complex carbs, yeast and bacterial growth

[Guest guest]

Hi Bruce,

>

> Hi, just a question, I had thought that Candida could feed on undigested

> complex carbohydrate in the gut. I thought this was one of the reasons

> that food combining was important. Is this not the case? Does the Candida

> yeast have the enzymes to split carbohydrates into sugars?

You ask good questions. The answer to that is on my website in the

references section of my inulin and bowel dysbiosis page, in " Inulin: A

Comprehensive Scientific Review. http://members.shaw.ca/duncancrow/ is

the front page. There are charts and graphs of quantitative analysis of

which bacteria and yeasts, and how much they grow, and on what substrate.

>

> Even at its best the bodies digestion would likely be less than 100

> percent efficient, which would mean a person would have some undigested

> carbohydrate in their gut. Likely the carbohydrate would be fermented by

> some bacteria or yeasts producing the sugars that Candida feeds on

> perhaps.

>

To summarize, candida and yeasts, and your own digestive enzymes, do not

posess the enzymes required to break down complex carbs of more than

about chain length 2 (DP>2). Bad bowel bacteria do not posess the enzymes

for the most part to break down more than carb poymers of DP>3 or 4 give

or take, although the degree depends on the organism.

When the good bowel bacteria break down inulin, they don't leave free

sugars for the bad bacteria or yeasts to eat.

I agree that perhaps all sugars and carbs are not digested and may reach

the colon to proliferate undesireables. I tell even my non-infected

clients to try and approach a no-grain, low carb diet.

Happy New Year!

Duncan Crow

[Guest guest]

Great, thanks for the info Duncan.

You are a scholar and a gentleman both.

Bruce

----- Original Message -----

From: " Duncan Crow " <duncancrow@...>

>

> Hi Bruce,

>

> >

> > Hi, just a question, I had thought that Candida could feed on undigested

> > complex carbohydrate in the gut. I thought this was one of the reasons

> > that food combining was important. Is this not the case? Does the Candida

> > yeast have the enzymes to split carbohydrates into sugars?

>

> You ask good questions. The answer to that is on my website in the

> references section of my inulin and bowel dysbiosis page, in " Inulin: A

> Comprehensive Scientific Review. http://members.shaw.ca/duncancrow/ is

> the front page. There are charts and graphs of quantitative analysis of

> which bacteria and yeasts, and how much they grow, and on what substrate.