Archive for ‘Candida News’

Obesity, Candida and Weight Loss

By admin, 22 May, 2010, No Comment

With 70 million Americans classified as obese and 15 million of those people severely obese one has to wonder if there is a connection with Candida. There is a big debate raging on whether or not obesity is a choice or a disease as some people seem powerless to change.

If Candida albicans is involved then the obesity disease connection could be even more true. One of the major physiological factors with a systemic Candida infection is the craving of sugar and carbs which is a major factor in a person’s inability to lose weight. Furthermore, the whole addictive property of sugar and carb laden food is well documented and Candida could be contributing to this addiction.

One of the by-products that Candida releases is a type of alcohol so when Candida cells aren’t metabolizing

Read More →

Men and Candida

By admin, 3 December, 2009, No Comment

man-candidaUnfortunately, mostly due to marketing there is a feminine stigma when it comes to Yeast infections or Candidiasis.

Some men think only women get yeast infections and other men are embarrassed to admit they have Candida overgrowth. Although it is more common for women to get yeast infections because of there anatomy, men still are vulnerable to Candidiasis.

Read More →

Candida Vaccine In Development

By admin, 21 November, 2009, No Comment

candida-vaccineWouldn’t it be great if you could go to your doctor, get a simple vaccine and be Candida free?

Well, researchers are well on their way to making a Candida Vaccine a reality. By identifying certain proteins in the cell walls on Candida albicans they constructed a vaccine that could possibly activate the immune system to respond to these proteins.

Mice were used in the initial study back in 2008 and the vaccine showed promising results when mice were injected with a lethal dose of Candida albicans. Now the long term safety of the vaccine is being assessed.

This may seem wonderful, but

Read More →