Isyour acidophilus making you sick?

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Beth,

The article makes sense to me, but he never seems to specify what it is that

is working for his patients. I'd love to know.

a H.

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After much trial and error, I really think my son cannot tolerate

lactobacillus acidophilus, either in SCD yogurt, as a single

supplement, or in a combination supplement with other strains. It

seems to makes him silly and foggy, plus it seems to aggravate the 2

small areas of broken capillaries on his cheeks which I have never

been able to figure out. I did a google serach today for " not

tolerate acidophilus " and came upon the following interesting

article. Has anyone ever heard of Biamonte and his anti

candida protocol? He claims that some people who have yeast

infections cannot tolerate probiotics until the candida has

been controlled first with other things:

Thanks,

Beth

IS YOUR ACIDOPHILUS MAKING YOU SICK?

By Biamonte, C.C.N.

A startling fact I've discovered recently is that many patients

cannot tolerate acidophilus, whether it is milk-free or not. For

those of you reading this who do not know what acidophilus is,

acidophilus is a friendly bacteria, commonly found in yogurt, which

lives in your intestinal tract. It fights off parasites, harmful

germs, bacteria, yeast and funguses which can grow and make you very

ill.

If you're an educated reader, at this point you must be thinking I'm

referring to acidophilus that is either a milk base, has milk sugars

in it, or something of that nature. And I assure you right now--

absolutely--I am not! When I say your acidophilus might be making

you sick, I'm referring to any type of acidophilus sold in any

health food store anywhere. It doesn't matter what base it's in, or

what it's derived from. I'm referring to any acidophilus or any

bifidus bacteria under the sun.

This is a startling statement but I can prove it with research

facts.

Recently, I found in my own practice many patients reporting skin

rashes, skin itching and skin sensitivities after taking acidophilus

and bifidus bacteria. I mistakenly thought that this was due to

their getting a cleansing reaction in their intestinal tract; that

these friendly bacteria must have been cleaning poisons or toxins or

harmful organisms like candida or parasites out of their intestines.

Some patients even reported having vaginal infections break out

after acidophilus. Truly, I thought, this must be due to the fact

that it's having some good response.

Well, I've recently discovered that acidophilus in some people can

cause an actual allergic or immune suppressing response. In other

words, there are some people who are sensitive and allergic to this

friendly intestinal flora. Now these people will usually have many

other problems too. It's actually rare to find someone who simply

has an acidophilus allergy as their only symptom.

The typical profile of someone who reacts poorly to acidophilus is

this: Upon taking acidophilus of any kind, they may develop skin

rashes or skin itching, or some type of skin sensitivity. Also, they

may develop what seems like a sinus infection or nasal drip. They

may suffer very severe abdominal cramps or diarrhea, or discover

that they have an increase in food allergies or environmental

sensitivities. Many people with this profile(the acidophilus allergy)

already have bad food allergies and are very sensitive to many

things in their environment. But acidophilus makes it worse.

Now, why would this be? How could this friendly bacteria, this great

nutritional supplement which has been hailed in books all over the

world as providing so much benefit to mankind, cause this problem?

Well, there's a simple reason that I've discovered.

I have found that many people are lacking a protective layer in

their intestinal tract, which is naturally there, and which would

prevent them from becoming sensitive or irritated by even their

friendly, normal, natural intestinal bacteria. Without this natural

protective coating or layer in their intestinal tract (even friendly

bacteria which should be there to help you produce vitamins, keep

harmful germs out of your system, and many other benefits) horrible

reactions will occur and send someone running to the doctor.

Recently I've discovered substances which are natural and found in

plants which, when taken orally, help to build up this protective

layer and desensitize someone to acidophilus and also in general to

most food allergies, chemicals, and toxins in their environment.

It seems that in most people who are chemically sensitive or

allergic to anything, the very first flaw in their system is in the

intestinal tract. The intestinal tract, lacking this protective

coating, or worse yet, having intestinal permeability (which is also

called " leaky gut syndrome " ) are the underlying flaws in most people

who are allergic. When someone lacks this protective coating in

their intestinal tract, foods, chemicals, and microorganisms such as

parasites, bacteria, yeast and viruses can then begin irritating the

lining of the intestinal tract. What will happen next is that the

immune system will start reacting at the line of the intestinal

tract in order to fight back. This creates inflammation, swelling,

and further irritation of the intestinal lining. This in itself,

besides causing intestinal pain, intestinal cramps and irritation,

will begin allergic reactions throughout the body. It seems that

these allergic reactions begun in the intestinal tract trigger skin

reactions such as itching, hives, rashes, etc. As this continues for

a length of time, the next step is that the intestinal lining

becomes further degraded and starts to actually develop barriers

which are leaky. The normal villi in the intestinal tract which are

hairlike structures that help absorb vitamins, minerals, and

different nutrients from your food become damaged. These tiny hairs

are not able to absorb the nutrients from your food that are passing

through your intestines and then send them into your bloodstream so

your cells, glands and organs can use them.

Instead, holes or leaky patches develop at different points of the

intestinal tract where large particles of foods, pollens, chemicals,

microorganisms, whatever, then fall between the cracks and into your

bloodstream. It is only the presence of these larger holes or leaks

that allow these substances that would have never normally gotten

into your bloodstream, to enter. Being in your bloodstream, they now

create havoc. Bad reactions, allergies,environmental allergies are

soon to follow. This is how the person then becomes an " allergic to

everything " type of person.

One of the major differences discovered in someone who is HIV

positive as opposed to someone who has full blown AIDS is the person

with full blown AIDS has developed this leaky gut syndrome.

Naturally, due to that, he is much more susceptible to contracting

other infections and other problems. The person who is merely HIV

positive who doesn't have this leaky gut syndrome has more

protection, as his intestinal tract is not allowing these things to

pass through.

It would be correct in saying that most likely all people suffering

from any type of skin rash or sensitivity have, to some degree, this

syndrome of leaky gut, or a weakened protective lining of the

intestinal tract.

The good news is that this situation can be remedied. Using some of

the substances I mentioned earlier, the plant substances which are

called mucins, to rebuild the friendly protective coating of the

intestinal tract and then using other specific nutrients which have

been found to be able to rebuild the actual lining of the intestinal

tract itself and strengthen it so as to repair the leaky patches,

this problem can be resolved in a matter of a few months.

The first step in handling this problem would be to ascertain

exactly what's happening in the person's digestive system. A new

test has been developed which enables a practitioner to determine

the total amount of friendly and harmful bacteria, the amounts of

yeast, parasites in one's intestines, whether or not one is missing

the substances in the intestines which protects the lining of the

intestines, and whether or not the intestinal tract has become

leaky. This test also would scan the digestive system and absorption

system, to see if one is digesting and absorbing everything

correctly from their food. It also tells a great deal about how well

the immune system is functioning in the intestinal tract. This is

the ideally suited test to determine exactly what's needed on

someone suffering from this syndrome.

After the testing, the first step would be to put the person on a

program to clear out any harmful bacteria or harmful microorganisms

which are living in the intestines. Once they're eliminated, we then

can begin building up the friendly bacteria in the system, and then

we can begin repairing the intestinal tract.

In some cases, even though harmful organisms are present in the

intestines and would continue to break down the intestinal tract,

causing the same problem all over again, it is necessary to

strengthen and heal the intestinal tract a bit before one even

begins to clear away these harmful organisms. This is true in cases

where people are so chemically sensitive or so allergic that they

can no longer even tolerate taking the natural substances which

might be able to clear away the harmful bacteria or microorganisms

from their system. If this is the case, the person would first need

a round or so of these substances to strengthen his intestinal tract

so that he would be able to tolerate the substances that remove the

harmful bacteria or harmful parasites.

Once this is accomplished, the person would naturally be then able

to tolerate friendly bacteria. So, for those who are very, very

sensitive, they have to actually begin the entire program by

correcting as best as we can the weakness of the intestinal lining

that causes the bad reaction before beginning the program to totally

and completely correct the problem.

This is permissible because after the person has cleared away the

bad microorganisms and then started to establish friendly bacteria,

they can then go back on the substances that then heal the

intestinal tract for a longer period of time, so as to obtain a

complete and thorough regeneration of the area.

We are having fantastic successes and in some cases almost

miraculous results in our own practice. We hope this information

benefits you.

Biamonte holds a Doctorate of Nutripathy, a Degree in

Natural Healing, and a Master's in Clinical Nutrition. He is

affiliated with the International Academy of Clinical Nutritionists

and the International Academy of Nutrition and Preventive Medicine.

He is listed in " The Directory of Distinguished Americans " for his

research in Nutrition and Physiology.

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a,

After doing some sleuthing around his website and on the net, the

product that he uses if patients cannot even tolerate probiotics

(indicating a stripped gut lining) is a product called Colixin.

Here is one link with a decription. We may be trying this soon.

http://www.gutdoctor.co.uk/MainText/condition_page_06.htm#3

Beth

> Beth,

> The article makes sense to me, but he never seems to specify what

it is that

> is working for his patients. I'd love to know.

> a H.

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