CLEANSING AND DIE OFF REACTIONS ARE TEMPORARY It is recommended that you start out on the culture program or any good anti-fungal program with caution by going slowly in the beginning and start with small quantities of product. Gradually increase as time and conditions permit. Most people will be able to follow the suggested guidelines of this program without undue stress or discomfort. However, if any die off symptoms or discomforts becomes too much for you, then ease off or cut back on the amounts for a while until you feel better and are then again, capable of making increases. You need to experience the product first before you can know your tolerance levels. It is important that you keep increasing the amount of "Friends" until you have reached the instructional recommendations. A low quantity of product will help you achieve good results, but most serious to severe yeast infections and the majority of intestinal health conditions will require the full power of high amounts of culture intake in order to completely and permanently produce total health and wellness. The majority of a Candida yeast overgrowth is within the digestive system especially around the ileo cecal valve connecting the small intestine to the large intestine, and within the transverse colon. When you destroy a yeast cell with a product or substance, the internal yeast fluids being toxic to the body, are released into the digestive chamber in fairly large amounts and are immediately absorbed into the blood stream. If your program is effective, there will be thousands upon thousands of yeast cells dying very quickly every day and will create the "Herxheimer Die-off Reaction."This is where more yeast poisons are created faster than the immune system or eliminative channels can remove from the blood, and therefore you may feel some of the temporary discomforts such as headache, fatigue, muscle aches, joint or chest pain, sinus, lung, throat inflammation and mucus, congestion, tissue tenderness, colon discomforts and pain, skin rashes, constipation, gas, dizziness, depression, etc. These symptoms are short-lived in the majority of cases and will go away soon enough if you continue on with the program. There may be times when a rest from the product, is recommended or a reduction in quantity of product may be in order to compensate for the die-off reaction. Die-off orCleansing does indicate that the program is working and is a necessary phenomenon of Health Improvement. One of the reasons it takes so long to remove a yeast infection is that the death of one yeast cell is food for another yeast cell and tends to encourage those yeast colonies still living. They are being fed and supported by the internal fluids of dead cells and until the majority of the yeast colonies are destroyed, the die-off reactions will never completely go away. Do not shy away from the program or be discouraged by die-off effects. They will disappear as soon as enough digestive Candida has been removed. It may take several weeks or several months depending on individual severity, but it will eventually end if you remain steadfast on the program. Fatigue, Chronic Fatigue, weakness and just general tiredness is basically caused on a day to day basis by thyroid/adrenal gland exhaustion. The impurities that are constantly circulating within the tissues weakens the smallest organs of the body first. The smallest organs are the glands, the individual cells and the immune system. The immediate end result is tiredness and a lack of magnesium and potassium. These two very important minerals are necessary for all the energy produced within each and every cell and they will not work well when these two minerals are depleted. Magnesium and potassium are lost excessively when impurities occupy the bloodstream. A yeast infection produces so much toxin on a daily basis, that it will remove most of your energy minerals including zinc, iron, magnesium and potassium so much so, that your health and energy will literally disappear. Other than water, organic sugar and oxygen, your next greatest need for the health and purity of the body are minerals. Proteins, fatty acids and vitamins are all needed and serve a purpose, but mineral deficiency is the most serious of all deficiencies. The problem is, magnesium and potassium are the main precursors for all the other minerals and nutrients to enter and be activated within the cells. Without an abundant supply of magnesium and potassium on a constant basis, you cannot maintain the energy cycles within the cells or the moisture content of the cells. Without water inside the cells balanced with minerals and other nutrients, you are, as they say, "dead in the water". Magnesium and potassium are electrolytes, the spark that ignites sugar in the presence of oxygen and you have energy. Water is the carrier of all things within the body. When you have a mineral deficiency, most of your cells become dry or dehydrated with too much water outside the cells and not enough water inside of the cells. This is caused by too much sodium, too much tissue impurity and not enough magnesium and potassium. Your cells need sodium, but not from table salt. It is an inorganic form of sodium and an excessive intake of table salt will make you tired by depleting the tissues of an all-ready deficiency of magnesium and potassium. Eating fresh fruits and vegetables will give you plenty of natural, organic sodium. Remember, most dry skin problems is a lack of cell moisture caused by a lack of magnesium and potassium plus fatty acids, not just fatty acids alone. When the above situation hits the thyroid/adrenal glands, you are really in trouble. They control over 90 per cent of the distribution of your immediate sugar needs through the production of hormones which tells the liver when to release stored sugar from storage sites in the tissues and how fast it will be burned. When your liver and energy glands all begin to dysfunction and deteriorate, you are exposed to chronic fatigue and a host of body complications to numerous to mention. All because of a lack of the friendly bacteria, a possible yeast infection and just too many impurities circulating in the blood from bad eating habits. These negatives accumulate as you grow older and that is why you lose your body functions, your energy and your youthfulness. You literally are dying in your own acid wastes, and the biggest mistake is to think that it is all a natural part of the aging process. It is not, and there are things you can do about it, if you will only listen. Stop eating bad food. Read labels and avoid chemicals as much as possible. Remove yeasts and parasites from the body. Re-implant large amounts of the friendly bacteria. Learn all you can about eating good, natural foods. Take food supplements and especially minerals. Be patient and give the above, time to work. Be positive and learn to love yourself and others. You are "one lucky person" to know what you now know. (Put it to good use and become an example for others to follow.)