Hi there.
Eric Bakker from New Zealand, the naturopath from Down Under.
I've got the question here from a subscriber regarding fluconazole.
"Hi, Eric.
I'm currently taking 150 milligrams of fluconazole for the treatment of tinea versicolor and
have been considering stopping its use.
I'm worried that the candida will become immune and grow back stronger.
I already have taken fluconazole for 14 days, and it did nothing.
I've also been on a meat-only, zero-carb diet since September the 15th for a study, so sugar
is not an issue."
Must be August the 15th here.
I think they got their month mixed up.
Why are you taking fluconazole for tinea?
It's not really a good idea.
Fluconazole is a pretty useless medicine for most people.
Nearly all patients I've seen with recurring candida have been on fluconazole.
When I gave a presentation, in fact, to a group of 300 doctors, many of them admitted
to me, later on after the presentation on women's yeast infections, that fluconazole
was a pretty useless medicine.
That was coming from a lot of doctors, so I would reckon you stop taking this junk,
and you start looking at some natural products instead.
I'm not trying to beat my own drum.
I'm not.
I don't really care what you take, but I'm just saying that the fluconazole is a waste
of time.
In most cases, it does nothing for people because it can create initial knock back but,
in many cases, it will come back again, the candida.
I've had one patient who was on fluconazole for 10 years every day.
I mean how dumb is that?
It's like going to the casino every day and putting money down the slot.
It's just a complete waste of time.
This lady now, after six months of reading my book and looking at the chapter on women's
yeast infections, she conquered her problem within about six to nine months.
It was all gone after 10 years of fluconazole.
I can't tell you how many people I've seen on fluconazole that get nowhere with it.
Consider taking something natural instead, something that contains garlic, something
that contains grapefruit seed extract, oregano, a bit of a broad range of different antimicrobials
that are going to help you here.
Candida doesn't become resistant to the natural products, particularly grapefruit seed extract,
I find.
It just just doesn't really happen.
You can usually take them by surprise and take them out with the correct dosage.
Yeah, that's something I'd highly recommend you do.
You stop it.
I'm not also a big fan of 100% meat-only diet.
I think it leads to constipation and a build of ammonia and urea and all these toxins in
the body.
It's not a very healthy way to eat.
Being very single-sided with the diet, it's going to give you deficiencies, digestive
problems, all kinds of issues, so I would recommend you put some vegetables, at the
least, into the diet and, preferably, also a little bit of brown rice.
We've just had thousands of people recover on that approach with candida and digestive
problems that didn't have to eat just a straight-up meat diet.
If you are going to have meat only like zero carb, at least eat a combination of some fish
and chicken and meat, not just red meat or just beef every day or lamb every day.
It's not a great idea.
You will get bowel issues, I can guarantee you that, constipation almost certainly.
I think you're being a bit phobic about the sugar here by being on zero carbs, and so
you're going to get sugar in meat.
In fact, what you probably don't realize is the meat eventually gets broken down to sugar
anyway that the body can access, so if you want a zero-sugar diet, I mean you'll be drinking,
basically, water and eating ice cubes.
I mean at least that's gluten-free, sugar-free, yeast-free, basically everything-free if that's
the way you want to go.
Yeah, so drop the fluconazole.
Look at a natural antimicrobial product instead.
Try not to be on meat only.
Try and include vegetables, at the very least, in your diet and preferably with a grain like
quinoa or brown rice.
They're all healthy options.
You don't need to fear those additional foods in terms of candida.
It shouldn't really be a problem at all.
It's going to help your gut quite a lot.
Stop that fluconazole.
Thanks for the question.