The state of the digestive tract depends, in addition to diet, on 3 physiological parameters of the human body:
1. Blood supply (or perfusion) of the digestive organs
2. Oxygenation of digestive organs
3. Strength of the immune system.
Clearly, recurrent Candida will be the norm, if the GI blood supply and oxygenation are low. Why? Poor oxygenation and perfusion mean free radical production, tissue contamination and hypoxia, anaerobic cell metabolism, increased acidity, and oxidative damage. In such conditions, the resources of the immune system will be spent on these problems, rather than eliminating the yeast from the surfaces of the gastrointestinal tract. The person may have a superior diet, the best supplements and dozens of other wonderful things, but if these fundamental physiological problems are not resolved, Candida will return at the first opportunity, weeks or months later.
How to measure oxygenation and circulation.
Take the BHT (breath hold time) test without stress. These are the steps to follow. After your usual exhale, pinch your nose and close your mouth. Hold your breath, but only until the first distress or discomfort. It will appear at a certain time and begin to grow. Let go of your nose and resume breathing exactly at the beginning of this stress. If you perform the test correctly, your breathing after the test will be the same as before. [Warning. Some, not all, people with heart disease, migraine headaches, and panic attacks may experience negative symptoms minutes later after this light version of the test. If this happens, they should avoid this test.]
Why does circulation influence this test? Should I hold my breath just for oxygenation of the body? Well, if the blood supply to the tissues is reduced, the oxygen supply will be reduced and the oxygenation of the body will suffer. Therefore, good breath-holding skills are only possible when circulation is good.
Normal values for the breath hold test are around 40-60 s. People with normal respiratory parameters can hold their breath easily. If your result is less than 30 s, your gastrointestinal circulation and oxygenation are compromised. You need to change your unconscious breathing pattern and correct the lifestyle factors that influence oxygenation. How?
Medical autooxygenation therapy
Russian doctor Konstantin Buteyko, MD, developed the Buteyko breathing retraining method for the treatment of asthma and heart disease. For your system, the stress-free version of the breath hold time test is the primary measurement tool that reflects body oxygenation and personal health. He trained about 200 Russian doctors to teach this therapy to patients. These Russian doctors evaluated thousands of patients and found the following results.
Severely ill, hospitalized, and terminally ill patients have 1 to 10 s BHT. When the BHT is less than 10 s, Candida can be present in the blood without resistance from the immune system. As death approaches, your breathing becomes larger, deeper, and heavier, while your breath hold time approaches zero – 5, 4, 3, 2, and just 1 second of oxygen just before death.
Sick patients with mild forms of the disease (asthma, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, etc.) have 10-20 seconds of oxygen. These patients are often taking medications to control their symptoms. Candida can be controlled with diet and antibiotics.
Healthy adults, according to published Western results, should have about 40 seconds of BHT, but Dr. Buteyko found that 60 seconds of oxygen is incompatible with about 150 chronic or civilizational diseases. Therefore, he established 60s as an ideal health standard. The immune system begins to fight Candida when the body’s oxygenation reaches about 25-30 seconds.
Its most surprising result is that healthy people breathe little (only 4-6 liters of air per minute), while sick patients breathe 2-4 times more air than the medical norm. In fact, there are hundreds of Western studies that found totally the same effect: patients with various health problems have a deep and frequent breathing pattern at rest and … low body oxygenation. Therefore, the restoration of health, according to Dr. Buteyko and his system, should be based on slowing down the breath, just like in hatha yoga. Light, slow, and easy breathing results in better oxygenation.
These ideas may seem contradictory. However, you can apply your observation skills. Observe the breathing of your very healthy friends and family and you will discover that their breathing is invisible and inaudible. Observe how sick people breathe and you will notice that their breathing is loud and large. Therefore, breathing less should be the goal of the sick.
Dr Buteyko and some of his colleagues achieved up to 3 min of BHT using a variety of tools and activities (eg, special physical and breathing exercises, taking a cold shower, raw diets, and sleeping on the hard surface). They found that this is possible for anyone who can change their own breathing pattern to a very shallow and light one, with only 3-4 breaths per minute at rest. These people only need about 2 hours to sleep and they have amazing mental clarity.