Candida / Yeast Infections

Yeast (fungus, candida, candida albicans) is a microorganism which is naturally present in healthy bodies – however, an overgrowth of yeast (“yeast infection”) in your intestines can cause fatigue, digestive problems and malnutrition.

Intestines are populated by hundreds of beneficial bacteria and enzymes. It is their job to digest food, breaking down nutrients and delivering them to your bloodstream. Candida is just one of these enzymes. It thrives in an environment that the modern American diet caters to: low fiber, high carbohydrates, refined flours, sugars and fermented foods are candida’s “favorite foods.”

The more of these very acidifying foods you eat, the more your milieu grows acidic… which is the perfect storm for fungus to grow rampantly.

Candida can grow out of control, causing the different bacteria in your intestines to go off balance. It attacks you from the inside out, imbalancing your bowel flora. The walls of your intestines are supposed to be absorbing nutrients from your foods. When there aren’t enough beneficial enzymes and bacteria to digest your food, it passes through, barely digested, without absorbing the nutrients into your bloodstream.

Symptoms of a yeast infection:

Candida/yeast infections grow in a blossoming tidal wave effect.  When you consume the foods listed below, the candida/yeast infection blooms exponentially to digest the sugars and then forms cravings which entice you to eat more of the wrong foods.

See your doctor to bring symptoms under control.  A common mistake consists on following the diet changes and medication only some of the time: with fungal infections you must starve the yeast relentlessly.

Often, biological changes occur within those phases.

The list of “symptoms of a yeast infection”, above, are what to look for, they will be present, start to occur or be amplified intensely by the “die off” effect.  Do not worry, do not stop your protocol.  Continue to stay on the proper diet and medication during the very uncomfortable and inconvenient process.

Changing the diet to eliminate the foods that candida feeds upon is the most effective way to treat the problem. However, one of the side effects of an overgrowth is craving these foods. Abstaining from foods you crave can be difficult. Adding probiotic enzymes to your diet, reducing your intake of sugars and carbs and increasing your consumption of living, fibrous foods is an approach that works best with many patients.

• Insatiable cravings for sweets, breads and all things on the DO NOT EAT list.
• A fungal odor coming through your pores.
• Adrenal dysfunction
• Tired / fatigue
• See above list symptoms of yeast infections…

You should do your own research for ethnic foods and all foods you do not find on these lists.

If they are alkaline, it is likely safe to consume on your candida diet, if it is acidic you should avoid them.

• Fresh vegetables and freshly made vegetable juice
• Salad dressings made of olive oil
• Braggs apple cider vinegar
• Water and lemon juice
• Black olives (not aged in vinegar)
• Coconut, olive, grape seed, and flax seed oils in a cold-pressed formula
• Raw nuts including pecans, almonds, walnuts and pumpkin seeds

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FRUITS