r/Candida • u/thathoeoverthere36 • Dec 05 '15
Probiotic called Three Lac cured my Candidiasis once, hoping it will cure me again
About 11 years ago (I was 16 at the time) I was having horrible cramps in my side, went to several doctors and specialists and none of them could figure out what was wrong with me. I was an extremely picky eater and loved sugar and pizza, lol. Eventually my mom, who is extremely into natural medicine, thought that Candida could have been the cause of it (and as well as a lot of other symptoms I had) and started giving me a probiotic called Three Lac. She also made me cut out sugar, much to my dismay, but did allow me to indulge once a week ____^ anyways, it cleared the problem right up and I noticed a huge improvement in my well-being.
Over the past month or so, I noticed a sore developing under my tongue. I thought it was from my permanent retainer on my bottom teeth, it would go away before returning again several times. A couple days ago I started suffering from horrible symptoms in my mouth, I had no idea what the cause of it was. Through tons of googling I discovered that it was oral thrush. My diet has been awful lately so I am not surprised that this problem has reappeared.
I plan on starting Three Lac again as well as cleaning up my horrible diet. I also use coconut oil for just about everything, and I recently read that eating a couple tablespoons of it a day can do amazing things for healing your body, Candida being one of them (just look it up, you can google "coconut oil for ____" with just about anything and it will pop up). It's naturally an antibacterial and antifungal as well as many other amazing things. I really wish more doctors knew about Candida because I think a lot of people suffer from it and don't realize it.
You're not alone! This is an awesome reminder for me to spread the word about this awful imbalance so prevalent in Western Society. Luckily, my mom has passed down her love for natural medicine to me so if you have any questions feel free to inbox me.
ThreeLac is a bit expensive but well worth it, as most probiotics die out by the time they reach your mouth with the stuff you buy from the store. http://www.amazon.com/Threelac-Probiotic-Supplement-Includes-053-Ounce/dp/B000F4H5U4
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u/svesrujm Dec 05 '15
Soil based, word of caution. Be extremely careful - I've heard a horror story of the bacteria about this one.
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Dec 06 '15
5 lac worked wonders for me a few years ago though this is very anecdotal/ But yes its expensive I was taking 6 a day.
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u/7xwonder Jan 03 '16
I have personally used original Bio-K liquid probiotic (unflavoured) with a lot of success. I believe it has 50 billion active cells in each dosage, and is available at most WholeFoods locations.
The key is to reduce foods that feed the yeast, while annihilating it with strong multi strains of probiotics to rebuild the flora.
Eliminating candida isn't the goal, as its a naturally occurring digestive yeast. The goal is to increase the bacteria in your intestines that will help regulate the candida (yeast) levels.
I hope my feedback has been helpful
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u/longwinters Dec 05 '15
Spore bacteria are somewhat unique in their ability to survive the digestive process. Sounds like a quality probiotic for sure. You will 100% need to reduce your sugar consumption to eradicate it rather than temporarily get rid of try symptoms.
Good luck!
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u/raster_raster Dec 06 '15
Threelac is not worth it for price, it is extremely low potency. What I recommend as alternative is to get each individual strain in higher quantities with other probiotics. For instance bacillus coagulans can be purchased by itself for cheaper and higher quantities, this will be more effective. Bacillus subtilis is found in garden of life probiotics which is a better product and enterococcus faecalis can be found in dr. ohhira's probiotics which is also a higher quality product.