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Get ready for tomorrow's Nutritional Science Today right here, right now. Hello,
and welcome to Invite Health Radio. I am doctor Amanda Williams, Scientific
director at Invite Health. Hopefully everyone's Saturday morning is off to a pleasant start.
Mine certainly is. I have a little tiny woodpecker that has taken up
shelter in a tree in my backyard, and he's so cute. I know
it's a boy because I looked up the information. I really enjoy trying to
understand more about birds because I have so many different varieties that hang out in
my backyard. So but it's real tiny, and it's just it's learning.
It's uh, I guess what woodpeckers do, and so I I was doing
that this morning before jumping on the air here and of course watching my tiny
cat watch the bird but she cannot get to it. So that that is
a peace of mind that I have moving forward into this show. I don't
have to worry about worry about the bird in the backyard. Today is International
Rock Day. I just wanted to mention that I like to talk about,
you know, different topics that are sometimes off uh, the health related and
wellness that I go into on each show. But today's International Rock Day,
and not rock and roll music, but understanding rocks. And the reason why
I just mentioned this is because this is just a common topic that comes up
in my household. My husband absolutely loves rocks. It has become a joke
in the family. But his love of rocks I think started probably at a
very young age. But he collects rocks wherever we go and so and he
knows where they're at because then he puts them like out in our backyard and
he'll say, oh, yeah, this rock over here, this was from
you know, Pataski, Michigan, and so, and he knows kind of
the history of the rocks and all of that. And he took a geology
class in college, so he's very much into rocks, So in honor of
him, Happy International Rock Day. Go check out your rocks. We are
doing a lot of dry scaping in our yard because being down here in South
Florida, it's so difficult, you know, when you start to try and
have grass in your yard and it's just the cost with and just then you
get the bugs, you know, and you get the grubs that come through.
So we don't want to be using pesticides because we have pets and so
so we do a lot of dry scaping and rocks seem to be the theme
that we go with. So International Rock Day Now today's show, I want
to zero in on a topic. I had someone who reached out to me
and was asking some questions about Candida and Candida overgrowth and this is such a
common problem that so many individuals, maybe even unbeknownst to them, are dealing
with, and so I thought it would be wise to go into more detail
on this. When people hear about, you know, fungal infections, sometimes
you think about the worst case scenario. Systemic fungal infection that you know takes
over the entire body and you know can be incredibly serious and even deadly,
and you know, can travel into the brain, very very scary stuff.
But then there's you know, the more mild form. Not that it's you
know, not a problem for you, because it certainly is. But when
we look at candida and understanding that candida is naturally occurring in the body,
but the problem is when our system gets kind of out of balance, and
when that happens and we start to get this slow grow of the candida and
it can start to take over. Oftentimes, people are thinking on two different
fronts when it comes to candida or yeast overgrowth. One is the very deadly,
scary, systemic infections, and that's what most doctors. Unfortunately, they
only think about that. They think of the worst case scenario, or they
think about vaginal yeast infections. And so you have a lot of men out
there that go, eh, you know, what is candida? Means nothing
to me because I'm a male, so I don't have to deal with this.
I mean women, on the other hand, you know, it's estimated
seventy five percent of American women will have a yeast infection at some point in
time in their life. And unfortunately, for many women, this can be
a recurrent problem that exists and it usually falls into that cycle of chronic UTIs
then with the comorbid fun of a yeast infection. Because you get a UTI,
you go to your doctor, they give you an antibiotic. It disrupts
the normal microbiome environment and this kind of leaves the door open for candida to
start to overgrow. And this can be incredibly problematic for any woman who has
dealt with chronic YaST infections. So then you're going back to your doctrine saying,
okay, now I need the medicine for the fungal infection, and then
next thing you know, the UTI comes back. So this is something that
we have much more control over. But fortunately, because it's not mainstream medicine,
oftentimes doctors just get people onto this this vicious cycle of antibiotic therapy and
then taking antifungal therapy and going back and forth between the two. Now,
for men, you may be sitting here going once again, this doesn't matter
to me. I'm not, you know, privy or prone to having a
vaginal yeast infection. But do not fool yourself, because when we look at
candida overgrowth, we know that this affects millions of individuals. It's actually estimated
that one in three individuals suffer from yeast overgrowth. And when you look at
that and you say, okay, so if I have yeast overgrowth and I'm
a male, well, how would that necessarily present Well, we can look
at you know, the next case scenario, which would be oral thrush and
you know, having a candida overgrowth in the mouth. But we also realize
that that Candida overgrowth can create a lot of problems and havoc in the intestinal
environment, and so having you know, gas and bloating and just feeling lethargic.
This is a really common symptom that people will experience and they don't necessarily
tie that to having a candida overgrowth or any form of gut dyspiosis. So
if you feel like you have low energy, if you just feel like your
mood is off, I always say, you know, dig a little deeper
into that, because knowing the commonality or the epidemiology of Candida overgrowth, this
is something that many individuals deal with throughout their lives and it can be very
problematic. You know, muscle aches, fatigue, the mood swings, problems
with your sleep cycle, all of these different things, and maybe you go,
well, I have muscle ags because I, you know, went out
and I exercised a little bit. Maybe that's the reason, and that truly
could be, but it could be something else. It could be because you
have this candida overgrowth that is occurring. So trying to number one, find
a doctor that understands that this is so common and the symptoms can present in
a variety of different ways. It's not always as cut and dry as oh,
okay, it's a female presenting with a vaginal yeast infection. We have
to kind of broaden our look into candida and start to really analyze and say,
oh, okay, this is the reason why I feel the way that
I do now the positive to all of this in this kind of world of
you know, thinking of candida overgrowth, which gives people the creeps oftentimes,
but once again, this is something that's naturally occurring in the body. It's
just I always say, when we look at things in a very simplistic way
and we say, okay, well, what if I have too much of
something? Too much of something is not always a good thing. Having too
much money, oh, that's okay, But having too much candida, yeah,
maybe not so much. This is something that we are not seeking out
and then we can look at the other side of that coin and say,
well, what if we don't have enough of something? And so in this
perfect setting of candida overgrowth, this is what we're dealing with. We're dealing
with not enough healthy bacteria, not enough powerful antioxidants, not enough nutrients to
disrupt the candida overgrowth. And we are dealing with the other side of that,
which is the overgrowth of the actual candida. So what can we do
well, we know that just when it comes to diet alone, adherence to
a Mediterranean style way of eating is going to be our first place to start.
So avoidance of any of the the bad carbohydrates, so you know,
minimizing your exposure to those ye, the bad starches we all know what those
are, you know, minimizing your pasta intake, and minimizing having the you
know, pizza and all of those things. Okay, that's just a clear
first place to start. Avoiding all sugar sweetened beverages as well as artificially sweetened
beverages. Do not fool yourself once again and think, oh, because this
says it's zero calorie, it's somehow, you know, healthier for me.
It is not. And once you hear the word artificial sweetener, you should
turn and run quickly because artificials shouldn't be going into our system. So that's
the first place that we should always think about. And then we want to
avoid other things that can create dyspiosis. So the artificial colors as an example,
we know that artificial colors that they pump into foods to market it to
us to make it more appealing, that actually creates a lot of dyspiosis in
the gut and can create leaky gut syndrome. And if we have an increase
in gut permeability, if we're having a loss of function within the intestinal aligning
that's brought on because we're drinking our you know, whatever drink that has red
number whatever in it and artificial sweeteners or regular sugars added into it. That's
a big problem. So we always want to start with the obvious, So
our foods are the obvious, and then we can dig a little deeper and
we can say, okay, well, what nutrients do we know that we
can be taking every day that can fast track us towards a healthier way to
control and regulate this candida that already is existing in the human body and both
men and women, and how do we regulate this? And so this is
where my fund gets to kick in because we have so many different formulations available
within our product line that are geared towards creating this balance, this homeostasis for
us. And in taking these different products, you can create an environment that
that candida can stay in check. So obvious place that we start is with
probiotic, and the probiotic for women is the number one probiotic that I turn
to in this scenario, whether you are a woman or a man, because
even though the product name is probiotic Women does not mean that men cannot take
it. And with that being said, this is actually a very very beneficial
probiotic for men, not only in that setting of candida overgrowth, but also
if you are dealing with conditions like prostatitis or a urinary tract infection as a
male and prostatitis inflammation which can be driven because of it infection in the prostate
gland. This is an area where once again the power and the benefit of
those healthy bacteria can start to create this balance once again. So I'm going
to talk about what's actually in that probiotic for women, and then I'm going
to talk about other nutrients that we can add in that we know do a
very effective job at poking holes in a sense into that Candida. Now what's
nice about all of these different formulations is that they have a multitude of different
benefits. So maybe you're listening and you say, you know what, Candida,
that's not my spectrum. This is not something that I'm dealing with.
This is not something I'm concerned with. But I am concerned about brain health.
I am concerned about, you know, having good mood, and I'm
concerned about my cardiovascular health, concerned about liver health. Then these products are
geared towards all of those different systems. So I'm going to get into the
details on that, but I'm looking at the clock. I do need to
squeeze in a quick break, so stick around with me. I am doctor
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invite heealth dot com and welcome back to Invite Health Radio. Happy Saturday morning
to everyone. Remember any of the products that I talk about, those are
on special and we have changed up our radio specials so now they're a buy
one, get one free. So that's a really great way. So any
of the products that I'm discussing today, give us a call, go to
our website, Invite health dot com and order those up. So probiotic for
women. That's going to be the first little part to our Candida toolbox.
And what the probiotic for women contains is for very powerful and very important let
me mention strains of lacto bacilli. So when we're looking at the normal bacteria
that reside within the vaginal tract or the urinary tract, these are the most
common strains. And this is also true in men. So this is why
I say that this product, even though the name says women, men can
use this as well. Now this is partnered up with garlic and time,
and maybe you're thinking, okay, so we're in the kitchen now with garlic
and time, but hey, we know the power of both garlic and time
extract and remarkably, when formulating this particular product, this was one of the
things that I really wanted to zero in on because understanding that the rate in
which Candida overgrowth can occur, and the commonality of Candida overgrowth that can lead
to all of these weird symptoms that people can have, I wanted to make
a product that was incredibly comprehensive. So having that inclusion of the lacto Bacillus
rhamnosis, the Lactobacillus acidophilis. That was kind of in a sense of no
brainer because we know which strains of bacteria needed to be included into that product.
But it was adding in the garlic and the time. And this was
all based off of scientific clinical research trials, and you could compare or the
therapeutic effect of garlic extract versus metronidazol. Metronidazol is the most common prescribed medication
when it comes to candida overgrowth and yeast infections, and so in one study
they actually were even looking at bacterial vaginosis to the overgrowth of bad bacteria as
well as looking at the overgrowth of candida leading to yeast infections. This was
a randomized controlled trial and they could see that having that garlic extract did a
wonderful job at lowering the total amount of that candida and at the same time
helping to encourage healthy normalization of the microbiome. So hence this is why the
garlic is in this Now for men, you get a secondary benefit of using
this product because we know garlic is very beneficial when it comes to the health
of the prostate gland. So you are supplementing with your probiotic for women,
and you're a man and you're saying, you know what, that's okay because
I know that this has these nutrients that are very very helpful for not only
my microbial environment, but for just the daily function of my prostate. And
we know that the garlic extract has a significant impact on the candida biofilms.
This is why candy to overgrowth is so problematic. If you have, you
know, the say, a yeast infection, then it's obvious that there's a
candid to overgrowth. But for many others who have these kind of vague symptoms
and kind of that muscle aches and just the generalized fatigue, just feeling just
kind of icky all the time and not really being able to pinpoint like why
is this happening? This is where that garlic can be so helpful. And
I actually have our aged garlic extract on special today as well, So you
can do the garlic extract just by itself, but you can also partner that
up in addition to taking the probiotic for women that contains that garlic and that
time but biofilms. It's a way in which these little pathogens create a protective
barrier for themselves, so they almost become hidden in a sense. Is how
you can kind of think about this. They are masking themselves from the immune
systems. So the immune system's going in and saying, hey, something's wrong
here, but we can't seem to find it. Well, it's because these
bacteria, viruses, parasites as well as fungus have this creative way to put
this barrier up, this biofilm. And this is why so many individuals can
have these strange, vague symptoms and you go in and you say, I'm
not sure what's going on with me, and you talk to your doctor and
they say, oh, well, you know, maybe you're just not getting
enough sleep. And doctors generally aren't thinking along this line. And we know
that garlic does a really great job. I always say it helps to kind
of create these little holes. It pokes holes into those biofilms so that that
candida or any other pathogen can be more exposed and the immune system can say,
oh, there you are. Now I can go in and we can
get rid of you. And so this is why taking garlic extract in that
setting of candida overgrowth very very beneficial. It's all based off of this the
science. Now, keep in mind that when we are looking at the way
in which you know, Candida overgrowth is occurring, you know what is the
driving force? And this is why it's important for men to walk away with
this concept because clearly, with women we can recognize, Okay, if I
go on an antibiotic because I have you know, a sinus infection for example,
this can create a significant level of disruption which can then lead to a
yeast infection. But for men, you know, because you're not presenting with
a vational yeast infection. You know, how is it that I know that
maybe this is where the problem is. Well, once again, if you've
been on antibiotic therapy at any point throughout your life, you have to recognize
that gut dys biosis has just occurred. While on the positive, okay,
we get knocked out whatever the you know, initial infection was, But now
we've created potentially a secondary problem. And so we also know that we cannot
be oblivious to the fact that indoor air quality and indoor mold can also play
a role in the development and the exacerbation of can data overgrowth. So this
is very important. We're exposed to mold spores and oftentimes when people think about
mold sportes, you think, oh, outside, this is something I dealt
with in Michigan, you know, every fall, every spring, and when
the mold spores were higher, I was just a real mess. But we
also have to recognize that indoor air quality can have an impact on our immune
system. And when we have a higher exposure to mold spores in our own
homes or in the office that you live in or I'm working, then we
are now dealing with a very good likelihood that the immune system in a sense
becomes compromised and our body's ability to keep that candida, those levels that normal
levels of candida in check become very troubled. And so this is another reason
to think about this. You know, it's not only the diet, and
you know clearly keeping sugars low and the bad carbohydrates out, but we also
have to say, well, what else in my environment is potentially driving this.
You know, I personally have experience with this because many years ago,
before I was at Invite Health, I was in my own practice and in
my office there was a black mold issue and the building manager kept telling me,
you know, no, no, no, everything's fine. Everything's fine.
And I always noticed that my office had kind of just like an off
smell to it. But the more I was in that office, the more
strange symptoms I was experiencing, and they started to become more and more pronounced.
And I would leave the office in the evening and I would be driving
home. I started to get like a rash, and I was like,
what is going on? You know, why am I having this sensitivity?
What is this coming from? And then that rash kind of like expanded and
it became more like hives, and I was like, okay, this is
very strange. You know, I'm playing detective on myself here, going what
in the world is going on? And then it became brain fog. And
I would sit there and I would be working with clients and I was like,
I'm like a complete space cadet, Like I'm having a hard time following
them, and this is not me. I'm usually very sharp. What is
happening? And so I told them once a guy, I said, please
come into my office and just you know, check this out again. And
sure enough they went and they pulled back it had carpet in it. They
pulled back the carpet that was like in the underneath my desk in the corner
of my office and just loaded down with mold. So, needless to say,
I'm out of that office, and shortly after that I joined up with
Invite. But it was so disturbing to me because it didn't happen overnight.
It was this chronic exposure to these mold spores that actually led to a point
where not only was I foggy brained, I was getting hives, I was
itchy, but I also started to experience like just almost like a numbness.
And I couldn't really explain it well to people. Say, you know,
my like my leg feels like almost numb in a way, and they're like,
what do you mean. I'm like, it's weird. It's not like
an injury in the sense like I worked out too hard and I'm sore,
I you know, pulled something. It's just like it's like a paristhesis.
It's very strange. And so come to find out it was all because of
mold. Now me thinking of you knowing I had a mold sensitivity just from
outdoor mold growing up in Michigan, but I never correlated that sick building syndrome.
So this is just something to always keep in mind because, like I
said, these symptoms can become very problematic, but they can also be kind
of vague and hard to pinpoint. So say if I would have just went
into one of the doctors at the office and said, Hey, this is
what I'm experiencing, they'd probably be like, oh, we don't know,
because they didn't. So it took me to put on my own investigative cap
to actually detect what was going on. But nonetheless I knew what I needed
to do. I knew that I needed to create an environment that made it
incredibly inhospitable for that mold to continue to raise HAVOC for me. And this
is where I turned to el car with Ala and I turned to the Greens
HX and resveratrol and making sure that I had my probiotic on board every single
day, because I recognize that through the power of these different nutrients, I
could start to gain control once again of my immune system and my inflammatory response.
So, speaking from personal experiences, this is why I always know I
can help you out. We can help you out at Invite Health if this
is something that you know you've been dealing with or struggling with and so if
you are listening and you go, yeah, some of these things sound familiar,
you know, the fatigue, the low mood, feeling anxious sometimes some
gi distress. Go in and speak with one of our nutritional experts because they
really are wonderful at helping you identify the root cause and getting you on the
right nutrients. So one of which is that probiotic for women. But then
we have many other formulations, and I want to get into those different products
and how beneficial they are not only in the setting of regulating healthy candida levels,
but also for all the other benefits that go along with those. So
I do need to squeeze in a break right now, So stick around with
me. You are listening to Invite Health Radio, and I will be right
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accurate information on nutrition and health. Listening to this radio show makes learning and
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Or go to invite health dot com and welcome back to Invite Health Radio.
I am doctor Amanda Williams. Got International Rock Day today. Go out and
pick up some rocks and it is actually something It's like people who like to
go walk the beach and pick up shells. If you start to really analyze
rocks, it is actually quite interesting to think about the history of you know,
where did this rock come from? And you know, thinking of the
life cycle of a rock and the turnover of thumb and so kind of impressive.
I mean, look at Stonehenge for example. Interesting. Now let's go
back to to the products that are on special for today, So the probiotic
for women, the aged garlic fibergummy. Folks, Why the fibergummy because anulin
the chicory root that we use in the fibergummy not only is beneficial for overall
digestive health and for our immune system blood sugar control. Fiber is key to
that. We know that most Americans only get about five to ten grams of
fiber per day. You're supposed to get thirty. So yeah, we're falling
way short on our fiber intake. Why standard American diet. If we have
a strong adherence to a Mediterranean diet, we're going to have a much greater
exposure to the high fiber foods coming from fruits and vegetables, seeds and nuts.
But because people are usually not adhering to a Mediterranean diet, adding in
this fibergummy is a really great way for us to gain control once again of
our fiber intakes. So I always say, much of what goes on in
the human body, we have a say soul in The unfortunate thing is that
many folks just kind of turn a blind eye to it and just they wait
until something goes haywire and then they scramble and say, oh gosh, what's
what's happening. We can try to avoid, you know, these future debacles
by doing the right things every day as far as lifestyle modifications. But University
of Michigan Go Blue brand new study just came out and it kind of ties
into the fiber gummy here, and they were talking about how they have identified
a potential new treatment for food allergies. Now this is important because how many
individuals out there deal with not just the word of the worst of food allergies,
but food sensitivities should be included into this because many folks are reactive to
particular foods or food groups and then you think of the worst case such as
like a nut allergy. But what they were looking at was inuline, and
they said, this naturally occurring plant fiber commonly used in dietary supplements. It
is a prebiotic, so it's a food source for our healthy bacteria in the
gut. And they said when looking at inulin coming from chicory root, and
this was published in the Nature Materials Journal, they started to detect that this
inulin could actually prevent severe allergic reactions. When they were doing these animal studies
in common triggers such as peanuts and whites and milk, so different dairy allergies
included into this as well. And they said inuline is widely consumed dietary fiber,
and they know that many places such as Invite Health use inulin as a
source for this prebiotic. So when you're looking at our different probiotic formulations,
they have that prebiotic inulin fructo aligosaccharide source and that same thing with our fiber
gummy And the main point to this is that how it is that that fiber
is working within the intestinal microbiome and how it's helping the immune system have better
regulation of its responsiveness or reactiveness to any type of allergic trigger. So just
a really fascinating study. So I just wanted to mention that study because it
just came out this week, and it's just a point to be made that
if you know you do not eat a high amount of fruits and vegetables every
single day, you should be eating at least one cup of fruits per day,
which is usually easier in the summertime. And we have to be honest,
most people enjoy having a higher intake of fruits in the summer because they're
just easier to access. But vegetables, you should be having two to three
cups of vegetables per day. This is why we have this really alarming,
you know study that came out of University of North Carolina so many years ago
saying only twelve percent of Americans are considered to be metabolically healthy. So we
know when it comes to our diet, we just do just a horrible job.
And you know, fiber is so critical for blood sugar regulation, for
cholesterol trans port. So taking the fiber gummy that contains this chickory root in
this inulin is a very beneficial way for us to once again gain some control
in our system and help with the microbiome and help with better balance of any
type of pathogenic overgrowth, whether that be bacteria or that be candida. So
I encourage you to check that particular product out. And it's such a clean
source and it's gelatine free, there's no artificial colors, which is really important.
I'm going to talk about the artificial colors in the last segment, the
damaging effects that that actually creates, so we definitely want to avoid that.
Now, let's think about what else we can be doing. Al car So
the l car with ala, which is a fan favorite at Invite Health,
has been for so many years. You've heard Jerry Hickey talk at lengths about
our l car with ala formulation. I have talked about the car. LCR
is acetyl l carnatine. It is a acetylated form of the amino acid al
carnatine. We know it's very important for energy production. It helps to take
your fatty acids that are lingering on the outside of your cell and it pushes
them to the inside of the cell so it can be made into energy.
That's really important. That's one of the main functions. But we also know
that acetyl al carnatine, because it is acetylated, it can cross easily into
the brain, which is why it's so beneficial for cognition and for memory and
focus because it's energizing your neurons. But it also functions as an antioxidant,
which makes it very beneficial for targeting pathogens, poking holes in that candy to
biofilm as an example, as well as alfalopoic acid, which is contained in
this product. So alkar with ala alfalopoic acid has its own kind of unique
history to it. You know. It's when you look at the human body
and what we come into this world naturally equipped with. We come with our
own big, huge bin of antioxidants, and we come into this world with
coenzyme Q ten already existing in the body. Alfalapoic acid already existing in the
body. Alfalopolic acid's incredibly important because it helps to stabilize our other antioxidant levels.
So it helps to keep the body's co Q ten level up, It
helps to keep our vitamin C and our vitamin E levels up. But we
know, as with everything in the body, when the body is under stress,
those natural antioxidant levels can start to plummet, and just through the aging
process, those levels can start to plummet. The history of alfa lapoec acid
is quite fascinating. It was discovered back in the nineteen thirties, but then
it really fast tracked in terms of like published research findings in the nineteen fifties
by a fascinating biochemist down at the University of Texas in Austin and so so,
doctor Reid is the one who's kind of credited as being kind of the
father of alpha lapoe casid, not that he made it. He didn't,
it's already in the body, but it's that discovery. So it's kind of
interesting because that's right around the same time that coenz ime q ten was discovered
and they said, what is this molecule? You know, what in the
world is this and the same you know, time span in the fifties they
alfhalopoc acid. So really kind of interesting when you look at the history on
that. But one of the important takeaways with alfalopoc acid is to recognize that
the alfalopoc acid really does a wonderful job when it comes to dealing with blood
sugar control. It is a powerful antioxidant, so once again it has that
ability to poke holes into those biofilms. In the Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome Journal
over a decade ago, they looked at all the different ways that alfalopoc acid
has these therapeutic uses in not only diabetes but other chronic diseases. And if
you are a pre diabetic, if you are a diabetic, you are clearly
going to be much more prone to candia overgrowth just because of the environment that's
occurring in your system because candida loves sugar, it's like it's best friend.
So if we have excess glucose that's just kind of traversing through the body,
this leaves this door wide open for that candida to start to overtake the system.
And we know that alphalapolic acid, this very powerful and key endogenous antioxidant,
does this wonderful job at helping the body better regulate all of these different
scenarios that can occur. So whether we're looking at glycation, excess glucose that's
doing damage to our nerves, for example, or if we are looking at
biofilms that are created because of excess candida. This is why we always like
to include in a formulation such as el car with ala. When you are
looking at regulation of energy production, we are looking at our antioxidant capacity in
the system. All of these things make a huge difference, and we know
that alcar with ala. Oftentimes we talk about this in the setting of memory
and focus and attention. But keep in mind for individuals who have candida overgrowth,
for example, we can clearly see that one of the common complaints is
that brain fog and that people can't usually put their finger on it, like,
why do I feel kind of cloudy? Why do I feel like I
have a difficult time focusing, paying attention, staying on task? Is it
because there is this kind of low grade systemic overgrowth of candida that's occurring that's
now affecting or clouding the actions of your neurons. So this is why taking
al faalapoic acid is so incredibly beneficial. And don't forget your omega threes as
well. Real fascinating study that was conducted just a couple of years ago looking
at the anti biofilm activity of essential fatty acids against candida, and this was
published in the Infection and Drug Resistance Journal, But they were looking at the
utilization of things like vish oil when it comes to disrupting that biofilm. So
oftentimes, if we're just doing the right things, So I'm going to default
back to this again. If we're just doing the right things, if we're
adhering to a Mediterranean diet, if we are avoiding those sweetened beverages, if
we are avoiding those bad carbohydrates, if we are taking our nutrients every day
from Invite health, including our omega three whichever you know, Omega you were
selecting to use, whether that's fish oil, krill oil. If we're doing
all of these things, we're taking our l car with ala because we have
concerns about our memory as we grow older. We are doing such wonderful benefits
for our system to better regulate and control candida that oftentimes people start to do
this and they go, oh, you know, I'm feeling so much better,
And maybe they had no idea that the reasons why they were feeling so
sluggish and just kind of icky was because of candida for many years. But
now that you're on this routine and you've made these lifestyle modifications, you're feeling
good, and that's fine. If that's what it comes down to, maybe
you never will know that it was a candida issue. But now that you're
on this routine at Invite Health, you do feel like your energy is back,
You feel like your focus is back. This is what our goal always
is. So I do need to squeeze in one final break. I have
a couple more products that I want to mention, the greens, the organic
greens plus as well as the methyl B both of which are very important.
Once again, when we are thinking about a healthy microbiome, and I'm going
to talk about the science why that actually is. So stick around with me.
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welcome back to Invite Health Radio. I am doctor Amanda Williams talking about this
fun topic today of Candida overgrowth, and it's so common, you know,
estimated one in three individuals are dealing with some degree of candida overgrowth. It
can present in so many different ways, and unbeknownst to you because you're never
gonna go to your doctor and they're not going to test for this and try
to figure it out unless you're seeing a function doctor. But we know that
there are so many things that we can be doing, so we start with
our foods. We start with regulating our stress. That's always key as well,
because while Candida of course loves its sugar, it also loves a high
stress environment. Why because the more cortisol gets involved cortisol is our primary stress
hormone, the more that's going to disrupt our insulin regulation. So then that
makes Candida even happier because it's like, oh, thank you, because now
your insulin isn't working properly, which means we're going to have higher levels of
glucose circulating, which makes Candida very very happy. So we always want to,
you know, make those lifestyle modifications. It's very important to think about
it that way. Organic greens Plus. This is a very popular formulation for
those who maybe just don't like the taste of the greens HX, and that's
understandable. Not everybody likes the the earthy herbal taste of greens ah ex.
Everyone's palate is different, which is why we offer the organic greens Plus as
well. The Organic Greens Plus has a kind of a mild vanilla almost in
a light cinnamon taste to it, very very tasty. It's actually my favorite.
I love the Organic greens Plus loaded down with fruit and vegetable extracts,
has a powerful probiotic blend in this which helps to enhance our microbiome. And
then it has chlorilla and spirollina. I oftentimes talk about the chlorilla and spirollina
as being their own little unique superfoods, and they're the tiny little algaees.
The reason why they're their own little unique superfood is because they are packed with
essential fatty acids. So they have alphalapoeic acid in it, they have B
vitamins, they have minerals, so they are very very complete in terms of
what they actually provide you. Now. Interestingly enough, usually when people are
thinking about the Organic Greens Plus we're thinking in that setting of detoxification, which
is a good place to think because every single day our body has to go
through different phases of detoxification to rid ourselves of all of which we come in
contact with in our environment, and thinking about air pollution not only outside but
inside as well, thinking about different pesticides that are perhaps on foods that you
are eating, different chemicals that you come in contact with. So every single
day your body is trying to keep up with this and go through these different
phases of detoxification, which is heavily reliant, by the way, on our
body's natural antioxidant system. So this is why we partner our l car with
ALA. We want to make sure that we have adequate antioxidants to turn to,
and so we start to look at the organic greens. We say,
okay, this has the chlorilla and the spiralina, which are both very very
helpful for our tiny little hepatocites, the little itty bitty liver cells. But
what's really fascinating is once again these side benefits in the close one journal.
You've heard me refer to this journal before in the past. Jerry has referred
to this journal. This is a huge journal and they looked at the effect
the activity of Spirala when it comes to Candida. Now what's really interesting about
this is, once again we start to look at the Spirialena and the Chlorala
because they're kind of cousins to one another, and we say, okay,
so they have all these natural antioxidants. They have you know, es central
fatty acids, so your omega three fatty acids, they have vitamins and minerals.
Is this the reason why it's so effective against this, you know,
fungal overgrowth. And it's this multitude of all of these different reasons. But
what they were able to see was just how powerful Spirillina actually is when it
comes to the Candida species and the fungicidal activity of spiralina. So you start
to take your scoop of the organic greens plus every single day, and this
is helping the body with having a greater ability to fight off free radicals and
oxidative stress. And it's poking holes once again into those biofilms that have been
created from whether that be a parasite or from candy to overgrowth. But this
is a really nice way to enhance our body's ability to have once again better
communication pathways between your gut and your liver, and your gut and your brain.
So when people are using the Organic Greens Plus formulation, they're like,
I feel really good. Well, there's a reason why, because we are
creating all of this balance in the system. We are driving out the bad
stuff and we are replenishing with all of these powerful nutrients from natural sources,
natural herbal extracts, plant based extracts, fruits and vegetables, as well as
that powerful probiotic blend. And it's incredibly tasty. So hands down, this
is definitely a go to is the Organic Greens Plus and it's a lovely thing
to include in during the summer because we're always trying to increase our hydration.
Remember, most Americans walk around in a chronic state of dehydration, and you're
supposed to get ten cups of water per day. Most folks get about two.
And then you wonder, why do I feel sleepy? Why do I
feel tired? It's because you're dehydrated. So if you're dehydrated on top of
having a candy to overgrowth, now we're really in for it. And you
say, oh, well, this all makes sense, right, So we
start to take our organic greens. Plus it increases our fluid intake, and
we're using the powerhouse nutrients in there to create balance and regulation. And then
finally I have the methyl B on special Today. The efficacy of B vitamins
as a ADJUVNCT therapy for the treatment of candida has been shown time and time
again. This is once again one of those areas where if you were to
talk to a traditional doctor and you say, oh, hey, you know,
taking activated B vitamins that's pretty important for my body to regulate its response
to candida overgrowth, they'd probably look at you like you're from outer space,
and that's fine. They can continue to look at you that way. But
what we look at is the science, and we know the power of those
B vitamins, and so using the bioactive B vitamins that are contained in methyl
B lead you down this path to once again having greater control over the way
that the body is responding every day. Those B vitamins are a critical role
in the way that your body detoxifies. In the absence of having enough of
those B vitamins available, we now struggle with those different phases of metabolic detoxification.
So if you are dealing with any type of a chronic candida condition.
Adding in methyl B can create this homeostasis once again and really help with the
improvement when it comes to mood. So a lot of individuals will deal with
some low grade anxiety or depression. Having that methyl B formulation creates an awful
lot of balance on top of the fact it's so incredibly beneficial for the immune
system and your heart. So all of the products that are on special today
are a buy one, get one free. Let me run through those for
you. We have the probiotic women, the aged garlic, that wonderful organic
greens, plus the fibergummy elkar with a Ala, and the methyl B.
If you have questions for me, certainly reach out to me A Williams at
invitehealth dot com and until we speak again, be well. Our mission for
over twenty five years is to bring you the most accurate information on nutrition and
health. Listening to this radio show makes learning and saving easier. For today's
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