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I know that is an unusual request and it isn’t that gross, or I wouldn’t mention it.  This is a little test that may give you some clues to a fairly common health problem.

For the past 2 weeks I have been trying out Standard Processes newest digestive supplement and started thinking about how important digestion is to everything.  If you don’t digest your food well and your supplements too, then you’re wasting money and most of these troubles aren’t that hard to fix.

The basic problems:
-Lack of stomach acid / enzymes (if you take any kind of antacid- you can almost guarantee you have this problem)
-Gall bladder removal
-Bacteria imbalances
-Candida (yeast) over growth
-Acid / base (pH) problems

Let’s just start with the semi-gross test.  In the morning, take a clean glass of fresh water and before you eat or drink anything or even brush your teeth, spit in the water.  If it become stringy or sinks to the bottom, you likely have a candida (yeast) over-growth.

If it floats…

You most likely don’t have much of a problem.  So be glad, because candida is a big problem in society.  The medics don’t think so, but my guess is that since antibiotic use is one of the main contributors to candida over-growth there won’t be any revelations any time soon.

Candida is a real problem.  It can cause any number of symptoms, including lack of energy, auto-immune problems, and even headaches.  The problem list can be extensive, so just spit in the glass and see what happens.  If you suspect it, here are the basics.

1. Starve them
2. Kill them
3. Keep them out

Starve them… it’s the sugar that feed these critters.  Sugar causes so many problems, mainly it feeds all the bad stuff.

Kill them… When they’re weak, hit them hard and kill as many as possible with herbs and other associated type stuff.  Many different ways to accomplish this.

Keep them out… no sense in going through all this work if they just come back again.  So you need some strong and good probiotics (good gut bacteria) to grow in their place.  Just like a good healthy lawn will choke out the weeds better than a bare patch of ground.   The probiotic we use came from a patient because it helped with yeast better than any other one she used, and she’s used almost all of them.

That’s enough for today.  If you have gas, burping, indigestion, or anything else funky with your food system stay tuned.

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