kriminal, anti-candida and anti-fungals can actually irritate the ileocecal valve which then feeds your candida so in effect they can do the direct opposite of what you are trying to accomplish. Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is an irritant to the ileocecal valve as are most supplements, cleaning fluids, etc.

I was feeling real good there and even tho was eating a diet with only protein and steam green vegetables my ileocecal valve felt sore. Then I realized that I was using a hypoallergenic dish cleansing detergent that had coconut oil in it. As you know coconut oil is an anti-fungal/anti-candida product. Went to the health store, got another product without any coconut oil and I'm fine. So you can see it is not just eating irritants it is in being exposed to them also.

Btw onions, garlic and spices are extreme irritants to the ileocecal valve.

As you can see a lot irritates the ICV. I'm thinking that the mercury amalgams irritate the ICV so much making it hypersensitive that it causes so many more things to become problems.

When you have a weakened ICV your body really isn't absorbing the nutrients in your food or the supplements you take. When I started treating my ICV I immediatley started feeling better. Then shortly thereafter the holidays came and I fell off the candida diet but I STILL felt better than I ever did on the candida diet. More energy, better sleep, vastly more bowel movements, happier.

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