For many of you the following information will help you more than anything else you have tried to regain your health because you will be able to finally be treating the underlying cause of your health problems. It has for me and if you take the time to do a little research it will for many of you too.

You can greatly relieve your candida, detox symptoms, allergies, and other diseases by self-treating a little known part of the body called the ileocecal valve. Best of all you don't need to spend a bunch of money, buy a bunch of supplmenets or anything like that.

I've suffered from candida for over 30 years which has lead to allergies, prostate weakness, and overall tiredness. No matter what diet I was on or what supplements I took nothing helped. What compounded the problem is that after a while I would have a chronic pain in my lower right abdomen that would flare up anytime I took a product that was designed to get rid of candida! It also hurt intermittently based on different foods that I ate. Came to find out that the cause of this problem was a little discussed yet critical component to the human digestive system. Don't think that you don't have an ileocecal valve problem if you don't have pain in your lower right abdomen. Lot of people feel no pain yet still have their ileocecal valve weakened.

A weakened ileocecal valve will either lock open or lock closed. This is where many health problems begin. About 90% of the people who have weakened ileocecal valve have it lock open. This creates a crisis in the body as the digested materials in your large intestine keep backing up into your small intenstine. This then feeds your candida, leaks toxic waste into your blood stream and in effect poisons you. That is where all your disease and illnesses emanate from!!

I started treating my ileocecal valve in late fall and many of my symptoms and physical problems have significantly lessened. Candida symptoms lessened, nasal allergies diminished, prostate problems diminished and interestingly when I fell of my candida diet during the holidays and ate things like chocolate I had no lightheaded or dizzy feeling like in the past. When I went back on the candida diet no "die off" symptoms!!! It is like my gut is "sealed up". Having a sealed gut would greatly reduce the detox symptoms people feel when chelating their mercury and other metals.

I now understand my underlying health problem and am now treating THAT. This is why I found this forum as my research led to the realization that the toxic mercury greatly weaknes ileocecal valve function.

Here's some info about ileocecal valve that I pasted from another website that provides a descriptive about the ileocecal valve involvement with candida:

"Another way the candida yeast can become active is when your ileocecal valve is weakened. The ileocecal valve is located between your small-intestine and your large intestine. This valve is usually kept closed so that the food you've eaten stays in your small intestine long enough to be digested and absorbed fully. It also prevents the good microorganisms in your large intestine from getting into your small intestine, where their waste products could easily be absorbed. As digestion and absorption are completed in your small intestine, your ileoceeal valve opens, and the food that hasn't been digested and absorbed passes into your large intestine.

When your ileoceeal valve is weakened, it doesn't function properly, and the yeast and bacteria that live in the large intestine get through the valve and up into your small intestine--where they're not supposed to be--and become "bad guys." The alkaline pH of the small intestine allows the yeast to multiply vigorously, causing havoc to your system (see "Bad Times" below). As you can guess, when any of these things happen, it can lead to numerous health problems."

I'm going to post more information and specifics about my treatment and experiences regarding the hiatal hernia/ileocecal valve treatment that I've received when more time allows. Hope this information helps you! If you have any questions or have any experiences or information that would help us, please join in.

I'd highly recommend everyone who has disease and health problems to investigate more information on the ileocecal valve via internet search. There's also an excellent book available from Amazon on the subject that I bought which explains how to treat your ileocecal valve by self-massage, cold packs, reflex points, etc. It is called "Gut Feeling".