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Brain Function & Food
Topic Started: Aug 24 2007, 07:49 PM (91 Views)
AloeGal
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http://www.texasgrassfedbeef.com/brain_function_and_food.htm

Slanker's Grass-Fed Beef has a great site! Here is one excerpt from the page at the link above.

Is There a Fungus Connection?
I found an article on the Web that was pretty interesting. It was written by Dr. Raj Rakhra. It is not a peer-reviewed scientific study. But it’s a point of view that I think is very valid. You can read the whole article at http://www.intouchmag.com/dr.rakhraspring2003.html. Below is my condensed version of his article.

Fungi are single cell organisms found everywhere on the land, in the sea, and in the air. They can enter our bodies via the nose, lungs, and gastrointestinal tract (GIT). Fungi are normal inhabitants of the skin, vagina, and GIT. A body’s primary protection against infections of fungi are the immune system, PH levels, and friendly bacteria.

Normally there is a balance between fungi and normal flora and they are relatively benign because they live in balance. But in special circumstances fungi can become invasive when they produce mycotoxins. Fungi secret these toxins to protect against viruses, bacteria, and parasites like protozoa, insects, animals, and humans. In the human host, these toxins can get into the blood stream and produce an array of central nervous system symptoms such as fatigue, confusion, irritability, mental fogginess, memory loss, depression, dizziness, mood swings, headache, nausea, numbness, and symptoms of hypoglycemia. Mycotoxins associated with Candida albicans infestation can produce chronic illness, frequently described as “feeling sick all over.”

When provided with large doses of sugar and/or refined carbohydrates like candies, chocolate, cakes, soft drinks, white breads, and alcohol – yeasts and fungi thrive in the GIT. Foods containing yeast, mold and fungi, even the common edible mushroom, can increase a gut’s fungal population.

Fungi, through production of mycotoxins, can initiate many degenerative diseases: Cancer, heart disorders, gout, arthritis and autoimmune disorders, thyroditis, chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythmematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and many more.
The Fungal related complex manifest primarily in five areas of the body:
Digestive system symptoms are: bloating, gas, cramps, alternating diarrhea with constipation, multiple food allergies.

Nervous system: The symptoms includes abnormal fatigue, spaciness, anxiety, mood swings, drowsiness, memory loss, depression, insomnia, mental fogginess, even hallucination and violent behavior can occur, Autism, hyperactivity, learning disabilities in children can be a manifestation of fungal infestation.

Skin: symptoms may be hives, psoriasis, excessive sweating, and acne and nail infestations.

Genito-Urinary tract symptoms in women may be premenstrual syndrome (depression, mood swings, bloating, fluid retention, cramps, sweet cravings, and headaches prior to menstruation), recurrent bladder or vaginal infections and loss of interest in sex. In males, common problems include chronic rectal or anal itching, recurrent prostatitis, impotence, genital rashes and jock itch.

Endocrine System: An intimate relationship exists in the body between the immune system, the nervous system, and the endocrine system. The thyroid and adrenal glands in particular may be involved. Both hypo and hyperthyroidisms, especially the autoimmune variety is strongly linked to fungal overgrowth. Candida fungal toxins can travel to virtually all organs and tissues in the body. The syndrome has been associated with practically every medical condition including cancer, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, AIDs, asthma, arthritis, chronic sinusitis, recurrent flu, middle ear infection, alcoholism, diabetes, eating disorder, hypoglycemia. In some of the diseases fungi are secondary opportunistic infections. In many, fungal mycotoxins may be the cause. In either case, a healthy immune system is the only natural defense against these microbes and their poisons. In advanced cases dietary changes alone do not reverse Candida/Fungal syndromes and aggressive antifungal therapy is necessary.

Dr. Raj Rakhra’s personal Web site is: http://www.aynh.com.

Blessings,
AloeGal
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