FW: one more reason to take castor oil

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 Undecylenic acid (or undecenoic acid) is a medium chain saturated fatty acid

similar to caprylic acid. The main source is castor bean oil. It has strong

antifungal properties and specialist nutritional supplements containing

undecylenic acid are often prescribed by nutritionists and naturally orientated

doctors for the treatment of Candida related illnesses such as intestinal

overgrowth and thrush. Undecylenic acid was the antifungal of choice in general

medical practice before modern drugs were developed and remains popular as the

active ingredient in topical antifungal preperations for the treatment of fungal

skin infections such as athlete's foot and jock itch. Undecylenic acid is

reported to be up to 6 times as potent as caprylic acid. Thorne Research who

manufacture the undercylenic acid nutritional supplement Formula SF 722 state

that its molecular structure makes undecylenic acid the most potent antifungal

of all the fatty acids. Undecylenic

acid works against fungal infections such as those caused by Candida Albicans

via a number of mechanisms. Research has demonstrated that it kills Candida and

other fungi directly as well as inhibiting the conversion of the yeast form of

these organisms to the more invasive hypael form. It is this conversion that

environmental medicine specialists believe contributes to the development of

leaky gut syndrome and the spread of Candida to other parts of the body from the

intestines. Undecylenic acid supplements are not as common as their caprylic

acid counterparts but prices do not differ considerably