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

5 Steps Stop Candida Vaginal Odor

By admin, 12 June, 2010, 1 Comment

Vaginal odor is an embarrassing and uncomfortable thing for women who struggle with chronic yeast infections. What’s worse is that this odor is hard to cover up and can cause the women to isolate themselves and avoid even their partners.

Vaginal odor usually indicates that there is a problem in the vaginal area so steps should be taken to clear the problem up. Odor can be caused by bacterial or Candidal infections but more commonly Candidal yeast is the source. You can tell the difference because a yeast infection will produce a white discharge while bacterial infections will not.

There is a myth that women who are not clean get more yeast infections, but this isn’t true. Vaginal candida usually results from an over abundance of Candida cells through out and on the body. This overgrowth can be caused by antibiotic use, birth control use, genetic predisposition, and poor diet. Also women who douche regularly can actually have a greater instance of yeast infections because the douche washes away helpful bacteria that keep Candida from growing out of control.

Steps to Treat Vaginal Yeast Odor

There are several things

Candida Recipe: Lentils, Wild Rice and Crispy Onion

By admin, 4 June, 2010, No Comment

Here’s a great Candida friendly recipe to add to variety to your Candida diet.

Who says a Candida diet has to be bland and boring? If you’re looking for a great and easy meal, then Lentils with Wild Rice and Crispy Onion could be just what you’re looking for to help starve the Candida.

Ingredients

For the tomato sauce

2 teaspoons olive oil or coconut oil
1/2 yellow onion, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 organic plain tomato sauce ( no sugar or preservatives added but spices are ok)
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt

For Base

1 3/4 cups water
2/3 cup wild brown rice
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Avocado as Part of a Candida Diet

By admin, 28 May, 2010, 4 Comments

Many Candida eliminating diets do a great job of telling candidiasis sufferers what not to eat, but often they lack the ability to give the dieter adequate allowed food choices and replacements for the eliminated ones.

Avocado is perhaps one of the most healthy and nutrient complete foods available as it has a great blend of healthy fats, protein and good carbs with probiotic friendly fiber as well as a multitude of vitamins and minerals. Many still operate under the old understanding that avocados are really fattening and should only be used occasionally. New research shows that the fat in avocados is actually healthy and it lowers bad cholesterol. Many nutritionists recommend even eating an avocado everyday.

The good news for anyone on a Candida eliminating diet is that fresh avocado is perfectly acceptable as part of your diet regimen. As well as being healthy, avocado is a really versatile

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