Candida Natural Remedies
The Diet Candida Cure

Here are some Candida natural remedies that will kill the yeast growing in your digestive tract. A good diet must be a part of any lasting Candida cure. Here's a description of how you can get rid of your Candida infection using home remedies.

Understanding Candida

Candida albicans is a yeast that grows naturally in your digestive tract. We all have it. It's part of healthy gut bacteria. That's right, I said gut bacteria. We all have millions of bacteria, often referred to as gut flora, growing in our digestive tracts. These micro-organisms help us digest our food and convert what we eat into the vitamins and nutrients we need to survive. Normally, we have a good relationship with them, but sometimes the ecosystem in your gut falls out of balance causing problems.

Illness or medication is usually the reason your gut flora starts to become imbalanced. A stomach bug can kill good bacteria in your gut. These bugs are often barely noticeable. You might have experienced a short bout of diarrhea and that's all. Antibiotics are notorious for killing off gut bacteria. Birth control pills can also cause the die off of good gut bacteria.

Once the population of your good gut bacteria starts to fall, it leaves an empty space for Candida to start to multiply. Normally, the Candida population in your gut is kept in check by the good bacteria. Yeast grows rapidly filling up all the empty space it can.

At first you'll experience digestive problems that will indicate that you're having a Candida problem. The early symptoms include:

• bloating
• gas
• diarrhea
• constipation

As the Candida spreads it will start to occupy areas outside of your digestive tract. Candida likes to live in any warm moist areas of the body. If you're prone to getting vaginal yeast infections, male thrush, jock itch, or oral thrush you probably have a Candida problem.

As the yeast continues to multiply, they dump more and more toxic waste into your system. Your body becomes overloaded. Other symptoms of Candida overgrowth include:

• headaches
• joint pain
• muscle pain
• fatigue
• itchy anus
• itchy ears
• depression
• mood swings
• irritability
• sugar cravings
• constant hunger
• weakness
• allergies
• infertility

Eventually, the Candida can even sink into the root-like rhizoids in your intestines causing the lining of your intestines to be more permeable allowing particles of food and toxins from the gut to enter the bloodstream. This condition is known as leaky gut syndrome.

The best thing to do is to treat Candida symptoms before they get that bad. You can do this with diet and herbs.

Candida Natural Remedies - Diet

Diet is an important element in any Candida cure. Candida lives in your digestive tract and feeds off of the food you eat. If you eat food it likes it will thrive, but if you eat food that it doesn't like the population will weaken.

Yeast likes sugar. That's one of the most important things you'll have to cut out of your diet to get rid of Candida. You should avoid all sugars. White sugar, brown sugar, raw sugar, powdered sugar and any other kind of sugar you can think off must be avoided. You also must avoid honey, molasses, high fructose corn syrup, and agave nectar. The only sweetener you can use on this diet is Stevia.

Fruit is also quite high in sugar. You should avoid all fruit juices and dried fruit. In the early stages of the diet don't eat any fruit, but as the diet progresses you can add fruit that isn't very sweet like apples and pears. Only eat them in moderation though.

Simply carbohydrates must be avoided on Candida-free diets. Don't eat any white rice or white flour. This means you should avoid pastas and breads. These simple starches turn to sugar quickly in your system and feed yeast.

Avoid all starchy vegetables like potatoes, carrots and other root vegetables. They also contain sugars that feed yeasts.

Yeasty and moldy foods will also add to your yeast problem. Again don't eat bread. Also avoid cured meats, vinegar, and other store-bought fermented foods like sauerkraut and olives.

Nuts like peanuts and pistachios have high mold contents and must be avoided. You can eat all other nuts though. It's best to soak your nuts overnight to get rid of any mold that might be on them and to make them easier to digest.

You can eat lots of fresh vegetables. Candida thrives in an acidic environment. If you eat foods that make your body more alkaline the Candida will weaken. Eating lots of dark green leafy vegetables will add to the alkaline environment in your body.

You can also eat beans, quinoa, millet, brown rice, and meat.

Raw cider vinegar can be mixed with olive oil to make dressings for salads. You can also eat homemade fermented foods. Books like Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods contain great fermentation recipes to assist with your Candida natural remedies.

Candida Natural Remedies - Anti-Fungals and Probiotics

You should couple your diet program with anti-fungals to kill off the Candida. There are a wide variety of anti-fungals you can take to kill Candida. Here are just a few.

• grapefruit seed extract
• oil of oregano
• extra virgin coconut oil
• olive leaf extract
• Pau D'arco

As the Candida dies you'll need to replace them with good bacteria. That's why it's important to take a good quality probiotic while you're doing these Candida natural remedies.

Recommended Product

I've looked a few online products that walk you through the process of getting rid of Candida and the best one I've found so far is The Yeast Cleanser. It has clear step-by-step instructions to help rid you of all the problems Candida is causing you. You can find out more about this product here.

Ideally, you should work with a natural health practitioner to help you get rid of your Candida infection. Working one on one with a health professional will ensure that you're getting the nutrients you need while getting rid of your yeast problem.

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