Constant runny nose, recurrent colds and ‘flu that develop into viral and bacterial infections, especially streptococci throat infections, are common afflictions experienced by young Candida sufferers. Worried mothers usually have these children in and out of doctors’ surgeries and there is still a body of doctors who readily prescribe high potency, broad spectrum antibiotics, despite the fact that these kill not only the malevolent bacteria but also the friendly bacteria in the intestine.
Lactobacillus acidophilus is one such bacterium killed by antibiotics. It is a normal resident of the intestines and lives quite happily on the bowel wall where, among other things, it breaks up proteins and carbohydrates into lactic acid to help maintain an acid medium in the bowel. Because it takes up space on the wall it limits, by its presence, the spread of Candida colonies. When lactobacillus is killed by antibiotics clear spaces are left on the intestinal wall for Candida colonies to grow on.
By killing lactobacillus, antibiotics in the long-run aggravate the very symptoms they are called upon to contain. Although they kill the bacteria causing ear, nose and throat infections they don’t remove the excess mucus accumulation that enabled the infection to take hold in the first place. The excess mucus is produced by an allergic’ reaction in the mucous membranes of the nose and throat caused by acetaldehyde.
As more lactobacillus dies off more Candida plants grow in the unoccupied spaces and more acetaldehyde is produced. More acetaldehyde in the blood means more mucus in the nose, throat and ears. Because mucus provides such a favourable breeding ground for bacteria their numbers soon begin to build up to infection proportions again after each course of antibiotics. This is because there are always a few bugs that get away and live to propagate a new generation.
Each new generation is a little bit more antibiotic-resistant than the last and for this reason each successive course of antibiotics has to be a bit longer. So more and more antibiotics are needed to kill off stronger and stronger bugs. This ends up giving us more and more mucus to facilitate the breeding of more and more bugs. A vicious cycle develops which can only be broken by treating the Candida albicans infection.
Killing off the yeast reduces the blood acetaldehyde levels and mucus in the upper respiratory tract. The removal of the mucus makes it very hard for bacteria to proliferate, especially if the body is well fed and rested. Sound nutrition and adequate rest ensure that the white blood cells are capable of keeping bacteria numbers down.
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