Learn How Candida Yeast Infection Symptoms Cause Weight Gain ... And how the "Candida Cleanse" Detox Diet Will Reverse It!

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.

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:

• fatigue,

• food intolerances,

• poor memory,

• feeling "spaced out", mental fogginess

• lack of mental alertness, confusion

• digestion problems (constipation, diarrhea, flatulence, bloating),

• food cravings (especially for sweets, refined carbohydrates or alcohol),

• erratic vision or spots before the eyes,

• lack of sexual desire,

• allergies (rashes and hives),

• headaches,

• mood swings,

• dry mouth or throat,

• heartburn,

• nasal congestion,

• bad breath,

• thrush (oral or vaginal),

• vaginal discharge / irritation or pain,

• persistent cystitis, vaginitis or prostatitis … to name but a few!

How are food intolerances connected to candida yeast infection symptoms?

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, which in turn triggered Leaky Gut Syndrome ... 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:

• Headaches
• Fatigue
• Skin rashes / hives
• Sinus infections
• Nasal congestion
• Heartburn, reflux
• Food Cravings
• Constantly clearing throat

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 know if you have Candida and should do the Candida Cleanse Detox Diet?

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.  Alternatively, the "spit test" has become a favourite easy at home test you can do.  Before I started the Candida Cleanse Detox Diet, I tested myself using this 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!

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 got the best lasting results when I followed the "Candida Cleanse" Detox Diet. 

Detoxifying your Liver Helps To Eliminate Candida Yeast Infection Symptoms!

So what is a "Candida Cleanse" Detox Program and why do it?

First of all, we are not talking about a drug or alcohol detox program, but rather this "detox liver" program helps us to detoxify our bodies of years of unhealthy living.  This includes unhealthy eating, environmental toxins like insecticides and pesticides, as well as prescription drugs and all the chemicals that surround us everyday.

All these things put a tremendous pressure on our detoxification system.  And what organs are included in our detoxification system?  The most well known are our lymphatic system, liver, kidneys, lungs, bowel and what may be surprising to some ... even our skin detoxifies our bodies! All these systems work hard everyday to try to clear toxins out of our bloodstream and tissues.

When your detoxification systems are not working properly you will have many annoying symptoms such as...

• Headaches and migraines

• Lack of mental alertness, confusion, mental fogginess

• Fatigue

• Bad breath

• Hypoglycemia and unstable blood sugar

• Indigestion, heartburn, reflux

• Depression, mood swings

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome

• Allergies (asthma, rashes, hives and hay fever)

• Food cravings

• Gallstones and gallbladder disease

• High blood pressure

• Decreased sex drive

• Dry itchy eyes

• Fluid retention and bloating (especially abdominal, legs and ankles)

• Inflammation

• And much, much more... (and yes, many of these are also symptoms of Candida yeast infection!)

You will find that improving liver function and detoxification will help greatly in diminishing or eliminating many of these yeast infection symptoms and you will feel healthier and more energetic than you have in years.

When you have Candida Yeast Infection symptoms and liver impairment, you will probably have a lot of bloating and fluid retention, especially in your ankles, legs, arms, wrists and abdomen.  Just before I followed this detox liver program, I was feeling so amazingly bloated, especially my ankles, calves and abdomen.  (I was so bloated that my calves felt like balloons ... my skin felt so tight and painfully stretched.)  Within 48 hours of following the detox liver program, I noticed that the swelling in my legs had reduced (I lost 1 inch off my ankles and a 1/2 inch off my calf!)  I also noticed that my watch which was always tight was very loose. 

• Lost 1 inch off my bust

• Lost 1 1/2 inches off my abdomen

• Lost 1/2 inch off my hips, thighs and calves

• Lost 1 1/2 inches off my ankles

• Lost 1/2 inch off my wrist

• Lost 5 1/2 pounds (2.5 kilos)

And as if the above results were not impressive enough, I also noticed a vast decrease in these symptoms that had been plaguing me for quite a while...

*Remember that everybody is different and your results will undoubtedly be different than mine, depending on what your current weight and level of health is.  Also, a lot of my loss was fluid loss because I was very bloated and had a lot of fluid to lose.  If you are not very bloated or have much fluid retention, you obviously will not have these kinds of results so quickly.

I know that most of the weight loss was water loss, but given how bloated I was, that made me very happy.  I felt like for the first time in years my lymphatic system and all the other detoxification systems (especially my liver) had been working properly to eliminate all the built up toxins in my tissues. 

And last, but not least, you will find this Candida Cleanse Detox Diet so easy to follow because food cravings will be eliminated and you will not be hungry. Why?  Because the more nutrients you eat, the more your brain chemistry will be balanced, which in turn causes food cravings and hunger to disappear.

One of the most common symptoms of Candida is food cravings.  I had been suffering from food cravings for years and no matter what I did or how much willpower I exercised, I just couldn't overcome it.  I would try to eat healthy, but if I didn't balance my brain chemicals first, I would still have food cravings and sooner or later, I would just give in to them and gain back all the weight I lost.  I would find that I felt hungry all the time and even when I ate a good healthy meal, I would still be hungry afterwards. 

I felt the difference right away when I started following this program.  Within 24 hours I could tell my brain chemicals (I had problems with low serotonin) had balanced because the food cravings disappeared and I could easily eat a balanced nutritious diet and never feel the need to overeat.  Even if I was hungry, when I ate my meal, I would be satisfied and not need to eat anymore.  Before, it didn't seem to matter how much I ate, I always felt this gnawing hunger. 

The other wonderful thing about balancing your brain chemicals, especially serotonin, is that not only are the food cravings eliminated, but increasing serotonin levels makes you feel happier, more motivated and gives you hope that this time, it will be different.  Finally, you can overcome the depression that comes along with unbalanced brain chemicals, food cravings and food obsessions.  How many times have you thought, "Why should I bother trying to eat healthy and lose weight?  No matter what I do, the weight will only come right back on!"

I don't know about you, but I've been yo-yo dieting for over 20 years and every time I lost weight, it was only a matter of time before the weight came right back on.  Why?  Because I would try to lose weight only using my willpower, which sooner or later would give in to the intense food cravings I suffered from.  I could only hold out for so long.

One of the major causes of food cravings is Candida yeast infection.  Following this Candida Detox program also helped to eradicate major candida yeast infection symptoms that I had been suffering from for many years.  When a Candida yeast infection symptoms progress to the point where it becomes systemic (that is, affecting many different systems in the body), it triggers many annoying, and sometimes debilitating, symptoms.  Amongst these symptoms is intense food cravings, as well as liver impairment.  It is difficult for the liver to keep up with the Candida as it grows out of control.  Candida causes many toxins to be introduced in the body and the liver has a hard time detoxifying all these dangerous toxins.  This is why there are so many different symptoms caused by Candida.

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