Archive for ‘Systemic Candidiasis’

Candida Overgrowth and Chronic Fatigue

By admin, 21 August, 2010, No Comment

It is estimated that over 1 million people in the USA and at least 250,000 people in the UK are living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or CFS.

There are many theories and some medical evidence for the cause of this condition, but it can also be a very vague diagnosis. If a doctor has performed all the conventional tests and can’t find a cause for the patient’s extreme fatigue and lack of motivation they diagnosis them with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

What most doctors wouldn’t consider is that their patient could be suffering from Candida albicans overgrowth. Chronic Candida can actually have very similar symptoms to CFS.

Chronic Candida and Stress: Roadblock to Healing

By admin, 19 June, 2010, No Comment

Often when people discover that they have a chronic Candida infection they focus on diet and foods to clear up the Candida overgrowth.

However, sometimes there are other factors that can be roadblocks to success when on a Candida eliminating diet. One such factor is stress as it can be a contributing factor to getting candidiasis and a factor in getting rid of the yeast.

Stress and the Body

As you are probably aware, ongoing stress is not good for the body. We have developed mechanisms to help us cope with difficult situations in life, but these mechanisms are really just meant to work for short periods of time. If a person is faced with prolonged stress these mechanisms actually cause harm to the body. Ongoing stress causes adrenal fatigue and this in turn weakens the immune system, inhibits proper digestion, interferes with sleep patterns, effects sexual health, and throws hormone levels out of balance among other things.

If you’ve ever been “stressed out” or have known

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

Why are Doctors so Afraid to Diagnose Chronic Candida?

By admin, 12 May, 2010, No Comment

People can struggle for years with unexplained medical conditions. They can go from doctor to doctor and have all kinds of tests run. After awhile the doctor usually comes up with a diagnosis of IBS or chronic fatigue when tests really can’t reveal the source of the patient’s problem.

Why is Chronic Candidiasis seldom considered as a diagnosis when usually the symptoms are quite obvious? There are a few reasons for this hesitation on the part of the medical community.

First of all the notion that a person could have a system wide candida infection was not even popularized until William Crook, MD wrote about systemic Candidiasis in his book The Yeast Connection in 1983. So prior to this there was virtually no history or studies to draw from and quite frankly until just a few years ago not much research has been done. Research dollars go to high paying diseases such as cancer.

Maqui Berry Supplement and Candida

By admin, 23 April, 2010, No Comment

One of the latest health crazes out there is the Maqui Berry. It is gaining popularity because its has a lot more antioxidants than the Acai berry which was yesterday’s wonder berry.

The marketing of the Maqui Berry has certainly been hyped with wondrous claims and already scams abound in the online world. While marketers would have you believe that this berry is a recent discovery to the western world, the truth is that is has been cultivated and grown in the the UK since the 1700’s and in the USA since 1900. It is more commonly known as the Wineberry. There are other species of this plant that grow all over the world.

So basically marketer’s have given this fruit an exotic name like Maqui and there you have it, a star is born.