Category: Candida Crusher FAQ Videos

Greetings! Eric Bakker, naturopath from New Zealand. Author of Candida Crusher. Thanks for checking out my video. Water Kefir or Dairy Kefir? What’s better? What are you currently making? I’ve looked at many websites just now and checked out YouTube videos and had a bit of a good think about Kefir. Kefir is something I’ve tried to make a long time ago. I personally don’t like Kefir. I’m a sauerkraut guy. Probably because my grandma used to make it, and I grew up with the taste of that nice piece of sausage and a piece of sauerkraut I loved. I don’t really care what kind of culture of medifood you eat. That you desire to eat. I think it’s important to pick something that you like to eat. Not that you think: “Oh it tastes so sour and crap but I have to eat it because I was told to eat it.”

Don’t eat something you don’t love. What’s the bloody point? That’s like trying to wear a dress that you hate the color of or trying to be with someone that you’re supposed to be with because your parents like that guy or woman, but you don’t like them. You only get somewhere in life, I believe, by really enjoying something that you’re doing, someone you’re with, or the food you eat. If you’ve got a desire for something and you love the taste of it, it means, in my opinion, you’re going to digest it better. It’s going to suit you better. I like sauerkraut, so you might like Kefir. That’s fine by me.

What’s better? Water Kefir? Dairy Kefir? Well, Water Kefir is something that some people start out with because it’s simple. They just get the Kefir grains, they get fruit juice or they might get coconut water or coconut milk. I would consume Water Kefir or non-dairy Kefir. If you look at the origins of Kefir going back a long time ago near the Caspian Sea in the Corpus Mountains in Southeast Asia somewhere. It’s near the Black Sea, near Russia or one of those Slavic countries. It’s a bit like kumis and yogurt and these sorts of foods.

When people made them originally they used to keep them in bladders or skins of animals they found. I think that’s how yogurt started. I think they were kept in sheep’s bladders and hung on the backs of camels or animals walking around the desert. Natural fermentation took place. But with Kefir, the grains got put in bags and hung. I was just reading on Wikipedia interesting hung in doorways. When people would walk past the doorway, the bag would get bumped, which would mix the Kefir to keep it well mixed.

I personally find Water Kefir quite strong. You’ve got to be careful with Water Kefir if you’re going to use a fruit juice, for example. If it’s not fermented properly, it could have a bit of an alcohol content about it. Also, it could not be properly fermented, which could give you a bit more sugar than you’d like in that product, which could actually make your Candida worse. Water Kefir can certainly make Candida worse. I’ve had many patients contact me saying, “I read in your book that you said to take Kefir, and I did, and I felt like crap! I’m feeling much worse.” So if you make Kefir, make darn well sure that you know how to make Kefir.

I think there are many people at home that don’t make these foods properly. They end up in worse positions than they were when they started. I think milk Kefir is better. You’re getting the added benefit of calcium and magnesium and the minerals if you use raw milk, especially. Unpasteurized with all the junk in it that the farmers have to put in there. They put the teets on the cows, and they’ve got to put them in iodine or in different solutions to clean them, and then animals get injections and chemicals and all that junk. You’re better off having a free-range organic or biodynamic milk as a starting point. That makes premium Kefir. I’ve tasted that kind of Kefir and it is amazing how good it tastes. If you’re going to use dairy products for Kefir, please use a good starting material. Use an organic or biodynamic certified biogrown kind of a product. Raw milk tastes beautiful. I’m no fan personally of dairy products. I’ve had milk occasionally, but I don’t really feel the need to drink milk in my diet. When it comes to yogurt or cultured food like that, I do like it.

Let’s go back to the dairy. As I mentioned, you’ve got the additional minerals in there that you won’t necessarily get in the Water Kefir. They’ve also found through research that Dairy Kefir contains up to three/four times more bacteria than the Water Kefir. You’re getting also different types of streptococci. You’re getting about 25 types of lactobacillus. One thing I haven’t found with Kefir is bifida bacteria. You don’t really get that in these kind of foods. Lactobacillus is what a lot of people don’t have a sufficient amount of anyway. Especially because it inhabits the small intestine where you really need these bacteria.

Water Kefir or Dairy? I think the Dairy Kefir is a better Kefir. But if you’ve got Candida, Coconut Kefir. Super. You’ve got the Capric Acid, the Caprylic Acid, you’ve got a hundred different minerals in that coconut. Also, I think it actually ferments better than the fruit juice does. It gives you a better quality product. Less chance of sugar in it. Anti-fungal activity. What should you do now? Now you’re all confused, aren’t you? Should you do Water Kefir? Fruit Kefir? Coconut Kefir, if you’ve got Candida.

If you haven’t got Candida and you’ve done a stool test, and you’ve got bad bacteria there or some parasites you want to conquer – Dairy Kefir. But it’s got to be made properly. That’s the big thing. If it’s not made properly, you buck it. That’s what we say in Australia. Because that means you could be literally creating a problem internally with something that you’re eating. You’re going to come to me saying, “Well, you told me to have Kefir.

But since I started, I’m feeling a lot worse!”

Think about that for a moment. If you’re feeling worse on a food like Kefir, back off. Remake it, get a batch from somebody else, try that to see if that works. Always start these foods slowly into your diet. I’ve had some patients who will drink four or five cups of Kefir. They’ll drink it all day long the first week they make it. Then they feel terrible. Think about it. Common sense – you know my thought on common sense. Click on the link below if you haven’t already grabbed my article, and don’t forget to subscribe. Thanks for tuning in.

Greetings! Eric Bakker, naturopath back again to talk about Dientamoeba Fragilis parasite. This time we’re going to talk about the best diet, or the best foods to eat when you’ve got parasites. I’ve just had a look around the internet, like I normally do when I make videos to see what kind of ideas people have got. I’ve looked at some YouTube videos. I’ve seen some crazy stuff out there in recommendations.

One of my more memorable ones was a guy saying that you need to drink vodka once or twice per day with these different kinds of herbs soaked in it for parasites. What a beauty! What a great suggestion. If you don’t fall over and get injured from drunkenness, at least you’re not going to worry too much about parasites are you if you get drunk, I suppose. I want you to be careful with the kind of advice that you follow on the internet when it comes to health. Not just the parasites that we’re talking about, but in general.

There’s so many wacky people out there. There’s so much crazy advice. It’s very easy if you haven’t got training or a good understanding of medicine to follow some of these people. The vodka suggestion is a bit over the top and stupid, but there are a lot of other suggestions out there that may seem plausible or quite credible. When you really think about them, they’re actually quite crazy. A good diet for parasites is the same dietary approach I recommend for a Candida yeast infection.

Generally, I find that meat’s not to be an issue with parasites. If you’re a vegetarian or vegan kind of person, you may need to look more at plant based proteins. You don’t need to eat meat necessarily. I find that meat generally is quite okay if you’ve got parasites. You don’t have too much of an issue. The green vegetables tend to be quite okay as well. You need to be very cautious of fruits and sweet foods just like you do with Candida. Be careful of the allergy kind of foods-foods that may react with you in terms of an allergic sense. Because many people with parasites can have quite a compromised leaky gut, and can really react strongly to different kinds of foods.

Dairy products-cow dairy products-if it’s sheep or goat, you’re generally not too bad, but if it’s cow, you need to be very cautious of those kinds of foods. They can really play up on the digestive system of a person with a parasite. Fruits-very cautious with fruits, because of the sugar content. Even more so with parasites than with Candida. I’d recommend you’d be very careful with fruits. Most fruits need to be stopped. Sometimes even apples aren’t tolerated by people with Dientamoeba-even green apples, even avocados can play up. The diet needs to be tailored or changed to suit your specific needs.

Sometimes the infestations are so bad, it doesn’t really matter what people eat. They just have to eat what they can eat and avoid what aggravates them. That’s all the good advice I can give you. If you can, focus on the garlic. Garlic tends to be one of the better foods for people with parasites. Raw garlic. Very small amounts are only necessary. You don’t need to eat large amounts of raw garlic. Even one or two fine slices of a clove mixed in with food can be quite suitable.

One of my favorite foods for people with a parasite problem is, when summertime comes along, is to put a lot more of the fresh herbs into the diet. Pretty hard to do in wintertime, but in spring and summer plant lots of different fresh herbs.

I’ve spoken about this before with the Candida video. Oregano, basil, rosemary, thyme, marjoram-all these kinds of herbs are quite good when it comes to parasites, because they contain a lot of different compounds like phenols. Oregano, for example, with the high carvacrol content. This is very, very good for parasites indeed. I noticed you can get different types of oreganos. If you go to a plant nursery, you can get the hot and spicy ones and the mild ones. Have a good look around and try to grow different types of oregano. Oregano mixes very well with many different types of salads, meat dishes, savory dishes. It’s a very good herb to grow and incorporate into your diet if you’ve got a yeast infection.

As I mentioned, be careful of the potential allergy foods. Chocolate is definitely on the allergy list. Bananas, oranges, a lot of fruits are. Dairy products. Sugar, of course. You can even have allergies against sugar. Just be cautious. You should be fine to have fermented or cultured food in your diet if you’ve got an issue with a parasite. Again, you really need to experiment here, because one food may really aggravate you and another food may be quite okay to try.

As I mentioned before, if you modify the food (the starch particularly) with the heat, you may be able to tolerate it a lot more. Your gut may tolerate it more without suffering the consequences. The end result could be gas or bloating. If you look at sweet potatoes, for example, they may be fine baked, but again not good if they’re just boiled or mashed. Same with chickpeas, same with rice. You need to just try and experiment yourself and see how you go. It should work out quite okay for you. As you get a handle on the parasites and the numbers diminish, you’ll find the digestion improves, and the tolerability for many different foods will increase significantly.

Remember, many parasites have got this ability to come back-a bit like a politician who’s been knocked down and they come back again in the long run. That will give you a bit of an indication on how you have to taper your treatment. You may need to go more severe at certain stages, and back off at other stages. Don’t be fooled by parasites, because it’s easy for them to go dormant for a while or have low level of activity and then come back again. I’ve seen this in many different cases. You’ll need to keep the diet quite tidy for six months, if not twelve months. Especially if you’ve been sick for a long time. That gives you a bit of an indication on the diet.

Salt is another additive I want you to have in your diet. Pepper and salt seem to be quite good as well, especially a good sea salt. Let’s have a look now at another video we’re going to do after this: “The Best Natural Treatment for Dientamoeba Fragilis.” Thanks for tuning in.

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