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WHY DON’T DOCTORS KNOW ABOUT FUNGUS?
Saturday, November 01, 2008 (1611 reads)

Doug Kaufmann

WHY DON’T DOCTORS KNOW ABOUT FUNGUS?
~Because it doesn’t fit Koch’s Postulate~

The dictionary defines the word postulate as “to assume without proof, or as self-evident.”

Although fungi were among the first proven causes of disease, it is most unfortunate that most physicians are unaware of the ability of fungus to infect human tissues and cause symptoms and diseases. There is a reason for this oversight. We refer to medical practice today as “modern,” yet its very diagnostic foundation relies on what can best be described as “scientific guesswork,” as defined by doctors Robert Koch and Friedrich Loeffler in 1884. Koch and Loeffler knew that germs caused diseases – which, itself, was considered a major discovery in 1884. To this day, many doctors rely on this postulate to diagnose their patients. Why? Because that’s what they were taught in medical school.

A growing number of physicians know fungus!
Saturday, November 01, 2008 (2388 reads)

Paul Lepor, D.O.

A growing number of physicians know fungus!
Paul Lepor, D.O.

Back in the 1990’s, when I was getting ready to retire, my wife became deathly ill. After pursuing standard medical care for two years, under several family physicians and specialists, in and out of the hospital, and undergoing multiple tests, x-rays, and scopings, all that they could come up with was, “You have an irritable bowel and a spastic colon, and need to learn to live with it.” She was also directed to seek psychiatric help to enhance coping with her illness. She was on many medications, and felt no better than when she started, except when taking steroids. It was at this time that we heard of a Preventive Care physician across the state from us, so we made an appointment.

Out in the Field
Saturday, November 01, 2008 (2215 reads)

Out in the Field
Lynn Jennings, M.D.

Fungal disease can present in many ways - irritable bowel syndrome and recurrent sinus infections, to name just two. This month, I would like to talk about one of the more common presentations of fungal infection, dermatitis, (inflammation of the skin). Specifically I would like to talk about psoriasis. Didn’t know that psoriasis could be caused by fungus? Let’s begin.

The Myth of “Nutritional” Yeasts and “Medicinal” Mushrooms
Saturday, November 01, 2008 (2803 reads)

Kyle Drew

The Myth of “Nutritional” Yeasts and “Medicinal” Mushrooms
Kyle Drew

I’ve always spent a lot of time in health food stores. I love reading about the new products coming out, seeing how they’re marketed, and reading up on the research to support their use.

These days, everything old is new again. I still have the first health magazine I ever bought, (from back in 1984). Back then, they were talking about things like L-tryptophan and octacosanol and dibencozide. For about a decade, these products dropped out of favor. Today, they’re back again, complete with new research and new applications.

Another old standard that’s making a comeback is Brewer’s yeast, or “nutritional yeast.” In my opinion, this is one way in which we’ve taken a step back, rather than a step forward. Furthermore, I think there may be no greater oxymoron in nutrition today than the term, “nutritional yeast.”

So complex for them, yet so simple for us
Wednesday, October 01, 2008 (3389 reads)

Doug Kaufmann

I subscribe to a service that forwards me articles with key words like “fungus” from news wires, and you can only imagine some of the reports I read! But every once in a while, I get a doozie. Such was the case on a Saturday morning at 7a.m., following my jog, when I received the following headline:

4 ARTHRITIS DRUGS GET FUNGUS WARNINGS

Now, if I were a layperson who didn’t take arthritis drugs, (there have to be a few out there who don’t), or even a physician who wasn’t educated on fungus in medical school, (far more than a few), this headline wouldn’t mean a thing. But I’m Doug Kaufmann, and as I read it, I quickly began to see why physicians, including those with the FDA, haven’t a clue as to the cause of arthritis. As you know, I believe that fungus causes arthritis.