Greetings.
New Zealand naturopath, Eric Bakker.
I'm author of Candida Crusher and formulator of the Canxida range of dietary supplements.
Thanks for checking out my video.
I've got a question here from Francois.
Francois is in Toulouse, France.
Francois is asking me, "How can I break Candida chitin?
How to break Candida chitin?"
Francois sent me an email also mentioning a product called Lufenuron that he's been
using and he's having a few problems with it.
So let's just talk a little bit about chitin and Candida, chitin synthesis inhibitors and
things like that.
It's a pretty dumb idea to think that you can use a product, Francois, that was designed
to kill fleas in pets like cats and dogs on human beings.
Not many clinical trials, I don't think, have ever been conducted on a product called Lufenuron.
In a couple of universities in America when they trialed this against Candida, they found
no more measurable effects with yeast as an antifungal agent.
In my mind, it's crazy using products that inhibit chitin of Candida.
Chitin forms a major part of the exoskeleton of insects.
Human beings have got skeletons on the inside.
Insects like fleas have a skeleton on the outside.
We call it the exoskeleton and that's comprised of a substance called chitin.
When you inhibit the synthesis of chitin, you stop the production of it; you're going
to basically stop the fleas from forming.
You're going to wipe them out pretty quick.
This maybe fairly well for fleas, but how can this relate to Candida.
Well, it's been found that Candida also have elements of chitin in their cellular membrane
and, particularly, in components inside Candida.
But it also has been proven in initial trials on products like Lufenuron, they found that
it was "Wow.
This is amazing."
But then they realized it wasn't really working.
All the early enthusiasm was dampened right down.
And we know now that it's actually quite useless for a yeast infection, but there are still
websites peddling these kinds of products.
I want you to be aware of people who make crazy claims of cures and new breakthroughs
and crap like that.
That's the problem with the internet.
A lot of people buy into this sort of crap and they think, "Wow.
This is amazing.
This brand new invention or brand new discovery is going to cure me."
It doesn't work like that.
There are lots of people out there peddling all sorts of junk, so I want you to be careful
of products that are labeled as chitin or cell wall suppressors or chitin inhibitors
because they're bullshit.
They're complete bullshit.
Now, how do I know that?
I know that from the thousands of patients I've treated and particularly the many patients
who've contacted me who've been on these chitin inhibitors and they feel like crap.
They've been sick.
They've had side effects.
They've had headaches.
And there's a big link now with leaky gut syndrome and these kind of inhibitors.
So I want you to be careful.
Breaking chitin is a no brainer.
You're not interested in breaking chitin or cell walls when it comes to Candida.
I've written many times on my blog, in my articles and on YouTube, I've spoken about
it that you're not really interested.
An intelligent person is not really interested in killing Candida.
The intelligent person is interested in inhibiting the reproduction of Candida and taking away
the food source and changing the environment of the body to stop Candida from getting a
foothold and more importantly from preventing it coming back in the future.
That's an intelligent person.
In my mind, a dumb person is going to walk around with a handgun and try to shoot Candida
everywhere from every angle they can to try to kill it.
Because you're not really learning anything by killing things.
You're not really learning how to change the ways that have contributed to this yeast infection
in the first place.
It's all about prevention, prevention, prevention.
If we can't get into prevention, let's look at a less dramatic way of inhibiting reproduction
of Candida and starving them and gently eradicating them, not killing them.
There's enough killing going on as it is.
Breaking chitin, in my mind, doesn't really work with Candida.
Candida are very intelligent organisms.
They've got the ability to change from one form to a more invasive form.
They've also got the ability to manipulate the immune system around them.
They're very clever.
They can even create chemicals that can neutralize the immune system.
They can hide a little bit like viruses.
They're very smart little organisms.
They can also manipulate products that come into the body that try to change their cell
wall.
They become stronger and stronger, and more resistant to these things.
And there is certainly a link in there with Lufenuron and leaky gut syndrome.
I would not recommend anyone take this product.
I don't care what products you take, but just don't take things that are designed for fleas
for cats and dogs.
I mean it's pretty dumb thinking that you can eradicate a yeast infection by taking
a registered flea killer.
Don't even go there.
Let's forget about breaking Candida chitin.
Let's focus more on lifestyle and diet changes to permanently eradicate this monster called
Candida, so we don't get it back.
And if we are interested in killing it, let's look more at gentle eradication not that will
kill.
Killing gets you nowhere.
Killing just creates problems.
I hope that answers your question in a roundabout way, Francois.
Thanks very much for your question.