Re: Ph Balancing (steph)

Candida and Fungal Infections Related To Cancer Development Some doctors
theorize that candida or other systemic fungal infections may cause or
at least contribute to the development of cancer. It makes sense. A
widespread candida infection plays havoc on the immune system. Not only
does the immune system become overwhelmed and worn out from fighting it,
but the candida (or other pathogens) excrete toxins that further weaken
and harm the body.
The major waste product of candida is acetaldehyde, which produces
ethanol. Ethanol can cause excessive fatigue, and reduces strength and
stamina. In addition, it destroys enzymes needed for cell energy, and
causes the release of free radicals that can damage DNA. Ethanol makes
it difficult to absorb iron. This reduces one of the most important
oxygen supports in the blood (iron), and makes it difficult for your
body to oxygenate fully. And you know what may happen when your body
can't oxygenate well. So it may be important to deal with candida if one
wants to successfully recover from cancer. There is a simple test to
help you determine if you have candida overgrowth.
First thing in the morning, before you put ANYTHING in your mouth, get a
clear glass of water. Better still; leave it by your bed the night
before. Work up a bit of saliva, and then spit it into the glass of
water.
Check the water every 15 minutes or so for up to one hour. If you have a
candida yeast infection, you will see strings (like legs) traveling down
into the water from the saliva floating on the top, or "cloudy" saliva
will sink to the bottom of the glass, or cloudy specks will seem to be
suspended in the water. If nothing develops in 30 minutes, you are
probably candida yeast free.
A few reports implicate the role of fungi in causing leukemia. In 1999
Meinolf Karthaus, MD, watched three different children with leukemia
suddenly go into remission upon receiving a triple antifungal drug
cocktail for their "secondary" fungal infections. In 1997 Mark Bielski
stated that leukemia, whether acute or chronic, is intimately associated
with the yeast, Candida albicans, which mutates into a fungal form when
it overgrows.
Milton White, MD. believed that cancer is a chronic, infectious, fungus
disease. He was able to find fungal spores in every sample of cancer
tissue he studied.
Author Doug Kaufmann asserts that fungi in foods may play a role in
cancer. He has seen children become free of their documented leukemia
once the child's parents simply changed the child's diet. Kaufmann's
diet is base on the widely published problem of mycotoxin contamination
of our grain foods.
Grains such as corn, wheat, barley, sorghum, and other foods such as
peanuts, are commonly contaminated with cancer-causing fungal poisons
called mycotoxins. One of them, called aflatoxin, just happens to be the
most carcinogenic substance on earth.
He says we consume, on average, from 0.15mg to 0.5mg of aflatoxin per
day. So it is not sugar alone that is the problem in our western diet,
but fungal toxins that are found in the sugary grains. More than once
has Kaufmann interviewed a caller (on his health talk show) who
absolutely craved peanut butter and popcorn just prior to their
diagnosis of cancer.
Kaufmann feels that antibiotics may play a role in this. Antibiotics
destroy the normal, protective gut bacteria, allowing intestinal yeast
and fungi to grow unchecked. Resulting in Candida overgrowth. This can
lead to immune suppression, symptoms of any autoimmune disease, or even
cancer.
"If the onset of any symptom or disease, cancer included, was preceded
by a course of antibiotics," he says, "then look for a fungus to be at
the root of your problem.




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