Re: 's post on antifungals, yeast fighter and probiotics

May 12, 2006

> It is my understanding that Virastop does not harm the bacteria of

> probiotics. Virastop digests the protein sheath of viruses--it is

> an enzyme. Enzymes, like VS and Candex, are very particular, and VS

> is formulated for proteins. If probiotics couldn't withstand

> enzymes, taking probiotics would be of no use to us because we have

> enzymes in us working all the time.

>

I am not a Virastop expert, but I thought that since Virastop is

formulated for proteins, and bacteria is composed of proteins couldn't

they interfere with each other? I may be dead wrong on this one. I

am going to have to do some research on this. Maybe it is formulated

to somehow avoid them (probiotics)? Regardless, I do not think that I

would give them together in our case although spacing them out should

not hurt.

Also, there are several types of enzymes in our bodies that have

several different functions. Good bacteria (or probiotics) in our

body actually produces enzymes. They all have their purpose, and

while one child may benefit from one enzyme, another may not.

Digestive enzymes help break down foods. Some kids (like mine) can

avoid special diets using these. One thing that my wife and I noticed

is that many doctors will prescribe a standard set of digestive

enzymes without testing. I do not necessarily agree with this. The

problem is that one child may require one enzyme and other children

may require others depending on what they are have difficulty in

digesting.

May 12, 2006

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I've written to , who is very informed about VS, to try to

clarify this. I tried phoning Enzymedica, but they were already

closed. We may be saying pretty close to the same thing.

I don't give the VS and the probiotics in the same mouthful. But,

by dosing VS as the company suggests, 3 or 4 times a day, you are

keeping a relatively stable level of the VS in your system. If the

VS was killing the good bacteria, one would be in very sad shape by

the end of the antiviral protocol (rather than just in sad shape

during the protocol--ugh).

I think what I want to emphasize from my experience is that if we

stop the probiotics, everything goes downhill extremely quickly.

Yeast are aggressive, and something about killing viruses makes them

monstrously aggressive. Good bacteria seem to be meek little

buggers who need constant shoring up.

To clarify my view even more: one of the reasons I always recommend

Candex to people fighting yeast is because it does no harm to the

good bacteria, it is easy to dose, and yeast cannot build up a

tolerance to being digested (hence the rotate/not rotate controversy

is avoided all together). I consider Candex an antifungal, but of

course its mechanism is much different than other OTC antifungals

and the Rx antifungals as well. Maybe we shouldn't even talk about

antifungals as a group, since they have many different traits.

This would be easier if we were all sitting around a table. :-)

Anita

>

> > It is my understanding that Virastop does not harm the bacteria

of

> > probiotics. Virastop digests the protein sheath of viruses--it

is

> > an enzyme. Enzymes, like VS and Candex, are very particular,

and VS

> > is formulated for proteins. If probiotics couldn't withstand

> > enzymes, taking probiotics would be of no use to us because we

have

> > enzymes in us working all the time.

> >

>

> I am not a Virastop expert, but I thought that since Virastop is

> formulated for proteins, and bacteria is composed of proteins

couldn't

> they interfere with each other? I may be dead wrong on this one.

I

> am going to have to do some research on this. Maybe it is

formulated

> to somehow avoid them (probiotics)? Regardless, I do not think

that I

> would give them together in our case although spacing them out

should

> not hurt.

>

> Also, there are several types of enzymes in our bodies that have

> several different functions. Good bacteria (or probiotics) in our

> body actually produces enzymes. They all have their purpose, and

> while one child may benefit from one enzyme, another may not.

>

> Digestive enzymes help break down foods. Some kids (like mine)

can

> avoid special diets using these. One thing that my wife and I

noticed

> is that many doctors will prescribe a standard set of digestive

> enzymes without testing. I do not necessarily agree with this.

The

> problem is that one child may require one enzyme and other

children

> may require others depending on what they are have difficulty in

> digesting.

>

May 12, 2006