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Most diseases are caused or aided by microbes and parasites. Due to antibiotics, steroidal drugs and chemotherapy our natural intestinal bacteria have been damaged and pathogenic microbes, especially fungi and mycoplasmas, are out of control. Commonly babies now become inoculated with pathogens already in the birth canal. Also microbes from childhood vaccinations may still be present, and there tend to be infection foci in root-canal treated teeth and possibly in scars from surgery. All of these greatly weaken our immune system and allow pathogenic microbes to invade the blood and internal organs. Now we become susceptible to frequent infections, autoimmune diseases, allergies, diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Pathogenic microbes are the underlying cause of basically all chronic diseases.
A common sequence of our health deterioration is as follows: antibiotics and other drugs cause intestinal overgrowth with Candida and the conversion of its harmless yeast form into an invasive hyphal variety. This, in addition to gluten and possibly casein in A1 milk, causes inflammatory damage to the intestinal wall, resulting in Leaky Gut Syndrome and letting microbial toxins and food proteins pollute the blood. This weakens the immune system and we become prone to frequent infections and allergies. Now a wide variety of bacteria, viruses and parasites start invading the body and affect the weakest organs, those impacted by nutritional deficiencies, stress, heritage or emotional issues. They may or may not cause obvious infections but in many cases form colonies protected by biofilms.
Biofilms are very difficult to eliminate by the immune system or with antimicrobial therapy. Frequent locations of bacterial biofilms are the inner walls of blood vessels, teeth and jawbone, hip joints or any infected bones, kidneys and bladder as well as surgical implants. Candida forms its own biofilm protection from chitin or heavy, sticky mucus adhering to the intestinal wall, in the sinuses or inner ears. Biofilm colonies may become dormant when under sustained attack, but then become active again when conditions improve.
Therefore it is best to adopt a multilevel approach for overcoming chronic conditions: improve the environmental conditions that caused an organ system to become susceptible to attack, use a long-term antimicrobial therapy, and strengthen the immune system to permanently dissolve the microbial colonies. When the immune system does attack a microbial colony you may experience inflammation and pain for a while like from an acute infection.
The following program is designed for long-term therapy but starting with low and gradually increasing doses. I have also included a full candida program. If, instead, you just want to treat an acute or serious infection then use immediately high doses of a variety of strong microbicides. In addition alkalize the body and aim for a high intake of 10 grams of sodium ascorbate or buffered vitamin C. I recommend alkalizing as well as vitamin C and MSM therapy for all serious conditions.
The ultimate cleanse needs to go hand in hand with efforts to re-establish a healthy intestinal flora. For this we reduce the pathogenic intestinal microbes with a suitable microbicide while also introducing probiotics or beneficial microbes and prebiotics – the right food for the good microbes.
SYSTEMIC ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY
The goal is cleaning the bloodstream, lymph fluid, and internal organs of pathogenic microbes and parasites. From the wide range of available antimicrobials I have made a selection of remedies with a good track record in natural medicine, especially in regard to antifungal properties. Unfortunately most of them are under attack by health authorities in various countries, and you just need to go with those that you can obtain.
Useful remedies include borax, MMS, kerosene, gum turpentine, hydrogen peroxide, colloidal silver, electronic blood purifier, and many plant or herbal remedies such as olive leaf extract, pau d’arco extract, wormwood, garlic, ginger, moringa, turmeric, propolis, coconut oil, extract of Neem leaves, and the oils of tea tree, Neem tree, cinnamon, eucalyptus, mustard, oregano, and thyme. Lavender oil is especially effective with topical applications for fungus problems of skin and nails. You may try using 1 to 2 drops of diluted essential oil four times daily ingested or kept in the mouth. Also try direct treatment of affected areas, such as douching, gargling, enemas and skin applications.
Frequently, especially with Candidiasis, there is initially a die-off or Herxheimer reaction. You may feel weak and nauseous. In this case temporarily interrupt or reduce the intake of antimicrobials, but make special efforts to clean out your bowels. Especially helpful are psyllium or drinking a litre of water with the addition of a teaspoon of salt.
It can be helpful to alternate between different remedies in cycles from daily to weekly and longer. With this rotation it is less likely that microbes will become treatment resistant. Also, if a strain of microbes is resistant to one of the remedies it may be eliminated with one of the others. Further, instead of using high doses of any one remedy you may try moderate amounts of several different remedies taken at different times at the same day, and you may also take fresh raw garlic and ginger added to food.
Depending on the severity of your symptoms you may continue this systemic therapy at a high level for several months, or until you feel that your microbe-related problems are under control. Then continue for a much longer time with a reduced maintenance dose; in case of a chronic disease this may be necessary for years. If symptoms flare up again, possibly caused by stressful conditions, hospitalization or unsuitable diet, just repeat the high-dose systemic program.
High doses of these remedies are not suitable during pregnancy, but neither is it good if the mother has candidiasis as this causes great problems for the baby.
In the following dosage suggestions are for average body weight; overweight individuals may take more and underweight individuals or children less. Even if systemic infestations with Candida and other microbes are successfully eliminated there may still remain problems in isolated areas, such as in skin, vagina or under toenails. These should be intensively treated with local application of a strong remedy.
Borax
Borax and boric acid contain boron and are excellent fungicides with additional wide-ranging antimicrobial properties, and also chelating fluoride and heavy metals. Ingested borax tends to turn into boric acid in the stomach.
To measure the daily amount you may dissolve a lightly rounded teaspoonful (5 grams) of borax powder in 1 litre of water (no chlorine or fluoride). This is your concentrated solution. Keep this bottle out of reach of small children.
One teaspoon (5ml) of concentrate provides about 25mg of borax with 3mg of boron. Start with one dose mixed with drink or food. Gradually increase to the chosen maximum intake. The minimum effective dose when used as fungicide is about 100mg of borax.
For individuals with low to normal weight the recommended daily amount for Candida and parasite treatment is 500mg or 100ml of the concentrated solution; drink spaced out during the day. Heavier individuals may use 1 gram or 200ml of concentrated solution. Take this amount for about 1 month and then alternate with another microbicide. Continue taking a maintenance amount of 2 or 3 tsp of the concentrate daily. When using high amounts it may be more convenient to use borax powder directly mixed with food or drink, e.g. 1/8 tsp of borax powder is approximately 500mg, so for 1 gram you may use 2 x 1/8 tsp. However, higher doses have been used for longer, e.g. 2 grams of borax powder daily for 4 month to cure the autoimmune disease Lupus.
For vaginal thrush insert a capsule filled with borax powder at bedtime for a few weeks. With toe or skin fungus rub the powder into the wet skin. When losing too much hair rub it into the wet scalp. Borax is alkaline and in higher amounts has a soapy taste. You may disguise this with lemon juice.
Coconut Oil
The medium-chain saturated fatty acids in virgin coconut oil are potent antimicrobial agents, effective against Candida and other fungi, viruses and many bacteria. Gradually increase up to 70 ml or 5 tablespoons of coconut oil spread out during the day mixed with food. Later reduce this to a comfortable maintenance dose. I prefer coconut oil to monolaurin, an isolated active component in coconut oil, or undecylenic acid, a related fungicide.
DMSO
DMSO is not only a microbicide in its own right, it is also highly effective in carrying other microbicides into inaccessible places and penetrate biofilms in which microbes are hiding. It is especially effective against mycoplasmas. Rub it onto the skin over infected areas. You may also add Lugol’s solution, non-acidified MMS, hydrogen peroxide, magnesium chloride and other water-soluble remedies, but not kerosene, gum turpentine, essential oils or oil-soluble remedies. For rubbing onto the skin over infected areas dilute DMSO to 50-70%. It is an effective pain reliever and also eliminates microbes from skin, joints, sinuses, inner ear, bones, infected roots of teeth, jawbones, cavitations, and may stop fungus-induced hair loss.
The minimum purity of DMSO should be 99% and preferably higher. A suitable combined oral and topical daily amount with chronic diseases may be 20 to 30ml in divided doses. Orally it may be taken in a drink together with specific supplements to enhance their absorption. However, certain microbe may cause a bad sulphur smell, more so with oral than topical use.
Herbal Remedies
In addition to the following also use raw garlic and ginger.
Moringa Oleifera has many health benefits. It is a strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory remedy. In addition it is a strong fungicide and works well against Candida albicans and other pathogens, even when these are protected by biofilms. Moringa leaf powder is recommended for its nutrients, try 1 rounded teaspoonful per day. Good quality leaf powder has a green or grey-green colour; inferior products dried at higher temperatures may be dark brown, yellow-brown or grey. Powder of seeds, seed shells, seed pods and bark has much stronger antimicrobial effects than leaf powder, therefore you may use both.
Olive leaf can be used as tea or powder but more commonly as an extract. The active ingredient is oleuropein. Preferably use up to 1000mg of oleuropein daily for acute infections or as peak level during the systemic program. Dried olive leaf has about 30mg of oleuropein/gram.
As the tea is bitter you may use part of it as powder stirred in juice. Simmer 30 grams of dried leaves in 1 liter of water for 1 -2 hours, top up, strain and refrigerate, and drink 3-5 cups daily.
Preferably use extracts in powder form and stir half a teaspoon in water or other non-protein liquid two or three times daily and take before meals (oleuropein may be inactivated by high amino acid levels). The normal retail form is as 500mg capsules. In this case you may use up to 10 capsules daily. In powder form olive leaf extract commonly has 200mg mg/g. Most commercial liquids contain only 4mg of oleuropein per ml but may have additional effective ingredients to give good results.
Elenolic acid, one of the breakdown products of oleuropein, destroys or inhibits the growth of many kinds of roundworm, hookworm, tapeworm, flatworm and parasites in addition to bacteria, viruses and fungi. Olive leaf extract is also used with cancer, HIV and AIDS. Olive leaf extract is my preferred herbal microbicide.
Pau d’arco (also called taheebo or lapacho) is a strong anti-microbial from the inner bark of a South American tree. It has the advantage of tasting reasonably pleasant. Either use extract or make tea: one tablespoon of bark or a heaped teaspoon of powder in a large cup of water. Bring to boil and let simmer or steep for 5 to 15 minutes; drink 3 cups a day. Powdered pau d’arco in capsules or cold water does not work but you may use the extract in capsules. Use 3 x 500mg in capsules or half a teaspoon of extract powder 2 or 3 times daily. Commercial products are not standardised and can be low in quality and effectiveness. Therefore I recommend pau d’arco only as an addition to a stronger remedy.
Turmeric (main active ingredient curcumin) is anti-inflammatory, a strong antioxidant, kills all types of cancer cells, and is an excellent fungicide and general antimicrobial. Take 10 grams or more of fresh turmeric a day with meals. For better absorption mix turmeric paste with freshly ground black pepper and coconut oil, see the Internet for recipes. This is preferable to taking capsules of curcumin.
Wormwood is effective against most microbes and parasites. Commonly used for Candida is Artemisia absinthium, but also Artemisia annua or Sweet Annie can be used. Both herbs have different active ingredients, and it may even be good to use a mixture of both. They should not be used during pregnancy.
To avoid the bitter taste of A. absinthium stir a rounded teaspoon of powder in some cold water or juice and drink immediately. Use a teaspoonful three times daily. However, the bitter qualities of wormwood tea stimulate the digestive system – stomach, pancreas, liver and gall bladder. It has been used as a folk remedy to cure jaundice.
Therefore, in addition to taking it in cold water, frequently drink some as tea during or after a meal. Make wormwood tea by adding 1 heaped tsp of the herb (or 1 rounded teaspoon of the powder) to 1 cup of boiling water and steep for ten to fifteen minutes. You may sweeten the tea with xylitol or stevia, and add some peppermint.
Generally, it is easiest to take by getting it down quickly and, before breathing again, drinking something pleasant afterwards. For children you may also use wormwood powder in capsules (3 to 5 capsules 3 times daily), or use only Sweet Annie.
Hydrogen Peroxide
Hydrogen peroxide is excellent for controlling intestinal dysbiosis. It is very effective against Candida and other fungi while less damaging to our good intestinal bacteria. A healthy immune system routinely produces hydrogen peroxide to kill pathogens.
You may dilute 35% hydrogen peroxide, or buy 3% or 6% peroxide from a supermarket or pharmacy. Stabilizers present in some of these products are usually harmless in the low concentrations present, although food-grade available at 35% is preferable. Best dilute peroxide for daily use to about 3% by adding 1 part of 35% peroxide to 10 parts of water. One teaspoon of 3% peroxide is equivalent to about 12 drops of 35% peroxide. Be careful handling 35% hydrogen peroxide, flush any accidental spills on clothes or skin immediately with water or immerse in water.
Start taking just a few drops of 3% peroxide in a small glass of water. Gradually increase to 1 or 2 tsp or more four times daily before meals and at bedtime. If you have a reaction temporarily decrease again. To disguise the strong aftertaste, lick some molasses beforehand to coat your tongue, swallow quickly and possibly have some coffee or cinnamon flavoured drink afterwards.
You may continue this for a month or two and then reduce the intake to only once before breakfast. In addition, use hydrogen peroxide to rinse your mouth, and gargle morning and evening. It helps with thrush and to prevent colds and other infections, and also tooth decay. With vaginal thrush douche twice daily with suitably diluted hydrogen peroxide, keep it inside for some time, and follow up by applying some probiotic.
Iodine Therapy
Iodine is an excellent fungicide and has a special affinity for mucous membranes which are also an attractive hiding place for fungi. I preferred to start the systemic therapy with Lugol’s solution. However, due to pressure from health authorities it is now difficult to obtain, but there can also be genuine problems for individuals with goitre, overactive thyroid, and when on thyroid and heart medication. Therefore I now recommend Lugol’s only temporarily up to about 6 drops/day for specific problems or for a maintenance dose of about 1-2 drops daily.
Full-strength Lugol’s solution, called a 5% iodine solution, contains 10% of potassium iodide and 5% iodine. Each drop contains 6.5mg of iodine/iodide. If you have a 2% iodine solution then take 2.5 times more drops than for the standard 5% solution. Iodoral tablets available in the US have 13mg iodine/iodide per tablet. Iosol, an iodine/ammonium iodide remedy has 1.8mg of iodine/iodide per drop. Other names for Lugol’s solution are Aqueous Iodine Oral Solution BP or Strong Iodine Solution USP. Iodine Topical Solution (USP) contains 2% iodine and 2.4% potassium iodide. The following recommendations are for the standard 5% Lugol’s solution, if you use another remedy then adjust the dose accordingly.
Presently iodine solutions with more than 2.2% elemental iodine are banned in the US as they may be used to produce illegal methamphetamine, although up to 30ml of Lugol’s solution are exempt. Standard Lugol’s solution is still available in Canada and Mexico. The TGA in Australia has banned Lugol’s solution for treating humans but it may be used for purifying water. I do not recommend pharmaceutical iodine dissolved in alcohol.
Before starting on iodine therapy take a drop of iodine in liquid other than just water to test for reactions, but if you do have thyroid problems or are on stimulating drugs start with ¼ to ½ drop. Then increase gradually up to your preferred dose. Goitre and overactive thyroid tend to normalise with several drops of Lugol’s but iodine levels need to be carefully adjusted according to body reactions. A good way of taking it is in coffee (not hot) to disguise the taste, alternatively use any tea but not just water, fresh juices, or anything with antioxidants.
Several drops of Lugol’s in coffee or tea are good for eliminating microbes in head spaces and throat by swishing it around the mouth for several minutes and also gargling before swallowing. It can be used for disinfecting tick bites or wounds. Iodine also makes sticky mucus more liquid and easier to expel. Iodine, orally and through the skin, helps to prevent and dissolve cysts and tumours, and helps to regenerates tissue.
Gum Turpentine
Gum Turpentine is a highly effective antimicrobial and was a trusted home remedy for thousands of years. . It has been used as a tsp of turpentine mixed with a tsp of white sugar; start with only a few drops and increase gradually. It may be used daily for a week or two and then twice a week for several weeks longer. It is especially effective for intestinal parasites. I was surprised how pleasant it tasted, like a pine-flavoured lolly. high amounts or when keeping it for a while in the mouth it can cause temporary balance problems or brain effects, therefore do not use more than 1 tsp as adult dose. Drink something afterwards to wash it down or eat a piece of fruit.
Instead with sugar it is better to take it mixed with an equal amount of paraffin oil or olive oil. I also like to use a combination of 2 parts each of kerosene and paraffin oil or olive oil with 1 part of gum turpentine, taking 1 or 2 tsp of this mixture as a dose. If you do not want to treat the intestinal tract but rather a localized infection such as in the bladder, the throat, sinuses or an arthritic joint, then you may frequently rub some gum turpentine on the affected area. For problems with the inner ear rub or dab it with a finger around the base of the ear where it is attached to the head.
MMS – Sodium Chlorite
Sodium chlorite (NaClO2) also known as Miracle Mineral Supplement or MMS, is very alkaline and stable in solution but when acidified it forms the unstable chlorous acid and the gas chlorine dioxide (ClO2) which are strong all-round antimicrobial and parasite remedies. MMS may be used for an initial clean-out, and is very effective in high doses with acute and serious infections.
Start with 1 or 2 drops of MMS and gradually increase up to 15 drops daily. Mix the MMS with five times the number of drops of lemon or lime juice or vinegar (may be white). More commonly a 10% solution of citric acid in water has been used but this tends to produce a more unpleasant and possibly nauseating taste. Three minutes after adding the acids add half a glass of water, or possibly herb tea, or juice without added vitamin C, e.g. apple or grape juice but not orange juice. Do not take any antioxidant supplements close to MMS; generally keep them 3 hours apart.
You may also mix equal numbers of drops of MMS and 4% hydrochloric acid (HCl) and dilute with water or juice 20-30 seconds after mixing. This produces a much higher concentration of chlorine dioxide but seems to be better tolerated than using citric acid crystals.
With an acute and serious infection you may immediately use a high dose, such as 10 or 15 drops. You will probably vomit and be very uncomfortable for about a day but it may immediately overcome the infection. However, for chronic conditions and general health improvement it is best to increase by 1 drop each day until you feel some nausea. It is better tolerated with some food in the stomach.
Then cut back by 2 drops and stay at this level for several days until increasing again by 1 drop a day. In this way you gradually work your way higher, reducing and then increasing again to keep nausea under control. You may reduce problems by dividing the daily dose into a morning and a bedtime portion.
To quickly stop nausea you may take 1 gram or more of vitamin C, but this also stops the antimicrobial activity. To avoid or minimize oxidative damage I recommend taking MMS only in the morning and evening or only once a day and use a combination of antioxidants, including vitamin C, at lunchtime or several hours away from the MMS. To minimize unpleasant side effects try to alkalize the body before going on a course of MMS.
The main danger after a high dose of MMS is from low blood pressure and hypoglycemic shock due to fluid loss after vomiting and diarrhoea. In this case take immediately a high dose of vitamin C to stop the reaction, lie down, and drink lots of lightly salted and sweetened water. For rehydrating after vomiting and diarrhoea drink a fluid with 6 level tsp of sugar and 1/2 level tsp of salt dissolved in 1 liter of water, or alternatively use salted rice water. Individuals with G6PD deficiency, an enzyme deficiency with a tendency to haemolytic anaemia, must avoid MMS.
Chlorine Dioxide Solution (CDS) is now available over the Internet as a concentrated solution of the gas in water. It is easier to take than acidified MMS and does not seem to cause nausea. As it is strongly oxidizing use it mainly short-term for acute infections. See the Internet for detailed instruction.
CDH – A New MMS Protocol: CDH means Chlorine Dioxide Holding Solution, and stands between classic MMS and CDS. It is less nauseating than MMS, causes less stomach upset, once made it does not need activation and it lasts for weeks
For making CDH use a ratio of 22 parts of water with 1 part MMS and 1 part activator. To make 240ml of CDH put the ingredients In the following order into a 250 to 300ml glass bottle with a well sealing plastic cap:
220ml purified water, 10ml MMS, 10ml of 4% HCl or 50% Citric Acid (it tastes better with hydrochloric acid than with citric acid). Immediately cap the bottle tightly so that no ClO2 gas escapes. Shake the bottle and repeat shaking later. Put the bottle in a dark place at room temperature for a day and then keep it refrigerated; once cooled it can be used and lasts for weeks.
Each ml of CDH contains 1 pre-activated drop of MMS; so just dose as usual, but instead of counting drops count mls of CDH. E.g. instead of adding 5 drops of activated MMS to half a cup of water you now put 5ml of CDH in half a cup of water. To make 4% HCl add 1 part of concentrated HCl (e.g. from a hardware store) to 8 parts of water. To avoid clashing with a frequent vitamin C or lemon juice intake have one dose after rising and another one at bedtime.
Protocol 1000 with CDH: Use 1 litre of water per day loaded with 8 to 24ml of CDH. Take one 120ml drink every hour for 8 hours. With severe life threatening illnesses, increase the amount of CDH.
The rectal absorption method is good with problems in this area, such as rectal or prostate cancer, irritable bowel, and infections, cysts and cancers of the female organs. First have a bowel movement and an enema, and then try 2 activated drops in 250ml of water. Hold for several minutes, then expel, clean again with an enema and finally insert 4 to 8 activated drops or 4 to 8ml of CDH in 250ml water and hold for a longer time or up to 30 minutes. You may also add some bicarbonate to make it less acid. Protect the anus with some fat or Vaseline. There tends to be no direct discomfort, but for several hours afterwards energy may be low, and several cleanout bowel movements may follow. You may try this once a week with gradually increasing doses.
Non-Acidified MMS: Medical-type patents describe the use of stabilised sodium chlorite in oral, topical and intravenous applications for treating autoimmune diseases and chronic infections, also hepatitis and lymphoma. This also helps to counteract the neurotoxic effect of acetaldehyde produced by Candida as it oxidizes this to acetic acid or vinegar. This is also suitable for kidney and bladder infections. In these cases the solution is not acidified! This is much less damaging to antioxidants in the body than prolonged use of acidified MMS, and the incidence of nausea will be greatly reduced.
As an average dose try 5 to 10 drops of MMS once a day after the evening meal or at bedtime in a drink. However, non-acidified sodium chlorite just like acidified MMS, does react with glutathione in body cells. Therefore use it only for limited periods, e.g. for one week every other week, and limit this program to 6 to 10 weeks (3 to 5 cycles) before a longer break of one or more months. Alternatively use it 5 days a week for 3 to 5 weeks. During breaks use other antimicrobials instead. An occasional high dose of 20 drops can destroy the bio-film protection of Candida in the intestinal tract and cause large amounts of stringy slime to be expelled through vomiting and diarrhoea.
Other Methods
Alkalizing: Candida tends to cause chronic over-acidity which in turn increases inflammation and pain. This can be controlled with alkalizers such as potassium citrate, sodium bicarbonate and potassium bicarbonate. Use half to one tsp of bicarbonate in a glass of water on an empty stomach once or twice daily. Bicarbonate solution is also effective in direct contact with fungi such as for rinsing the mouth, sinuses or vagina, or as packs over sites of fungal infection and tumours. Potassium citrate may be used in drinks or directly mixed with food, use up to a level tsp 3 times daily.
FURTHER READING
Below I share more in detail about the “candida” diet and supplement plan that I have been refining for years to eliminate Candida. It breaks down which supplements to take, when to take them, and how to take them. You will be able to customize the cleanse for yourself as you move through the Phase 1 to Phase 2 so that you can kick candida for good!
Everyone doing the candida cleanse will be at different levels. I want to you to be patient with yourself. Maybe you feel pretty good and are being proactive, or maybe you are sick and tired of being sick and tired. Respect wherever you are. I want you to honor and respect your body above all else. You are not trying to win or do this perfectly. You are trying to get in tune and in harmony with your own body. Take notes on what resonates with you and your particular health situation. You will be customizing this cleanse based on your current state of health, background, history, and goals.
Most likely you will go through a spectrum of emotions. Please know that so many others have been there and have successfully kicked candida for good and changed their lives. You will, too. I know you are busy. Respect yourself and set yourself up with success by creating the time, energy, and space to go through this cleanse, and to create a different relationship with your body. Honor it, respect it, and stop beating your body up for what it is not doing for you. You can do this!!! Plan for it to be hard but visualize how amazing you’ll feel when you get past it. Good luck on your candida cleanse journey.
Preparations for the Candida Cleanse
You are about to embark on a total health makeover. Before starting the actual candida cleanse, however, there are several steps to take to set yourself up for success:
1. Test and evaluate your current level of health with the at-home saliva test and with pH testing.
2. Familiarize yourself with the aspects of the cleanse and review the Frequently Asked Questions.
3. Obtain the supplements/supplies needed for the cleanse.
4. Plan menu(s) and shop for those items.
PH Testing
Candida is an opportunistic infection, so other things have to be off in order for this organism to live, thrive, and survive in your body. We are going to approach this comprehensively from all angles. You may have been suffering from viruses, or parasites, or heavy metals, or have liver issues, or many other kinds of health challenges. As you improve gut health, you improve heart health and hormonal health, and as you improve the liver, you improve hormonal health. One way to accomplish those goals is to get pH balanced. You can improve the health of the entire body when the pH is balanced. It is one of the best ways to control cellular in ammation, and so much of candida and the issues that we are dealing with in modern society are because of cellular in ammation.
For six days you are going to test the pH of your saliva with pH strips before you brush your teeth and before you eat or drink anything. See the pH test sheet. (You can order pH strips online or get them in any health food store (juice factory locally) Record the results on the accompanying pH sheet, which you will print out and keep in the bathroom along with a pen. The lower the pH number (yellow), the more acidic you are. The higher the number (green), the more alkaline you are.
You will also test your first and second morning urine with pH strips If your body is working correctly, during the first four hours of sleep, acid will be pulled out of the joints, your liver will flush, and your body will put that acid in a holding tank behind the heart to be eliminated the next morning when you have a bowel movement or when you urinate.
Many people say that they forget or don’t really want to record the second morning urine. They often ask if this second urine recording is necessary. But we absolutely need the second reading. If you are sleeping well (an important part of this equation), then you are going to be pulling acid out of the body, and you are going to eliminate it. The second morning urine should be better, showing a higher and more alkaline number than the first reading. This is how we know that we are progressing.
A lot of times when you have candida, your pH is very screwy. It is up and down and all over the place. When your pH starts alkalizing, you know that you are healing and are starting to kick candida.
You will test your pH again at the end of the cleanse. Depending on your results, you will start titrating off the cleanse at six weeks, or you might need 8-10 weeks. You will need to customize the program for yourself.
Simple at-home candida test
This is a simple, foolproof way to see how bad your candida is. This test measures whether or not you have candida by simply observing whether your saliva will sink or oat in water. I am relatively sure that your saliva will not oat on top. If the saliva sinks to the bottom, you have a lot of work to do in terms of getting rid of candida and cleaning up the gut. But don’t fret; you can do it.
Balancing your pH is a simple way to improve the health of your entire body. It will assist in cancer prevention, weight loss, reduction of inflammation, improved heart and bone health, and better energy levels. We are looking to see how acidic or alkaline your body chemistry is. The blood pH never changes, which is why we are looking at urine and saliva pH to see how hard your body may or may not be working to maintain the blood pH. Keep this sheet, along with a pen, in the bathroom for six days to note your pH balance.
Name: ____________________ Test Start Date: _____________
Upon waking, test your saliva with the pHydrion paper. Wet the end of a pHydrion test strip with your saliva before brushing your teeth, drinking, or eating. Note the color change, and write down the corresponding pH number on the appropriate blank below. The pH should fall between 6.8 and 7.2. The lower the number (yellow), the more acidic you are. The higher the number (green), the more alkaline you are.
1st Saliva:
Day 1 _____ Day 2 _____ Day 3 _____ Day 4 _____ Day 5 _____ Day 6 _____
After testing your saliva, test your rst urine of the morning between 5-8 a.m., even if you go back to bed. This is urine that has been stored in your bladder during the night and is ready to be eliminated when you get up. Urinate on a clean strip of the pH paper, note the color change, and write down the corresponding pH number. If your body has efficiently eliminated excess acid during the first four hours of sleep, this reading should be more acidic than your second reading. This number, compared with the second urine reading, will let you know if your body is doing efficient clean-up work during sleep to remove acid from the joints. Remember, the lower the number (yellow), the more acidic you are. The higher the number (green), the more alkaline you are.
1st Urine:
Day 1 _____ Day 2 _____ Day 3 _____ Day 4 _____ Day 5 _____ Day 6 _____
Next, test your second morning urine (before eating if at all possible). This number should be the pH of your second urine after you have eliminated the acid load from the day before ( rst urine). The acids should be gone the second time you go to the bathroom, so your urine pH should ideally read from around 6.8 to 7.2. This second reading is very important because it indicates what your body chemistry is like during the day.
2nd Urine:
Day 1 _____ Day 2 _____ Day 3 _____ Day 4 _____ Day 5 _____ Day 6 _____
We are always exposed to candida, and it is always living in our guts in yeast form. We just don’t want it to overgrow, or to morph into the fungal form. Try this simple test to see if you have candida. If the saliva test sounds crazy to you, here is more information on candida along with a visual of the spit test, so you can see exactly what you are looking for.
• For six days, when you wake up in the morning (and before you brush your teeth or eat or drink anything), ll a clear glass halfway with room temperature water.
• Next work up a dime-sized amount of saliva and spit it into the glass of water.
• Check the water every 15 minutes or so for up to 45 minutes. You don’t have to sit there and stare at it.
• If you have a candida yeast infection, you will see strings (like legs) traveling down into the water from the saliva oating on top, OR “cloudy” saliva will sink to the bottom of the glass, OR cloudy specks will seem to be suspended in the water. Write down your results.
• If there are no strings (legs) and the saliva is still oating after at least one hour, you are probably free of candida.
Take the saliva test for six days and record your results below:
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The Candida Cleanse Diet
The importance of the diet is crucial to the success of the cleanse. Let’s talk about the diet and cheating. Nothing about The Whole Journey is about denial and willpower except for the candida cleanse. You have to starve this organism. If you cheat on this cleanse during the rst week, you’ll be fueling the re and will end up feeling worse. Do your best not to cheat on this diet. It is only 6-8 weeks of your life, but you can do it. Take one day at a time.
Foods to Avoid
Raisins, dried fruit, or sugars of any kind are not allowed. It’s boring I know, but we are going to prevent cancer and balance our hormones. You may have a little withdrawal from the lack of sugar, but you are probably going to feel better than you ever have in your life. You really need to watch salad dressing and condiments as they usually have sugar in them.
We are also going gluten free during the cleanse, which means no wheat, gluten, or semolina. Don’t worry if you aren’t already gluten free. We are going to focus on what you can have and not on what you can’t have.
Foods made with yeast are out; even Paleo bread is out (plus, it doesn’t taste very good anyway). If you are a bread person and you crave it, you can substitute with Ezekiel sprouted corn tortillas, Ezekiel sprouted regular tortillas, or brown rice tortillas. Ezekiel sprouted regular tortillas have some gluten, but it is not the modern wheat; it is ancient wheat, and because it is sprouted, your body will digest it like a vegetable and not like a carbohydrate. The tortillas are typically found in the refrigerator section of the health food store. You can also use almond our, coconut our and quinoa , but those of you who have been grain-free or Paleo, should not consume these.
Fried foods are out unless you do a light fry on your own with coconut oil.
The only fruits allowed are green apples (because they are lowest in sugar), pomegranates, all berries, lemons, limes, and avocados. They all must be organic.
The hardest part of this cleanse for most people is to cut out fermented foods and alcohol (including Apple Cider Vinegar) Candida feeds off fermentation, so we must avoid all forms of fermentation. If this is i interesting to you, look up Otto Warburg. He won a Nobel Prize for his cancer research (and how candida can be the root cause of cancer, allowing it to survive off fermentation. Even though fermented foods can be health-supporting and into their diet health-promoting, we want to exclude them on the cleanse. We are trying to restore respiratory cell energy or oxygen to the cell lining of the intestinal tract. We want to breathe new life in there. But for now, fermented miso soup, raw sauerkraut, sourdough bread, vinegar, soy sauce, Braggs amino acids, and alcohol are totally off limits. I know this will be hard for you, but it is a small price to pay in order to have lifelong health.
If your pH is really acidic, then avoid tomatoes for the first two weeks because they can be acid-forming. If your pH is within range, then you can have tomatoes from the start.
Exclude mold-containing foods like mushrooms. Peanuts and pistachios are not allowed, as they are the nuts highest in mold. All other nuts and seeds in moderation are okay.
Do not combine fruit and grains together for the rest of your life!!! We have been doing that forever with blueberries in our oatmeal and banana in cereal. They compete for digestion; the carbs cut off the fruit, and the fruit has to wait. While the fruit is waiting to digest, it putre es and creates bloating, gas, and fermentation.
All dairy products are out. You may be able to add in high-quality raw milk midway through the program for those of you that can digest it well. Raw milk has a pathogen-based killing system that can rebuild and heal the GI tract and could help those with skin issues, psoriasis, eczema, allergies, and asthma. Coconut yogurt is not allowed. You can have a little goat cheese, but I prefer it to be raw and have it only 2 or 3 times a week maximum. Goat cheese is preferred since it will digest in 20 minutes, whereas cheese from a cow can take up to eight hours to digest.
Consume only organic animal meats and eggs. We don’t need to counteract our efforts by buying mainstream animal products that have been fed additives and shot with the antibiotics and hormones (exactly what we are trying to avoid). Eat clean animal protein whenever possible.
Coffee is not allowed. Only green tea is permitted on the cleanse. Coffee forces the release of cortisol, the stress hormone, which thins the lining of the gut. Plus, coffee can be very acidic. Tecchino, herbal coffee, is not allowed either, since it has gluten and some barley in it.
What to Eat
Eat as much garlic as you can stand. For those of you who have sensitive digestion, eat it cooked. Garlic is so amazing in terms of being an antiviral and antiseptic, and it is helpful with killing candida and strengthening the immune system.
Dark-liquid stevia or Yacon can be used for a sweetener. For a sweetener, you can also try a little xylitol. Eight out of ten people can eat it in small amounts without getting symptoms like bloating, diarrhea, or headache. Xylitol helps kill candida and strengthens the enamel on your teeth, but make sure it’s the kind from the birch tree (and not the GMO kind). You can use it cup for cup as a replacement for sugar in some recipes.
When cooking grains, first soak them in water overnight and rinse them when you wake up. This process will remove phytic acid and make them more digestible. The usual ratio of grains to liquid is 1:2, e.g., 1 cup grains to 2 cups liquid. Use kombu like a bay leaf when cooking grains, beans, and soup. It will infuse them with trace minerals. If you prefer to not eat grains, you can have acorn squash, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, and yams.
Bone broth is amazing! If you have bone broth on hand, I would love for you to cook your grains in bone broth. Bone broth is made from chicken bones that are cooked for 24 hours. Cooking the bones for such a long period draws the minerals out of the bones. If you are cooking your own broth, try to use the feet, as well, since most of the collagen is found in the feet. Bone broth is going to help you heal 30% faster, especially for those who are immune-compromised, have adrenal fatigue, and/or have leaky gut. Bone broth is your magic healing elixir.
All beans are okay except kidney beans. Most people cannot digest the protein structure of kidney beans. Be sure to add a strip of kombu to the beans if you are cooking them yourself.
All herbal teas are fine to drink, but there is one drink I want everybody to make – our Turmeric Ginger Lemonade.
This whole candida cleanse process is about inflammation, and the lemonade is definitely a great tool to help reduce inflammation. The Okinawans, one of the longest living people in the world, use turmeric daily. Turmeric helps control cellular inflammation so well that the Okinawans are measuring 25 years younger in a cellular measurement than they are chronologically. Turmeric helps support th liver so that it can produce its own powerful antioxidant, glutathione peroxidase. This will help with cellular inflammation, which means this cleanse will be more graceful for you and, thereby, reduce detox symptoms.
Aloe Vera juice kills yeast cells. You don’t want to go overboard, though. If you feel inflamed, bloated, or constipated, put 1-2 ounces in your smoothie or in a little bit of water before bed for a few weeks. It is very alkaline-forming and will help if you are getting acid reflux and similar issues. Make sure to get a good quality aloe vera.
Proportions (40/10/40/10)
40% leafy greens and vegetables
Getting in our greens and vegetables often creates a challenge. Try drinking your greens by making green juices or purchase Evolution Essential Greens with Lemon. You can melt a tablespoon of coconut oil and add it to the juice if you want to. Use juice as a snack. When assembling your lunch or dinner plate, half of the plate should be greens or vegetables. A serving of leafy greens or vegetables is the equivalent of 1 cup cooked or 2 cups raw.
10% carbs (root vegetables, legumes, beans, and grains)
You want to limit carbs on the cleanse. If you are really suffering from energy issues, you can have a little more. But as a general rule, have no more than 3 servings/day. Some examples of one serving are one brown rice tortilla, 1⁄2 cup brown rice, and 1 medium sweet potato. Mary’s Gone Sticks and Twigs (curry avored only) count as a carbohydrate serving.
40% clean animal meat, sh, and eggs
If you don’t have any food sensitivities, you don’t have to limit eggs. If you are sensitive to eggs, limit them to 4-6/week or omit them completely.
10% seeds and low sugar fruit
Limit the serving of fruit to one/day. However, if you have adrenal fatigue, you may have two servings of fruit to keep your blood sugar stable. This will help glucose actually get into the cell. You can cook your berries or apples to make them more easily digestible for leaky gut. A serving of nuts/seeds would mean about 15 nuts, a palmful of seeds, or a tablespoon of nut butter.
Summary of Diet
Foods to avoid:
• all sugars, sweeteners, and re ned carbohydrates: desserts, cakes, and candies; most natural and all arti cial sweeteners (sugar, agave, corn syrup, honey, maple syrup, etc.); sweetened products such as breakfast cereals, ketchup, sauces, salad dressings; white rice; common wheat products; and semolina
• fried foods (unless fried in coconut oil)
• high-glycemic fruits, fruit juice, fruit juice concentrates, and dried fruits
• foods made with yeast: breads, pastas, crackers, yeast, citric acid, and MSG
• vinegar and fermented foods like salad dressings, miso soup, and soy sauce
• alcohol
• tomatoes ( rst two weeks) – only if your pH is acidic
• mold-containing foods like mushrooms, cheese, peanuts, and pistachios
• pasteurized dairy and fats: milk, cream, and cheese (A minor amount of raw dairy is okay – 2 servings/week.) • proteins with any antibiotic residue (Buy only organic meat.)
• fruit and grains/carbs combined together
• all caffeine, except for green tea (Caffeine thins the lining of the gut.)
• foods with gluten
Foods to substitute/ enjoy:
• sweeteners: dark liquid stevia and small amounts of xylitol that come from the birch tree (not from corn)
• gluten-free whole grains (soaked before cooking) such as quinoa, millet, amaranth, buckwheat, and brown rice; sprouted corn tortillas and blue corn taco shells; and brown rice pasta. Substitute Ezekiel tortillas or brown rice tortillas for bread. • all vegetables including sea vegetables
• fruits: organic green apples, organic berries, lemon, lime, and pomegranates
• sweet potatoes, yams, and butternut and acorn squash in moderation
• garlic (eat liberally) or emulsifed garlic spread
• salad dressings made with expeller-pressed oils and lemon juice.
• raw nuts (Almonds, cashews, walnuts, and roasted pumpkin seeds are best and should be stored in the fridge.)
• unsweetened coconut or almond milk (All coconut products are okay except for coconut sugar.)
• all beans except for kidney beans (Cook with kombu to assist in breaking down.)
• all organic animal products are okay – eggs, turkey, chicken, wild sh, pork, wild-caught tuna,etc. (This includes whey and goat’s whey protein powder.)
• aloe vera juice (This has been shown to boost the white blood cells’ ability to kill yeast cells. Aloe vera also promotes the healing of in amed areas/pockets in the intestines. Optional: drink 2 ounces before bed. You may mix it with water if you prefer.)
• all herbal teas • snacks
blue corn tortilla chips – in moderation and not made with canola oil or polyunsaturated fats brown rice cakes in moderation
Cleanse should include:
40% vegetables, stews, salads, leafy greens (half of your plate at lunch and dinner) 10% root vegetables, legumes, beans, grains (this equals 1⁄2 cup 3 times a day) 40% meats, poultry, FIsh, eggs 10% seeds, low-sugar fruits (only 1 serving of fruit per day and 1⁄4 cup of nuts total)
Note: If you ‘cheat’ on this cleanse, especially in the FIrst 5-8 days, the yeast will continue to live as it will be in survival mode looking for anything to feed on. If you do this cleanse correctly, you should not have to do it ever again.
Snack Suggestions
• green apple with a small handful of almonds, cashews, pumpkin seeds or 1 teaspoon nut or seed butter. • Oven-Roasted Kale Chips
• green apple with coconut butter and cinnamon
• whole coconut (Have it opened at the store; drink milk and eat the meat.)
• guacamole with veggies
• 1-2 hard-boiled egg(s) with olive oil, salt, and pepper and 2 tablespoons hummus
• roasted seaweed snacks (without canola oil!)
• 2 slices turkey bacon and 1⁄2 sweet potato with coconut oil
• 8 ounces Organic Pastures raw milk
• 1 cup bone broth with a peeled green apple
• Breakfast Smoothie Everyone Loves
• baked blue corn chips (without canola oil!) in moderation with an above-mentioned dip guacamole
• veggies with hummus, pesto, or guacamole • organic berries with melted coconut butter
Candida Cleanse Supplements
Phase 1 (4-6 weeks)
Week 1:
1⁄2 teaspoon food grade diatomaceous earth
1⁄2 teaspoon bentonite clay (If you find that you are constipated and/or only having one BM a day, decrease the amount of clay to 1⁄4 teaspoon.)
Mix in water and drink upon waking. This is your “sludgy cocktail.”
Week 2 to Week 4: (increase the dose)
1 teaspoon food grade diatomaceous earth
1 teaspoon bentonite clay or 1⁄2teaspoon if constipated. Mix in water and drink upon waking.
Note: You will not have the DE/BC combination for longer than six weeks (and only one time/year) to avoid the leaching of minerals.
First Four Weeks (probiotic):
Full Spectrum Probiotics that include saccharomyces boulardi( Take 3-4 before bed away from food.) This is a yeast-eating strain of probiotic
Additionally for Weeks 1-4 (16-day anti-fungal rotation) In addition to the instructions above, you will rotate the following anti-fungals for four days at a time. It is suggested that you write the name of the anti-fungal on a monthly calendar to keep track of the rotation. You will not take more than one anti-fungal at a time.
Day 1-4: Pau d’Arco tea (3 cups daily)
Day 5-8: Olive Leaf Extract (2 with each meal)
Day 9-12: Grapefruit Seed Extract-250 mg (2 with each meal) Look for capsules since the liquid does not taste good.
Day 13-16: Oregano Oil (2 with each meal)
Repeat the 16-day rotation. This rotation will be repeated a minimum of 2 times, but likely 3 or 4 times, depending upon the severity of your candida.
Sludgy Cocktail
First thing in the morning, you will drink a concoction of diatomaceous earth and bentonite clay (yum!). Food grade diatomaceous earth is made up of old tiny fossils. It does not harm the human body. The DE will slice open the exoskeleton of the candida, and the clay will bind to it and draw it out. Mix the DE in water along with the bentonite clay (powdered or liquid bentonite clay, but I prefer the Health Force Nutritionals powdered brand). This is your sludgy cocktail that you will look forward to every morning when you wake up. It doesn’t taste that bad; it is just kind of sludgy. You can squeeze lemon or lime in your sludge if you want. You can have as much lemon and lime as you want on the cleanse. You will need to drink enough water so that the candida will be carried out of your body.
If you find that you are constipated, drink more water. The second thing you can do for constipation is to get ghee (clarifed butter) and melt a tablespoon of it in hot water and drink it before bed. You might also want to purchase Trifala, an ayurvedic complex from India. Trifala is a combination of three different fruits that moisten and nourish the lining of the intestines. Take 2-4 Trifala before bed.
If you are extremely constipated, you need to get the channels of elimination open, or you are going to have a really hard time on the cleanse.
If the “pipes are flowing,” you aren’t backed up, and you are having a bowel movement every day during the first week, you will double the dose to 1 teaspoon of DE and 1 teaspoon bentonite clay in the second week. After one month, you will re-evaluate with a spit test to see if you should continue with the DE/BC for another 1-2 weeks. The DE/BC should be discontinued, regardless of the results of the spit test, after 6 weeks.
Probiotics
Saccharomyces Boulardii (Sac B) is a yeast-eating strain of probiotics. Take 3-4 before bed only. You will repopulate the gut at night and then drink the sludgy cocktail in the morning. The Sac B must be taken away from food (30 minutes before or an hour after) so that it can implant in the lining of the intestines and start killing the candida.
Antifungal 16- day rotation
The antifungal rotation is key. Now you are clearing out the periphery layer of candida from the intestinal tract. However, we must also get deep within the layers of intestinal tissue to kick candida for good. As new skin cells come up, you have to go deep within the tissue with antifungals to kill it so that it is truly gone. Candida is a smart, opportunistic organism that wants to stay alive. We have to kill it, or it will morph into something else. This is why we rotate the antifungals.
You will take one antifungal at a time for four days. You can get all of the antifungals at a health food store or order them online. I carefully studied and constructed this 16-day rotation, so be sure to take them in order.
1. Pau d’Arco tea (days 1-4)
Pau d’Arco is an amazing herb from South America. I have it rst in the rotation because it supercharges the immune system. It also helps underlying viruses go dormant. Pau d’Arco will be really helpful for those with chronic fatigue, Epstein-Barr, herpes, and HPV. Traditional Medicinals is a good brand to use.
You should consume 3 cups/day, one cup at every meal or sipped throughout the day from a water bottle. For convenience, you may brew one really strong cup in the morning using three tea bags. Then add the tea mixture to two cups of water. Heat and drink 1 cup at each meal. If you would rather sip throughout the day, you can put the three cups of tea
into a water bottle and ll it the rest of the way with pure water and drink the entire container before the day is out. If you have an autoimmune condition or an active virus, then use 5 tea bags to make the tea stronger.
If you have been having Pau d’Arco tea regularly in your diet before starting this cleanse, then start with the Olive Leaf Extract and the other antifungals and have the Pau d’Arco for the last leg of the rotation.
2. Olive Leaf Extract (days 5-8)
This is second in rotation because a candida cleanse can be hard on the liver and the kidneys. OLE will take the burden off the kidneys, gallbladder, and liver by strengthening the immune system, again hitting it with a lower dose of antiviral. This is also a great complex for those with insulin sensitivity. Take two with each meal. Gaia Herbs is a good brand.
3. Grapefruit Seed Extract (days 9-12)
Grapefruit Seed Extract is a powerful antioxidant, which helps transport the amino acid, L-carnitine, to support the brain and the muscles. It is also a great antifungal that will give the entire immune system a boost. If you have adrenal fatigue, a form of metabolic devastation, you will feel better with GSE because it is building cellular energy and the mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell. We are dealing with so much in today’s world, so having improved cellular energy is essential. Most of the time GSE is sold in tincture form, which tastes very bad. Look for it in pill form and take 2 with each meal. Grapefruit seed can make other medications ineffective, so check with your doctor and make sure grapefruit seed extract is okay for you to use.
4. Oregano Oil (days 13-16)
Oregano Oil is an antimicrobial and antiparasitic. This cleanse will kill 60-80% of parasites but not all. You may need to do additional customizing. Taking a stool test is the best way to tell if you have parasites or h. pylori.
Repeat this anti-fungal rotation 2-3 times.
Phase 2 for Gut Healing (after 4-6 weeks on Phase 1)
Now it is time to re-evaluate the effect of Phase 1. Take the saliva test again for three days in a row. Assess if your saliva is sinking less or growing less legs compared to the initial test. If your saliva still sinks or has not improved at all, stay on the DE/BC for another 7-10 days and the anti-fungals for another 16-day rotation Otherwise, stop DE/BC and move forward. You can also retest your urine and saliva pH, but keep in mind that pH improves gradually.
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