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Yeast Infection Knowledge – The Truth Behind Your Yeast Infection

Educating yourself about your candida infection is the first and most important step in curing this painful, annoying and relatively dangerous chronic condition and taking responsibility over your health and well-being.

Although yeast infection (known by the names of Candida, Monilia or Thrush) is in fact a very common condition, (as three out of four women develop it at some point in their lifetimes), it is little discussed. Most people regard candida infection as a ‘on the surface’ problem that should be treated with creams and antibiotics whereas few are aware of its potentially risky complications.

Yeast Infection is first and foremost an internal problem. Like most chronic conditions, there is never one cause for this fungal problem and thus yeast infection cannot be permanently eliminated using medications or creams that work superficially and fail to tackle the root factors that trigger the formation of candida infection in the first place. Continue reading →

Adrenal Fatigue vs. Adrenal Failure

There is a big difference between adrenal fatigue and adrenal failure. Adrenal failure as the word implies is a total shutting down of the adrenal glands resulting in Pigmented Tongue and/or Addison’s Disease.

Adrenal fatigue is simply a case of overworking your adrenal glands through everything from an over use of stimulants like caffeine to stress and simple things like constant distractions just “wearing you down”. Typical symptoms of adrenal fatigue are:

Waking up exhausted and struggling to get out of bed.
Feeling like a “zombie”, never quite alert
Inability to focus
Colds hang around for weeks zapping what little strength you had
Decreased Libido
Failing short term memory

Unfortunately, most people when faced with tired adrenal glands do the exact WRONG thing making their systems worse and further draining their poor over-worked adrenal glands. The adrenal glands sit on top of the kidneys and are sort of the size of a triangular walnut. They release hormones the hormones cortisol and adrenaline. Most people are familiar with adrenaline and the rush that comes with the fight or flight reaction. But cortisol is equally important in fighting off disease and inflamation. And many corticosteroids drugs are simply a synthetic version of cortisol.

Unfortunately, when you take these synthetic corticosteroids you actually supress the natural production of cortisol. Which is why you absolutely have to taper off of them slowly or you can permanently damage your adrenal glands. I had personal experience almost doing that myself. I had been on Prednisone^®for a long period of time due to Crohn’s disease and then was away from home without my pills for a day and a half. And when I went out into a very hot day the additional stress made me feel something I had never felt before or since. Everyone knows what a kidney punch feels like and this was something like that. Somewhere deep inside my lower back (at the top of my kidneys) the only way i can describe it, is that it felt like someone was squeezing a lemon and wringing it dry. It was very strange! Fortunately, I was able to get my pills shortly after that and I didn’t suffer any long term damage but I was fortunate because it could have been extremely serious with me ending up with Addison’s disease.

The Adrenal Gland is made up of the adrenal cortex and the medulla. The adrenal cortex actually has three layers with three distinct functions. The outer layer produces hormones that regulate the blood pressure. The middle layer produces the cortisol. And the inner layer produces DHEA which is a precursor to the sex hormones. Inside the adrenal cortex is the mudulla which is where the adrenaline and noradrenaline are produced.

Noradrenaline is responsible for the fight or flight response boosting attention, increasing heart rate, triggering the release of glucose to provide quick energy, and increasing blood flow to the muscles. In modern society these responses can be to non-threating situations like having to deal with your boss or even just watching a movie. When they are constantly triggered but not used it can result in adrenal exhaustion. Basically the adrenals are over worked and under paid. Resulting in the symptoms listed above. By “underpaid” I mean that they aren’t receiving the nutrition they need to be able to do their job.

By addressing the overworked and underpaid issues you can drastically improve you energy levels, feeling of alertness, immunity, and libido.

One of the best books I’ve seen on natural ways to boost adrenal function for those with reduced adrenal function is “The Adrenal Fatigue Formula” for more info check out their website.

You will have new appreciation for your health, in particularly your adrenal glands and the sweet and powerful energy they provide you each and every day. Vibrant energy is a dear friend that once gone is sorely missed.

Adrenal Fatigue Book

You might also want to check out Super Immunity. In this book, some things seemed obvious to me at first (but then I’ve been studying health and nutrition a long time.) So I’m not sure whether these things would be obvious to everyone. Interestingly some of his hints were the same things my grandmother told me many years ago but I never knew why but Jon gave some very good reasons for them. And bringing them back to mind has made me more conscious of trying to do them again.

But it’s not all old information. I learned something in just the first chapter! Did you know that three quarters of your energy is used to process your food? I didn’t! Jon goes on to explain how to make your digestion more efficient so you can free up that energy for other things. If you’d like more information about Jon’s book “Super Immunity” go to: Super Immunity

You may also find my book Healthy Tongue Secrets useful in boosting your overall health.

Is There a Cure for Geographic Tongue?

There Is Hope for Your Tongue Problem!

Dear Tongue Sufferer,

You’re stuck! You’ve visited doctor after doctor (or website after website) and they all say the same thing… your tongue problems are no problem. They’re benign… nothing serious… nothing to worry about… no treatment is necessary.

So why are you still looking?

Because you know deep down inside that “they” are WRONG!

There has to be a solution. A tongue that looks like raw hamburger or has rough ugly patches, white rings, taste buds falling off, a black (or white) coating is not just ugly and nasty but it can’t be healthy, can it?

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Do You Have a White Fuzzy Patch on Your Tongue?

By Tim McMahon

White Fuzzy patches on the tongue could be one of two or three different things.The first is called Thrush. It is caused by an overgrowth of Yeast or “Candida Albicans” in the body. It can be the result of antibiotics killing off the “good bacteria” that keeps the yeast in check. Yeast is generally found only on the top surface of the tongue although patches can occcasionally be found on the sides of the mouth, lips and various other moist surfaces and on other parts of the body. Often babies will get thrush on their tongue and mouth and candida can also be a cause of ”diaper rash”.	Thrush Spots
Thrush begins as small white fuzzy patches on the tongue or only “spots”. Although if left unchecked the spots will get larger until they cover the whole tongue. Once it gains hold it can result in a quite thick patch of white fuzz. For more info see Thrush Tongue.	Thick Thrush Coating
If the white fuzzy patches are on the sides of the tongue rather than than on the top, it is quite possible that it is Hairy Leukoplakia rather than thrush. For more info see Hairy Leukoplakia.	Hairy Leukoplakia
If on the other hand the patches are bald and surrounded by white rings it would be geographic tongue. For more info see Geographic Tongue.	Geographic Tongue with Rings

As far as the white coating…

The papillary structure of the top of the tongue provides many crevices and a large surface area where microorganisms and food particles, etc. can accumulate. These micro-organisms of the tongue can influence the make up of the flora of the entire mouth. Normally the top of the tongue is either pinkish or has a thin white coating. By thin I mean it is almost clear and not fuzzy at all. Almost like milk.

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Is There a Cure for Geographic Tongue?

Welcome to Healthy Tongue Secrets!

Do you hate the sight of your tongue?

Are you afraid of what others will think if they see your tongue?

Is your tongue getting worse? Or just not getting better?

Have you ever wondered if your Tongue is trying to tell you something?

Perhaps… You have a feeling that something just “isn’t right” with your tongue?

Or Maybe you are just tired of the way your tongue looks

If you (or someone you know) has Geographic Tongue or some other tongue problem and you just want to know how to get rid of it ….

You have come to the right place!

At Healthy Tongue Secrets we are dedicated to helping you find solutions to your tongue problems whether it be Geographic Tongue, Burning Mouth Syndrome, Black Hairy tongue, Thrush (yeast mouth) or a variety of other tongue and mouth problems.

**Order the newly updated Treating and Beating Geographic Tongue and Other Tongue Problems ebook**

Many people have asked me, “Why did you spend hundreds of hours putting all this valuable information into a book?”

That is a long story beginning many years ago…

Back when I was a teenager, my dad worked for Pan Am (that dates me a bit since they went out of business in 1991), but anyway because my dad worked for the airlines we were able to travel quite a bit ( a habit I have kept up by the way). One year we went to Ireland and Germany… and another year we went to Mexico. And that is where my troubles began.

It seems that during that trip to Mexico I picked up a bad case of “Montezuma’s revenge” or traveler’s diarrhea. It was the worst case I have ever had, it seems like I spent half the trip in the bathroom. But after a while, I seemed to recover. The operative word there is “seemed”…

Throughout High School, I had recurring bouts of intestinal problems and was diagnosed by my Doctor as having an “Irritable Bowel.” According to him I was too stressed out about school and so the problem in my stomach was really in my head! Well, things got progressively worse and eventually I was diagnosed with “Crohn’s Disease”. The diagnosis didn’t help much and I continued to have problems. I made it through a private engineering college where I began learning the keys to doing good research which eventually led to saving my life.

You see, I got by like most college kids I ate a lot of junk food and put on quite a bit of weight. But after college, the Crohn’s disease started acting up again and I started losing weight. A friend of mine accused me of being anorexic but the fact of the matter was it was just too painful to eat! I would eat a few bites and then be in such pain that I would literally roll around on the floor. Obviously, it was difficult to eat under those conditions. So I went to doctor after doctor. And during this time I developed white patches on my tongue that seemed to migrate around. I later discovered that it was a combination of thrush (yeast) and geographic tongue.

During the treatment process for the Crohn’s disease I found that antibiotics killed the thrush (temporarily) but once I stopped them the thrush would come back worse than ever! Eventually I got down to 95 pounds and looking like something out a concentration camp. At that point I was desperate and I finally convinced a doctor to do something and that something was surgery. He removed about 1/3^rd of my intestines and afterward I was feeling wonderful … I could eat again!

Except that after the surgery, I developed a really bad case of Geographic Tongue. And so on one of my follow-up visits with the surgeon I asked him about it and he nonchalantly said oh we removed the only portion of your intestines that absorbs certain vitamins so you are probably deficient in that… you will need to take injections for the rest of your life.

Uh, well wouldn’t it have been nice if you had told me that before? Not that it would have prevented me from having the surgery but I could have started on the injections earlier and had less problems but then I may not have discovered…

The Nutritional Basis of Many Tongue Problems

Interestingly, after starting the injections I found that my Geographic Tongue was gone! At least as long as I took the injections regularly. That was my first clue that Geographic tongue can be nutritionally based! Remember I said that my Geographic Tongue started before my surgery… well that portion of my intestines was diseased and wasn’t absorbing nutrients properly then either. Unfortunately, since everyone is different, it isn’t the only cause but it is certainly a good place to start. (Actually, I have found at least a dozen different tongue problems that are documented to be specifically related to nutritional deficiencies. Things like Bald spots on tongue, Beefy enlarged tongue, Bleeding gums, Burning tongue , cracked tongue, tooth-marks on tongue, Mouth ulcers, Purple or magenta tongue, Red Tipped Tongue, Scalloped Tongue, Shiny smooth Tongue, and a White-coated tongue, plus many more.

If you think you can’t possibly be deficient, don’t be so sure. My wife was just talking to our chiropractor the other day and he said…

95% of Americans are deficient in zinc alone.

And that’s not surprising since a recent USDA study showed that only 4% of Americans are getting the minimum recommended dietary allowance (RDA) of their essential vitamins. Another US Government survey found that out of 21,000 people surveyed, NOT ONE of them managed to eat the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) of the ten basic nutrients studied.

It’s hard to believe not one out of 21,000 are getting all the vitamins they need…

But when you think about it, maybe it’s not so hard to believe. What with eating habits today, all the “junk food” and all the chemical fertilizers used to grow it…

But it’s not your fault, even if you try to eat healthily… did you know that you would have to eat 60 servings of spinach just to get the same amount of iron as in one serving in 1948?
So what are the odds that you are getting what you need? Pretty slim right?

Once I discovered the link between Nutrition and my tongue…

I started using the research skills I had developed in college to research nutrition, and natural ways of healing. Not that I avoided doctors all together… because after about a year the pains started coming back! I was devastated. It was one of the worst days of my life. I had put on a bit of weight by then and I didn’t want to go back to being a walking skeleton! In addition, my geographic tongue was getting worse.

During this time I had moved from New York (where I thought the “best” doctors were) to a small town in central Virginia. So I had to try to find a new Gastroenterologist (stomach and intestines doctor). I was fortunate in find a young doctor who wasn’t afraid to try things. He did some tests to confirm that the Crohn’s was back (and it was) and after another year of “conventional” treatments, he said, “We found that this medicine works in some cases of Crohn’s disease but we don’t know why, do you want to try it?” I jumped at the chance! I would do anything not to have to go back to the pain and suffering I had previously had.

So he prescribed a medicine called “Flagyl” 3 pills a day for a total of 10 days. But this time before starting I did some research. I found that Flagyl is used for a variety of things. First, I found it is used to treat alcoholics. It seems that it makes you sick to even smell alcohol while taking Flagyl. But I didn’t think that was the reason it helps Crohn’s disease.

Then I found that it is used around the world to kill intestinal bacteria. Hmmm, my problems started with that problem in Mexico… So I developed a plan to introduce good bacteria into my system after killing off all the bad stuff with the Flagyl. It worked! My Crohn’s was gone, my overall health was improving and my tongue was doing much better! And so another step in my system of promoting health was forming.

Two Steps to Eliminating Geographic Tongue

So the first step I found in controlling geographic tongue is proper nutrition.

The second step is intestinal health which includes developing healthy intestinal “flora”. Thus ensuring proper absorption of nutrients and better overall health.

How I Started Sharing My Discovery

A couple of years ago, Allison, a friend of mine began losing weight, at first it looked good on her (I thought she’d gone on a diet or something) but before long I knew there was a problem. One day while we were discussing her problems she showed me her tongue and all those painful memories of wasting away and anxiously searching for a solution to my problem came flooding back.

I knew I had to do something to help her. It turned out that Allison had fibromyalgia which caused severe pain whenever she ate. Naturally, not being “into” pain, she would stop eating before she had gotten enough calories to maintain her normal weight. And somehow this resulted in geographic tongue, so I began compiling some of my old research into a report I could give to Allison. In addition, I turned my research abilities toward finding even more information for my friend.

As I found more and more pieces of the geographic tongue puzzle, the project expanded and seemed to take on a life of its own. Eventually it covered a variety of tongue problems, as I found more and more inter-relationships between the various tongue problems and health in general.

The Tongue is the “Health Meter” of the Body

One of the interesting facts I discovered was that your tongue is actually kind of like a health meter for the body. Naturally, its obvious that a healthy body has a healthy tongue but a weakened body has a sick tongue. For thousands of years doctors have been asking patients to stick out their tongue and using the signs and conditions they observe to help determine the overall state of the body.

When the body needs something it starts a chain reaction that results in the tongue showing the symptoms. The symptoms could be a white coating, or cracks, or even bald patches with white rings (as in Geographic Tongue). Think of your tongue like a “Gas Gauge” indicating when your body is low on something.

Once you know how to read it, you will know what you need to do to return your whole body to health and then your tongue will also return to normal. This is why treating the tongue as the disease rather than as the symptom will never work!

Once I had the Key… I had to share it.

Once I had done all that research compiling this report for Allison, I couldn’t live with myself if I kept this important knowledge to myself so I have decided to share my secret discovery with those who are really interested in getting well.

So I have put this site together and compiled all my research into a huge “Tongue Encyclopedia” called “Treating and Beating Geographic Tongue and Other Tongue Problems”.
Retired Schoolteacher and geographic tongue sufferer Dorothy Chalmers of Scotland says,

“Well done in producing this excellent resource for the world! It is pure genius… your book is absolutely fantastic!”

You don’t want to wait a second longer than necessary to get that healthy tongue, do you?

So, when you order the “Treating and Beating Geographic Tongue and Other Tongue Problems” e-book you’ll be able to download it instantly and as a bonus in a few minutes we will email you our Doctor recommended Vitamin program specifically targeted to patients with Geographic Tongue. That means you can begin seeing a healthier tongue in as little as 7 to 10 days. I really don’t need to give you a big sales pitch. If your tongue is a mess you need this book. Here is what Karen says,