Q. What Probiotic is best used to treat Candida (yeast condition)?

A. I am glad to see you thinking of a long term resolution to treating candida instead of just killing it.

I cannot tell you how many patients, and doctors, think that simply killing candida will make it go away for good.

Absolutely wrong thinking.

The best probiotic to help treat candida is one that contains multiple species of beneficial bacteria and in very high amounts.

This way, the multi-species beneficial bacteria have a better chance to take hold and implant themselves into the small and large intestine thereby altering the pH and killing the candida. In order to alter the pH and have the beneficial bacteria crowd out and kill the candida, very high amounts are required. When I say high amounts I mean in the 100's of billions.

There is one probiotic that contains 12 species of beneficial bacteria in high amounts. One half teaspoon of ProBiota 12 Powder contains 200 billion beneficial bacteria in twelve strains.

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My friend went to our local health food store after we read your site about lowering cholesterol with natural things like red yeast rice and bought some. The man there did his own research on his computer and told her it was not safe..........any input for me here about safety??

We both have recently been told to lower our cholesterol levels and want to do it without drugs from the doctor.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

My friend also has breast cancer if there is a connection or danger here to be considered with this product.

Sincerely,
Betty

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Betty,

Thank you for your good question.

Red yeast rice is the natural form of Lovastatin - which is a statin drug designed to lower cholesterol by inhibiting the formation of cholesterol via the HMG-CoA pathway.

This pathway also forms the enzyme, CoQ10. When the pathway is interrupted, low CoQ10 levels will cause myopathy (loss of muscle tone and cardiovascular issues).

Simply supplementing with CoQ10 while on statin ...