More about "brain fog"

Just got an article from a friend about "brain fog" and I found it is very helpful on undertstanding this problem:
http://www.drlwilson.com/articles/brain_fog.htm

For CFS sufferers, if it's candida related, brain fog could be caused by one of candida wastes/toxins --- ethanal, one of my online friend suggested.

More on my "thyroid" and "stomach" problem

By blaming my stomach problem to that water molds inside my teapot, I didn't mean that (water molds) is my only problem. Just like everybody else, my body carrys candida yeasts. However, I have been suffer energy shortage since I was very young (teenager) and now, after years of struggling and study I realized that one of most important problems is I carry too many candida yeasts. At the time (2004) when I had "hungry" problem, the water molds in teapot certainly fed those candida so well that their population just increased suddenly and I had to eat more foods than I need myself to feed them.

My "thyroid" and "stomach" problem

2004 before Christmas, I had a very strange symptom: I felt hungry all the time! I had to keep eating, and was craving for oily fat foods. From Oct to Dec, I gained about 20 pounds! I checked with doctors. First they suspect I had "thyroid problem". But after checking my blood, they did not find any signs of infection or hormone imbalance. And then they checked my stomach, tried to find if I had any ulcer, or other type of infections. But again they could not tell. Later my appetite reduced close to normal and 2 months later, I met a guy who gave me instruction on Yoga and other exercise. It was him who believe that I had yeast-related syndrome. It was him who urged me to quit eating junk foods. And I took his suggestion, together with exercise, I cut off 20 pounds in 3 months. Started from June 2005 to the end of 2006, my health climb up to the best of 5 years.

By recalling the time of 2004, the period during my appetite strangely increased, I realized I had an electric teapot I used for making hot tea. I drank hot tea at work everyday. I never took care of inside this teapot until several months later, I "accidentally" found there was some light blue "mushroom" looking things on the inner wall of pot (I then threw tea pot away of course). They are WATER MOLDS! Now I firmly believe that it was those water molds that fed the yeasts inside my body so their population increased. And it was those yeasts yelled for food all the time!

Of course as usually, I still remember some friends' advices: stressful, or depressed. All nonsense!

A simple recipe of steam fish

I started cooking everything very simple. Most vegs I just eat them raw (not that easy for a Chinese). Here is how I steam fish and mushroom:

a piece of whiting fish fillet, cut in small pieces (around one inch wide);
sliced mushroom (any kind, fresh is better);
sliced tofu (if you don't like it, you don't have to put it);
fish on the bottom, mushroom and tofu on the top, can be mixed, put very little salt, some sliced garlic, green onion, and some rice wine.

Then steam! About 10 mimutes, done!

Supplements that help CFS/Candida/yeast-related illness

According to Walter Last "overcoming candida" , these are some useful supplements for CFS or candida/yeast-related illness sufferers:

Multivitamin with additional magnesium, selenium and zinc;
Fish oils;
Plenty of antioxidants;
Digestive enzymes with cooked foods
inulin, present in Jerusalem artichokes, chicory roots and danelion roots, maybe sold as a white powder, check out:http://members.shaw.ca/duncancrow/inulin_prebiotic_probiotic.html
Iodine, 3 mg daily.

Lugol's iodine as anti-yeast medication

Just told by an online friend who suffers CFS, Lugol's iodine is one of effective the most anti-yeast medications. It is also inexpensive.
For medical effects, visit wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugol

Pau d'arco tea: a tea that kills yeast?

I learned from a book that this tea might kill yeast, which means good for yeast-related CFS.

Pau d'arco is a tree that withstands severe wind and harsh weather. It is found extensively in south America. The tea is made from the inner bark of this tree that used to be reffered as "Devine tree" by Incas.

I found it in local Vitamin Shop for $5.99 (or $4.99?). The picture I put here is the exactly what I got. I was told that it tastes not so pleasant but I found otherwise:)

Of course you can also purchase it from online.

CFS and Yeast

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a relatively new name. Earlier in last century 70s, an allergist Dr. C. Orian Truss found that the over increased population of yeast --- a normal parasite in human body --- would stress our immune system and causes lots of symptoms. He gave a name to this disease as: Yeast-related Syndrome.
According to another Docter M.D.Elmer M. Cranton:
"Yeast and fungal infections of the skin, mouth, nails, vagina, and digestive tract have long been recognized and are easy to diagnose, but a relationship has only recently been discovered between yeast colonization, often sub-clinical and otherwise unapparent, with a wide variety of disabling symptoms. "
http://www.drcranton.com/CFIDS.htm

Chronic problems caused by this yeast include (given by the article linked above):
Anxiety (acute or chronic)
Arthritis (osteoarthritis especially)
AsthmaNasal and sinus congestionAttention
Deficit DisorderLearning and behavior disorders
Bed wetting
Bloating
Bronchitis
Celiac Disease
Non-tropical sprue
Ulcerative colitis
Chronic Fatigue
Constipation
Cystic fibrosis Depression
Diarrhea
Gastritis
Headaches
Hyperactivity
DisorderInflammatory
Bowel Disease
Insomnia
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Itchy skin problems
Malabsorption
Migraine
Sleep disturbances
Water retention
Weight control problems
Sexual dysfunction
Infertility
Menstrual disorders
And many more...

The cause of this over grown population of yeast, by my understanding, is mostly bad life style: bad food (junk food) and lack of exercise.