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**Title:** Controlling Candida for Weight Loss and Health
**Key Points:**
1. **Candida albicans**: A fungus that can hinder weight loss, causing symptoms like itching, sinusitis, and migraines.
2. **Causes of Candida Overgrowth**: Antibiotics, birth control, cortisone, and excessive consumption of refined carbohydrates.
3. **Treatment Options**:
* **Coconut Oil**: Mildly effective due to its lauric acid content, but limited in depth of cleaning.
* **Emulsified Oregano Oil (Carvacol)**: Highly effective, but only available in supervised settings (e.g., NaturalSlim clinics) due to potency.
4. **Sustainable Solution**: Addressing the root cause by changing lifestyle habits, as outlined in "The Power of Metabolism" book, including:
* Reducing refined carbohydrates
* Increasing water intake
* Using coconut oil
* Balancing one's nervous system type through diet (to prevent candida progression)
5. **Key Takeaway**: Candida progresses in bodies that are too passive or too excited; achieving balance is crucial for controlling candida.
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1. **Speaker's Background**: The speaker, Frank Suárez, is a specialist in obesity and metabolism.
2. **Candida Infection**: Candida albicans infection is a real and verifiable reason for inability to lose weight.
3. **Candida Symptoms**: Symptoms of candida infection include itchy skin, sinusitis, migraines, and night itching.
4. **Toxins Produced**: Candida produces 78 different toxins, leading to body toxicity and reduced oxygen.
5. **Impact on Metabolism**: Excessive candida growth hinders metabolism, making weight loss difficult regardless of diet.
6. **Causes of Candida Overgrowth**: Causes include antibiotic use, birth control pills, cortisone, and excessive consumption of refined carbohydrates (sugar, chocolate, bread, flour, rice, potatoes).
7. **Type of Foods**: Refined carbohydrates are referred to as "Type E foods" in the book "The Power of Metabolism", which contribute to weight gain.
8. **Original Research**: Frank Suárez's understanding of candida's role in obesity stems from Dr. William Crook's work, an American allergist.
9. **Dr. William Crook's Contribution**: Dr. Crook was the first to highlight candida as a main cause of allergies, infections, and obesity.
10. **NaturalSlim System**: The speaker founded the NaturalSlim system, a clinic that addresses obesity and metabolism.
11. **Candida's Habitat**: Candida primarily lives in the intestine and, in women, the vagina.
12. **Effect of Refined Carbohydrates on Candida**: Consuming refined carbs provides sustenance for candida, leading to its overgrowth and spread throughout the body.
13. **Systemic Infection**: Untreated, candida can lead to a systemic infection, affecting the brain, lungs, liver, and more.
14. **Fungicides for Treatment**: Certain natural substances, like coconut oil (lauric acid) and oregano oil (carvacol), have fungicidal properties.
15. **Limitation of Coconut Oil**: Coconut oil provides a "light cleaning job" against candida but may not achieve a deep, lasting effect.
16. **Emulsified Oregano Oil**: A patented, emulsified form of oregano oil can mix with water (blood), making it systemically effective against candida.
17. **Availability of Emulsified Oregano Oil**: This product is only available for supervised use in NaturalSlim clinics due to its potency and the need for controlled administration.
18. **Lifestyle Changes for Reducing Candida**:
* Changing nutrition and lifestyle habits.
* Following the principles in "The Power of Metabolism".
* Implementing the 3x1 diet.
* Drinking more water.
* Reducing refined carbohydrates.
* Using coconut oil.
19. **Balancing the Body**: Candida progression is halted in a balanced body, neither too passive nor too excited, achieved by eating according to one's nervous system type.