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Yes, a portion of what you consume does. However, they are not being wasted for it’s nature’s intention that they do so. The wastes that leave the body via kidney, bladder and bowel are very toxic and capable of causing cancer in the walls of these organs and scars in the delibate kidney tubules.

If you are taking supplementary vitamins and minerals to nourish yourself there should be some left over to neutralise the waste products as they pass through the body. Vitamin C and the B vitamins neutralise the toxins in the urine (turning it yellow) thus protecting the walls of the bladder and the tubes leading to and from it. Vitamin C, E and A are very important for protecting the walls of the bowel against the toxins in faecal matter, particularly the putrefying fats. It is no coincidence that bowel cancer is second only to lung cancer as the major cancer killer. The foods we eat today don’t contain enough vitamins and minerals to nourish us and protect our organs of elimination. For this reason supplementation of these nutrients is imperative.

Although it is intended by nature that, we lose some, vitamins and minerals through the bladder and bowel, some people do lose more than they should, because:

1. There is a lack of minerals in the food they cat or in the supplements they take. Minerals hold vitamins in the body.

2. Lack of exercise causes greater vitamin and mineral loss. (Bedridden hospital patients can lose from their bones up to 300 mg of calcium per day in the urine.) Exercise raises the metabolic rate and puts the tissues of the body to work. Working tissues (especially muscles) require greater amounts of food. Vitamins and minerals are thus retained and used in greater quantities by these working tissues.

The longer you are on a complete vitamin and mineral supplement the less you lose. As your metabolism balances, your metabolic rate increases and your health improves, you use more of the vitamins and minerals you ingest. In time only a small portion is spilling over into the urine and bowel for protection purposes.

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The thoughts we choose to think give rise to the feelings we experience both emotionally and physically. For example, the feeling of butterflies in the stomach experienced before delivering a speech is the result of extra adrenalin triggered by anxious thoughts. Extra adrenalin changes the chemistry of the blood by causing the levels of glucose and free fatty acids to rise.

Prolonged stress also causes cortisone and testosterone to be released by the adrenal glands. Cortisone breaks down muscle cells into amino acids releasing cholesterol into the blood. Testosterone affects the metabolism by negating the effect of oestrogen. This can give rise to the growth of body and facial hair in women. Many women experience a thickening of their body hair or growth of a light moustache when under prolonged stress.

It has been demonstrated that tears of happiness are chemically different to tears of sadness. The bile secreted by the liver to help digest fats is normally green in colour yet when we’re depressed it turns black. The word melancholy means literally ‘black bile’.

Feelings of anger, rage and hostility can cause the release of the chemical neurokinin from the end of the sensory nerves into the skin, blood vessels and sub-skin tissues, so disrupting the metabolism in the area of release as to cause significant inflammation. The ruddiness of face seen in those who’re angry and the blush of those who are embarrassed are examples of neurokinin’s ability to change the metabolism of the skin.

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Q. How much fruit juice can I have daily and are the commercial brands OK if the label states ‘No Added Sugar’?

A. Have as much fruit juice as you like—within reason—on the Metabolism-Balancing Program and none if you are on the Anti-Candida Program. Fruit juice carries mould and is too concentrated in natural sugars for the Anti-Candida Program. The commercial brands are OK if you are not allergic to anything in them.

Q. Can I have tea or coffee when I first get up?

A. Yes. After you have had your water.

Q. Should I avoid tea and coffee?

A. Not completely. Only one hour before taking your supplements and three hours after. The acids in tea and coffee block absorption of the minerals. No more than four or five cups of tea or coffee (total) per day. Sometimes mould can grow on tea and coffee if it’s been in storage for too long. If you are not responding to the Anti-Candida Program as you feel you should, go off tea and coffee and observe your response.

Q. What can I drink after dinner?

A. Fruit juice or water if you are on the Metabolism-Balancing Program. Vegetable juice and water only if you are on the Anti-Candida Program. A squeeze of lemon juice may be added to give the water taste. (No lemon if you are amine and salicylate sensitive.)

Q. Is rainwater OK?

A. Yes, if you catch it in a clean pan in the garden. Don’t catch it off the roof. Chemical fall-out from industry and agriculture collects on roofs and runs off in the rainwater.

Q. Are all the commercial mineral waters the same?

A. No, they are not. Some are made from tap water, others are from European Alpine streams (=contaminated by acid snow), and others from European springs. Unfortunately, the European subterranean water table has been polluted by seepage from toxic chemical clumps and is high in nitrates from nitrogen fertiliser run-off. The Australian water table is vast, and for the main part, pristine. Very rarely does it contain any nitrates at all. Drink only those mineral waters from recognised Australian spas. Look for the name of the spa or spring on the label. Nitrates are not only potent allergens, they can cause cancer and will reduce the amount of oxygen carried by the blood. Babies under three months can turn blue from nitrate-containing water.

Q. What type of water filter should I buy? Do I need one?

A. Tap water is so full of chlorine and other chemicals it frequently causes allergic reactions. The only tap filters that work are the expensive ones (they cost around $500, with regular replacement cartridges at about $100). You would be better off getting home-delivered, fresh spring water. I’ve found it gives the best results.

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Drinking is compulsory at mid-morning, eating is not. No fruit juices, they are too concentrated in sugar. Keep high and moderate amines and salicylates out for the first four weeks.

OPTION 1

A 230 ml (8 oz) glass of vegetable juice, freshly juiced. You may have more than 230 ml if you like. Carrot juice is fine and mixed with celery it’s even better. This is a good drink for kids.

OPTION 2

A cup of black, unsweetened tea or coffee—don’t worry about the taste, you will be used to it in seven to ten days and won’t be able to go back to sweet tea and coffee again. This is a good habit to get into as it helps you keep your weight down. A little lemon juice may be added to the tea. For the six weeks of the program that you are allowed milk you may add a little milk or cream to the tea and coffee. Otherwise a non-dairy coffee whitener may be used, though not if you are allergic to coconut. Non-dairy whitener is made from emulsified coconut oil as is the cream supplied with your coffee on airlines. Read all labels carefully. If any word on it ends in -os, -ose, -one, -ona or -ol it has sugar and is, therefore, prohibited.

Herb teas are permitted if you are not allergic to grasses or pollens. Have only those that are in a bag, not the powdered variety. Cereal coffees are malted and therefore not permissible.

OPTION 3

A glass of mineral water, office- or home-delivered spring water or filtered tap water. The water must be filtered as many Candida sufferers are sensitive to chlorine and other chemicals in tap water. If a water purifier is not available then boil the water for ten minutes in a pot with the lid off to evaporate the chlorine. Boiling for more than ten minutes will solidify fluoride and that will place a strain on the kidneys. Pour the water into a half-filled bottle and shake it well. This will put oxygen back into the water and give it back its taste. Freshly squeezed lemon or lime juice may be added to the water.

OPTION 4

Only if you are hungry or feeling faint.

Brown rice cakes/wafers (the big round ones from the health store) with butter (if you do not have an allergy to milk) or with soya or olive oil brushed on them or one of the nut butters (cashew, almond, hazelnut, but not peanut). Tahini is OK but not the brands that are mixed with honey. Candida Killer sandwich filler/ dip may be used on top if desired.

Or, 60-120 g (2-4 oz) raw nuts and/or sunflower and sesame seeds.

OPTION 5

A sandwich for growing kids if they are hungry. Stay away from the nut butters that have sugar added. Read all labels carefully. Remember: -os, -ose, -one, -ona and -ol.

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These, if used too often for too long, will cause significant thinning and ageing of the skin (telangiectasia). When this happens bluish spider veins and purple-brown patches (purpura) begin to appear. It takes years on the Metabolism-Balancing Program to repair this damage.

Although the cortisone in the commonly used asthma puffers can, in time, damage the lining of the windpipe and lung (telangiectasia again), it must be recognised that these puffers can save lives and should not be discarded without a doctor’s advice. The side effects of cortisone puffers are:

Becotide- the aerosol inhaler can produce Candida yeast infections in the mouth and nose of those who use it for any length of time. This perpetuates the allergy and makes the patient more allergic.

Aldecin- authorities admit there is no data on the long-term effects of Becotide and Aldecin inhalers on lung and gastric tissue. If you are currently using them and intend doing so for any length of time you are unwittingly volunteering to become a guinea pig for their database.

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