My ND...Dr Matsen gave me a liquid calcium supplement to strengthen the ICV and of course I follow the candida diet...and no roughage like nuts or raw foods that may irritate the ICV. Closing it manually won't help..it has to be strengthened by absorbing the calcium.

This seems hokey, but if we don't eat according to our climate it our body gets confused. If we eat tropical fruits or too many raw veggies in cool climates the extra potassium signals the body that it is summertime and we are must be getting vitamin D from sunlight so therefore it doesn't activate the body's stores of vitamin D. Without the vitamin D, our body doesn't utilize the calcium and we get deficient and all our bones and soft tissues get weaker. I had really bad osteoporous when I started the diet and one year later, I was totally normal.

If we have a weakened ICV..the yeast floods the gut and the liver with toxins Then phase one of the liver detoxifies too fast for phase two to keep up and the unneutralized toxins or peroxides, including heavy metals spill into the blood stream and cause inflammation and other serious health effects which we all have experienced I am sure. That is another reason to take liver support such as milk thistle, dandelion, etc.

Sorry for the ramble...but this really works. If I eat too much raw food, even in the summer...it can screw me up. That is probably another reason I feel so much better in the summer....the vitamin D factor.

Dr Matsen has written several books and the one that explains this the best is Eating Alive II.

His website is .....

http://www.ndaccess.com/EatingAlive/Page.asp?PageID=5

Sandi