So What do Candida Yeast Infection Symptoms Have to Do With Weight Gain?As with many other health conditions, candida yeast infection symptoms are a clue to imbalances in your body that trigger many off-shoot conditions that form a vicious cycle where weight gain is usually one of the unfortunate results. In particular, the candida yeast infection symptoms that affect weight gain the most are food cravings and digestive problems. Candida Albicans or Candida for short is the name given to yeast that lives in the bodies of each and every one of us. These yeasts are generally found in the intestinal tract and the vaginal regions. Under normal conditions, our body is easily able to cope with the presence of these yeasts and our natural defence system and beneficial bacteria control the spread of yeasts. What are the main causes of yeast infections?There can be many different causes of yeast infections. Unfortunately, there are certain situations that destroy our body’s beneficial bacteria that keeps the yeasts in check and when this happens, the yeasts can spread to areas that are normally out of bounds. The introduction of birth control pills and antibiotics in particular would probably be the most common causes of yeast infections ... they have played havoc with our body’s natural defence system of beneficial bacteria and have contributed greatly to the increase of Candida in Western society. What would be next in line as the most likely causes of yeast infections? The biggest culprits would have to be the abundance of refined carbohydrates, sugar-rich foods and junk foods our typical western diet is composed of. This provides the perfect environment for the proliferation of yeasts. Doctors can administer tests for Candida, but most practitioners administer a questionnaire in order to determine if a person has the common candida yeast infection symptoms. So what are the most common candida yeast infection symptoms?As you can see from the list below, there are a number of candida yeast infection symptoms that are quite common and people might mistake them for symptoms of other conditions. Of course, the symptoms that are the most widely recognized as yeast infections are thrush (especially vaginal). The most common candida yeast infection symptoms are:
How are food intolerances connected to candida yeast infections?One of the most common off-shoot conditions of candida yeast infections are food intolerances. It is thought that the Candida damages the intestinal walls causing a "leaky gut syndrome", which allows toxins and incompletely digested food to enter the bloodstream causing food sensitivities and other problems, including depressed immune system. In my case, I had both Candida and food intolerances ... I have outlined below the symptoms of food intolerance I had that have been alleviated by following the "Diet Free ... At Last!" Weight Loss Program:
If you have many of these candida yeast infection symptoms and think it likely that Candida is a problem, you can follow a program to bring the infection back under control and if your candida yeast infection symptoms improve or disappear, it is probable that Candida was indeed the culprit. How do you eliminate candida yeast infection symptoms?There are different ways to attack candida yeast infection symptoms, but my recommendation is to try the natural method of diet and supplementation. The reason for this is because most of the prescription "anti-Candida" drugs on the market are not very effective, or if they work the first time, they are less effective with subsequent uses. (It's also not a bad idea to discontinue antibiotic use or use of birth control pills. No matter which method you try, do it under the care and supervision of a qualified practitioner, particularly since the practitioner can adjust supplement doses to counteract die-off candida yeast infection symptoms which often occur during the program as Candida is destroyed. These die-off candida yeast infection symptoms can often be unpleasant and make you feel quite unwell.) In my personal case, I used the ReNew Life anti-Candida program and was very impressed with the results. The recommended period of time to take the ReNew Life anti-Candida program is for 15 days, and if you have had a yeast infection for a long time, take 5 days off and repeat the program for another 15 days. Because I have had chronic Candida for many years, I decided to do the program twice. Before I started the program, I tested myself using the popular "saliva test" or "spit test" (see picture below) and when I was finished I re-tested myself and sure enough, my saliva test was very different from the first time and reacted more like a person that doesn't have a yeast infection. How to take the test... Fill a glass with room temperature filtered or bottled water. Before you eat or drink anything first thing in the morning, spit a fair amount of saliva into the glass of water. Leave the glass untouched for up to one hour, checking it every 15 minutes or so. If you test positive for Candida, you will find "string-like legs" travelling down into the water from the saliva, as well as cloudy saliva collecting on the bottom of the glass and cloudy specks of saliva that seem to be suspended in the water. Of course, depending on how severe your Candida is, the saliva will react in varying degrees. My first test was pretty severe, with my saliva breaking down immediately! Of course, given my many years of battling yeast infections this didn't surprise me in the least! If you don't have Candida, the saliva should float on top of the water in a compact blob and not have any string-like legs or cloudy specks of saliva floating in the water. Because I was a little sceptical of this test at first, I asked different members of my family to take it for comparison purposes and sure enough, my saliva was the only one that tested positive for the Candida!  If you are not sure of the accuracy of this test, you may prefer to answer this Candida yeast infection symptoms questionnaire... Other than supplements and probiotics, eating a healthy, well-balanced diet is a very important part of the anti-Candida program. In many cases, following the anti-Candida Diet Program, as well as the strategies to combat Estrogen Dominance in the "Diet Free ... At Last!" Weight Loss Program, goes a long way to restoring a healthy balance of beneficial intestinal bacteria to combat candida yeast infection symptoms. If you would like more information on the full range of ReNew Life products, please click on the following link... (Note: to find Renew Life Products, just type Renew Life in Search box of the House of Nutrition Homepage) House of Nutrition Homepage
   
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