PS Re: FYI

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Good on you, Lex! Great post...agree! Have been silently reading this site for

over 2.5 years now & only posted a few times but doesn't mean I'm not interested

& don't consider myself a 'newbie' just because I haven't posted often, just

that I'm not sure I can add much more than has already been said by the regulars

here. However, as I've posted before, we're not all the same...what works for

some doesn't necessarily work for all. I've spent 6 years doing my own research

& do what I can to maintain my health in terms of diet & supplements. Candida

and/or leaky gut is a tough one...we're all in a position to read reviews of

various products that appear to be endlessly promoted on here by a couple of

people & then make our own decisions. Duncan was banned for promoting his

products but I suspect we're in exactly the same position now but there's no

banning now of others doing pretty much the same thing or getting others to do

it for them. I eat no processed foods, use coconut oil, try to avoid gluten,

dairy & sugar whenever humanely possible (I travel a lot with my job) & take a

lot of supplements to boost the immune system. These are the basics! I'd love

to be able to buy fresh grains to create either milk or water kefir but a bit

difficult here in OZ...suspect that would help so much...the testimonials on it

are pretty amazing...you can check them out or join the kefir site, to which I

have no affiliation, I might add. If you can manage whey, that's another

one...some people can't. There's a host of things we can do....probiotics,

digestive enzymes, omega 3's, liver support to name just a few. I take a stack

more than that but have learnt not to leap onto the latest marketed thing for

people running a business without giving the info. on the product every bit of

research that I can. Just because it's on this site doesn't mean it's gospel!

We need to keep the bloating, inflammation, bacteria overrun, fatigue down & our

immune systems up! And we need to find what is the best way to do that for our

own selves. And if I'm now told I'm being negative, I reject that...after some

years with this blight, I'm merely being realistic & whilst 'not cured', have it

on 'maintenance level' & feel 100% better than a few years ago where I could

hardly have enough energy to get down the road, due to fungal overload. And

Lex, try the GFCF site...where you'll get a heap of recipes you can use (similar

to this where people blog from all over the place). Hope this is of a little

help to those longtime lurkers & not often posters (otherwise known as

'newbies') like myself, of whom there must be many! The best to you all, Kate.

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> I am a newbie and have been silently following for a month or more now. I

agree the MMS is going into overkill, even with the best of intentions. Whether

this is the " cure all " or not, diet is just as important and must be looked at

equally if not more. I have not tried MMS but I can give you a long list of

other supplements I've tried with some success. Probiotics are great, oil of

oregano is good when I can stomach it, coconut and grapeseed oil on any salad or

fried food, digestive enzymes, MSM (not to be confused with MMS), NAC, etc.

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> What I would personally like to see is any kind of recipes that I can make at

home (especially ones that are sweetened with Stevia). I cannot live without

something sweet now and then. On that note Stevia is ridiculously expensive so

I'm attempting to grow my own plants from seeds. If anyone has tips on this

please chime in.

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> Another avenue we can discuss (because our diets tend to be double what others

have to pay) is that products are sometimes a treasure hunt funding gluten and

sugar free foods (together in one package). For example does any know a good

spaghetti sauce without sugar? What's the tastiest brand of almond milk? Has

anyone attempted baking gluten free and sugar free cupcakes? Where can I find a

decent tasting bread that will fit the protocol? Etc.

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> I would also like to hear some different protocols out there and success

stories. Most people leave groups after they find something that works for them

and forget to share their information. It's a sad fact of life and leaves the

rest of us still fighting in the dark.

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> I am here because I also suffer from Lyme disease and excessive antibiotics so

some of us can't readily report what is helping the them fully or not with other

factors in play. I understand that. Most people here probably should also do a

heavy metal cleanse because candida covers it up too.

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> While Louise has good intentions, most of us are at the end of our ropes with

finances and trying different magic " cure all " pills that fail and we just can't

rationalize buying or taking any more without an extremely solid reason. I don't

know this Wil guy nor his credibility and at times it does come off as another

scam. I'm sorry. Sometimes it's easy to confuse fanaticism with the truth.

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> I realize this is nothing new, just a perspective from outside of one person.

Take it as you will.

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> Lex

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