metals from your body. Due to diet and if you've taken medicinal drugs for any length of time your body will have an accumulation of heavy metals. To get rid of these problems just drink green tea 2 or 3 times a day and eat Cilantro 3 times a week in salads. You can also use Sodium Thiosulphate to get rid of heavy metals, arsenic, cyanide and chlorine. ST will get rid of heavy metals over time. Use 6-10 drops of 10% ST solution in a full glass of water daily. Heavy metals create an ideal acidic environment for candida as well as for nanobacteria. See link:
https://www.earthclinic.c...sodium_thiosulfate.html

* Chlorella - Also for detoxing heavy metals and for mineral support.

* Using Lugol's Iodine in the protocols is also the best way to detox fluoride and bromide from the body and will also help to remove heavy metals like aluminium, lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic from the body.

Additional Support with Vitamin and Mineral Supplements(Optional)

* Vitamin C - Taken in the more alkaline form of Sodium Ascorbate -- at least 1000 mgs three times a day. Vit C is an anti-oxidant and also chelates heavy metals from the body as well.

* Magnesium -- Taken as Mag Chloride, Mag Citrate or Mag Gluconate. Dosage: 250 mgs twice a day. Magnesium Oil(40% water 60% magnesium chloride) cab also be used transdermally. Magnesium is involved in over 300 major enzyme and coenzyme body processes and also gets rid of any staph or strep bacteria quite well. Magnesium Chloride is the best form of magnesium to take in my opinion. See this link:
http://curezone.com/art/...D=49&db=5&C0=74

* Take at least 2 tablespoons of Virgin Coconut Oil(VCO) per day with meals to help constipation and intestinal issues. VCO contains mainly medium chain saturated acids, very protective for the intestines, liver and blood. Contains lauric acid, caproic acid, capric acid, caprylic acid and myristic acid -- these act as anti-microbials helping to destroy the candida as well as protecting the intestines from any further external microbial invasion. I don't use vegetable oils anymore, I cook only with VCO now.

* Zinc gluconate or zinc acetate - Helps to support the immune system. 25mgs - 50mgs taken for one week, then take this dose once a week thereafter.

* Natural Sea Salt or Fulvic/Humic Acid. Both of these will act in the same way as absorption synergists as well as helping to create a healthy intestine and help to supply other important and much needed micro-minerals to your body. See these links:
https://www.earthclinic.com/remedies/sea_salt.html
https://www.earthclinic.c...ements/fulvic_acid.html

* Selenium - 200 mcg twice a day at mealtimes. Selenium helps remove mercury and supports the liver and thyroid. There is no need to take this dose if you are also already tking the recommended liver support(which includes selenium).

* Vitamin B3 - as niacin or niacinamide. Dosage: 500 mgs twice a day. Be aware of the "niacin flush" effect if you take the niacin form. Niacin is anti-candida and supports the liver, digestion and is relaxing for the body.

* Take B50 Complex three times a week - this is beneficial for digestion and will also help fight candida. It also acts synergistically when higher dose B3 is also supplemented.

Liver and Kidney Support(Optional)
* Take herb supplements like Chanca Piedra, Milk Thistle or Dandylion because the candida die-off will create a big strain on both your immune system and the liver/kidneys which will have to clear the dead candida debris and toxins from your blood. Think of this as taking out the candida trash. This die-off will give you flu-like or liverish symptoms and perhaps some diarrhea. You will probably feel much worse before you feel better. Accept this and work your way through it as this should disappear once your body gains control again. If you have actual liver damage then taking Milk Thistle(1000 mgs twice a day at lunch and dinner) in combination with Alpha Lipoic Acid(300 mgs twice a day at lunch and dinner) and Selenium(200 micrograms twice a day at lunch and dinner) will help to support the liver and kidneys. See this research here -
http://www.askdrdesilva.com/hepatitis.html

Candida Protocol Guidelines
At the barest minimum, candida sufferers should essentially use the following strategies in their protocols:

* Use at least two or three of the remedies that directly attack and kill the candida if you can. Alkalizing, Lugol's Iodine and borax in combination are my own unquestioned favourites for killing off candida because this combo has worked so well for me in the past.

* Always use the alkalizing remedies.

* Use protocols that remove and detox all heavy metals, halogens (fluoride, bromide, chorine) and other chemical poisons from the body. Poisons drag down the body's immune system, they acidify the body and create the perfect environment for candida.

* It is also strongly advised that all the vitamin and mineral support nutrients be taken in their proper orthomolecular dosages as stated above. These nutrients help to address other metabolic issues that may also contribute to and exacerbate candida problems. I also tend, whenever possible, to buy the pure powder forms of vitamins and minerals because these forms are pure and contain no fillers, additives or caking agents.

* Liver and kidney anti-oxidant support is also advised in cases where there is a heavy or severe die-off or detox effect, which tends to stress the liver and kidneys thus causing nausea and flu-like symptoms.

* Stop taking antibiotics!! Antibiotics will kill all the beneficial bacteria in the gut and helps to create acid intestines and dysbiosis via a condition called the Antibiotic Syndrome. This is highly beneficial to the spread of candida.

* The Anti-Candida Diet is a no-brainer when you ask yourself, "How did I get candida in the first place?"

Understanding Detox or Die-off Reactions(The Jarisch-Herxheimer Effect)
It has been my own experience that people will always get an initial die-off reaction when moving onto an anti-candida protocol such as this one. A die-off or a detox reaction is due to either large amounts of candida debris or mycotoxins and/or heavy metals or halogens being released into the blood which will cause particular stress on the immune system, liver and kidneys. So liver/kidney and immune support may well be necessary to help reduce or alleviate the die-off/detox symptoms(which is included in the protocol). A reduction in anti-candida dosages may also be required for a while to make the die-off or detox bearable for the user during the healing crisis as well. When people are infected with systemic candida and attempt a cure - they should always expect an initial period of time during which they may feel considerably worse due to these die-off and detox reactions. This die-off reaction is actually a good sign and proves that the protocol is working against the candida. This die-off or Herx reaction will vary from person to person and its duration will completely depend on the extent of the candida infection and will also depend on the current health state of each individual at the time. This detox or Herx reaction is completely normal and is medically recognized and will last until the candida debris and poisons are reduced and removed from the body and will also depend on when the immune system once more is able to dominate and control the body's health again.

Essential Anti-Candida Diet(Mandatory)
1. NO SUGAR. No means NONE -- no ifs or buts!! Candida, viruses, bacteria and all pathogens all feed off sugar, which promotes their rapid growth and spread. When too much sugar is eaten constantly everyday, this habit also works to greatly lower the immune system's capability to fight disease. Cancers grow in the presence of fructose found it fruits and to survive they need glucose.

2. Greatly reduced Carbohydrate intake. The Western diet is effectively an energy dense but nutrient deficient diet in terms of minerals and vitamins. Therefore for sugar-loving diseases like cancer and candida, carbohydrates are banned because they so easily convert to sugar in the body. If you can, eat carbohydrates that have a low glycaemic index, which are digested and absorbed slowly in the body and which do not cause high sugar spikes in the body which tends to brings down the immune system and feed the invading pathogens as well. Also beware that Glycemic Index doesn't measure the type of sugar so is not a perfect measure or guide to go by.

2. No junk food allowed. Contains way too much refined salt, MSG, vegetable oils and other additives. All bad.

3. No vegetable oils in the diet. Vegetable oil oxidizes fairly quickly on the shelf from sunlight and very rapidly at high heat because they are polyunsaturated (weak chemical bonds) fats. Most RBD vegetable oils nowadays are also now made from an unnatural chemical process. As far back as 1962, Dr Denham Harman, a Nobel Prize winner who discovered the anti-oxidant nature of vitamins, proved and concluded in his famous experiments feeding mice vegetable oils with their food, that chemically processed vegetable oils or polyunsaturated oils significantly contribute to causing cancer. So, better to use a saturated fat like virgin coconut oil(VCO) or even grass-fed lard for cooking -- saturated fats are more stable oils that do not oxidize easily and are also good for you. Many vegetarian websites quote The Okinawan Diet as their reason for just vegetables being good for you -- which is inaccurate. If you read the book, The Okinawan Diet -- which carefully defines this diet through their research -- the Okinawans generally used pork offal and pork fat in all their healthy cooking -- and, in their pre-WW2 diet they never used whole grain bread, olive oil, soy milk, apples, and yogurt as many articles suggest. When I had systemic candida and started taking coconut oil, my bad constipation and bloating issues disappeared in about two weeks and my bowels became regular again. VCO is very healthy for your body and intestines. I only ever cook with VCO now and VCO has actually helped me to lose weight. Since the 1960s, baby-foods have been using only coconut oil in their cooked products and those in hospital with intestinal trauma are usually always fed with food cooked in coconut oil now. VCO helps to protect the intestines and the body and is also anti-bacterial, anti-viral and anti-fungal. The reason for avoiding vegetable oils is because most contain hydrogenated fats or trans fatty acids and these should instead be replaced and supplemented in the form of Omega 3 fish oil or hemp oil which is not chemically processed or heated.

4. No soda pop. Apart from containing sugar, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) fructose and aspartame, sweet soda drinks also contain carbonic and phosphoric acids as well as halogens like fluorides in their mix -- all of which only works to greatly acidify your body. HFCS also contains mercury and also contains poisonous chemicals like glutaraldehyde -- which is normally used as a poisonous industrial cleaner.

5. No Sweeteners allowed -- no aspartame, sucralose or saccharine. These are excitotoxins (aspartame) which helps to destroy your CNS. In our bodies, aspartame metabolizes to formaldehyde and methanol which is also a poison. In the old days people used stills to make their own illicit distilled alcoholic beverages and if they were not careful in their process methanol would form. It is also well known that wood alcohol or methanol is poisonous and that as little as 10 ml would be enough to cause permanent blindness in humans. Aspartame is also acidifying. Sucralose is chlorinated hydrocarbons and, in tests, it causes shrunken thymus, enlarged kidneys, abortion, low fetal weights, as these areas are all sensitive to chlorine compounds in hydrocarbon forms. Saccharine, even a moderate dose, can increase significant incidence of tumors in people with cancer.

6. Eat chicken, fish and meat in small amounts. Proteins -- meats -- eaten in excessive quantities are acidifying and, as we get older, our body has difficulty digesting them. It should preferably be partially cooked to ease the breaking down of proteins.

7. No baking products like bread, cakes, pastries, etc. In the 70s the FDA, in their wisdom, allowed the use of bromide and bromates in bread-making instead of iodine. Bromine weakens the immune system and encourages acid body. Wheat also contains alloxan, a poison which can help to destroy the pancreas and cause diabetes over time. Wheat also contains gluten.

8. In your diet, include using a handful of raw, chopped coriander leaf or cilantro in a salad three times a week and drink green tea 2-3 times a day. Maintaining this regimen for a month will remove most heavy metals successfully from your body.

9. No canned products in the diet. Bisphenol A -- or BPA -- is contained in all plastic linings of canned products and is very bad for you. It acts as a psuedo-estrogen -- a female hormone -- and upsets hormone balance, therefore weakening the immune system.

10. No Calcium which means no dairy products -- no milk, no cheese, no yoghurt etc. Avoid all calcium fortified foods. Excess calcium encourages acidity throughout the body and particularly in the tissue cells where it tends to cause myalgia pain. In 1970 the recommended calcium to magnesium ratio was 4:1. Then it became 2:1 in the 1990s. I'm guessing that, probably in another 10 years, these same RDA experts will recommend a calcium to magnesium ratio of 1:1. Ted recommends taking no Calcium supplementation in your diet because western foods are all over-fortified with calcium now. Calcium causes acidity inside the cells when taken in excess and when magnesium is lacking in the diet. Magnesium regulates Calcium in the body.

11. No Fruits. In general most fruits contain citric acid and sugar -- especially the citrus fruits. In a healthy body that can cope with the acid and sugars from fruits it is fine to eat fruits in moderation. But if you are ill with an acid-loving and sugar-loving disease like candida or cancer then any acid or sugar food like fruits will actually promote spread because eating fruits uses up your alkaline body bicarbonates during digestion. This further weakens the immune system, increases blood acidity and helps diseases like cancer to dominate the body. You can eat fruit extracts that don't contain fructose, such as red wine extract, grape seed extract, etc.

12. No Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) allowed for the same reasons as aspartame. The antidote to MSG is taurine amino acid which is mainly found in fish. See this link on MSG.

13. Avoid GMO foods. The most common GMO food is actually wheat. But there is also soy GMO. All soy products which are made from a chemical process -- including soy sauce, tofu etc. Are not allowed. But any soy products made from a natural and organic fermentation process are allowed. If you buy soya products like soya milk, make sure it is organic and contains soya flour. But if it contains soya protein then it has been made from a chemical process and also might be GMO (especially in the US).

14. Avoid distilled water and tap-water. Distilled water is "dead water" -- it completely lacks any important body minerals that natural spring-water contains. If you drink distilled water, this will actually act to pull important minerals out of your body during digestion. Tap-water nowadays -- due to water shortages -- is now re-cycled and chemically processed from sewage (especially in cities) and stored in reservoirs that are fed with water tables polluted with agricultural fertilizers and pesticides, so goodness knows what evil goodies tap-water contains. Enough said I think. Drink fresh mineral or spring water or create your own mineral water instead. You should always drink 1 -- 2 glasses of water at mealtimes. This helps digestion and will improve your urine conductivity reading, provided your body minerals are in balance.

15. Use Sea Salt rather than refined table salt for all your cooking and eating needs. Sea salt contains many beneficial natural minerals, is alkaline, and also aids nutrient absorption and acts like a protective anti-biotic in the body which helps to protect the intestines and liver. Sea salt is also far more alkaline than refined table salt which is normally acid.

16. Try and avoid all (chemically) processed food if you can. Try and eat foods that are made from natural processes without excess heating or use of chemicals. Read food labels carefully before you buy.

17. Whenever you eat your meals, it is always best to eat bigger meals at breakfast and lunch. Your evening dinner should be eaten early at about 5:00 pm because shortly after this time, your body goes into another mode. This mode slows down digestion, making it inefficient, which actually impairs digestion, such that large amounts of food can end up sitting and stagnating in your intestines for anything up to twelve12 hours. This encourages and results in acidity, pathogen growth and poisons being absorbed into the body from the intestines. So, better as a habit, to eat a much smaller quantity of food at dinner in the evening to ensure healthy and complete digestion of food before sleep.

I now have IBS, thrush, chronic fatigue and insomnia. A friend told me about the turpentine protocol. So I downloaded Bill Thompson's book Candida: Killing So Sweetly and am ready to start all the protocols. I'm very hopeful that this could be the answer for me.

My question is about the diet. You mention what we shouldn't eat but there isn't much about what to eat. Because of my IBS there are very few vegetables I can tolerate (no cabbage, garlic, onions, broccoli, etc.) and I can't eat potatoes, carrots, squash, etc. because of the high carbs so I am basically eating virgin coconut oil, butter, meat, poultry, eggs, pureed green beans, spinach & zucchini, dry cottage cheese (very low lactose) and yogurt I make myself by fermenting for 24 hours to get rid of the lactose. I'm not eating any grains at all.

You say not to eat dairy and only small amounts of meat & poultry. I know I'm eating too much meat but I don't know how to get enough calories otherwise. Should I be eating some grains? I can't tolerate gluten. Do you think that my digestives issues will improve quickly on your program?

I'm losing weight at the rate of about 2 pounds per week and can't afford to lose much more. Is there a sample diet that you or others following your protocols follow? I'd really appreciate some help.

Here are some effective remedies for parasites and pathogens which can be used alongside the diet:

Zapper

Colloidal Silver

MMS

Liposomal Vit-C

Liposomal Borax

Lufenuron

How is the quality of your indoor air? Upgrading your air quality will improve immune function. Magnet therapy directly over the thymus gland as well as "tapping" will improve immunity. Supplementing Raw Thymus Glandular will boost immunity.

Also, I have suffered what I believe to be more than one species of fungus infection for aprox 15 yrs w/ symptoms of infection in the spine and until only recently definitely affecting my brain & eyes resulting in vertigo and mental decline, vision problems etc. I began zapping the upper and lower spine w/ major die off symptoms for aprox 5 days. I also did several daily ozone ear insulflations which I did note positive results. Now, aprox 2 wks later I am still improving.

I've recently found out that artemisinin(ART) seems to be very useful against fungus, viruses, various bacteria and mycoplasma. Furthermore, artemisinin is easily able to penetrate the blood/brain barrier -- so it should perhaps be effective in the backbone area as well. Some research here and here.

The way ART works is that it contains a peroxide bridge on its molecule. Similar to Vitamin C, ART can also look like sugar to candida. When the ART gets inside a candida cell then ART reacts with the iron in the candida cell(candida loves ferritin or iron) to produce reactive oxygen species or free radicals(same as MMS and H2O2) only this happens inside the candida cell, not outside. Consequently the candida cells -- not the host cells -- are destroyed. This ART pro-oxidant method of kill is also similar against other pathogens. Also, candida biofilms contain alot of iron, so ART may well be effective at rapidly destroying candida biofilms. I've also read where ART is being successfully used against malaria and cancer(in Vietnam and China). Other posts show that people are using ART against particularly nasty diseases like Morgellons and Lyme Disease -- which can also involve candida.

I've also read where an 81 year old man in California with skin melanomas cured this problems using DMSO and ART. One ART pill in DMSO. His wife also had melanomas and was also cured by this method. See this link. So I was just thinking that using DMSO witand remove h ART on your backbone might be a more focused protocol to help kill the fungus/pathogens inside the backbone area. DMSO, as a carrier, is easily able to transport nutrients through the skin, blood/brain and blood/bone barriers of the body. DMSO with Iodine might also work. Unfortunately, turpentine is insoluble in DMSO, so you cannot use it with DMSO, more's the pity.

It appears that my heavy metal load has finally decreased and my liver function is better than several yrs past, so I am hopeful yet.

I am more in belief that the autoimmunity problem which stems directly from the lung fibrosis is the single major detriment to any kind of substantial recovery.

I get noticeable improvement fallowing Glucosamine (as it relates to promoting mucus secretions in the lung of which appears I am deficient), Hawthorn also helps (proly something to do w/ antioxidant protection reducing inflammation). Beginning trials w/ Valerian & Calms Forte' seem promising. LDN seems very promising as well as Cannabis (unfortunately I don't live in Colorado). Nebulized Resveratrol appears to have some potential.

Is it possible to combine several of the candida-cleanse ingredients into a one liter bottle of water with the borax? I would like to combine the borax, baking soda (Ted recommends 1/2 tsp to prevent kidney pain while taking the borax), h2o2, methylene blue, vitamin c (as sodium ascorbate, of course) and a couple of drops of Lugol's iodine.

I know that combining the Lugol's and vitamin c at the same time will make it turn clear and into iodide. Does this matter for the overall curative effect when done over an extended period of time?

Also, I am curious how long he waits between taking the lemon/lime baking soda (Or Ted's carbicarb remedy) and then sipping at the borax? Is there a need to wait a while before or after the bs/lemon before sipping the borax again?

Any help would be appreciated!

Warmest Regards, Carolyn

I need to ask where did you get the BORAX, I'm also from Pampanga, Philippines. I have really a severe candida that crippled my life for almost 3 years now. Thank you