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Phase II
This information is specific to Phase II, the second part of your candida, viral, or parasite program.
The goal of Phase II is to cleanse the body. By cleanse we mean to eliminate any harmful poisons, whether they’re poisons that come from your own environment, like your house, job, air or water supply, or whether or not they’re poisons made directly in your body and produced by your body during its own normal functioning.
Phase II is very important, because Phase II is the part of the program where we ensure that we’re eliminating all of the infection the system is carrying. In the case of parasites or candida, these organisms are eliminated on Phase II by cleansing the bowel. In the case of viral conditions like Epstein-Barr or cytomeglio virus or other Herpes-type viruses that are associated with chronic fatigue, we eliminate the virus by also cleansing the intestines and by cleaning the liver, the lymphatic system, the spleen, and various other organs and glands that are known to house these viruses. Harmful bacteria is also eliminated on Phase II in a similar manner.
In dealing with candida and parasites, the Phase II program will have three steps. For some of you it may only have two steps. The first step, Part A, uses four different classifications of supplements. You’re generally taking more tablets or more pills on Phase II than you would be on Phase I. First off, on Phase II, the first group of supplements that will be part of your program will be products that we call “looseners.” We call them looseners because their job is to loosen old debris, old mucus or fecal matter which is sitting in the intestinal tract, that candida or parasites or harmful bacteria might be hiding in or buried in. We want to loosen these substances so that we can remove this substance from your system, thereby creating more surface area to contact on the intestinal wall. This is similar to if you had a pipe that was rusty and you really wanted to get the pipe clean. You would have to get the rust out of the pipe so you could actually reach the wall of the inside of the pipe itself in order to clean it. On Phase II, part A, one group of products used are looseners. Looseners can include: castor oil, garlic oil, bromelin, or pancreatin. Pepsin (which is an enzyme produced in your stomach) and comfrey (an herb) also could be used to help eliminate the mucus debris which is stuck in your intestinal tract. This is the first group of supplements that are used.
The next group that we’ll talk about is essentially what we call the “bulldozer” group. We call them that because their job is to come through the intestinal tract and push out old debris that the looseners have loosened. The bulldozer group usually consists of some kind of fiber product, which commonly contains psyllium and benzonite. Psyllium is a fiber which absorbs water and swells up, and benzonite is a clay which is highly absorbent, able to hold many, many poisons and toxins. It can hold several times its weight in toxins and toxic material. The type of fiber products we use to bulldozer out the old material in the bowel are usually in themselves products which contain various herbs which help to purge the intestinal tract of worms or kill parasites and yeast, in addition.
The third group of supplements which are used on this phase are specific digestive aids. These are things to rebuild the digestive system, or to help the digestive system. These can include plant enzymes, hydrochloric acid, pancreatin, or bile salts. These are all things that the body needs and for the most part produces on its own in order to digest your food.
The final group of supplements which might be used are the candida killers, and these particular killers we refer to as “mop-up” items. The reason we call them “mop-up” is because their job is to mop up any remaining candida from your system and eliminate it. These mop-up items are a classification of natural anti-fungal substances which, due to the fact that they are essentially an oily type of product, they can line your intentional tract just like you were pouring oil down a tube or pipe. They line and coat the intestines and absorb into the intentional tract, reaching yeast that we ordinarily could not reach with other products. Products that absorb into your blood and travel throughout the body killing yeast may not be able to reach the crevices or nooks and crannies that these items can.
There’s a fifth optional group of supplements which many times are used on people, and these are vermifuges. Vermifuges are things that kill vermin, and vermin are worms or parasites. It’s pretty much known and accepted through our research that almost everyone with candida has worms or parasites to a greater or lesser degree. Therefore, it’s quite common on Phase I, part A, that we have a built-in group of supplements which are given to act as vermifuges to kill and expel any worms or parasites the person might have, unknown to us. So it’s very necessary that we do take some items which help expel parasites or worms which may be hidden in the system.
These items are taken all together, with one exception. The candida killers, the mop-up items, are rotated. It’s very common on your Phase II program that you will have two items, both rotated four days each, while you’re taking all the rest of the supplements every day. The first group, which are the looseners, are generally taken on an empty stomach. And they can be taken in pretty high amounts. Sometimes they might be taken twice or three times a day, and it’s very common to take between 4 to 8 of these looseners at each dose. It’s not uncommon to take 4 to 7 castor oil or garlic oil in the morning and night, and the pancreatin could be taken 4-6 of them, two or three times a day. This is not unusual. The looseners are generally taken on an empty stomach.
The bulldozer products, the fiber products that clean the intestines, are generally taken on an empty stomach also, but only twice a day. It could be that you’re taking them three times, but twice is pretty common. The digestive aids are always taken at meals. Any plant enzymes, hydrochloric acid, bile salts or pancreatin would be taken at meal time. This is to help you digest your food.
The mop-up items, the candida killers, would also be taken at meal times. The additional items that would purge parasites, the vermifuge supplements, could be taken on an empty stomach, but depending on which ones they are, may also be taken at mealtime. You have to check your written program instructions to find out exactly which, but it is possible that they may be taken either on an empty stomach, or with food. Common ones are K-min, black walnut, and butternut bark. These are the three most commonly used because they’re the most general, all-purpose ones that work well on just about everyone.
It’s very common that you’d be taking, on an empty stomach, twice a day, the loosener supplements–first thing in the morning, last thing at night–along with the bulldozer fiber cleanser–first thing in the morning, last thing at night; the digestive aids with each meal; and the mop-up killers with each meal. This is very common.
It’s very important that you drink a lot of water while you’re doing this program. These items that you’re taking tend to clean the bowel out and loosen debris, and themselves absorb lots of water in order to do their job. Drinking eight glasses of water a day is almost a necessity for this to work. If you don’t tolerate or digest fiber well, we might have to put you on NESS #12, #21, or #801 to help your body digest the fiber. You’ll know if you’re not digesting the fiber well if you become bloated, gassy and constipated–or, any one of those in particular.
It’s very common that people experience die-off reactions on Phase II. This first part of Phase II is killing harmful organisms just as Phase I did. So, feeling ill is perfectly normal. You might not feel quite the same way as you did on Phase I. The type of die-off reactions that can occur on Phase II that are similar to Phase I are flu-like symptoms. With that exception, it’s more common that people will have gastro-intestinal upset, as opposed to some of the other Phase I symptoms. Rectal itching is very common, especially if you have worms or parasites. If you suddenly get rectal itching and have never had it before, that’s a very good sign that your body is eliminating parasites and worms that were hidden deep in your system.
Generally speaking, it’s pretty common to feel flu-like, get gas, bloating, nausea, queasy, rectal itching, loss of appetite perhaps, digestive upsets, while you’re on this phase for a few days or maybe a week. This would not be unusual. It should pass after a period of time. If you feel ill on this phase or get constipated, you should call us. Constipation is the last thing we want on this phase. It’s extremely important on this phase that your bowels be moving in order for you to get the results that are necessary. The reason for that is you’re going to be killing unwanted organisms which are living in your system, and after they’re killed we need your body to eliminate them so they’re gone from your body. There’s a certain amount of benefit to be had, or improvement to be had, from this phase by eliminating the organisms through cleansing. Cleansing has to mean that your bowels are moving. If your bowels are not moving, not much cleansing is going to occur, and we’re not going to get the benefits that we need.
Following Phase II, Part A, there is Phase II, Part B. This is where we start to introduce friendly bacteria. There are three key products that we’ll discuss on this phase. The first one is called FOS. FOS is a fruit sugar found in garlic, artichokes, bananas, and other fruits and vegetables which feeds friendly bacteria. It tends not to feed harmful bacteria; it seems to selectively feed only the friendly ones. Common friendly bacteria products that are used on this particular phase are Bifidofactor or Superdophilis. These are the name brands that are used because they are probably the most powerful and viable types of friendly bacteria known. They’re referred to as the DDS strain, and we use them due to the fact that they’re the best chance we have of getting a fast and thorough result. They are highly, highly potent products, and we with go with them as opposed to other ones to ensure a maximum, fastest result. We don’t necessarily need to take a large dose of these. It’s very common that a person will take a half of teaspoon of Bifidofactor in the morning, and perhaps a half teaspoon of Superdophilis at night–while taking the FOS three times a day, at a half-a-teaspoon dose also. These should all be taken on an empty stomach because the acid in your stomach can kill these friendly bacteria. The FOS is the most important because the FOS will get into your intestinal tract and feed the friendly bacteria that you already have, and get it to multiply. Even if you’ve been told from your test that you have no friendly bacteria, it’s very unlikely the lab is implying that you have none whatsoever. You should have some, and whatever you do have will be fed by this FOS and will multiply.
It is very common when you begin Phase II, part B that you would get bloating, gas, and abdominal discomfort. That is due to taking the FOS, the Bifidofactor, and Superdophilis. The reason this seems to occur is that when the friendly bacteria starts to regrow, it produces gas and bloating. It does that because it’s overrunning and wiping out the unfriendly bacteria. On Phase I and Phase II, part A, we’re destroying the really harmful organisms living there. Surrounding those really harmful organisms–like candida, parasites, worms, and things like that– you have unfriendly bacteria or bacteria which really shouldn’t be there, that is hanging out, taking up space, and occupying the area. The friendly bacteria that is multiplying from the FOS, Superacidophilis, and the Bifidofactor, starts to overrun and crowd out this unfriendly stuff, and gas is produced. The simple thing to do, when this happens, is to lower the dose of what you’re taking. Cut the dose way back. You need to lower the dose down to whatever dose produces no reaction. Then slowly raise the dose until you can take the full dose that is written on your program. You may never get up to the full dose written on your program because you may not be able to tolerate the full dose; and it may actually not be necessary in order to get the results we want for you to get up to that full dose. The smartest and safest thing for you to do is simply raise the dose slowly to whatever you can tolerate, continue up on it until your next consultation, and then we’ll see if it’s worked at that dose anyway.
The last step of Phase II is where we repair the intestinal tract. This is done using certain vitamins and nutrients found in food which can first of all heal the intestinal tract of damage that is caused by the candida. This is the “leaky gut” or the intentional permeability that we referred to before. This is also the phase where we can reduce inflammation that is in the intestinal tract.
The two main categories of supplements used on this part of the program are repair items, and items that reduce inflammation. The purpose of repair is to stop arthritic symptoms or food reactions that are going on in the body. The key symptoms of intestinal permeability or “leaky gut” are allergic reactions to foods, and also joint or arthritic symptoms. These repair items can be taken with meals, and some of them are taken on an empty stomach. You must consult your program to get the exact information. Repair items are highly individual, and I really could not give you much data about what you might be doing, because they are very individual. Suffice it to say that the main thing you should expect on this part of the phase is a reduction in food reactions or any arthritic or joint pain. Again, you might experience, similar to step A and step B, gas or bloating or some change in your bowel movements. This is very common.
To summarize some of these points:
- Drinking water is extremely essential on this phase because your body is using the water to help clean your system out.
- It’s very common to feel or experience more Phase I-like reactions–the die-off reactions, flu-like symptoms, etc. but it’s more common that you’ll get rectal itching or change in the bowel movements or some type of digestive discomfort as the candida is being killed, or the worms, parasites or whatever are being eliminated from your system.
- It’s very common when you take FOS, Superdophilis or Bifidofactor that are the friendly bacteria, that you’ll experience gas, bloating and some discomfort as the friendly bacteria come back.
- Whenever any of these products on any phase causes any discomfort, you always lower the dose to whatever dose you can tolerate, and then slowly raise it again.
- Phase II generally is done in three sections, starting with Phase II, part A (nicknamed the mop-up section). This is where you are taking the mop-up candida killers with the other bowel cleansers to help eliminate any remaining candida, parasites, worms, or any harmful bacteria in the system.
- The next section, Phase II, part B (the flora section), is where we introduce things to help bring back friendly bacteria into your system. And on that section you may experience bloating or gas, which is a signal that you need to lower the amounts of what you’re taking to whatever dose you can tolerate without having those symptoms.
- Phase II, part C is the repair phase where we use the special vitamin and mineral supplements to help repair and strengthen the intestinal tract, repair any leaky gut phenomenon or damage that has been done by the bad bacteria, parasites, yeast or worms. These items are used to help cut back any allergic reactions the person might be getting from having leaky gut or any joint or arthritic pain the person may be having from leaky gut.
- Once the person finishes Phase II, Part C, the immune response of his intestines should be back to normal or even higher than ever, and he should be no longer susceptible to getting parasites or candida, unless there is some other underlying immune deficiency that needs to be addressed on Phase IV. Generally speaking, along with the Phase II, Part C comes a great increase of immune response in the cells as some of the repair items give increased intestinal immunity, and as some of the flora products give increased intestinal immunity. There are other things which I haven’t mentioned yet which can be used on the program that themselves bring in a strong intestinal immune response. Those are specialty items which may be added to your program if needed. You may also request the nutritionist to see whether or not you are a candidate for taking these substances.
At the end of Phase II expect a person to have a vastly increased digestion system, to be getting far fewer food reactions, and to be having much better bowel movements and much less gas and bloating. We expect at that point that the person’s body is now ready to correctly absorb vitamins and minerals and other nutrients from their food. This is the major underlying goal of the phase. We are going on this phase for getting the person’s digestive system back to normal, so that they can fully absorb and digest and use vitamins and minerals as supplementation, so we can get their energy level back up. We’re not expecting energy or the immune response to be much better after Phase II; we’re not expecting the person’s specific complaint–meaning their main problem that brought them to see a nutritionist–to be improved, unless that complaint was gastrointestinal or an active infection. We’re not expecting those to be improved at this point.
Many people are expecting a raise in energy at any moment, at any point on any phase. That’s not something that necessarily happens. Many times when we ask people how they’ve done on their program in the last month, they’ll tell us there’s been no change at all. They’re referring to the fact that their energy level hasn’t improved much. Yet when we question them more, we’ll find out that they’ve had all types of major improvements in their digestion, their bowel movements. They may no longer have diarrhea, constipation, rectal itching or pain in the intestinal tract; or they may no longer have vaginal infections, sores in their mouth, sinus or ear infections, or things along this order. So, we can’t go really go into the program with a pre-judged opinion of our own on what we think will happen or what symptoms we expect to improve, because they tend to improve in an order that might be different. The one thing that we have to keep in mind is that Phase I does handle signs of active infection like what is mentioned above. Phase II does handle the digestive system, and how well the person is absorbing nutrients from their food. Phase III is the phase which addresses the energy. So while many people come to us with candida and parasites, for energy you must keep in mind that Phase II is not the phase that addresses energy. It’s very possible, and has happened, that many people get increased energy on Phase II, but that is not where we’re expecting it to go up. We’re expecting the person’s energy to go up usually on Phase III, or sometimes on Phase IV it will be even higher.
I want to clarify one last point regarding the tests that are done on the urine sample on Phase II. One of the more important tests that we use on Phase II is called Indican. Indican is a substance which your system is going to urinate out. It is originally made in your bowel and originally is called indole. Indole is a substance which comes from foods that are sitting in your bowel for too long, which should have been eliminated in a bowel movement but were not, and have sat there and have broken down, festered and putrefied, and mixed with harmful parasites, yeast or worms, and then become a toxic poisonous material to your body. Indole is released into your bloodstream from your intestines. It goes to your liver, where your body changes it into Indican, which is less harmful, and then the Indican is sent to your kidneys to be urinated out.
On Phase II, we measure the urine amounts of Indican, and we’re expecting your Indican to go lower and lower on Phase II. Eventually, when it’s very low, it’s a sign that you’re finished with Phase II, that your intestinal tract is clean, and that your friendly bacteria is back and in good standing.
If your Indican level goes higher on Phase II, it means that there was a lot of old food and old debris in your intestinal tract which hardened or was encrusted inside your intestines. Taking the different things you’ve been taking on your program caused this to loosen and caused it to break up. It’s now starting to pass out through your intestinal tract. While it’s passing out, it’s throwing off more Indican, so it’s giving the impression that your Indican level is going up higher. But, if you’re following the program correctly, it’s not going higher for a bad reason; it’s going up because we’re breaking up and eliminating new garbage that before was stuck to your intestines and now is loosened and is passing out through the system. The only time the Indican usually goes higher is usually around the holidays, when people go out and have a really good time, eating and drinking many things that are not necessarily on their program. This is fine and you will be forgiven for any holiday sins that occur.
I hope this information has been very useful, and will be very useful on your program. We look forward to you getting on Phase III, handling that energy level, and getting all the benefits and gains that are there to be had on Phase III.
