“FAT PATHOGENS”

A lot of people would not make any connection between a weight/fat loss program and pathogens in the body, like virus, bacteria or fungus.  I am happy to be one of the few pioneers in this area that believes it is a mandatory part of this pursuit.  Another person, who came on the scene afterwards and has as much focus on pathogens as I do, is a favorite over-FIFTY-ER of mine, Dr. Robert Cassar.  He considers his low body fat and thin skin to be based largely on his reduced pathogen load, and just look at the way HE looks!

(I was always a little jealous of him, because he came on the video scene AFTER me, was able to get more views and interest drawn to him, AND I had already been talking about how pathogen management reduced my body fat levels hugely.  But it’s all good of course. 🙂  Please be forewarned if you seek him out!  He’s considered a little “unusual” by many folk’s standards.  I personally think he’s great fun to listen to, and I appreciate his efforts.  I am grateful he provides an over-50 look based on concepts you are about to learn about right now, and that have been a part of my program since the beginning).

Pathogens are not always a main cause of weight/fat gain per se, but more that it is a factor that can cooperate with the causes of excessive fat on the body, and as such should be managed to help reduce what complicates this condition.  If it was as simple as diet and exercise, most people would be thin.  There are other factors, and pathogens can be one, and for people over 40, they can be a major factor in countless other biological problems, as you will soon see, such that the subject warrants plenty of extra attention.

Yeast and fungus is a huge focus in my FacelessFatloss program.  It was an issue I contended with, an overgrowth of yeast in my body that mutates into a fungus called Candida, that caused me countless health problems.  Candida overgrowth may be responsible for more ailments than western medicine currently understands, and most doctors will refuse to acknowledge that the problem even exists.  They are likely taught this, since the antibiotics they prescribe so frequently, in such large numbers, cause an almost automatic yeast overgrowth condition in the body by default, thereby creating fertile grounds for which a systemic fungal condition can then develop.

Candida can be responsible for weight and fat gain.  To be clear, it can also be responsible for extreme weight loss, but that is much more rare according to my research.  I have known people who have been on long term antibiotics, such as for sinus infections, and have grown from average size into literally hundreds of excessive pounds (in one case a solid 200 lbs overweight) in what could appear to be a cause-and-effect…as soon as the never-ending antibiotic regimen was started, the weight was added and continued to add.

Candida thrives on sugars.  It also thrives on fats as part of its reproductive cycle.  I will cover more on how reducing sugars and fats in cycles can be very beneficial later on, both for this condition and as part of an overall health approach.

But if we know Candida thrives on sugars, is it possible that this yearning for sugars may somehow influence it’s host (us) to eat more sugars?  Alternative research believes so.  And we know for certain this phenomenon of parasites influencing their hosts to do all sorts of things is a proven fact of nature.  So why would we be excluded from this?

If you are unfamiliar with other ways Candida can affect us, consider this partial list of symptoms associated with it:

-Joint problems

-Intestinal problems

-Skin problems

-Foggy Thinking

-Vision problems

-Sugar cravings

-Bread/Flour/Starch cravings

-Prostate and Female problems

-Bad breath and poor tongue health (think “Thrush” associated with antibiotic usage)

-Mental/Psychological issues (panic attacks, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, etc)

So this is a subject matter that we need to be educated on.  Since western medicine has abused antibiotics for numerous decades now, and the western diet, now found all over the world feeds the consequences of this condition, it must be addressed as a contributing factor.

Other researchers believe that fungus and viruses are responsible for various forms of cancers.  There is not much dispute in this area, that there is a tie in, in many instances.

As well, most of us have heard of Lyme Disease by now.  There is speculation that this infection is far more common than is believed, and that the tick-based bacteria may be running rampant throughout the world at this point.  The Total Body Detox silver as one of the two silvers I promote is being shown effective against this bacteria.  However, the research I respect most on this condition is that of Dr. Thomas Rau.  If you or anyone you know is dealing with Lyme, I would encourage you to seek out his work, you can find his lectures online fairly easily.  His contention is that the bacteria is only partially responsible for the range of symptoms this disease presents; and that other factors, a huge one of which is toxicity in the body along with mineral deficiency, are the primary causes of the symptoms experienced, along with other co-infections.  If this disease is becoming as wide-spread as is speculated, this is a topic everyone needs to be educated on.  I myself was diagnosed by an eastern practitioner as having Lyme.  Although I do not have any tests that would be deemed as proof in western standards, this practitioner was able to do so much for me coming from a completely different approach, that I of course have to respect and honor his opinion.

And “yes”…if all this talk about these pesky buggers lead your mind there…it is highly probable that all of the microbial issues being discussed are transmittable via sexual contact, including Lyme.  Candida is likely transferred amongst partners on a regular basis.  What decides to what extent it affects the person is based on the strength of that person’s immune system, the strengthening of which is a focal point of what I teach and do.

AND A TWIST:

My program has a couple funky twists and turns in it, this being one such one that I needed to report on so that you were fully informed.  Brace yourself…;)…

An interesting little tidbit: It appears that many third world countries have very few reports of auto-immune diseases, diseases whereby our immune system attacks our healthy cells, as compared to their medically and scientifically advanced first world counterparts, such as America.  Here in America, autoimmune diseases have absolutely skyrocketed since the early 90’s.

There could be a number of factors involved here of course.  It could be the influx of Genetically Modified Organisms/Foods (“GMO”) into the diet, or the increase in the childhood vaccination profiles, or the environmental modification efforts taking place and the increases in toxin exposures…who knows exactly what is causing all of these conditions, or what combinations of events could be contributing to individual circumstances.

But one interesting theory relates to the amount of exposure third world countries have to parasites, in comparison to the western world. 

Ready to eat a worm?  And a live one at that???

There is a new protocol called “Helminthic Therapy,” whereby a person ingests a live parasite in an effort to benefit from the parasite’s by-products that have been virtually proven to stunt immune responses that are out of control.

The kicker is two fold:

First off, people are getting positive results.

Second fold, this is not a very good idea for a number of reasons.

The really neat bumper:

It has been discovered in vitro (tests outside the body, in a lab) that we can take these parasites, which can be very dangerous under the right circumstances…mash them up, killing them, basically into a pulp…and then use the end result of compounds to similarly positively affect the immune response.

Perhaps we will one day see something akin to a probiotic-type supplement, designed to provide us with what ever magic these worms are producing, that can effectively re-establish what was perhaps designed to be the original, nature-provided, living ecosystem in the gut that protects us the way it is supposed to on all fronts…and perhaps reduce countless allergies, autism spectrum disorders, Crohns and IBS, joint issues, MS, and the list goes on and on.

In the meantime, a cleanse the way I describe has done wonders for me and others.  As an after-part of this effort, I do focus a great deal on rebuilding the gut’s ecology with pre and probiotics, so that we can try to obtain the highest functioning gut we can for both nutrient absorption and optimal and efficient immune system function.  

Since some theories suggest, and I’m inclined to agree, that “all disease originates in the gut,” it becomes imperative that we pay attention to this part of our health and provide ourselves with what we need to maintain it. 

…And I’ll let ya know when I start eating live worms.    

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COMING UP: The dietary approaches in Sytle One and Style Two explained.

Love, Happiness, Health and Peace……………Tim

SPEAKING OF PATHOGENS: I never catch the cold/flu any more!  (Not since about 2007).  Click here to read about how I never get sick any longer.

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