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However, contraceptive decisions involve all the facets of a person’s life, not only as individuals in their personal relationships, but also within the wider context of their culture, religion and society. In current western society where sex is presented as a spontaneous, hot-blooded activity, thinking consciously about using contraception may be seen as cold, dampening the fires of passion. Sexually explicit scenes on the television, for example, rarely if ever mention the possibility of pregnancy or the use of contraception. The fact that many contraceptive consultations are straightforward can deceive the unwary doctor into thinking that they will all be simple. Where the consultation is not straightforward, it may be all too easy for the busy doctor to get caught up in the patient’s internal conflicts. If this happens he may become irritated and impatient, reacting to the patient’s behaviour, which on the surface appears unreasonable and inexplicable, rather than trying to understand what is behind it. The temptation will then be to suggest a change of contraceptive pill or a change of method, in the hope (usually forlorn) that the problem will be solved. In these situations the woman will either not return, or may return later with an unintended and possibly unwanted pregnancy.

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During these weeks you should be addressing all the stresses in your life and seeking to minimise them by:

• getting adequate sleep, rest and recreation;

• taking adequate (but not excessive) exercise in the fresh air;

• driving the car within the speed limits;

• cut ting back on work, social and sporting commitments—many of my allergy patients are so tired from playing squash two nights a week, tennis another and netball or football on the weekends that they can’t get well;

• using cortisone creams and puffers to keep eczema and asthma at bay while the programs are taking effect.

• avoiding lying on the carpet to read or watch TV. This is a significant stress to the mucous membranes of the nose, throat and windpipe due to the close proximity to dust, dust mite, wool fibre, nylon fibre and formaldehyde.

Stay on the combined Anti-Candida/Anti-Allergy Program for a minimum of three months—longer if under supervision and it’s deemed necessary to do so. Then go back on the Metabolism-Balancing Program for the rest of your life. Those with acne should stay on the Anti-Candida/Anti-Allergy Program until no new pimples break out on the skin—however, if longer than three months your doctor or naturopath must OK it.

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Angela is typical examples of how a Candida albicans infection can sensitise the body to chemicals and produce spin-off allergic reactions to less noxious substances.

Angela (15) was brought to me by a distraught mother who was having trouble coping with her antisocial behaviour. As a child Angela was moderately, though not seriously, hyperactive. She was fairly clumsy and lacked the co-ordination needed to be good at ball-handling sports. Her concentration span was less than most of her peers and she had a low tolerance to frustration. She was below average in her schoolwork.

At puberty she became cranky, irritable, argumentative and aggressive. The bouts of aggression would alternate with bouts of depression which would see her become sullen and withdrawn to the point of spending hours at a time locked in her bedroom. She was a lover of junk food which she justified by her continuous craving for sweets. A craving for sweets is as much a symptom of Candida infection as it is a symptom of allergy addiction. The Candida plants live on sugar and white flour and call out for them when hungry.

The white spots on her fingernails indicated a definite zinc deficiency and she was immediately put on the Metabolism-Balancing Program for six weeks. She improved significantly on all levels but was by no means completely cured. Allergy tests revealed her to be allergic to malt, brewer’s yeast, eggs, milk, MSG, dust mites, mould and a number of grasses. The appropriate Anti-Allergy Program (which was the Metabolism-Balancing Program minus the things she was allergic to) was prescribed and within six weeks there was a vast improvement.

Her schoolwork had improved so much she was pulling away from the middle pack and moving into the top ten bracket. Her concentration, memory, retention of details and sociability at school had improved out of sight. She had more energy than ever before and was experiencing such good physical co-ordination that her handwriting had become neat and legible without any concerted effort on her part. Her teachers and headmaster were thrilled.

Her parents were not so thrilled. They couldn’t understand why, when she was sticking so rigidly to her program, she could be sociable every morning at home and all day at school yet so antisocial at home each evening. The problem seemed to hinge around Angela’s allotted evening chore of washing the dishes. (Her younger brother dried them.) Dishwashing had always been the major hassle of the evening for the family as Angela would always throw a tantrum over it. At first, I tended to agree with Angela’s mother, that she was just an intractable teenager, but after a long talk with Angela one day, I could see that she really did want to improve herself and was quite genuine when she said she didn’t know why dishwashing made her so upset.

Further delving into her history revealed that Angela’s mother had a mild case of thrush during her pregnancy with Angela. Angela had been born with a mild case of oral thrush. Her infancy had been marred by colic and a nappy rash which was focused mainly around her anus. The latter two were overt symptoms of a Candida yeast infection situated in her gut. Clearly she still had the infection and the fact that her bloated tummy hadn’t completely reduced following the Anti-Allergy Program was confirmation of this.

The sudden mood swings that assailed Angela when she reached puberty were at last explained. The sudden release of the hormone progesterone from her ovaries at puberty had encouraged the growth of the small yeast colony in her gut into a large yeast colony which was filling her system with the chemical acetaldehyde. Acetaldehyde, being a toxic chemical, had sensitised her to dishwashing chemicals which began to vaporise when put into hot water. Not only that, the heat from the sink caused the vaporisation of the dishwashing liquid in its container, as it was stored directly below the sink. The vaporised chemical released from the dishwashing liquid was formaldehyde, a close cousin, of acetaldehyde.

Was it any wonder that by the time dishwashing was over Angela was cranky, aggressive and often crying? She would storm out of the kitchen and into her bedroom slamming the door so hard the house would reverberate. She would spend the rest of the evening sulking. Often in the dark.

Substituting soap for dishwashing liquids solved the problem. No more tantrums and no more withdrawing socially after dinner. What was most interesting though was that after three months on the Anli-Candida/Anfi-Allergy Program, plus Nystatin powder, Lactobacillus acidophilus capsules and Formula Six multi-vitamin and mineral supplement, Angela was able to wash up with dishwashing liquid again without experiencing her usual massive mood swings and withdrawal from the family.

By removing the acetaldehyde from her blood the liver enzymes repaired themselves to the point where they could cope with limited exposure to formaldehyde. Evenings were no longer the bane of Angela’s day and she made good use of the time to do some extra study which improved her position in class even more.

It is debatable whether Angela could have coped with exposure to large sustained quantities of formaldehyde but 1 was not prepared to risk the return of her symptoms in an effort to find out.

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It is significant that the very foods that predispose us to allergies (refined, junk, tinned, frozen and packaged foods) are the every ones that favour the growth of Candida yeast colonies. As Dr Weston G. Price in his book, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, discovered: ‘Nutrition is the key to preventing the onset and perpetuation of allergies.’

Candida sufferers like sweets. Some have profound cravings for sweets. This is because they have large colonies of the yeast growing in them that are calling out to be fed on sugar, honey, fruit and white flour. If you have a sweet tooth the thought of going on the Anti-Candida Program may daunt you. Don’t let it. Resolve to go on the program and tough it out. Resolve not to let anything stand in the way of achieving your goal of optimum health. If you do this you’ll be well rewarded for, after the program, you’ll notice an amazing thing—your sweet tooth will have disappeared. Your taste for sweets won’t go entirely as it’s perfectly natural but you’ll only be eating 10-20 per cent of the amount you were eating before. You won’t be able to cope with any more. Your tastes will have changed so much that any more than 20 per cent will taste sickly. This lack of desire for sweet things is confirmation that the size of the Candida colony is so small, it’s having a negligible effect on you.

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1. Have you ever taken any type of cortisone drug for more than two weeks at any time in your life?

2. Does exposure to perfumes, tobacco smoke, insecticides, household cleansers or fabric shop odours (some fabrics are treated with fire retardants) aggravate your symptoms?

3. Have you taken any antibiotics for acne for a month or longer?

4. Have you ever taken broad spectrum antibiotics for throat, respiratory, urinary or ear infections for two months or longer or in shorter courses four or more times per year?

5. Are you on the contraceptive pill or have you ever taken it?

6. Do you crave sugar, white bread or alcoholic beverages?

7. Do sugar-containing foods (sweets, cakes, biscuits, soft drinks), while bread or alcoholic beverages cause your abdomen to distend and/or give you wind?

8. Do these foods give you a foggy, spaced-out, detached, off-the-planet feeling in the head?

9. Do you suffer from premenstrual tension, vaginitis, menstrual problems or lack of sex drive?

10. Are your symptoms worse on a clamp day or in a mouldy environment?

11. Are your symptoms worse on a cloudy (dry) day and disappear on a sunny clay? (Cloudy days hold in city pollution and most Candida victims are chemically sensitive.)

12. Does walking into new buildings (such as office blocks and department stores) make your symptoms worse (formaldehyde)?

13. Does the smell of newly laid carpet make your symptoms worse (formaldehyde)?

14. Does getting into a new car aggravate your symptoms (formaldehyde)?

15. Did you have oral thrush as a baby or did your mother have vaginal thrush while carrying you?

Successful treatment of yeast infections is not much different from successful treatment of bacterial infections. Seven basic ingredients are needed:

1. The Candida must be starved of the food it normally lives on.

2. A substance must be used to kill the Candida.

3. Adequate rest must be taken during the time of treatment to give the white blood cells the time and strength they need to do their share of the organism killing.

4. A nutritious diet with supplementary vitamins and minerals to boost energy levels, white blood cell vitality and resistance must be strictly adhered to.

5. Stress levels must be reduced.

6. A positive attitude needs to be adopted.

7. As many chemicals as possible must be removed from your living and working environment and from the food and water you consume.

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