ABSCESSES: DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS
At the Toronto clinic an excellent system has been worked out and, on departure from the clinic, the patient is given post-treatment dietary recommendations to ensure optimum benefit from the colonic treatment. These recommendations are as follows:
Don’t Eat
Red meats
Fried foods or oils
Salads and raw vegetables
Eat
All fruit (papaya, mango and pineapple are best for
enzymes) Cooked grains Steamed vegetables Soups Juices Sprouts
Chicken or fish (unless vegetarian)
N.B. After twenty-four hours raw vegetables and uncooked oils may be taken.
To promote elimination and digestion
Carrot, spinach, beet, or watermelon juices
Toxin-absorbing foods
Beets, watermelon, apples (or apple sauce), red grape juice
Vitamins E and C should also be used for colonic conditions. Vitamin E acts as an anti-oxidant and Nature’s Best has selected the most potent and biologically active form of natural vitamin E to use in their supplements. Vitamin E (alpha tocopherol) is the most powerful vitamin in the body’s anti-oxidant defence system. It is the prime agent that stops fatty acids from reacting with oxygen to form harmful toxins known as lipid peroxides. Vitamin E is necessary for the health of the reproductive system, the integrity of red blood cells and for the functioning of the white blood cells of the immune system.
Vitamin C is the ‘goes everywhere, does everything’ nutrient. If you choose to take a single vitamin supplement, vitamin C would be a prime candidate, as it is involved in so many different parts of the body, from the immune system to the connective tissue that literally holds us together. Vitamin C is not manufactured in the body, so to maintain health we must acquire adequate vitamin C supplies from our diet.
More vitamin C is required when we are in demanding situations since it is involved in the production of adrenaline, our ‘fight or flight’ hormone; it is itself consumed, acting as an anti-oxidant, and it is vital for tissue and bone growth and repair. Its effect on specific parts of the protective immune system include the modulation of the action of white blood cells, a fact that has excited researchers such as Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling. It may even be linked to the natural production of Interferon.
We depend on vitamin C to produce collagen, the structural protein that holds our cells together and is an integral part of skin, tendons, bone cartilages, and the other connective tissues that package our muscles and organs. Vitamin C is important for healthy bones and, in particular, for healthy teeth and gums, as it combines with minerals such as calcium and phosphorus.
Iron, the red blood cell mineral, is better absorbed in the presence of vitamin C, while the proper functioning of other nutrients, such as selenium and vitamins A and E, also depends on adequate vitamin C. It also supports vitamin E in its role of protecting fatty acids from harmful oxidation.
Although we need a regular and dependable intake of vitamin C in food, it is highly vulnerable to heat and light and can be almost entirely lost if food is incorrectly stored or cooked. It is an interesting fact that gorillas, who, like us, lost’ the ability to manufacture vitamin C during evolution, take in upwards of three grammes of vitamin C each day.
Unlike us, they still live surrounded by plentiful supplies of vitamin C-rich fresh vegetation and fruit, and they eat it raw.
The single most important source of vitamin C in the British diet is the potato. When potatoes are chipped and fried, a lot of vitamin C is lost. In addition, it is thought that our vitamin C requirements fluctuate, not only according to biochemical individuality, but also because of what is going on in our lives. At particular times our needs increase. Being water soluble, vitamin C is quickly transported through the body and excreted, mainly in urine, and therefore regular replenishing is advisable.
People who use drugs, such as aspirin, antibiotics and the contraceptive pill, quite wisely often choose to take vitamin C supplements, as do regular alcohol drinkers and smokers. Other groups who may benefit from a supplement are athletes in training, the elderly and pregnant, and breastfeeding women.
Recognising its importance as a nutrient, Nature’s Best produce twenty-two different vitamin C supplements in order to cater for differences in individual requirements and Nature’s Best were the pioneers of the easy-to-use powder form of sodium- or calcium-buffered version of vitamin C and the development of vitamin C in crystals, powder, time-release tablets, and capsules has made them UK leaders in vitamin C technology. They have also introduced a fat soluble form to widen its anti-oxidant capabilities.
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IBS AND CANDIDA ALBICANS: KILLING OFF THE CANDIDA – ANTI-FUNGAL SUBSTANCES
Nystatin: your doctor would have to prescribe this. It has been around for many years but to be effective for chronic bowel overgrowth at least eight weeks’ medication is necessary. If you feel ill when you start taking it (you should not if you have had the strict diet first) take a smaller amount and build up to the full dosage. Many people have noticed that long-term irritating problems such as unpleasant vaginal smells (even when there is no sign of thrush), sore ears, rashes on the face, athlete’s foot and sinus troubles also clear up when they have anti-fungal treatment.
Caprylic Acid: This is made from coconuts. It is available in health shops but the slow-release form, Mycopryl, can be more effective. You can order it by mail from Biocare, 54 Northfield Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham B30 1JH (0121) 433 3727. They also have a wide range of other products for Candida, food allergies and cystitis.
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THE BOWEL AS A DUMPING GROUND: HOW DOES A DIRTY COLON AFFECT THE BODY?
Some people treat their digestive tract like a rubbish disposal system and give little thought to the damage caused by the careless diet. When the colon is irritated by diet, stress, drugs, chemicals, and so on, it tries to protect itself by producing more mucus. This can bind with the sludge from refined foods, such as white flour, and build up on the wall of the bowel the way silt builds up in a river. This layer of gluey hardened faeces can weigh several pounds, and is a good place for harmful organisms to breed. It also prevents the complete absorption of nutrients by preventing digested food coming into contact with the lining of the bowel. The production of digestive enzymes, chemicals necessary to break down the food for complete absorption, is also affected.
How Does a Dirty Colon Affect the Body?
The local effects of this poisonous residue are irritation and inflammation. The general effects include:
• diarrhoea
• constipation
• fatigue
• headaches
• dull eyes
• poor skin
• spots
• aching muscles
• joint pains
• depression
This is because the poisons go through a network of vessels called the lymphatic system to all parts of the body; the equivalent of dirty dish-water is carried around the body, instead of a clean, nourishing fluid, the function of which should be to feed cells not served by blood vessels. The lymphatic fluid also kills off harmful organisms and carries away the refuse.
If the body has to battle against these poisons long-term, it is not surprising that it sometimes has to give up and the disease process takes over – the result is inflammation, infection and degeneration. It is understandable that there are more and more people referred to hospitals for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, colitis (inflammation of the colon), Crohn’s disease (inflammation of the small intestine), colon cancer and diverticulosis.
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