Complaining about Dr. Oz Again:

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Just frustrated with his overall approach and what he promotes on a day to day basis.

I think he offers the world a lot, but what bothers me most is what he OMITS more than anything.

That, and the fact that he does promote some truly garbage products:

I researched his saffron-based appetite control chewy-thing, and found the first two ingredients to contain sugars, and the rest of the ingredient label was almost as sorry.

On top of that, the product wasn’t selling at the health food store.  The store that advertises during Dr. Oz’s show, and the workers said point blank “the product doesn’t work.”

Dr. Oz will never get into the hardcore alternative stuff.  He gives *hints* about it, but he won’t full-blown touch it.

Think you’ll ever hear Dr. Oz talk about a colloidal silver outside of it’s conventional medical use as an exterior burn treatment?

HIGHLY doubt it.

And WHY?

Who DOES he serve?

He says he doesn’t make any money of the products, but come-on…are we to believe there is no paid placement at all for ANY of these products?  No indirect benefit at ALL?

I have no problem with making money off promotions.

I just don’t like when poor products are promoted, or without a full disclosure on what the product is, does, can do, can not do.

I’ve covered the fact that he discusses the benefits of vitamin B12…but does NOT differentiate between the methyl or cyano varieties.

Some health enthusiasts are appalled about this.

Including me.

If all of his weight loss shows and promotions were so effective, why are such a high percentage of his audience…80%+?…struggling with their weight?

Candida: Anti Sugar, or Anti Fat?

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I personally feel it’s some of both.

I have been able to eat WHOLE fruits without much issue when fighting candida, I personally just minimize how much fruit I’m taking in during those times.

But there is unquestionably something to the dietary fat intake as well.

That’s why I use the undecenoic acid on its own as an anti-candida supplement outside of any other food (I’ll take the supplement on an empty stomach and at least 20 minutes before any other food intake) in an attempt to have the candida feed upon it first and foremost, in an effort to weaken its cell wall and have my immune system tackle it from there.

It’s a great approach that I learned in part from Dr. McCombs.  I have been able to have a more varied diet than the one he suggests based on a multi-faceted approach that I use (see tab above) but I still can see where people would get results from his specific protocol, and I support it.  At the very least, it’s one heck of a healthy diet to take in, even though it may be a challenge for many people to master at first.

SO…people do argue about which is more important: Eliminating sugars, or eliminating dietary fats in the fight against candida.

I personally believe it should be both.  Common sense in my opinion, and seems to work really well.

We NEED whole food sugars and healthy fats for a healthy body. 

So instead, we can try to use only whole fruits (with some exceptions such as blueberries and oranges, sticking to the other berries and apples instead, I do some bananas as well on occasion) and reduce dietary fats to a minimum during this time, perhaps a clean fish oil, a little coconut oil (some people are sensitive to) and a little avocado as my choices.

Is Fiji Water Really Alkalizing?

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Picked up some Fiji water tonight after my 20 minutes in a local dry sauna. 

We had a very warm day here in upstate NY, after a bizarre Spring, somewhat seasonable temperatures.  It seemed to actually kick up the temps in the sauna by almost ten degrees, and I was dying of thirst by the time I exited.

Hit the grocery store for a large Fiji water, drank half of it in the aisle before I could walk back to the register to pay for it.

The label on the back does reference that the water’s pH is at 7.8. 

This unquestionably leans alkaline, but it’s important to note that there is a lot of controversy about what truly alkalizes the body, especially the body’s blood.

There is magnesium and calcium listed on the label as well, as naturally occurring in the water.

Although the pH of the actual water may be high, it must traverse through the stomach, an organ of low pH, which certainly changes the pH of the water downwards substantially.  Some researchers believe there is a net gain of alkalinity derived from this process regardless, but others insist the only way blood pH is raised is via foods of high mag/cal content, “alkaline-FORMING,” that give us that real pH gain.

Everyone assumes that an alkaline-leaning blood pH is always beneficial.  And while this may often be the case, one can certainly get TOO alkaline (it’s not common, but DOES happen) and can cause serious issues.  The aim should always be balance over attempting to strongly alkalize the blood. 

And as a side note, alkalizing the blood has no impact on candida overgrowth for example.  A more acidic environment tends to impact it, as is found in the intestinal tract where it’s home is supposed to be.