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DIET
AND B. HOMINIS:
Searching the internet
is often the only option for people suffering undiagnosed
parasitic infections, and this is what D resorted to.
She found the Anti-Candida Diet ( similar
to the Specific Carbohydrate Diet). This diet eliminates
carbohydrates, fruit, sugar & refined foods:
"This diet caused
immediate improvement in a way nothing else had. I was
much less tired than I had been for 2 months. My head
was clearer. (I had previously been eating refined sugars
in an attempt to boost my energy). But I was still quite
unwell.".
Based on the improvement
her doctor felt her symptoms could be due to Candida
overgrowth. Then D. found this site and ordered
stool samples to check for parasites.
The tests were positive for Dientamoeba Fragilis
and Blastocystis Hominus.
However, her doctor wasn't convinced
that the parasites were causing her symptoms, but decided
to treat her with Tinidazole for two consecutive days.
She wrote:
"This made me feel really
good (better than I had in years) for about ten days.
I then became sick again."
Further stool testing confirmed both parasites
were still present.
March 02
The
experience of D. was similar:
"I
have since followed a 50 day program of severe carbohydrate
free diet and a 40 day program of Black Walnut and Wormwood
Herbal supplement. When i was re-tested Blastocystis
was still there. Also, as soon as i began to eat
the Carbs again my systems got worse."
D. -received March 03"
Blastocystis hominis survives
by ingesting bacteria, fungi, & undigested food particles:
Histochemical
studies detected carbohydrates in the cyst wall
and fat globules in the cytoplasm.
Morphology, histochemistry and infectivity
of Blastocystis hominis cyst.
Abou El Naga IF, Negm AY.
J Egypt Soc Parasitol 2001 Aug;31(2):627-35 |
A
distinct band of capsular material, or slime, may surround
the cell and is apparent because it forms a transparent
circle of variable thickness delinieated on the inside
by the cell membrane and on the outside by bacteria,
cells, and food debris in the fecal suspension.
Blastocystis hominis — Past and Future
C.H. Zierdt
Clin. Micro. Reviews. Jan 1991, Vol. 4, No.1 (61-79) |
The presence of membrane fusions of the cytoplasmic
vesicles with the central vacuole indicated the accumulation
of carbohydrates in the central vacuole.
Histochemical
detection of carbohydrates of Blastocystis hominis.
Yoshikawa H, et al
J
Eukaryot Microbiol 1995 Jan-Feb;42(1):70-4 |
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