Posted by beardedlady on April 1, 2003, at 9:45:55
In reply to Re: Miraculous results with magnesium! » johnj, posted by JLx on April 1, 2003, at 9:03:46
JLx:
You take a lot of stuff! I don't know how you can tell what is working and what isn't. And this is in addition to meds that don't work? And you can't eliminate them because?
> Besides depression, I figured I was also hypoglycemic and had a Candida problem too
Please don't take this the wrong way, but how did you "figure" this? Did you have a test for it?
I need to be honest with you about my feelings about candidiasis. All kinds of new age practitioners are bandying about this idea that candidiasis is responsible for a laundry list of symptoms, and if you have any three (which include vision changes, headaches, nasal stuffiness, insomnia, hypersomnia, weight loss, weight gain, forgetfulness, poor concentration, anxiety, depression), you've obviously got this illness. All those things can have many other causes, and I don't know anyone in the universe who doesn't have at least three of the symptoms found on those web sites. (Those same symptoms are also listed as symptoms of aspartame use and fibromyalgia.)
My best friend believes she has it and has been buying all these expensive "doctor-recommended" supplements and doing these ridiculous diets that are impossible to stick with--all to get rid of an illness that even alternative doctors don't believe in. She has never had thrush in her life, and she hasn't had a vaginal yeast infection since she was 16. And she's healthy and hasn't had an antibiotic in about 15 years.
If you have candidiasis, it usually manifests itself as thrush and/or a yeast infection. A cotton-y, fungus-y tongue cultured for candida will tell, as will a vaginal or penile discharge. That's how you can tell you have an internal problem.
If you do not have these things, consider yourself yeast free. Our bodies manufacture good flora all the time--UNLESS we are taking massive antibiotics or have an illness such as cancer or AIDS, whose medications can kill good flora.
I'm adamant about this because my grandmother died of candidiasis! It is a deadly disease. If yeast overtakes your body (and it will if your body is unable to manufacture good flora), you die. But taking chromium or garlic or even probiotics doesn't stop that amount of yeast. Healthy, non-hospitalized people with non-life threatening diseases just don't have rampant yeast throughout their bodies.
Okay. End rant.
I am really glad you are feeling good, but I am wondering now whether it's really worth going to the store to buy magnesium and probiotics. You say the magnesium saved your life, and I believe you, but I just don't know how you know it was the magnesium and not the fifteen or twenty other things you take.
I had hopes of maybe curing my insomnia once and for all, getting better sleep, reducing the number of migraines and headaches I get, and maybe being less irritable. But after seeing what you take each day, I am overwhelmed!
In fact, I'm thinking of sticking with my crappy bottle of magnesium oxide and taking 250mg. at bedtime.
beardy
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