Candida in Esophagus
(NYC)
03/23/2020
Candida has a lot to do with diet. Firstly eliminate all processed foods and sugars. Slowly start to focus on a healthy organic diet. It doesn't have to be vegan or vegetarian. just be aware of what your buying and what your putting in your body. This site gives good information on supplements too. Good luck.
Garlic
★★★★★
(Boca Raton, FL)
12/23/2008
★★★★★
Garlic (which has selenium and sulfer) seems to work great.
I'm trying to hit this with a lot of stuff at once. Here is what I am trying, and why.
Garlic - Selenium and Sulfer is a dandruff cure(anti-fungal)
Niacinamide - ted says it is toxic to candida. It is water soluble
Borax - cured a twitchy eye (blepharitis) (3x per week)
Vitamin C(Ascorbate) - 6000 mg, a healthy immune system can better fight candida
ACV - cured my fingers (also appears in tropicana anti-oxidant advantage juice)
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Some websites seem to say to avoid Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, because it can cause canker sores. Sulfer is an antifungal... I think the Sulfate kills the candida, and then you have a hole in your mouth. I'd rather have a canker sore that Vitamin C will cure, rather than candida.
Others recommend avoiding milk. Milk Contains Lactoferrin-B which kills Candida.
Here is an article discussing Lactoferrin peptides:
http://www.wellnessresources.com/tips/articles/lactoferrin_keeping_candida_friendly/
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It is somewhat interesting that the medical community calls Acetate and Garlic Anti-oxidents. That may be true, but they are also anti-fungals.
I haven't tried iodine yet, will try soon. That being said, the vitamin c megadose(along with some of the other stuff) seems to be working great.
In fact, after adding the garlic, I've had an "age spot", or "genetic skin lesion" disappear. Silly Dermatologists.
(Boca Raton, Fl)
01/23/2009
★★★★★
Update: The Garlic pills worked great. It Basically cured in 2 weeks! I'm sure fresh garlic is great too. It's the sulfur compounds that perform the miracle, so an "odorless garlic", or a pill with low sulfur is no good. The more odor, the better :) Note: Garlic has Selenium as well.
For two weeks, I used a 1500mg (500:1 concentrate), so really 3 mg of Sulfur. I took a pill every 3 hours until I felt pain (Kidney, liver, intestines), and then stopped for the day. Woke up and the pain was gone, started again.
Got some cloudy urine, some diarrhea (that looked like it had yeast in it), some bad gas pains. The pain that I mentioned... one day it was the kidney, next day it was the liver, then upper intestines, then lower intestines. Eventually hit the colon. Still taking the Niacinamide (with flush), and Vitamin C. Halted the Borax, and don't take the ACV regularly. Added some liquid-kelp (I've heard good things about iodoral for Candida problems). Added some lysine (to promote collagen and healing). Added some zinc.
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With any antifungal regimen, extra water is a good idea. Divided doses are a good idea as well, so the fungus doesn't grow back inbetween doses. I change to a new garlic pill, Schiff Super Garlic (16 mg of Allyl Sulfides), looks like a good pill.
Note: there is a "die-off" effect with the mega-garlic, which is easily nutrilized within a couple hours with Ascorbate.
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I feel like a million bucks, so good I was able to resume a few beers per week with no side effects. Note: I wouldn't recommend this, though.
(Boca Raton, Fl)
03/21/2009
Here is a neat new study on various oils and candidacidal activity. These seem to work on Fluconazole resistant strands. Itraconazole seems like a good drug for candida if you want a drug. Otherwise, maybe its time to get out the Gin (Juniper oil) or Peppermint Schnapps (Peppermint Oil); seems like a more fun way to go.
Prevention of Candida albicans biofilm by plant oils
http://www.springerlink.com/content/y8l2568677111185/fulltext.pdf
Oil - Zone of Inhibition
Eucalyptus - 26.7 +/- 2.2
Peppermint - 22.2 +/- 1.6
Ginger grass - 16.0 +/- 0
Clove - 13.8 +/- 1.3
Tulsi - 11.3 +/- 1.2
Tea tree - 11.0 +/- 0.7
Ocimum - 9.8 +/- 0.8
Castor - 7.8 +/- 0.9
Juniper - 5.6 +/- 0.5
Malkangni - 5.3 +/- 0.6
Coconut - 4.0 +/- 0.7
Babchi - 3.4 +/- 0.4
Mahua - 3.2 +/- 0
Ginger - 2.6 +/- 0
Mustard 2.3 +/- 0
Rose 2.1 +/- 0
Jasmine 1.4 +/- 0
Lavender 1.2 +/- 0
(Georgia)
07/11/2021
Found the updated link for "Prevention of Candida albicans biofilm by plant oils" here: Https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11046-007-9077-9
(Coto De Caza, Ca)
10/14/2009
In reply to stephan about Garlic and candida.
Candida is NOT caused by underarm deodorants, toothpaste, or mouthwashes. One of the main causes is Antibiotics which kills the friendly bacteria and lets yeast grow too much. Another is bad eating. Also, its NOT linked to all cancers. Although many people get candida when they get cancer. Saying candida causes cancer is like saying Firemen cause fires, since they are always there when a fire happens too.
(Alaska)
08/18/2012
(Nashville, Tn)
02/09/2016
What dietary factors should one consider when using Garlic Pills to cure Candida Overgrowth in the gut? Restrict carbs, sugars, etc?
(Somewhere, Europe)
02/10/2016
Exactly, Lance, white flours, sugar and maybe dairy.
Garlic and Cayenne
Garlic and Cayenne
Firstly, yeast is found naturally in the body, but it has grown too much due to certain conditions which causes the yeast to grow. Therefore we have to deprive the food sources of yeast. the most obvious food source of yeast is sugar, wheat, flour and a major food source for yeast actually comes from soft drinks. Undigested food due to lack of Hydrochloric acid in the stomach makes intestinal yeast an absolute playground to play havoc to the body. The taking of foods high in digestive enzymes such as hydrochloric acid, enzymes from fresh fruits and vegetables is known to work.
Secondly is people with yeast infection frequently have leaky gut syndrome. I actually found a cure for leaky gut syndrome which was to dissolve magnesium chloride about 500 mg. into a 1/3 glass of water and drink it. Continue taking it for the rest of the day to 1500 mg. In case the problems still persists, add one teaspoon of fresh frozen royal jelly (natural bee products). In case of a autoimmune develops over this candida problems a possible cure is sodium perborate (about 500 mg.) mixed in about 1/2 glass of water and drink that. Apple cider vinegar works quite well via the destruction of fungus, but must be taken in liberal amounts, although dietary restriction of sugar and wheat (gluten allergy) is needed.
Toxins from candida albicans is acetaldehyde which our body can metabolize in safer form with taking of molybdenum supplements, eg. about 300-500 mcg.
Electrication using 464 hz at alternating current from computer's pc is another possibility shown to be workable cures also.
Horopito (New Zealand Herb)
★★★★★
The herb is called Horopito and its native to New Zealand - hence how I came across it. You can search Horopito and find useful information including quite a lot of science which seems to say that the active ingredient in Horopito (called polygodial) kills the candida by destroying its cell wall. Best supplement I've ever purchased and feel that I have finally reached a cure. That said, I will be continuing with my whole food diet for ever now.
(Phoenix)
06/03/2024
Multiple Remedies
Do the research, see a doctor who takes this seriously, and stay positive, and don't buy into anything saying there is a magic cure.
Multiple Remedies
★★★★★
This website was one of the first websites I turned to when I first found out I had Candida... for over 5 years I have failed in all attempts to heal from years of antibiotic use and lies and the information contained on the three candida pages on this page, were dead ends. I found only partial truths seemed to make my situation worse later. Please let me explain what I have discovered, the pieces I have put together, my successes and why the information is in many ways incorrect.
Candida is existent in everyone and its job is to decompose our bodies after we die. For this reason, it is a very hearty, hard to kill parasite. The Candida diets I found never made sense to me as they contradicted many rules of good health and honestly, never worked... in the long run. Then I found that Candida has a survival mechanism called 'dormancy'. When we go on low sugar diets (cutting out all fruit) it send the Candida into survival mode and makes it even tougher to kill... it will lay 'dormant' for a time until it feels safe to spring back to life where it can rebirth in a new area of the body and cause more trouble. But many times we do not recognize it as Candida as the symptoms are very different.
The good news is- Candida is MUCH easier to control than I first thought... for 5 years. And the truth is, you can never get rid of Candida... as it exists to help decompose our body after we die, but we have to put it back into its proper ratio.
I found a 2 part problem that the typical Candida Diet never addresses and it can actually cause more harm that help.
1- is the overgrowth of Candida and the environment that has been created for it to grow.
2- is the leaky gut that Candida creates and that causes the majority of the symptoms even if we force Candida into dormancy.
Candida itself is actually EASIER to correct (rations) than it is to heal the leaky gut. BUT they MUST be done together.
In my research, I discovered a hard to find bit of information about the Candida cell itself... and the one thing that makes it so difficult to kill- its cell wall. This is a tough armor like wall that prohibits the cell from being killed easily. Its called a Chitin layer and then I discovered all natural enzymes that actually dissolve the cell wall and once I began taking this, my Candida (in my gut) was actually dead within 10 days. After about 2 months I am still trying to heal the leaky gut.
There is a fair amount of information on the net about how these two go together and have to be healed together, but this is where the 'Candida Diet' fails. It is insufficient to strengthen our GOOD fighter cells and to heal leaky gut.
OUR BODY HAS TO HAVE FRUIT! Fruit cannot be eliminated from our diets and makes no sense to try. Once you destroy the chitin layer of the Candida cells, you NEED FRUIT to heal. Leaky Gut NEEDS fruit to heal. We NEED VEGGIES... BUT the detox and healing that is most effective for leaky gut is a juice fast for 30-90 days. This LEAVES OUT all processed foods, all wheats and grains, all synthetic sugars BUT NOT RAW HONEY... organic raw honey is VERY HEALING AND ALSO A NATURAL antibiotic, caffeine, alcohol, meats... For this short time to heal and detox, the only think you drink are RAW juices and herbal teas and filtered water- in order to heal the leaky gut.
YOU can kill the Candida all day long, but if the leaky gut is not healed which the Candida causes- your body will still be backing up toxins and still causing much damage to the other organs. The leaky gut will also continue to let Candida through to the rest of your body and your blood system where it can cross the blood-brain barrier and cause more havok. The leaky gut MUST be healed along with the Candida.
I am not a doctor. I am simply a Candida survivor that is still healing and once I was able to piece it all together and finally realize that I was in fact healing, and not just sending Candida into dormancy for it to return with a vengeance some where else, I wanted to share with all of you my research and how its helped me. There was so much research that went into this... 5 years of beating my head against a wall and these insufficient diets that frustrated me and kept coming back despite all the money I spent on supplements and teas and blah blah...
So here is what I did and am doing. I would like to note that MAINTENANCE must be maintained daily AFTER the initial healing process is finished, in order to keep this nasty bug in check.
1- Enzyme supplements that dissolve the Candida Chitin layer/Cell wall in order to enable our immune system to take care of the Candida cells on their own.
2- Raw veggie AND FRUIT fast for 30-90 days depending on severity... may need to be repeated for severe symptoms such as cancers and other issues. (to heal the leaky gut)
3- GOOD QUALITY PROBIOTICS. Let me please emphasize that there are natural food probiotics and supplements and there are two types of probiotics as I have found... one is a bacterial and one is a fungal... YOU NEED BOTH.
4- Other supplements that you may be low in... D3, C, Iodine, Magnesium, Selenium, Zinc, H2O2, ACV, Baking Soda, Lemons, etc...
5- PLENTY of water and HERBAL teas...
6- organic everything as much as possible and and remove all chemicals and toxins from your life as much as you can... flourides, bad air, etc.
7 - GARLIC, GINGER, TURMERIC, MASTER TONIC... huge immune boosters and healers... raw, or raw encapsulated. Make your own, its easy :) Cilantro and Parsley- I have a GREAT all natural pesto recipe for right after your juice fast if anyone wants it also ;) Organic Extra Virgin COCONUT OIL
8- Get rid of your Commercial body products - soaps, shampoos, DEODERANTS, lotions, etc. (I can tell everyone how you can get all these products made in your kitchen naturally and totally safe for under 50 bucks at your grocery store! - it was part of all my research) Please stop poisoning yourself and your family with these chemicals.
(Please feel free to message me if you are interested or have any questions, I am NOT selling anything... I only want to share my info and my frustrating journey and don't want to make this post too much longer.)
Food Like products are the problem and the killer and Whole REAL food is the Healer.
The reason that the juice fast is needed to heal the leaky gut is the liquid form of the juice eases the work the digestive system has to do in order to heal and has all the minerals and vitamins that your body needs to heal it. If you try the typical Candida diet of HARD TO DIGEST foods like meats and eggs and nuts and beans, your body will have a very difficult time of healing the leaky gut, if it can at all. The juices also help the body to detox and readjust the organs such as the liver, kidneys and pancreas as well as help to purify the blood and clean out the intestines, resetting your entire body.
After the initial regimen, which is recommended to do all very hard for at LEAST a full 30 days, depending on how long you have suffered and the extent of your symptoms (this is not a science, its going to be different for everyone).
MAINTENANCE ------ After your main healing, you will need to continue to take one of the enzyme pills DAILY and STAY ON probiotics for the rest of your life. You should also always STAY AWAY FROM ALL wheats and grains except organic ancient/homegrown heirloom varieties... like quinoa and amaranth (UNLESS you were diagnosed with Celiac Disease- then stay away from them all) and stay away from ALL processed foods and drinks and ALL sweeteners and sugars, except RAW organic Honey and Stevia. Dairy, unless its raw organic, is just bad, but I have not found anything to say that this is potentially harmful to reintroduce in moderation at this point. ONLY COOK IN COCONUT OIL EVER and continue WITH ph balancing foods (lemons, and baking sodas) tons of fruits and veggies... only organic meats and eggs. Never veggie oils and ONLY 'California' EV Olive Oil as the rest of them are cut with cheap and dangerous veggie oils :/
So that is it what I have found in piecing the Candida puzzle together.
I want to add that as most of you here know, Candida is responsible for MOST ailments and allergies that we have as it is tied to our digestion and that is where our immune system begins.
Blessings Everyone~ Tara
(Maryland, US)
06/12/2014
Hi Tara,
Thank you so much for your post. I have a few questions... (I don't see anywhere to PM or message, so thought I'd post a reply)
1. What enzyme supplements worked for you?
2. What probiotics worked for you? Do you also include probiotic foods (Kefir, Sauerkraut w/ live cultures, Kombucha, etc.)?
3. For the "other supplements" that you may be lacking, are you taking a multi-vitamin?
4. Any particular herbal teas that helped you?
5. I'd love to know you're pesto recipe and also your natural product "recipes".
Thank you so much for all of your research, time and effort. I have been doing a lot of research and banging my head against the wall too and coming to very frustrating dead ends. Your post makes a lot of sense and I'm hoping it will help me as well.
(Regina, Sk Canada)
02/16/2015
(San Fernando)
02/17/2015
I am continually surprised at some people's assumption that prebiotics and/or probiotics -- lactobacillus, kefir etc -- will cure candida. In virtually every testimonial I've read on the web concerning people with serious systemic who have used this approach -- they have always failed or they progress only so far, hit a brick wall, and just end up managing their symptoms via diet and not ever curing their systemic candida problem.
When I call it systemic candida this refers to both the yeast and fungal forms of this candida disease -- these two forms are very different to one another in their dimorphic behaviours. The yeast form is a saprophyte -- infects locally(eg skin, uterus, intestines) and feeds off dead organic matter and reproduces by hyphal budding whereas the fungal form of candida is a true parasite which inhabits and infects the body's blood, tissues and organs(everywhere in other words) -- it feeds off the host cells and reproduces with spores. So if you do have systemic candida then it's like being infected by two completely different organisms at the same time -- a yeast and a fungus.
So back to the probiotics cure. Probiotics only ever has action in the intestines.
So can somebody please explain to me how probiotics or prebiotics will kill off the systemic fungal form that inhabits the blood, tissues and organs? Sure, the probiotic might get rid of the intestinal candida only. But what about the systemic fungal candida that is still alive, well and breeding in the blood organs and tissues -- outside the intestines ? Not a chance.
These are some of the major reasons why you will never cure serious systemic candida issues if you only use pro- or prebiotics in your own approach and that's yet another reason why the systemic candida either never goes away completely or just keeps coming back.
I'm also a little amazed at so many people also saying that candida is in all of us. From my readings, candida is in 80% of the world's population. Furthermore, in healthy individuals, this candida is completely contained and restricted to the lower intestines by the action of a healthy and functional immune system -- candida should never inhabit the upper intestines or inhabit the blood, organs and tissues in any healthy individual with a strong immune system.
I also often get asked "How will I know when I'm cured of systemic candida?" My stock answer to this question is twofold.
First, you'll know when all your symptoms go away. Secondly and more to the point, you will definitely know when you can eat food with wheat, milk and sugar in normal, sensible amounts with no more spurious problems arising or allergy reactions. Then you are definitely cured or back in healthy balance again.
(Phoenix)
06/03/2024
★★★★★
I bought a book by Bill Thompson.
I don't know if I have a candida problem but it seems like a good idea to keep my body in control of its growth. It is a normal flora so good to keep it in check with good immunity!
Start the morning with BS+lime or sea salt, wait an hour to eat a healthy breakfast. Sip ACV drink at dinner. I eat fresh produce & seafood/meat, correct deficiency in nutrients, exercise, early bedtime w/melatonin, avoid corn syrup, avoid GMOs, avoid seed oils!
I drink ginger in my water and beet juice daily! My BP is great 109/64!
I got most of this from Bill's book.
Thanks!
(Benson, Ut)
06/30/2015
(San Fernando, Philippines)
06/30/2015
Hi Laura...You could indeed buy and use a chitinase enzyme that would dissolve the hemicellulose or chitin walls of the candida. But this will not work very well if the candida was already enveloped and well protected by biofilms made of fibrin(protein) because the chitinase enzyme does not dissolve protein.
So it would perhaps be better for you to use a product like Candidase which will digest and dissolve both candida chitin and fibrin from biofilms. This is a much better approach.
Additionally, I would also at least advise reducing the virulence of the candida. By this I mean inhibit the yeast candida form morphing into its more virulent fungal form which infects the whole body. So taking a nutrient that contains 10-Undecanoic acid would be extremely useful here because this nutrient completely inhibits the propagation of the fungal form of candida. Then you will only have to get rid of the yeast candida form -- which is much easier to treat. I would therefore recommend a good product like Formula SF-722 from Thorne research for this.
Another option for you that also inhibits candida virulence is to drink Gymnema sylvestre tea three times a day. This will also help to eliminate the fungal form in your body.
Even though you take all the above nutrients this might not fully cure your candida problem. This really depends on how many years you've had this candida problem and also depends on the extent of your candida infection. To achieve a proper cure and not just symptom improvement, you might have to take a larger more extensive protocol such as the one shown here.
(Ten Mile , Tn.)
07/01/2015
HI U BILL, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , as you know I's just too sorry do the food thing for candida. What I learned today from my DNA test is that my candida are gone. The only explanation I have is my Rife Machine.
Just glad I busted my ass to get through Ga Tech as a Ch. E. and saved my money soes I could buy these health toys in my old age.
It's like the time I got skin mites and used my FIR sauna to kill the little bas--t----s. Now I got another big time problem as you know and I will buy whatever health toys needed to solve this problem.
I just hope that folks are thinking about what veggies they eat and get away from processed foods. For instance, research quick oats. That is the left over dregs from oats. They once threw it away. Now it's a premium because folks too sorry to cook breakfast. As Pogo said, "we have found the enemy and he is us".
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(San Fernando, Philippines)
07/06/2015
Hi ORH...Warm congratulations to you on eradicating that systemic candida scourge. And I've got to hand it to you -- you are a most persistent man who never gives up on these problems without a fight. That's the way to do it -- the right mental attitude always helps. The other wonderful thing is that you're winning and this doesn't surprise me in any way. I'm also thinking that, because of your successful candida result, perhaps your numbers will have improved for your other major problem, since I am also a strong believer that fungus can also be intimately involved with cancer.
Oh, and one more thing. Since you have so successfully cured your own systemic candida problems -- then that makes you a candida expert with the Rife machine on EC. And never, for one minute, have I ever believed that you have no knowledge about healing. Your own successful candida results would seem to prove otherwise...
(Fort Lauderdale, Fl)
09/30/2015
(Millersville)
09/30/2015
Look in to Slippery Elm. I think it will help you.
Hi Nelma. I think you'll find Bovine Colostrum recommended ( possibly by Ted from Bangkok and/or Bill Thomson- I can't remember ) for Leaky gut. And I seem to remember Bill recommends a particular one you can get it the US which he's researched as pure etc. There are articles on the web, I guess, that explain why/how it works. But I don't know how you can tell when LG has healed? Maybe someone could tell us that? Also Dr Caroline Dean talks about using picometer magnesium and other minerals which go straight to the cells where they're needed and thus are absorbed by the body for its own healing etc With a Leaky gut apparently, absorption or rather lack or absorption of vital nutrients and minerals is quite an issue. You can download a copy of her book Invisible Minerals for free and read about it. Good luck and good health.
(Phoenix AZ)
06/03/2024
Thank you for sharing your findings. How are things going after 10years? It's impossible to rid of a “Normal Flora” like Candida so I think one must live on balancing its growth. When they are killed off aggressively by enzymes, they will fight back by “evolving” to survive. I decided it's best to manage my pH, correct deficiency of nutrients, exercise, sleep, vitals ok, etc. yes, a healthy diet with fresh fruits and vegetables, grains, meats, etc. Avoid corn syrup and seed oils/bad fat! Morning ritual with BS +Lime+water or sea salt water 4oz drink to start my day! I sip ACV in water with dinner. Keep my body pH more normal vs Acidosis. There are also suggestions on EC how to prevent cancer because it's been shared that Candida can be a factor in starting it. Get your body's immunity to control their existence and not be the boss of you!
(Phoenix)
06/04/2024
(Ohio)
09/03/2024
Multiple Remedies
Hello, I've been reading lots about candida here in the last few months. I've started the lemon/Baking Soda alkalizing protocol and took borax for a while now I've moved on to Methylene Blue 0.1%. Some days I take H2O2, others ACV and BS as well as magnesium chloride, potassium citrate, milk thistle, D3, Fish oils, and sodium ascorbate.
I have had yeast for almost a year. It started with a UTI that I couldn't get rid of, I discovered D-mannose which dealt with that problem eventually (months), but the useless antibiotics left me with thrush, which led to an internal yeast infection. I've changed my diet hugely over the last year, but still have moments of stress where I reach for the sugar. Then I feel awful again. I've been battling depression and brain fog on and off. Pain in my vulva and clitoris (from about my first yeast infection last year - never had it before then) that has never gone away. My tinnitus seems to be getting louder (that I've had for 15 years). I've also had eczema for 20 odd years. I do feel better without wheat or sugar but somehow it's connected to comfort and I reach for it at times of stress.
I've been eating cilantro and drinking green tea. My digestion is better that it has been for a long time, but I want this heavy feeling in my head to go away. I also have a heavy/hot feeling in my chest. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
(Brea, California)
12/28/2013
It is recommended to always take Chlorella w/ Cilantro for the reason of permanently removing the metals. One could also follow Cilantro w/ a detox foot spa, and detox foot pads (during sleep).
(Tn, Usa)
12/29/2013
I would like to add to Timh reply. He could also use green tea/cilantro combo for removing the heavy metals as well. I've used chlorella myself in the past. For some reason this stuff gives me terrible nausea. That's even taking it w/food. Only 1 tsp. daily gives me nausea. The green tea/cilantro combo gives me no side effects. Just another option. Thanks guys & God Bless!
(Inglewood)
06/05/2015
Oregano Oil
(Santa Fe, Nm, Usa)
10/14/2010
Make SURE to dilute the oregano oil in a carrier oil such as olive, or sweet almond (or anything you have lying around the house) - the oil feels like it's burning because it IS burning! It is way too concentrated to use straight on the skin, and is just as effective when diluted properly. Oregano oil is one of the most powerful antibiotics there is, but must be treated with respect or you will injure the skin.
Oregano Oil
★★★★★
Oregano or Olive Leaf Extract
★★★★★
(Ozark, MO)
08/17/2008
Just wanted to let you know, I found a site that sells all of the herbs and other vitamins at low price. It's called VitaCost...
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visit this site for Xylitol (cheapest price I found)
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EC: That's a great price for Xylitol! Just bought a small container of Xylitol at Whole Foods yesterday for about $8.00.
