Posted by bleauberry on December 26, 2008, at 19:06:31
In reply to Yeast and depression, posted by Trotter on December 26, 2008, at 15:44:12
Anything you can do to take strain off your system is going to help your brain and mood. Lowering the candida burden definitely qualifies. It could be and has been the major cause of depression for other people, simply because of all the endotoxins in the blood causing systemic inflammation and low grade poisoning.
Your efforts so far though have not been anywhere near as aggressive as they need to be. ThreeLac is a good idea, plus other probiotics, in addition to supplements that are known candida killers, such as grapefruit seed extract and pau d'arco extract. I know a guy who had severe candida who wiped it out in a month with those extracts. The diet and threelac alone will only make a small dent. It is a multi-angled approach that is needed...diet, probiotics, and candida killers.
As for probiotics, it might be suggested to get three different brands. Take one brand each day, continually rotating them day by day. In terms of dosage, you need to shoot for 5 to 10 times what it says on the bottle. The reason for different brands is to get a variety of different strains. Some brands do have a bunch of different strains. Usually the good refrigerated expensive ones. And yes, be sure it is a high quality refrigerated brand you are working with.
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