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Sublingual B vitamins have turned around my chronic fatigue. I've been taking it orally for years without the aame effect, so my running theory is that I have

Sublingual B vitamins have turned around my chronic fatigue. I've been taking it orally for years without the aame effect, so my running theory is that I have an issue with absorption in my gut. Is there a way to test for candida?

elevaet 2y ago
Candida species cause thrush and yeast infections. Afaik they are fairly ubiquitous in the human biome but become problematic when Candida gets out of control. So if you can test for it chemically there could be positives even if it's not a problem. So it would be a matter of looking under a microscope at the gut microbiome and checking if theres an overgrowth. And then treatment is tricky in the gut - how do you target a single problematic species but keep the rest of the microbiome intact? And if you do knock it out, you still need to create the conditions where it doesnt just bloom again since its ubiquitous. In the end it might be a thing where you have to follow general gut health advice and try to cultivate a healthy gut microbiome.
freedomben 2y ago
There are places that will do a stool analysis for you, but it's a lot of guesswork. Many quacks have also discovered that they can get people to pay a lot of money hoping for relief, and they don't hesitate to take advantage. It's a shame because there are honest people out there trying to help, but sorting the wheat from the chaff is quite the order. My opinion is that if you're concerned, the best thing is to make sure you aren't overeating carbs (I suggest limiting carbs to 30-40g per meal and 120g per day, and avoid simple carbs) and ideally take a probiotic and/or consume fermented foods such as yogurt, kombucha, etc that naturally provide probiotics. The carb limiting is the most important. If you do nothing else, do that. Even if you don't have an issue with candida, you'll feel better overall and get healthier. Again this is just my opinion as someone who has spent years reading and experimenting on myself, but is not formally educated or trained so take with a grain of salt.
gosub100 2y ago
Can you narrow it down to which specific B vitamin does it? If you really wanted to undertake a project, you could do a single blind study with placebo vs real b vitamins and prove if they work (grind up real vitamins and press them back in a way they look like placebo, put them in 30 day packs, and ask a friend to label and mix them up). Then make your guess after several months.
candidafighter2 2y ago
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elevaet 2y ago

Candida species cause thrush and yeast infections. Afaik they are fairly ubiquitous in the human biome but become problematic when Candida gets out of control. So if you can test for it chemically there could be positives even if it's not a problem. So it would be a matter of looking under a microscope at the gut microbiome and checking if theres an overgrowth. And then treatment is tricky in the gut - how do you target a single problematic species but keep the rest of the microbiome intact? And if you do knock it out, you still need to create the conditions where it doesnt just bloom again since its ubiquitous. In the end it might be a thing where you have to follow general gut health advice and try to cultivate a healthy gut microbiome.

freedomben 2y ago

There are places that will do a stool analysis for you, but it's a lot of guesswork. Many quacks have also discovered that they can get people to pay a lot of money hoping for relief, and they don't hesitate to take advantage. It's a shame because there are honest people out there trying to help, but sorting the wheat from the chaff is quite the order. My opinion is that if you're concerned, the best thing is to make sure you aren't overeating carbs (I suggest limiting carbs to 30-40g per meal and 120g per day, and avoid simple carbs) and ideally take a probiotic and/or consume fermented foods such as yogurt, kombucha, etc that naturally provide probiotics. The carb limiting is the most important. If you do nothing else, do that. Even if you don't have an issue with candida, you'll feel better overall and get healthier. Again this is just my opinion as someone who has spent years reading and experimenting on myself, but is not formally educated or trained so take with a grain of salt.

gosub100 2y ago

Can you narrow it down to which specific B vitamin does it? If you really wanted to undertake a project, you could do a single blind study with placebo vs real b vitamins and prove if they work (grind up real vitamins and press them back in a way they look like placebo, put them in 30 day packs, and ask a friend to label and mix them up). Then make your guess after several months.

candidafighter2 2y ago

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