baronster i did send you an email yesterday but incase i thought i would ask you on here as well. i am very eager to know who your dr(s) were or are for treating you and helping you get rid of your kp. you have mentioned they are in Vancouver (Vancouver as in Canada B.C? correct) and they have helped others as well. Please let me know who they are because if they have helped you and others they may be able to help me as well!
thank you for your time and please get back to me
God Bless

hee hee, sorry but you don't _eat_ candida on purpose. Candida is a fungus that causes thrush, yeast infections and other stuff. When people refer to a "Candida diet" they could more properly say an "ANTI-Candida diet". The purpose being to not eat foods that would feed candida living in your system(s). - bd

oh! i thought i read something about eating a probiotica with an actual streak of Candida in it. Well thanks for clearing that up

Im calling a homepath i've come in contact with tomorrow to book an appointment. Ill make sure to mention everything ive read in this thread. The kidney meds too..

Wish me luck!

There are probiotic formulas that contain a beneficial yeast for our guts: Saccharomyces boulardii. I do not know the "official stance" of the anti-candida community on that one. I have not looked into it. It seems like you would also want to replenish it after taking anti-yeast stuff or doing the diet.

Saccharomyces boulardii - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

and the following is from a brand of probiotic mix commonly sold:
"Probiotic Saccharomyces boulardii nourishes and supports healthy intestinal epithelium lining integrity, the front line for the body's defense system, and promotes healthy intestinal comfort and function."

It is different from Candida Albicans.

Candida albicans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

- bd

wait so did baronster get rid of her kp by the vega test or candida medication?

NYK,

I think by both, as she had vega tests for food allergies and treated herself for candida. If any of our long-time posters remember the details of Baronster's treatment and can add more information for Nyk, please help me.

kebod

I have followed Baronsters thread with interest from the start. If you look at her treatment from the beginning you will also note that:

She used a sugar scrub for exfoliation as well as rubbing coconut oil on her skin (you will see both of these have had results for others)

She lost a large amount of weight due to her new healthy diet (excess weight has been documented as an aggravator of KP and again ones on this board have commented that their KP gets worse as their weight increases)

Also she was at an age (40) where KP often diminishes or disappears on its own. (Check on this forum how many people are in there 40's) i.e. My severe KP had also disappeared by 40 with no treatments. So the weight loss and her age were positive things in her favour in her fight against KP. These positive factors may not apply to others battling KP.

I don't want to rain on this parade but I think you need to look at the whole picture ie. age, dramatic weight loss as well as the use of coconut oil and a sugar scrub

I watched this thread hoping to see some younger ones with severe KP and no weight issues helped by just the diet but I am not sure if there have been such great successes as Baronsters.

I agree with healthy eating and especially the inclusion of essential fatty acids in your diet. Eating healthy and being of a healthy weight have so many advantages. Hopefully from this thread we can continue to build up a picture of what elements of one's diet helps reduce KP.

This is awesme I will definitely look for a Natural Doc...who does that type of test. BTW I tried Elicina Snail Cream for KP on the back of my arms and thighs. It was good because it was dissapearing but you know what happened..IT STARTED BLEACHING MY SKIN!! Uneven, big, white, patches on my skin..So I discontin ued it ASAP..I was very dissapointed..You know I realized that I had KP one year ago..Ive been living with it for the past 22 years or so..You know what really frustrates me? When I shave those bumps hurt and itch. And also the skin is rough and it doesnt look like silk..like other women have it..The only razor that has helped are Venus from Gillete..I only have it on the back of my arms and all around my thighs and in the beginning of my legs..thank you for your story..looking forward to the experiment..You know I have some Melaleuca Oil from the same Company Melaleuca..I will give it a try and let you guys know..Its great for insect bites and pimples..so will see how the KP does with this sucker!! lol Im so glad I found you guys..because this condition its not so common out there..I ve seen people that I know that have it..but they have gotten used to it and dont care..I care and I WANNA GET RID OF IT FOR LIFE

I am forty and correct weight for height - my kp is just as bad as ever, if not worse at the moment - especially as the weather is getting colder here. I don't believe that age and weight are a factor, from what I understand about kp there is a genetic factor. PS. My grandmother was rubbing in creams and lotions daily for skin problems, well into her eighties!

I have passed 40, and my KP just kept right on "blossoming" until I discovered oil pulling. I have always been thin. For some, weight and age may make a difference. For others, it makes no difference. I think the diet is more important than body weight.

kebod

When I went for treatment my KP was at its worst ever, in the previous 2 years it had spread to my chest, which meant in summer I had to wear long sleeved pants, tops and now I had to wear high collar shirts, that was sooooo hard. I also ad Kp terrible on my butt, sides of torso and stomach, which I could hide mostly. As I stated at the beginning of this thread I went to the naturopath for emotional problems with my skin, I was distraut, and had OCD picking for several years, in which I went from fingers to tweezers to nail clippers. My mom saw my skin one day and had an intervention.

At this meeting to do EFT (emotional freedom tech) I confessed about the state of my skin and that is when she said that we could fix it. It never entered my mind that alternative medicine would be able to help KP.

My weight when I started on this journey was 241lbs. when I posted this last year I had lost 40 lbs, so I was still hovering at the 200 lbs mark, and the KP and redness were gone.

Most sever Kp sufferers know that it either gets better or worse with age, with me it was much worse each year. My recovery took 4 to 5 months, and was only because of my efforts in changing my diet and getting rid of the FUNGAL yeast.

Why don't you guys look up any auto immune disease and look up what they are saying about diet and candida.

look up IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) fibermyalga..chrons...colitis....celiac...addisons ...graves...lupus...MS...arthritis
schizophrenia....autism..and many many more.

it took 75 years for vitamin C to make it to the list of being called a vitamin, and it will take a very long time for all of the auto immune diseases to make it to the list....diabetes only made it in the last 12 months.

Acne, eczema, and psoriasis are all suspected to be auto immune conditions..

Anyone seen Jenny Mccarthy on Tv lately? Her son has (had) autism, she completely reversed his disease by going on forums and finding out it is actually candida and diet that cures it, so that is what she did, she wrote a book about it, she is appalled at the medical community that they don't take notice in nutrition and disbyosis of the gut.

i am not surprised, how can the big business make money on this?

It has been a full year since I posted my thread and I still have no return of KP, and my candida is still gone, I still don't take anything but a multi vitamin and eat right and take cod liver oil, and eat lots of EFA's in my diet. I try to eat most of my nutrients by eating organic or natural foods. I had my 41st B-day today, and I never looked better or felt better.

I am down 80lbs in total now and have another 35 to go.

for those of you who remember, I had lunch with my cousin yesterday and she looked wonderful, her face had cleared, and she had colour to her skin. (she was grey looking before and always had weird break outs on one side of her face) she said she was back to her old self, and felt very positive.

I met a girl a few months ago that has osteoarthritis and she is only 25 years old and lives in pain everyday. After hearing my story and showing her old pics of me, she decided to get tested too and she my docs. Her test was very funny.....she was okay in most food groups, except the dairy was double stars for every single one, which nobody had seen before, she has been off all dairy including soy and sugar for about a month now, and her pains are going away, and she has more movement in her joints.

And yes I did microbermabrasion and sugar scrubs and olive oil treatments, coconut oil, BUT EVERYONE on this forum knows that doesn't cure KP, it might reduce symptoms temporarily like sunbathing, but I don't think in the years on this forum that someone can say that their severe Kp was permantly gone from topical solutions.

And there is no way you can convince me that AHA or BHA or any acid CURES KP cause it doesn't. It temporarily subsides the bumps, but you have to sustain treatments or they come back. And at what price?

Bet you guys never heard of the "the hayflick limit"

you all know that that cell must divide and multiply so your body can grow and repair itself. What you might not know is that your cells have a limit of 50 times....if you manually exfoliate it doesn't coundt, but when you chemically exfoliate you are artificially using up your hayflick limit.....for those of you who use AHA or other chemical exfolilants BEWARE....this is meant for short or one time or LIMITED use, not what has been prescribed foolishly on this forum.

the FDA has over 10,000 complaints (recorded) complaints on AHA's . we all know that means that there is so many more than that. Think of the time and trouble it takes to make a complaint.

You might be for the rest of your life sensitive to the sun, or get cancer from overuse and abuse of this product.

think about birth control pills, and nicotine patches and medicine is actually delivered through the skin, so doesn't it stand to reason that you are absorbing the aha;s through your skin too. This might be the reason why so many people who use AHA on this forum get " so sick they can't even apply it"

I feel badly for those of you who want the quick fix, and use these lotions to try and achieve smooth skin, without understanding the consequences. If it stings, your body is saying NO!!!!!!!!!!! listen to your body, it is always trying to get you to listen to it. The stinging is a warning signal.

My conversation with my cousin yesterday was very interesting. She has a history of ear drum explosions and taking lots of anti biotics. She just got retested and wheat and gluten still show up very badly, but dairy is okay for her (even milk) she says is she eats something now with wheat by accident, she gets symptoms immdiately now, itchy nose, feels ****py, watery eyes, bloated stomach.

I asked if she noticed this before and she laughed and said no. But she said she always suspected food allergies, but her mom is a nurse and always said that was hogwash. the point is she can now understand her bodies signals now that she has stayed away from these foods for a few months now, when you challenge that food, the reaction is almost immediate, instead of weeks.

This happened to me too, but more with chemicals and food additives, I got hives from eating corn dogs, but it took till the next morning. I stay away from all addtives and food colouring still, I don't even want to challenge this, as my body is so clean now.

Cheers everybody

I'm back to this forum now, I finally went to see Baronster's ND (Dr. Pidutti) last week and I am very determined now to start the diet and cure my body.

I saw Dr. Pidutti for a first time visit to go over my problems (kp and weight loss), second time for vega test and third time for going over the plan and getting the yeast killer, probiotics..

I'm tested sensitive to wheat, gluten, dairy products, soy products, msg, salt, sugar, stevia, some vegetables, coffee, some fruits, certain meat and seafood etc..

So basically what I'm allowed to eat are certain vegetables, certain meat, and Dr. Pidutti said I can actually eat fruits (that i wasn't tested sensitive to) even though I'm trying to fight candida (level 19) because of the nutrients we can get from fruits.

I'm getting nervous about this diet, I feel positive that it can help my weight loss because of the healthy food I'll be eating and also I'll be excercising a lot too. At the same time, I am a little worried what if this won't cure my kp since everyone is different.

So far, these 3 visits have costed me close to $500, I'll try my best to stick to the diet before visiting the doctor again in 4 weeks!

For madem0iselle,

I am just wondering, since you've seen Dr. Pidutti and tried going on the strict diet last year, are you kp all gone by now?

this has been a very long thread so i don't know if this question has been brought up before

but anyways, for the people who have found altering their diets effective in reducing the symptoms of KP, have you changed or continued (if at all) any hair removal strategies?

i'm just wondering if hair removal will still aggravate the skin and cause bumps even though controlling the diet is supposed to heal KP. i would like to just go about sugaring without worrying about the bumps after changing my diet.

Baronster,

Thanks for advising us about the hayflick limit. I had no idea.

I also don't believe that the cure is in lotions, etc. One thing about being super clean though, is you may not get KP, but you do get sick in some other way every time you cheat it seems. And I"m sorry, but it's hard enough to be on a strict diet for several months, to do so for the rest of your life in today's society, you basically would have to stop socializing with others and just keep to yourself. If you replenish your gut with enough good bacteria, why won't your body be good enough to handle a normal diet (ie. minus too much sugar, etc)?

Also, it seems a lot of people who had vega test tested sensitive to wheat, gluten, and dairy products. I wonder if the people who don't have KP or any other sickness would also test sensitive to those. I agree with healthy eating and getting rid of candida, but I don't think vega tests are absolutely necessary if you're gonna do the candida diet, plus visits to a naturopath can cost you a fortune.

Hi guys

I've been following this thread for a while now and I can safely say i'm CONFUSED haha. I'm pretty sure I have a candida problem also, so let me get this straight... you think that there is a direct link between candida and KP? If so it would make sense to treat the candida... my parents think this is a load of rubbish, seeing as my doctor said KP can not be cured; they take his word religiously but i'm sixteen and am now prepared to take my health into my own hands. I'm wondering if the candida can be treated with intestaclear by orthoplex which is a cleanse I found on Rachel18's thread from way back? Although she does say that she took 30 capsules a day, which seems a little extreme to me, i'm just wondering if this is safe? Oh dear this is quite awful, i feel completely hopeless right now, and would appreciate any help.

Thanks