Candida Kit

Candida albicans is a naturally occurring fungus in each and every one of our bodies and is found on the skin and in mucous membranes. In small amounts Candida is harmless but when growth increases dramatically within the system, the results can be devastating. The signs of Candida overgrowth are often attributed to other health conditions making it one of the most prevalent yet unrecognized conditions for modern man. Do you have Candida overgrowth in your system? 

What is Candida Albicans Overgrowth?

In a healthy body, the Candida albicans fungus is kept in control by friendly bacteria in our systems but the overuse of medicinal antibiotics and the consumption of antibiotics found in some of the meats we eat have upset the delicate balance in our bodies. By weakening and reducing the number of friendly bacteria, antibiotics allow Candida fungus to flourish; birth control pills and cortisone have also been noted to upset the balance. When an overgrowth of Candida is present in your system, waste is released into the blood stream and effects the nervous and immune systems. A variety of complaints center around a Candida overgrowth including:

• Food cravings (sweets, alcohol, chocolate)
• Excessive allergies
  

  What is Candida albicans? A fungus that is natural in your body but can grow out of control

• Diaper rash
• Vaginal infections
• Depression
• Food sensitivities
• Exhaustion
• Headaches
• Irritability
• Memory loss
• Obesity or excessive weight gain
• Gas and bloating
• Diarrhea or constipation
• PMS
• Earaches
• Numbness in the body

Candida affects physical, mental, and emotional well-being and has been noted to interfere with clear thinking, sometimes making a person irrational though they cannot see this change. As the fungus becomes more prevalent in the body, a person continually craves sweets and carbohydrates, two types of food that act as fuel for the fungus. Once the system is overloaded with Candida albicans, depression or suicidal tendencies may emerge along with immune issues and, if a person seeks medical treatment, misdiagnosis is nearly certain. Antibiotics are generally prescribed for any issues within the system, as well as antidepressants for mood issues, both of which proliferate fungus in the body. Once a round of antibiotics are taken, further friendly bacteria is eliminated from the system and Candida can continue to grow even more freely at this point. The cycle is never-ending–unless a person gets the information they need on how to stop it!

When and How Should I do a Candida Albicans Cleanse?

Take the guess work out of when and how you should do a Candida albicans cleanse with Hanna’s Candida Kit!

If you don’t feel well, crave sweets or carbohydrates, or find yourself experiencing strong addictions to foods or alcohol, chances are you could greatly benefit from cleansing the Candida in your body. (Our favorite and the most effective cleanse we have found is Hanna’s formula from Kroeger Herb, the Candida Kit.) Important changes need to be made to your diet and there are all natural herbal products you can take to remove overgrowth of the fungus from your system but you have to be committed to the changes for the greatest success. Diet changes include an increase in vegetables and lean proteins with a decrease in carbohydrates, sugars, alcoholic beverages, fermented foods, and even fruit and fruit juices since they contain concentrated fructose, a natural fruit sugar. Dairy products should be used in small amounts as well because they contain lactose, a milk sugar. This diet change is not simple and your cravings will continue but try to avoid these foods for as long as possible; your hard work will pay off!

Once you’ve had a few days off from sugar and carbohydrates, you will find control in your eating habits begins to return and your thoughts become clearer. After a week of cutting sugar and carbs from your diet you may slowly reintroduce fruit on an empty stomach with no other food. When we enjoy fruit with other fats, proteins, or starches our bodies choose to break those other foods down first while the fruit stays to ferment in the stomach, aggravating the Candida in the system. Adding whole grains like brown rice, quinoa, or barley to your diet will also benefit the control of Candida in the system. Continue to avoid yeast containing foods for as long as possible during the cleanse to support control of the fungus. Because the cleanse will help to flush your system, it’s important to bring in the friendly bacteria that has been impacted negatively by the Candida overgrowth. Restoring the friendly bacteria in your system can be achieved by eating yogurt, taking a probiotic, or even with the introduction of a probiotic vegetable blend, added to your food.

The benefits of regaining your health and cleansing your system from Candida albicans as Hanna notes in this blog are tremendous and once you’ve experienced the symptoms of overgrowth, you’ll be better prepared to recognize them in the future. Keeping in tune with your body and providing the natural assistance you can is important; take a break from sweets, alcohol, and carbs when you feel the symptoms coming on. Cleansing Candida from your system once a year is a great way to keep your body balanced and is a popular maintenance program that many people follow. Spring and summer are great times to cleanse and not only for Candida! We have several programs including the liver, kidney, parasites, bowel, brain, and more!

Keeping watch over your health and using natural programs and supplements that are trusted and effective is key in combating Candida albicans in your system. We all have Candida but we don’t have to live with the harmful side effects of overgrowth. Take back your health!

When constant yeast infections have you down, not only is it a nuisance, this is your body’s own signal to do something about it!

Hanna was a spirited believer that the immune system suffers under the influence of chemicals, pesticides, and Candida albicans, the pulling of food over the scanner and radiation of all kinds, and that it operates on an electromagnetic principle. She felt that if we supply it enough specific, and special food supplements we might be able to keep our system efficiently working. Read how you can make every day changes to get rid of Candida and fungus growth.

Tips Straight From Hanna on Diet and Lifestyle  When Candida Albicans Hits

1. Avoid antibiotics and steroids unless absolutely necessary.
2. Do not use a birth control pill because it upsets your hormone cycle and interferes with your body’s ability to fight Candida.
3. Avoid Brewer’s yeast, raw mushrooms, chocolate and others sweets.
4. Avoid all yeast products.
5. Reduce your intake of refined sugars, carbohydrates and alcohol.
6. Take up to 3 tablets/capsules of acidophlus or bifidis every meal.
7. Consume more garlic. If you cannot eat the whole clove, take an odorless garlic supplement.
8. Exercise at least 20 minutes each day.
9. Take about 30,000 IU of vitamin A for the first two weeks of this program. Thereafter, cut down the dosage to 25,000 IU per day.
10. Pau D’ Arco tincture can help uplift the immunity system (It was discovered in a tree in Brazil by Alec de Montmorency).
11. Zinc tablets of 15 mg each have been found useful. Take 3 to 6 tablets daily.
12. Enzymes Herbal Combination. Take one capsule 3 times a day
13. Moderate sunlight is beneficial to kill Candida overgrowth.
14. Drink at least 5 ounces of marjoram tea daily.
15. Candida Formula #1. This can be taken with Candida Formula #2 and together make up the herbal products found in the Candida Kit (also includes probiotic Taurin-Dophilus).

It is especially difficult to deal with a chronic fungus, mold or yeast infection from Candida albicans. We encourage you to consider natural herbal remedies as Hanna shared with us rather than relying on over-the-counter medication to address mold or fungus in your system.

Without fungus, yeast, and mold our culinary delights would be void of cheese, bread, and mushrooms. We would have no beer, no healthy fermented vegetables or kombucha….my pantry would never be the same. While fungus plays a happy role in the foods we eat, the impact it can have on our health when it is overgrown in our bodies can be serious and is more prevalent than you may think.

It is estimated that over 90% of the Western population suffers from fungal infections.  There are numerous symptoms including depression, mood swings, food cravings, skin rashes, athlete’s foot, jock itch, diaper rash, cradle cap (in infants), thrush, exhaustion, memory loss, red and raised surfaces around nail cuticles, vaginal itching, yeast infection, ringworm, respiratory issues, asthma, eye, nose, sinus and throat irritation and even tumors.  People most susceptible to fungal infections are those who take antibiotics or steroids frequently, take birth control pills, have poor diets high in sugar and processed foods, people with heavy metal or chemical toxicity, obese people, and those with diseases that compromise the immune system.

Fungus grows on dead, organic matter and tends to spread rapidly, especially on moist areas of the body. Fungal infections are a result of a depressed or weakened immune system and go hand-in-hand with parasite infections (for more information on parasites see the blog: Cleansing Parasites from Your System). Processed foods and antibiotic use destroy the friendly bacteria in the intestinal tract and create room for fungal infection to take over. Birth control pills throw-off the hormone balance and weaken the body’s immune system, furthering the infection. The toxins released into the body from this overgrowth can inflame and/or permeate the intestinal lining causing a leaky gut and compromising the body’s ability to assimilate vitamins and minerals from food.  Many types of fungus and mold can also easily enter the body by inhaling airborne spores, which are common in household and workplace dust creating sinus and lung issues.

“Cases of fungus in lungs are more and more frequent.  Fungus is like a mushroom.  When you cut a batch of mushrooms, 2 days later a new batch is growing a few yards away.  The feelers, the spores, just grow a new batch.  The same holds true with a batch of mushrooms in your system.  We call this metastasis.  What to do to change your chemistry so that fungus will be discourage to grow?  Change your diet.” – Hanna Kroeger, God Helps Those Who Help Themselves

Dealing with chronic fungus, mold or yeast infections is frustrating and worrisome considering the medications designed to treat the effects of the infections have much worse side effects than the problem the medication was intended for! Rather than relying on an over- or behind-the-counter medication to address mold or fungus in your system and coping with the side effects it may cause, consider these safe and effective homeopathic and herbal remedies along with a good diet, low in sugar and processed foods.

Total Mold Allergy Relief from King Bio Natural Medicine is a homeopathic remedy that provides temporary relief of hypersensitivity, sinus congestion, muscle and joint pain, temporary anxiety and depression, difficulty breathing, skin irritation, fatigue, headaches, and watery eyes. While some of these symptoms fall in line with an allergy to mold, others like anxiety and depression may seem out of place in the list but based on Hanna’s teachings, there is an explanation. Because the friendly bacteria in our system is largely responsible for making serotonin (the “happy” brain chemical), its absence caused by mold and fungus infections is an underlying cause for mood disorders like anxiety and depression. Total Mold provides natural, safe relief from mold allergies and helps you to avoid the dangers of an infection in your system.

FNG Care is an Herbal Combination created by Hanna and like so many of her formulations, was a first for dietary supplements. Alfalfa seed, Blessed Thistle, and Goldenseal root are the herbs used in this combination to promote healthy elimination and resistance to opportunistic fungal populations in the digestive tract, lungs, skin and nails. Alfalfa is an internal purifier (skin, blood, liver & gall bladder), antioxidant and is a nourishing food. Blessed Thistle is a bitter tonic for the digestive system and resolves mucus accumulations in the lungs and intestines. Goldenseal is prized for its benefit for digestion and elimination and its effectiveness against microbes. FNG Care cleanses fungus from the system and is often used in conjunction with Blood Toner, another formula from Hanna that maintains the purity of the blood and lymph and supports circulatory health and the eliminatory organs. When using FNG to clear fungus from your body you should avoid yeast and mushrooms as these foods will counteract any progress you have made with the herbs.

Crypto Fungus is a Vibropathic™ remedy that addresses Cryptococcus, a genus of fungus known to cause moderate-to-severe disease, specifically cryptococcosis and meningitis. There are around 37 recognized species of Cryptococcus and each can be addressed with Hanna’s Vibropathic remedy. For many, adding the herbal combinations of Candida Formulas #1 and #2 has proven especially beneficial in cleansing the fungus from the system.

Hanna shared home remedies for addressing fungus and mold in the system in several of her books. Some of our favorites:

• Cinnamon is used for fighting viral and infectious diseases. Virus, bacteria, and fungus cannot live in the presence of cinnamon oil.
• Fungus grows in alkaline medium. Natural antibiotics are grapefruit, garlic, willow, radish, chlorophyll, and bee pollen.
• 2 tablespoons asparagus twice daily.
• 3 glasses Concord grape juice daily (fresh if possible, no added sugar).
• Other foods and supplements to incorporate into your diet to address fungal infections include alfalfa sprouts, aloe vera gel, chick peas, lentils, colloidal silver, frankincense, garlic, green tea, myrrh, sage, savory, and thyme.

There are so many types of fungi that can impact our health and Hanna tried to address as many of them as possible with her Vibropathic™ remedies and herbal cleanses. Some of the most popular Vibropathic™ remedies include 90-88, Valley Fever, and Thrush. By far the most common type of fungus people wish to address is Candida albicans and Hanna’s Candida Kit is designed to cleanse the system safely and effectively. For children, pets or more sensitive individuals, Hanna’s Candida albicans Vibropathic is very effective.