Candida Studies

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For those interested, I'm supplying a link to a website full of eye-opening

studies about candida. Here are the opening two paragraphs to McCombs'

intriguing overview: http://www.mccombsplan.com/new/candidafactsheet.php

Candida Fact Sheet Dr. McCombs, DC

Many of the doctors who have consulted with me have asked for more information

and references to better educate themselves, their patients and fellow doctors.

To assist them, I gathered together a few of the references that we are

including in my online Candida Library (www.CandidaLibrary.org). In this

article, you’ll find 75 research references that provide information on how

Candida goes from a harmless normal constituent of the gastrointestinal tract to

a pathogenic systemic problem that can affect anyone and everyone. I’m providing

this information here for you to become better educated about Candida, like the

many doctors with whom I’ve consulted. Pass it along to your family, friends,

and doctors, if you feel that it can also assist them in learning and

understanding more about a problem that affects virtually everyone.

Candida Facts

The human digestive tract is said to contain some 100 trillion cells compared to

about only 10 trillion human cells in the body. This particular arrangement has

led to man being classified as a “super-organism,” whose health is directly

related to the function of the thousands of species of micro- organisms that

make up the 100 trillion cells in the intestinal tract. For years, research

suggested that there were 400-500 species that made up this microbial

population. Recent advances in research have now put that number at anywhere

from 3,300 to 5,700 or more, (9) to upwards of 30,000 species. The intestinal

tract houses what has been called “the densest ecosystem on the planet,” and is

approximately 25-28 ft long. The surface area of the intestinal tract measures

approximately 200 square meters, roughly the size of a tennis court.