Candida Article #5: The Triple Whammy

Fivelac: A unique probiotic developed specifically for candida.

Candizolv : Designed to dissolve candida by digesting its outer membrane.

Thyme Formula: An aggressive herbal remedy which by itself usually brings even severe candida under control in two months, and tends to eradicate it in six months

Plus: Ozonated Olive Oil : Very effective for local relief of thrush issues where needed.

Fivelac

This is a five strain probiotic, containing the following friendly bacteria. The information below provides detailed information which goes beyond what we publish on the web site : -

Bacillus Subtilis - an extensively studied probiotic on a genetic and functional level. There are several probiotic products in the pharmaceutical and agricultural markets that utilise this powerful probiotic. One function of Bacillus Subtilis is its ability to produce number of antibiotic compounds that are potent fighters of opportunistic and harmful bacteria. In addition, it produces a compound called Nattokinase. Nattokinase is secreted from vegetative cells¹ of Bacillus Subtilis and has been shown to reduce blood pressure, reduce cholesterol and reduce excessive clotting by fibrinolysis. Along with Nattokinase, Bacillus Subtilis also produces a number of other nutrients that have systemic health benefits such as B vitamins and Vitamin K2. Bacillus Subtilis offers the important function of fighting off pathogenic bacteria and producing key nutrients in the gut itself. In addition, it is an extremely potent immune stimulator. It has the function of germinating in the small intestines to some degree and this offers the effect of broad-spectrum immune stimulation.

¹ A vegetative cell is defined as a cell which is actively growing rather than forming spores

Bacillus Coagulans – A very well studied probiotic in the spore² family that has a profound effect on inflammatory conditions such as IBS and Crohn’s. Bacillus Coagulans has the unique attribute of producing lactic acid and specifically the L+ optical isomer of lactic acid, which has been shown to have a more profound effect on immune stimulation and gut defence than the other forms of lactic acid produced by conventional probiotics. Coagulans is also a tremendous coloniser which in turn will produce the beneficial effects required. Bacillus Coagulans also plays a key role in digestion of food and absorption of nutrients.

² A spore is a dormant type of bacterial cell. A spore can often survive for years, sometimes even decades and is only activated when it comes into contact with the right conditions for its proliferation.

Enterococcus Faecalis - A spherical bacteria that is part of the normal flora of humans. In fact, according to Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology, Entercoccus Faecalis is commonly found in the vaginal and intestinal regions of about 40 to 80 percent of individuals. Apart from humans and animals, this bacteria can also be found in the soil and water. This probiotic is the source of some claims that Fivelac is “dangerous”. However this is in essence nonsense put out by competitors who seek to scaremonger. While some strains of Enterococcus Faecalis can cause opportunistic and hospital-acquired infections in humans, many other strains have been used for a variety of beneficial purposes by both nature and man.

Along with other bacteria that are part of the normal flora, Enterococcus Faecalis prevents the colonisation of pathogenic bacteria in the body of its host by competing with the pathogens for binding sites and nutrients. They may also prime the immune system by inducing the production of low levels of antibodies against its own components which in turn makes the immune system more efficient.

Strains of Enterococcus Faecalis play an important role in the dairy industry and occur in a variety of cheeses, whey and natural milk. They are more commonly used in southern Europe and help in the development of the flavour of the cheese and can also be used as cheese starter cultures. As per a June 2003 article in the International Journal of Food Microbiology, Entercoccus Faecalis also produces a compound known as bacteriocin that can prevent the growth of several other bacteria such as Listeria Monocytogenes, Staphylococcus Aureus and Vibrio Cholerae, thereby preventing the spoilage of dairy products.

Lactobacilli and Bifidobacterium - These are extra probiotics found in Fivelac that are not found in the earlier and still very popular and successful Threelac. Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli are Gram-positive lactic acid-producing bacteria constituting a major part of the intestinal microflora in humans and other mammals. Administration of antimicrobial agents may cause disturbances in the ecological balance of the gastrointestinal microflora with several unwanted effects such as colonization by potential pathogens. To maintain or reestablish the balance in the flora, supplements of intestinal microorganisms, mainly bifidobacteria and lactobacilli, sometimes called probiotics, have been successfully used. This article reviews the role of Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli in human health.³

Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium contain a large number of species and strains, so both terms are actually general terms covering a considerable number of related bacteria. Interestingly, every company selling different strains of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium insist that the ones in their probiotic is officially proven to be the best one. I have a slightly more realistic viewpoint, which is that the best one is simply the one that works best for you.

³ (Source https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10941602.)

You can purchase Fivelac here

View our article Threelac vs Fivelac here

A few Customer comments on Fivelac

Great gut-flora support supplement. Stable at room temperature - so much better for me than the Mightydophilus supplement I was taking before (which has to be stored in the fridge). I'm using it as part of an anti-candida regime, and feel so much healthier than I did before, and truly believe this is part of the reason for improvement.

I have been using the services of Finchley Clinic for more than ten years. I have found them to be impeccable in every way. In particular I have used Fivelac, originally Threelac before Fivelac came along, and oxygen products, at present the Fivelac. I find it absolutely invaluable for establishing and maintaining microbiome balance. Thank you Finchley Clinic!

My wife was cured of a candida infection in her digestive system (medium to high intensity) that she has been fighting with for 10 years. She's got the condition after a herpes zoster infection and nothing has helped her. She had kept a strict diet with no sugars, no fermented staff, and so on, which alleviated a little the symptoms, but never got rid of them. After a thorough research I discovered fivelac and the more I was reading about the way it works, we became convinced to give it a try. So we did, we bought the 6 box offer and she took 2 sachets per day, one in the morning and one in the evening till all the 6 boxes had been finished. There are more than 5 and a half years since she had the fivelac and no signs of candida infections have reappeared.

I cannot recommend Fivelac highly enough. I suffered for years with systemic candida which resulted in great vulval & urinary pain/discomfort. I had endless visits to my local Genito-urinary clinic & whilst the prescribed medication eased the symptoms of thrush, no medical professional could help with all my other symptoms. I saw many specialists without result so started to research to help myself........so discovered threelac which worked. And I simply upped it to Fivelac as more of the good bacteria could only do good. The only downside I found was constipation (I do not know if it was definitely caused by the product) which is when I started using the oxy colon cleanse products. If you suffer from constant candida, I would thoroughly recommend Fivelac.

Within 24 hours of taking Fivelac and going on the candida diet the depression in my brain cleared.
Finchley Clinic Editorial note: We contacted this customer to check what she was saying was accurate, as it's very rare for anyone to respond that fast. She said was very sensitive, and tended to react very quickly to products. She said it was true, she had taken 3 sachets per day, and started noticing the benefits on the second day. She said she was not completely cured, but there was a big improvement. She attributed this improvement mostly to Fivelac.

Candizolv

Chitinase and chitosanase are the particular enzymes that dissolve the hard chitin in the wall of the yeast cell. Candizolv is brought to you by Global Health Trax (GHT), who also supply Fivelac, Threelac and Kidslac, and is exclusively available in the UK from us. Candizolv is a blend of chitinase, chitosanase and other yeast dissolving enzymes in perfect balance. It is completely safe and effective. These enzymes dissolve chitin. But the human body has no natural chitin in it so these enzymes have no effect at all on our bodies. Candizolv is will only affect the chitin-coated yeast cells that are migrating throughout your body and causing you problems. The suppliers reccomended way of taking it is to take it for 30 days on and 30 days off for one to three bottles, depending on the severity of the candida. Candizolv does not harm or even interact with healthy bacteria. Therefore it can be taken at the same time as probiotics.

More information and purchasing here.

A few customer comments on Candizolv

I am taking Candizolv, Threelac, Oxygen Elements Max and Pau D'Arco. It's hard to say whether its a combination of all the products or just one of them that's helping me the most, but since taking this combination I have lost weight, have more energy, digestion has improved, less bloating and am sleeping better.

In common with many people suffering from chronic candidiasis, I don't have a 'straighforward' picture, so this can't be a review exclusively of one product. I took Candizolv at two capsules a day for a month, and am currently on the month off. I can't say I feel any better... *BUT*... reading my diary for last Monday and Tuesday, I moved about 8 tons of gravel [the drive now looks very nice], went shopping, planted a dozen plants and seven lots of bulbs and spread bark around the area I'd planted. Before starting the anti-candida regime, my diary would likely have read "went shopping", as that would be as much as I could cope with earlier this year. So although I don't really feel any better, I know I AM better by how much more I am able to do/am achieving! My neighbours are impressed with what I've done in the garden this summer, so the results are not purely subjective. I followed Mark's advice [well worth paying for one of his consultations if you have a complicated problem, in my opinion], and have hope for the first time in several years that I might feel completely *normal* again in the not-too-distant future. I'm sorry if this doesn't feel a 'helpful' review, but it's an honest one, and looking back five years, I would have been writing "got up, got dressed, rested for two hours, ate breakfast, rested for an hour, went for a walk, couldn't move for three hours...", so I consider the Finchley Clinic products lifesavers

I bought this for my son who had problems with his gut by way of bad gas and odours which wouldn't subside whatever he took. The docs did various tests but could find nothing. He started taking Candizolv taking 2 caps per day as directed. After one week the digestive system was functioning properly and the symptoms subsided. Once he finished the course, the symptoms returned gradually but not as severe as before. This has remained that way. It is a case of trial and error and he is now moving onto Fivelac

(Note from The Finchley Clinic - we recommend taking both products at the same time).

I used Candizolv for one month, and it seemed to help quite a lot (main symptoms are chronic fatigue and dizziness). However 3 weeks after stopping it, my symptoms started gradually returning. The suppliers recommend taking it every other month for 6 months in stubborn cases, however I am wondering whether I would be better taking it continuously for a while, and am currently contemplating doing that. I have also used The Finchley Clinic's Thyme Formula, and this product also helped, but the symptoms eventually returned when I stopped using this as well. So probably I am one of those people who needs to continuously taking something to control my candida symptoms. In fairness, readers should know that I take immunosuppressive medication due to a long term auto-immune condition, so this may be the reason my candida is hard to eradicate permanently.

Thyme Formula

Please note, we recommend (to be on the safe side) that this product is taken away from Fivelac by an hour or more. We suggest taking one of them with meals, and the other one away from meals in order to separate them. It doesn't really matter which way around you do it. And by the way, Candizolv (above) can be taken with anything, with or away from food.

Thyme Formula doesn't have a sexy label like the product made by our bigger suppliers. Nor will you find lots of companies selling it, or product review web sites discussing it (in reality these are usually just marketing sites for competitor products and not genuine "review" or "comparison" sites). What it does do, is what it says on the tin. It contains seven herbs all of which are anti-candidal in their own right, but blended synergistically, they are much more powerful than one herb in seven times larger amounts. As the product developer explained in an article written over a decade ago...

These formulae have been developed because we were dissatisfied with currently available products. Using our test system (Vega Biokinesiology), we find that single herbs "power score" (a measure of efficacy) 5-20, currently available herbal formulae power score 15-30, and our formulae power score 35-50. We therefore believe that our formulae are up to three times more effective than existing herbal formulae.*

The herbs used in our formulae have been selected purely empirically, without recourse to the literature. For each formula we screen hundreds of herbs and then having made the initial choice we test for antagonism, synergism, allergenicity and tolerability before we decide on the final selection. In all we conduct around three thousand separate tests for each formula.

Clinical experience has quickly confirmed the validity of our system and we now have numerous testimonials and case-histories to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of our range.

Thyme Formula is a highly effective herbal remedy, which brings helps bring candida under control in two to three months, and eliminate it within six months throughout the body. It contains several different anticandidal herbs and therefore possesses a broader spectrum of activity than a single agent against the many different candida strains encountered clinically. For the same reason, resistance to Thyme Formula is less likely to develop. By using a combination of herbs, the ingredients work synergistically. In other words the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

It provides an array at beneficial effects in addition to its anticandidal activity that are relevant to the control of candidiasis:

i) It supports the immune system. If candida is merely killed by an antifungal agent and the immune system left unsupported, the chances of recurrence are high.

ii) It supports the liver, which is usually stressed by candida and its toxins.

iii) It enhances secretions from all digestive organs. Such secretions inhibit intestinal candida and diminish gas production, a frequent problem in candidiasis.

iv) It supports the adrenal glands, which candida tends to stress.

v) It helps manage any intestinal bacterial dysbiosis.

vi) It helps heal the leaky gut induced by Candida.

It's not an especially expensive product, but we provide volume discounts of up to 20%. I make no apology for trying to 'manipulate' people to buy higher volumes by offering generous discounts with this product. I do this for good, ethical reasons: I genuinely want to do all I can to encourage people to give it enough time to do what it is capable of doing, and with Thyme Formula this will usually require buying several bottles to give it a fair trial, and very likely several more bottles for the full benefits to come into play. You can read our customer reviews for Thyme Formula here. For those who tend to get habituated to herbal products so that they work to begin with, then tend to stop working, it can (and should) be alternated every couple of weeks with its sister prouduct, Oregano Formula.

Suffering from thrush?

You still need the anti-candida products, but for local relief, try Ozonated Olive Oil. This usually works very quickly to make women more comfortable.

Conclusion

If you're suffering, try this combination. It can help candida sufferers tremendously. Obviously all the products discussed can be taken with any other prouducts you are already taking at the same time, and are compatible to the best of our knowledge with any other nutrients or orthodox medications you are already using.

Best wishes
Mark G. Lester
Director - The Finchley Clinic Ltd
www.thefinchleyclinic.com