Posted by bleauberry on December 8, 2008, at 16:02:09
In reply to yeast causes depression? quackery or real?, posted by deerock on December 7, 2008, at 17:10:37
As far as I am concerned, yes, yeast and a handful of other microbial invasions can definitely cause depression.
The yeast Candida is the bad one. It normally lives in small numbers, but can take over due to shifts in hormones, compromised immune system, mercury or lead exposure (they LOVE mercury, do you have any amalgam fillings?) and stress. How critters cause depression is by spilling their toxins into your bloodstream. Any kind of toxin getting into your brain is going to have you feel like crap. All the serotonin, NE, or DA manipulation in the world is not going to fix that.
There is a test you can do to find out. You don't have to guess or wonder. Go to www.metametrix.com; click on Test Menu; look for Organix Dysbiosis Urine. That's the test you want. It has a sample test report you can review as well so you can see in advance what kind of information comes from the test.
The critters live in a hostile stressed environment. They are adapted well to survive and hide. That is why other tests can show false negatives. Such as stool samples or blood candida antibody tests. An antibody test will only show if you are infected throughout your entire body. A stool sample on shows what is going on in the lower part of your colon. The urine sample, where you are not looking for the critters themselves, but rather their waste products, is the most accurate test.
Candida yeast leave a telltale signature from their waste byproducts (toxins) in your urine. In a normal healthy person, there should be only tiny almost undetectable amounts. If you are infected, you will see it clearly.
If infected, then you embark on herbal or pharmaceutical treatments to kill the critters.
The test will also show if you have some other microbial infection instead. Then you can take tests to find out which of several bacteria you are infected with.
The critters are normal and fine in small numbers. They even serve useful purposes. But when their numbers become too large, they wreak havoc on your intestines, allowing undigested stuff into the blood and allowing their waste byproducts into your blood. That just doesn't feel good. You feel, well, depressed.
What I feel is quackery is when a medical doctor doesn't look at basic things like this, when they just pull out a prescription pad. That's quackery. Just my opinion though.
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