The Candida/Aldehyde detox pathway and the Molybdenum Connection

[Guest guest]

The article came to my attention by a member of a candida group I belong

to.

I find the connection to Crohn's and Colitis very interesting, and

wonder how many intestinal disorders/illnesses are also connected to

yeast/fungus. The more I read about Candida,the more illnesses seem to be

connected to it.

I posted a few months ago an article on Candida and Arthritis. This all also

leads me to wonder if those people whom are alcoholics are predisposed to

candida or have it to some degree? Any ideas on that supposition? Also I know

( http://www.ahummingbirdsguide.com/ ) that those with M.E are

exceptionally sensitive to alcohol and realizing that it is probably due to loss

of normal

internal homeostasis, wonder - would taking Molybdenus be at all useful to

them?

Blessings

Shan

The Candida/Aldehyde detox pathway and the Molybdenum Connection

written by Janice Weiss

http://candidapage.com/aldehyde.shtml

As it relates to Candida, those of you who have read the work of Dr. Orion

Truss, or who have seen quotes by others from his work, will already have been

alerted to his assertion that much of the harm done by Candida results from its

waste product, acetaldehyde, which in turn can affect the metabolic,

neurological, endocrine, and immune systems. Further, that few chemicals can

create so

much havoc in the body as acetaldehyde can. It may interfere with the

receptors for acetylcholine which is supposedly the major neurotransmitter in

the

corpus callosum.

Formaldehyde, obviously then, is related to acetaldehyde in the aldehyde

chain of chemicals.

Dr. Rochlitz worked with cross-crawl brain integration exercises with

dyslexic patients with formaldehyde taped to these patients right brain

hemisphere, and sometimes the left.

Acetaldehyde is a fungal waste product.

Dr. Cooter, in his book " Beating Chronic Disease " , ProMotion

Publishing, San Diego, California, states that " Candida is responsible for

flooding

the system with an accumulation of toxic acetaldehydes. Acetaldehydes are known

to poison tissues -- accumulating in the brain, spinal cord, joints, muscles

and tissues. "

Dr. Cooter then goes on to describe how he learned from a chiropractor, Dr.

Carol [this name came up on this List way back] that molybdenum -- a

mineral -- not a medication, but a nutrient, had a blanket reputation for

breaking down yeast by-products into forms that the body could excrete.

Coincidentally, Dr. Cooter read the monogram by Dr. Walter Schmitt " Molybdenum

for Candida

Albicans Patients and Other Problems " through Dr. . [interestingly,

these are all chiropractor, Drs. Roschlitz, , and Schmitt.]

I'm beginning to see a glimmer of some possible connections here. Dr.

Roschlitz's work, and Dr. Walter Schmitt's, although slightly different, seems

similar to me to the principle of Dr. Nambupridad's work with NAET, and perhaps

then, holding the substance, when the body is worked on through one of their

modalities, might not seem so strange after all. I think I see a common

denominator

here. Worth exploring? Perhaps....

Back to Dr. Cooter and Dr. Schmitt: " Molybdenum is chemically responsible for

breaking down acetaldehyde into acetic acid. Acetaldehyde cannot be excreted

from the body; it accumulates. Acetic acid can be, though, and the body

naturally removes it or changes it into acetyl coenzyme A, a major player in the

body's energy system.... Acetaldhyde accumulations in tissue are responsible for

weakness in muscles, irritation, and PAIN. "

And now for the good part (g), directly quoted from Dr. Walter Schmitt:

" Chemical aldehydes are best known as fragrances. " [shall I repeat that?]

" Chemical aldehydess are best known as fragrances.... Ethanol, or drinking

alcohol, is also precessed to acetaldehyde. ...the body has an enzyme which

breaks

down the aldehydes to less toxic substances. This enzyme is aldehyde oxidase,

or sometimes, aldehyde dehydrogenase. Aldehydes encountered dietarily or

environmentally or produced in the body must be handled by aldehyde oxidase

metabolic pathways.

Acetaldehyde is a paraticularly toxic substance which, in addition to being

produced by threonine and ethanol, is a product of the metabolism (i.e.

fermentation) of carbohydrate in yeast -- hence the Candida connection.

Acetaldehyde

is thought to be the major source of tissue damage in alcoholics rather than

ethanol itself. The conversion of acetaldehyde into acetic acid " for this

reaction to occur, threonine to acetaldehyde to acetic acid to acetyl coenzyme

A,

NAD (niacine amide) is required, and aldehyde oxidase is dependent of

riboflavin, iron, and molybdenum. These forgoing nutrients could be helpful to

Candida

albicans patients, and others who are sensitive to various fragrances and

airborne odors. Those patients with aldehyde sensitivity are incredibly

sensitive

to any type of fragrance.

By coincidence, (or is it?) there's a little squibb in the newsletter from

the Environmental Health Association of Dallas on fragrance. " Perfume today is

not made from flowers but from toxic chemicals..... More than 4,000 chemicals

are used in fragrances. Of these, 95 percent are made from petroleum. Some

toxic chemicals found in fragrances: toluene, ethanol, acetone, formaldehyde,

limonene, benzene derivatives, methylene chloride, and many others known to

cause

cancer, birth defects, infertility, nervous system damage, or other

injuries.... Exposure to scented products can cause exhaustion, weakness, 'hay

fever',

dizziness, difficulty concentrating, headaches, rashes, swollen lymph glands,

muscle aches and spasms, heart palpitations, nausea, stomach cramps, vomiting,

asthma attacks, neuromotor dysfunction, seizures, and loss of consciousness. "

This was reprinted from No Perfume Means Healthier Air brochure, Breath of

Fresh Air Battleaxe, Oakland, California.

And from another source comes another connection -- from Dr. Atkins'

newsletter: Dr. Atkins is writing about Pantethine which he prescribes to his

Crohn's Disease and Colitis patients, with acknowledgement to Dr. Melvin

Werbach for Dr. Werbach's study that demonstrated that people with colitis have

markedly decreased Coenzyme A activity if the mucosal surface of their colons,

even when the blood levels of pantothenic acid are normal. Dr. Atkins concluded,

based on his success with these patients of his, that Pantethine bypasses the

block in converting Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid) to Coenzyme A. But also,

that Pantethine is a growth factor for lactobacillus bulgaricus and

bifidobacterium that we know help control yeast overgrowth (and Dr. Cooter also

speaks of

it in his book). Candida, according to antibody studies done at the Atkins

Center, is involved in more than 80 percent of all cases of Crohn's and Colitis.

And for autoimmune problems, Dr. Atkins states, " For all conditions that a

doctor might prescribe prednisone -- allergies, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis,

psoriasis, lupus, and olther autoimmune diseases, pantethine can be safely, e

ffectively substituted. I routinely use it for all of those conditions on hundre

ds of my patients, and it's valuable in weaning them off steroidal drugs, or

certainly in allowing a lower dose....

By upping body levels of a body enzyme, pantethine counteracts brain fog,

certain allergic sensitivities, and some consequences of alcoholism. (And here

it

is --) ... In people with candidiasis, the enzyme fights off a toxic

byproduct called acetaldehyde, which is thought to cause brain fog,

often-suffered but

rarely diagnosed.... Acetaldehyde also is suspected of being responsible for

some symptoms of alcoholism, including alcoholic heart muscle disease. The

pantethine-stimulated enzyme also detoxifies formaldehyde, an all too frequent

offender for chemically sensitive individuals. "

In summary, Dr. Atkins is saying that Pantethine, without toxic consequences,

can reduce cholesterol, counuteract oxidation, stimulate the growth of

friendly bacteria, and fight allergies, inflammation, autoimmune disruptions,

and

alcoholism.

In case you wondered, Dr. Cooter and Dr. Schmtt suggest 300 micrograms of

Molybdenum in three divided doses per day, and further suggests staying on it

for

at least 4 months.. Dr. Atkins suggests 450 to 900 miligrams daily of

Pantethine with an equal amount of Pantethenic Acid.