Posted by spoc on April 5, 2004, at 19:19:51
In reply to Re: Unpaved, bumpy roads.... Maggie and » sjb, posted by spoc on April 5, 2004, at 14:14:26
Magee (sorry I keep getting that wrong!), thanks for the website, I will definitely check it out! Please let me know if you or anyone you know has tried the principles, or any of those products like Three Lac. : )
Sjb:
> I wouldn't have the will power to stay on such a restrictive diet
Oh, me neither. I could do a lot better with any change at all, but in addition to that I hope that some of the "probiotic" mixtures that are sold have some validity. Another thing to keep in mind about the existence of candida afflictions is that, like even a doc said to me, it was only discovered pretty recently that a bug (virus, bacteria, whatever) causes ulcers. That was snickered at previously too. He was acknowledging that surely many low-level chronic infections exist, as yet unexamined. I think I read that the main reason they haven't been examined has to do with parties fearing not much of a profit could be made at this stage in the game (strong prescription anti-fungals already exist of course, but are used cautiously due to liver risks).
I think that's often the case when a treatment already falls in the supplement/health food store domains...? I was in an NIH study on melatonin for sleep years ago, and that's what they told me about why money hadn't been poured into that sooner. Too late to make it a prescription item if it was proven effective, so no drug company wanted to pay for the research. : (
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