Case of Multiple Sclerosis treated with change of food choice and nystatin
Tess,
45, complained of decreased appetite, sinus drainage, scratchy throat,
shakiness if she did not eat, muscle tiredness, lightheadedness, being
bothered by certain sounds and by fluorescent lights and fatigue. She
also had multiple sclerosis and the symptoms were blurred vision,
dizziness and arm tingliness. She had no stumbling. She had had an
abscessed tooth about three months previously which had restarted her MS
symptoms. Her diagnosis of MS had been about twenty months previously
when she had ³inner ear problems². The room would spin when she
turned her head to the right. She had an MRI and MS was found. She
had had a rash from penicillin and had taken oral contraceptive pills
for menstrual irregularities, which had caused heart palpitations. She
had a problem with vaginal yeast infections and she could not be
around chemical smells. Her belly did not feel right.
She
started the anti-yeast diet and nystatin. She came back three weeks
later and was taking nystatin at 3/8 tsp. four times per day. She said
that her muscles still fatigued easily but that this was better than
before. She complained of a funny feeling in her head but no pain. Her
appetite was fine. Her sinuses were better and she had no throat
drainage. Her shakiness was better and the problems with sounds and
lights were better. Her belly was fine. Her blurred vision and
dizziness were better. She still had a vaginal yeast infection. Her
energy level was better.
She
came back about two years later and said that she had felt good for
about 18 months. Her multiple sclerosis symptoms had resolved. She had
run out of nystatin and had gone off the diet. Now she complained of
more lightheadedness, occasional numbness in her hands, and pain in her
thighs. She had decreased energy. I told her to restart the diet and
nystatin.
Explanation of how treatment of Candida treats multiple sclerosis
Candida albicans is a yeast,which is found in the intestinal tract of
human beings. Yeast cells are about the same size as our own cells.
Unlike our cells, yeast cells have a capsule. Yeast display receptors,
branch-like structures extending from the surface of the cells, much
as our own cells do. In the intestinal tract, yeast share space with
much smaller microorganisms called bacteria. Bacteria can adhere, or
attach themselves to, the inside wall of the intestinal tract. The
good bacteria which adhere protect us from the adherence of "bad bugs,"
such as Salmonella and Shigella, which cause diarrhea. Yeast
unfortunately also can adhere to the inner intestinal wall.
The usual bacteria present attached to the inner intestinal wall are
benign and do not harm us. These bacteria don't make harmful chemicals
or provoke immune responses and inflammation. The use of antibiotics
can clear out these more benign bacteria which makes room for yeast and
other disease causing bacteria.
Although a significant amount of Candida is commonly regarded as
normal, the intestinal yeast is capable of and frequently does cause
major health problems by a number of mechanisms.
The body has a system of cells called the immune system for fighting
foreign invaders. There are many foreign invaders which the body's
immune system can handle easily. There are others, such as malaria,
with which the body's immune system has much more difficulty. The more
difficult foreign invaders have tricks to evade the body's immune
system. Candida also has many tricks to evade the body's immune system.
When
Candida infections are induced experimentally in animals, the animals'
immune system never clears Candida completely. Some always remains.
There are a number of interesting studies on how Candida manages to
stay. Here are two examples. Candida can change its outside, in effect
making it a moving target. By the time the immune cells find it,
Candida looks different. Candida can turn molecules designed to attach
to foreign invaders around so that such molecules point in the wrong
direction. Then these molecules do not help the immune cells attack
Candida. The overall problem is that Candida evades the body's immune
system.
The result is that the immune system is constantly fighting Candida.
These interactions can lead to major problems from multiple sclerosis
to ulcerative colitis. The treatment of Candida ends these fights and
these health problems.
Immune system attacks self: why and is yeast involved
Why might yeast cause chronic diseases ranging from psoriasis to
ulcerative colitis to rheumatoid arthritis? These diseases are all
marked by the body's immune system attacking the body's organs in what
seems to be a prolonged war with no resolution. I have always
considered the idea of the body's immune system attacking the body's own
organs as a strange idea. The body's immune system is designed to
fight foreign invaders. Why should the body's immune system instead
attack the body's own organs? In 40 years of research, the biomedical
research community has been unable to come up with any answer.
What is the immune system attacking?
Maybe the concept is wrong. Maybe the primary target of the body's
immune system is not the body's own organs. Maybe the primary target is
really a foreign invader, the yeast Candida albicans. Maybe the body
is a secondary target that gets caught in the crossfire as the body's
immune system attacks the yeast and ends up in a long war with much
destruction.
Candida is a formidable foe
The
key point here is that the yeast Candida is a long lasting formidable
foe for the body's immune system. From the perspective of diseases in
which the immune system appears to be attacking the body's own organs,
Candida is such a formidable foe that it can throw the body's immune
system off. Candida can make the immune system attack the body's
organs even when the immune system has controls to prevent this from
happening. As noted above, Candida is evasive and cannot be easily
cleared.
Inflammation and autoimmune disorders (immune system attacks self)
Both yeast and human cells put out markers
Both yeast cells and human cells put out receptors, branch like
structures which extend from the surface of the cell. Human cells
communicate with each other this way. These receptors can receive
hormones, such as thyroid hormone, which then tells the cell to do
certain things. In the case of thyroid hormone, this might be burn more
energy and generate more heat. Some receptors are used to anchor
cells to connective tissue. This particular receptor is called the
laminin receptor. Some receptors are for the immune system. Some
receptors tell what kind of cell the cell is. Some of the receptors
are like fingerprints and are unique and tell the body that this cell
is one of the body¹s own cells.
Cells which are foreign do not have these cell-identity receptors and
then the body knows that they are foreign. For example, when foreign
tissue is transplanted into another body, the body recognizes the tissue
as foreign; the right receptors are not there The immune system then
attacks the foreign tissues. The immune system is supposed to
recognize self and not attack self.
Yeast display human cellular receptors (markers)
Yeast cells for unknown reasons are able to display a number of human
receptors, ranging from receptors for hormones and immune molecules to
connective tissue.
To understand how Candida can cause diseases such as multiple
sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, we need to know that Candida can
display on its surface the human connective tissue receptor, called the
laminin receptor (as well as other receptors). The normal function of
the laminin receptor is to allow human cells to anchor themselves to
the body's membranes and to other cells. Candida uses this receptor in
the same way, to anchor itself into the membranes of the human body,
such as the inner intestinal lining. In the research world, the
displaying of such receptors is known as molecular mimicry. Candida
does this well and displays a number of human receptors. Candida also
displays receptors which are found on human brain cells.
In other words, by displaying such receptors, they are able to make
themselves look like our own cells, including cells that are in the
brain. Candida is also able to make itself look like cells which are
found in the connective tissue of the joints.
What does the immune system do with yeast cells which resemble our own cells?
During the development of the immune system cells are produced which
are capable of attacking the body's own organs. Normally these cells
are inhibited. Why do they become turned on? There is no certain
answer. However, these cells are there for a reason and one reason may
be to fight foreign invaders which look like human cells. If we did
not have such immune cells we could not fight such invaders.
Candida cells look like our own and they invade and with antibiotics,
Candida keeps coming back, again and again. Candida acts like a
vaccination. Candida keeps on presenting itself to the immune system.
Research studies have shown that when the body's own tissues are
presented like a vaccination, the body's immune system will be
stimulated to fight and destroy those tissues. Candida can act as a
continuous vaccination. Under such conditions, the immune cells which
fight Candida are turned on to fight Candida but they are also turned on
to fight any cells which look like Candida, which are our body's own
organs.
The body's immune system is really fighting Candida. But the immune
cells which fight Candida can also attack our body's own organs,
resulting in diseases such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid
arthritis.
Treatment
This
understanding leads to a safe effective treatment for multiple
sclerosis and other diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. This
treatment is simply to clear out the intestinal Candida. Then the cells
which are fighting Candida, will stop fighting Candida. Then these
same cells will stop destroying human organs such as the brain and
joints. Once the primary target of the intestinal yeast is gone, these
immune cells stop attacking human organs.
The treatment consists of taking a non-absorbed medicine called
nystatin. Nystatin kills intestinal yeast. The problem is that
nystatin does not work well without changes of food choices. The reason
is that in many foods there are chemicals which kill bacteria and feed
the yeast. If these foods are left in the diet, even though nystatin
kills the yeast, the yeast will keep growing back. Chemicals in the
diet which kill bacteria will make room for the yeast, even if nystatin
is taken. When foods containing these chemicals are excluded from the
diet, then nystatin can go through and kill the yeast and the yeast
does not grow back. Then problems such as fibromyalgia improve
significantly.
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