Category: Candida Crusher FAQ Videos

Greetings. New Zealand naturopath, Eric Bakker, author of Candida Crusher. Thanks for checking out my video. I have a request from my YouTube subscriber to my Candida Crusher channel regarding hiatus hernia. Eric, can you please explain about hiatus hernia and also the natural treatment for it? What’s the most effective way to remedy this problem? I’ve got it pretty bad.

Hiatus hernia is actually not that uncommon. It tends to occur more in people like my age, 50 plus. Many people who have this problem, in fact, are not really sure what they’ve got. I think they’ve got a nerve or acid stomach. They think that they have heartburn or reflux. Let’s have a look at what a hiatus hernia is.

When we chew food and swallow it, it goes through the mouth into the esophagus into the stomach. But to do so, it has to pass through this thick area of muscle called the diaphragm. The diaphragm is a powerful part of the body that really helps the lungs to work properly and helps the lung to expand. It’s a very important part of respiration or breathing. The esophagus is a hollow tube then it goes through this big piece of thick muscle, the diaphragm. All a hiatus hernia is is basically the stomach being displaced and coming up into the esophageal region. Now, what happens is you can have some stomach acid coming back up through the diaphragm, so the bottom part of the esophagus giving like reflex or reflux disease or GERD or heartburn. It can be really uncomfortable for some people.

But there are other causes also naturally. They call hiatus hernia “the great mimic” of that condition. People who’ve got it may think, as I mentioned, that they’ve’ got something wrong with their stomach. Some people may think they’re getting a heart attack, in fact. Thinking “Oh, my god. I’ve got pain in the chest. Quick, call the doctor. I’m dying of a heart attack.”
Why does it occur? How does it occur? It tends to occur more in women than men. It tends to occur in older people. I’ve seen it in more unfit people, larger people, people that carry quite a bit of weight. People who tend to keep in good physical shape, eat the right kind of food and don’t stress so much have much less a problem with hiatus hernia. Some people also believe that it can be from repressed emotions, being peeved off or angry or I can’t stomach this anymore. Things like that. I certainly believe that there will be some kind of emotional component to some people’s presentation of it.

Under acid stomach is very common. In fact, I’m going to do some videos on hypochlorhydria. Where a person has not enough production of digestive enzymes or hydrochloric acid. That can mimic itself like an overproduction and give heartburn. There are certain ways we can fix hiatus hernia up and keep it under control.

One thing I’d like you to consider if you’ve got it and you’ve been diagnosed with it is you take up breathing, is to learn how to breathe properly. How to activate your vagus nerve properly. How to really use the diaphragm properly. By seeing an expert Buteyko practitioner and you can find them in America by going to the Buteyko website and look for a registered professional. We’ve got them in New Zealand, Australia. We’ve got them Europe. We’ve got them in the USA. These people are going to help you immensely if you’ve got a hiatus hernia.

A couple of years ago, I started searching online for a technique that would really help my patients. And I found an interesting YouTube video by a Dr. David Williams, but there are many other videos you can similarly see. I’m going to demonstrate that technique right now. It’s quite a simple technique. What we’re going to try to do is we’re going to try to relax the diaphragm and we’re going to try to make the hole a little bit bigger. I’m going to show you in a minute and then we’re going to try to force that diaphragm down a little bit and then tighten that area up again. If you do this exercise every single day and you continue it on for quite a few weeks and months and also learn how to breathe properly through Buteyko and understand the connection with eating the right kind of food and learn to back off the stress, you should be able to reverse this thing naturally and get it in check. You should not have to remain on acid blocking medication for the rest of your life like your doctor leads you to believe.

It’s a pretty dumb thing to keep medication to block stomach acid when a simple technique like I’ll show you can give you enormous relief from this condition. I want you to stand up. The first thing we’re going to do, which I’m not going to do, but I’ll show you is you get a glass. In this case, it’s a cup. Then you’re going to put probably about half to three quarters of water in the glass. You don’t have to have the water too hot, but reasonably warm water. You’re going to drink that water.

Then you’re going to relax for a minute and just breathe in and out and try to do a little bit of belly breathing. Then you’re going to lift the hands up. Then what we’re going here is we’re bringing the diaphragm up a little bit and we’re opening the hole there by doing this. What we’re going to do now when we’ve done that, we’ve got the hands in this position, and we’ve got that water in our stomach to relax our stomach. Put a bit of weight in there is you can just do a bit of gentle dropping on the ground like I’m doing now. Now, some breathing again. What we’re trying to do now is activate the diaphragm and close that hole off a little bit.

What I’ve just shown you there is a very simple technique to relax the diaphragm, expand it, put a bit of weight in the tummy and then with gravity, pull that tummy down and just hopefully close the diaphragm off properly. With proper breathing control, when you learn how to master breathing properly, nasal breathing, belly breathing, never mouth breathing, which is the essence of Buteyko and slowing your rate of breath right now. You’re going to master the ability to control hiatus hernia naturally. I can almost certainly guarantee within six months of doing this, you’re going to rarely be bothered by GERD again. Give it a go.

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Greetings. New Zealand naturopath, Eric Bakker, author of Candida Crusher. Thanks for checking out my video. Today, we’re going to talk about dietary supplements. Some dietary supplements can make you feel a lot worse. It’s surprising how many patients I have seen, particularly this year, that are taking supplements with all sorts of junk in them. These supplements are purchased basically through Amazon or iHerb or big channels like that or even through conventional stores. Be very careful because a lot of the cheap bottom end crappy stuff actually contain maltodextrin, which is a kind of sugar. They can also put glucose in there. There are different types of sugars that you will find in dietary supplements. They can really help to contribute to causing the Candida flare.

Of course, when you take this supplement, you’re going to get a reaction and you think “Ha, it’s die off. It’s die off. The supplement’s working. I’ve feeling worse. I’m feeling like crap. I’ll just take more. It’s getting even worse, the side effect. I’ve gone from two to four per day and I’m feeling twice as bad. Well, this must be a good thing because I’m feeling worse. I’ll just take more.” Next thing, you’re taking five or six and you’ve got to stop because you’ve got a bad belly ache and bloating, gas. You’re got diarrhea and you’re feeling like crap. You think, “Ah, thank god the supplement’s working.”

Then you read the description box, the supplement facts box, and you find it contains something like maltodextrin or a glucose or dextrin or a weird name that you don’t have a clue of. And then you think to yourself, “I wonder what this is? Oh, well, it must be some kind of nutrient that I need.” Be really careful because many supplements on the market, in fact, are not made by reputable people. They’re made by people that are just trying to make money. They’re made by people who don’t care about the end user. They’re made with the cheapest possible raw materials with the sole aim designed to drive profits through who people who make. Don’t touch these products. Be very careful.

This is not a video aimed at driving or pushing people away from supplements to my supplements. I don’t really care what kind of supplements you take. I just want you to think if you’re going to take something, it’s going to be made by somebody or designed by somebody who understands dietary supplements, who understands what happens when the person takes them who doesn’t want to create any untold reactions with people, who only wants to use the finest possible raw materials. And the person who designs it has a specific action in mind they’re trying to achieve. Most importantly, the supplements were designed by somebody who understands an entire program that patients are going to benefit from.

Because I can tell you something, folks, taking supplements is only a very small part of healing. I’ve told you many times in my videos that you need to look at lifestyle, diet, and the supplements maybe form a small percentage of improving your health to a very high level. They’re very important, but they’re the icing on the cake. If you look at my book, Candida Crusher, it’s predominantly about lifestyle and diet. When those things are put in place and a quality supplement is put in with that, it’s the key that opens the door. It’s going to give you the kind of health improvement that you’ve been looking for.

That’s why I made my Canxida range of products. I put no sugars in them. I put no crap in them. They were designed for people that really want to get well. They were designed for the person who understands the connection of stress and lifestyle, enjoying life. A person who understands the connection between happiness and disease or unhappiness and disease. The person who understands the connection between a natural healthy whole foods diet and a person who also understands the need to backup off and relax more about their diet, not get too anal about every tiny little thing they eat.

It’s the same with supplements. In supplement case, I want you to be anal. I want you to be careful and check out very carefully what’s in that product. It’s very important that you do that. Just thought I would give you a bit of a heads up there. Watch out for sugars and junk in dietary supplements. Also be careful apart from supplements if you’re going to take something like stevia or xylitol because some stevia supplements I’ve seen even contain added glucose to make them even sweeter or to improve on the spectrum of the sweet taste. I found sugar put with stevia. Would you believe it? You’re actually going to find that.

I’ve got some stevia plants growing in my garden and they’re wonderful to grow. You may want to get one from your plant nursery and grow one yourself. My plant is quite a big bush. When I water the garden, I’ll often go down there and pick a few leaves off it and chew on it and just marvel at how wonderfully sweet the stevia plant is.

Food for thought. Check your supplements out. If you’re not sure what a particular thing is, check with the person whose made it. If they can’t give you a valid reason why it’s in there, move on and get something else. Thanks for tuning in. Click on the link in the description box below for your free Candida report. If you’re not a subscriber, subscribe. Thanks for tuning in.

Greetings. It’s New Zealand naturopath, Eric Bakker. Author of Candida Crusher. Thanks for checking out my video. We’re going to talk about antibiotics and acne. “Can antibiotics cure acne?”
Many, many people I’ve seen over the years have taken antibiotics for acne and in nearly all cases, it was an absolute, complete waste of time. Acne is not something you really want to control with a drug that helps to eradicate bacteria in your body. The reason why is because it’s a crazy treatment. In this case, antibiotics aren’t given for 10 days or a short duration. They’re given long term. How stupid is that? It’s almost as crazy as what’s happening in the Middle East at the moment between Israelis and Palestinians. It goes on and on. Every day someone gets killed because of conflict.

What we’re doing giving antibiotics long term for acne is no different from the Gaza Strip. It’s a continual long term killing and conflict. You never win wars by pointing guns at each other. You never win the fight with acne by giving a drug.

I just read a very interesting website of board certified dermatologists in America who will remain nameless who said that it was a very good excellent treatment for the long term eradication of acne with six months of antibiotics. Why would you take antibiotics for six months? Why would you take a treatment that kills bacteria for such a long period of time? Both good and bad, indiscriminately, kill, kill, kill. Why would you do that? That’s just board certified crazy as far as I’m concerned. But then this person went on to say that the only proper cure for acne is a drug called isotretinoin or Accutane.

You go on Google. Accutane or isotretinoin. You Google it and look how many lawsuits, how many suicides, how many people have been permanently scarred, disfigured. How many people have developed inflammatory bowel disease from this crazy treatment? You may as well jump off a cliff. You’d probably get a better result curing your acne than you would taking this drug long term. It just doesn’t make sense to me to do that. It’s a stupid thing to do.

If you’ve got acne, there are different approaches. If you’re a female, you may be more prone to having acne if you’ve got polycystic ovarian syndrome. You’ll have a higher number of androgens, for example, the male kind of hormone in the body that can increase sebum production. That’s an important point to bear in mind. Hormonal manipulation, particularly if you’re female and feel you’ve got menstrual period issues. It’s very important to get that sorted because that could underpin the acne problem. If you’re a pimply teen like I was, kid 17 with zits all over his face, then you might want to stop drinking Coke for a while and stop all the crème pies and crap like that.

There is certainly more evidence that diet plays a huge role in acne. Many doctors think it’s a load of crap, but certainly young people that eat a fresh, healthy diet are a lot less prone to acne than the ones who don’t. My four kids have grown up now, but they never suffered from acne, but we had home cooked fresh food all the time. We always had good food. Sure the kids would have a Mountain Dew or a Coke here or there, but they didn’t drink it every day and they did eat a very healthy diet. That played a big role in keeping their face nice and clear.

There are other genetic predispositions that could come into it with acne. But taking a drug long term to cure acne is just crazy. It just doesn’t make sense. It’s almost like having an American Express card for years and years at like a 30 percent interest rate. It just keeps crippling your further and further. I say to that lady, that board certified dermatologist, shame on you for recommending people to take an antibiotic for six months. I’ve seen more misery and more ongoing digestive problems with that kind of recommendation than anything else. It’s a ridiculous thing to do.

Probiotics have a nice effect on cleaning up the mess, but a probiotic may need to be taken for one to two years or longer or on an even permanent basis if a person has had antibiotics for this long. If you are a young person watching this video and you’re contemplating antibiotics long term, I would say “stop” don’t do it. Don’t make the mistake that so many of my patients have made, taking an antibiotic long term. It just doesn’t work. It’s going to erode your health. It’ll come back and bite you in the bum when you get older. Especially, if you were young and you take it. When you get to my age, you could have an ongoing, long term gut or immune dysfunction as a result of this treatment. Please don’t even consider it.

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