Dry
eyes, coarse hair, fatigue and itchy skin would seem to point to candida
albicans, but I have since learned that this yeast overgrowth in the gut can be
the result of another underlying problem: below average body temperature. My digital
thermometer shocked me with my low basal body temperature readings that
persisted for several hours per night.
Small
wonder I was looking and feeling lousy in the mornings.
So
now, my problem has evolved from: how to get rid of candida albicans to how to
raise my basal body temperature.
Hypothyroid
Like Symptoms
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| Many Spices are Thermogenic |
Regardless
of how healthily you eat, if your basal body temperature falls below average, the
organs, immune system, detoxification and enzymes cannot function properly.
Worse, the candida will flourish and the good bacteria will suffer. This is
because candida likes the cooler environment, but the good flora prefers a toasty
37°C
Unless
I can get my body temperature higher, I am on a losing battle against candida.
Barnes
Test for Hypothyroidism.
According
to the Barnes Basal Body Temperature score, in a healthy person, the core body temperature
should never fall below 36.6°C in a 24 hour period, and should remain around
37°C for 10 hours per day.
Mine
dipped to between 36.0°C and 36.3°C for seven hours per night. During daytime,
it barely touched 37°C, averaging around 36.7°C to 36.8°C. My hands and feet
are often cold.
Tests
for hypothyroidism are negative, so causes would point to adrenal exhaustion
and/or estrogen dominance.
Diet
for Heat
After
making changes to my diet, including introducing more thermogenic foods, today
is day 1 of my new exercise program: HIIT, which stands for High Intensity
Interval Training. The BBC did a program about it, featuring Dr Andrew Mosely.
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| Digital Thermometer |
Put
simply, this micro exercise program consists of a short warm up (which might be
stretches or gentle jogging on the spot), followed by going flat-out in to
exhaustion in some way for 20 or 30 seconds.
The
flat-out exercise can be anything from running up a hill, doing squats or racing
up and down the stairs. Do this for 30 seconds, and then spend thirty seconds resuming
the gentle exercise.
Repeat
the flat-out activity for a further 20 seconds. Then another interval of gentle
exercises. And finally, another 20 seconds of high intensity activity.
Finish
off with a few minutes of cooling down activity, which might be gentle jogging
or walking around the room until breathing returns to normal.
The
entire HIIT session may last only a few minutes, but has shown to improve
insulin sensitivity and produce new mitochondria, the cells that produce energy
(and heat).
Incredibly,
these sessions need only be practiced for 3 times per week. (One day on, one
day off), amounting to just nine or so minutes of exercise per week.
Does
HIIT Raise Body Temperature
HIIT
is better than long periods of exercise such as jogging or swimming, as it
doesn’t put the adrenal glands under pressure. It also raises fitness levels in
a way that other, moderate exercise cannot.
Another
problem with sustained physical exercise is that while you might feel hot, your
body temperature actually drops, as the body cannot keep up with demand and so
dow- regulates metabolism to compensate.
How
to do High Intensity Training Exercise with Equipment
So
before breakfast, I have practiced my very first HIIT exercise. This is a short
warm up, of jogging around the room. I then raced up and down the stairs as
quickly as possible for 20 to 30 seconds. I managed to complete only 3 rotations,
before I felt totally exhausted.
It
took quite some time to recover, but today is day one of my trial to see if by
introducing HIIT exercise into my candida diet, my blood temperature might
improve over time. This will in turn pave the way for curing myself of candida
albicans.
Incidentally,
here are the data for my body temperature today. As can be seen, they are on
the low side.
1 am this morning 36.1°C
5.45 am 36.2°C
7 am (before rising) 36.5°C
7.30 (after rising) 36.6°C
9 am (before breakfast) dropped to
36.3°C
9.20 (after HIIT exercise dropped
again) to 36.1°C
9. 40 am (after breakfast) 36.9°C
11 am went down to 36.4°C (had cold
feet)
2.30pm 36.8°C
3.20pm 36.8°C
Hmm
not seeing 37°C today. Perhaps HIIT will help.
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