@Dolomite, it is not just menopause; any stage of life which causes hormonal shifts, high levels of estrogen will encourage fungal infections as will diabetes, contraceptive pill, antibiotics etc.
Have you checked your zinc and iron levels. C. albicans and other fungal species will steal zinc in a similar manner bacteria sequesters iron to increase their virulence. So if you find you have problems maintainingg iron and zinc levels, then the culprit could be fungal infections.
Zinc supplementation is often recommended for fungal infections. The zinc deficiency seen in the presence of fungal infections may be interpreted as a sign that supplementation is warranted. However in the same manner the body has evolved sophisticated strategies to keep iron from bacteria; is true for zinc and fungal infections.
Are we doing more harm, giving more zinc when the body is trying its hardest to remove zinc from the system to prevent fungal virulence?
Role of Calprotectin in Withholding Zinc and Copper from Candida albicans
Drs are taught to write prescriptions for pharmaceuticals medications. They do their best with the tools they have been given. Antidepressants are the answers for difficult cases. In the old days, you would have been given a hysterectomy upon entry into menopause. We should be grateful for progress. They are slowly catching on. I could not get insulin done a few years ago but last week I order insulin for my daughter and was totally stunned when the dr order it for me. So times are a changing, but still extremely slow for my liking.
Have you had your vitamin D levels checked? You don't want too little and you don't want too much.
A major component of the antimicrobial action of Vitamin D is through the production of peptides which have antimicrobial as well as anti-endotoxin activity. Vitamin D stimulates the expression of potent antimicrobial peptides, such as cathelicidin and β defensin 2,22 which exist in neutrophils, monocytes, natural killer (NK) cells and epithelial cells lining the respiratory tract.23 Macrophages, lymphocytes and monocytes have VDRs that, with 25(OH)D stimulation, increase the expression of these antimicrobial peptides.24,25 Jeng et al.18 noted a positive relationship between vitamin D levels and cathelicidin levels in acutely ill patients.
Antimicrobial implications of vitamin D
Peat is specific about flowers of sulphur, so I don't know about MSM. He could have easily recommended MSM but didn't. I wouldn't use it because it is a processed isolated powder that sits on the shelf. Therefore it will be prone to contaminants like fungal and bacterial spores. I am pedantic as Peat is about these issues. Sulphur is easily obtained in the diet. Raw egg yolks are good sources, gelatin broth is great because you get the glycine and sulphur for detoxification. Vegetables in comparison to animal sources and especially seafood simply do not compare. I guess the cruciferous vegetables are always going to be a poor man's source as beans are a poor man's source for protein. Still it would be good to know for when times are tough.
Have you checked your zinc and iron levels. C. albicans and other fungal species will steal zinc in a similar manner bacteria sequesters iron to increase their virulence. So if you find you have problems maintainingg iron and zinc levels, then the culprit could be fungal infections.
Zinc supplementation is often recommended for fungal infections. The zinc deficiency seen in the presence of fungal infections may be interpreted as a sign that supplementation is warranted. However in the same manner the body has evolved sophisticated strategies to keep iron from bacteria; is true for zinc and fungal infections.
Are we doing more harm, giving more zinc when the body is trying its hardest to remove zinc from the system to prevent fungal virulence?
Role of Calprotectin in Withholding Zinc and Copper from Candida albicans
Drs are taught to write prescriptions for pharmaceuticals medications. They do their best with the tools they have been given. Antidepressants are the answers for difficult cases. In the old days, you would have been given a hysterectomy upon entry into menopause. We should be grateful for progress. They are slowly catching on. I could not get insulin done a few years ago but last week I order insulin for my daughter and was totally stunned when the dr order it for me. So times are a changing, but still extremely slow for my liking.
Have you had your vitamin D levels checked? You don't want too little and you don't want too much.
A major component of the antimicrobial action of Vitamin D is through the production of peptides which have antimicrobial as well as anti-endotoxin activity. Vitamin D stimulates the expression of potent antimicrobial peptides, such as cathelicidin and β defensin 2,22 which exist in neutrophils, monocytes, natural killer (NK) cells and epithelial cells lining the respiratory tract.23 Macrophages, lymphocytes and monocytes have VDRs that, with 25(OH)D stimulation, increase the expression of these antimicrobial peptides.24,25 Jeng et al.18 noted a positive relationship between vitamin D levels and cathelicidin levels in acutely ill patients.
Antimicrobial implications of vitamin D
Peat is specific about flowers of sulphur, so I don't know about MSM. He could have easily recommended MSM but didn't. I wouldn't use it because it is a processed isolated powder that sits on the shelf. Therefore it will be prone to contaminants like fungal and bacterial spores. I am pedantic as Peat is about these issues. Sulphur is easily obtained in the diet. Raw egg yolks are good sources, gelatin broth is great because you get the glycine and sulphur for detoxification. Vegetables in comparison to animal sources and especially seafood simply do not compare. I guess the cruciferous vegetables are always going to be a poor man's source as beans are a poor man's source for protein. Still it would be good to know for when times are tough.
