Candida, Thrush & Yeast Infections

Due to its many disguises and symptoms, candidiasis is often overlooked or misdiagnosed. Candidiasis may affect anyone at any age and is easily transmitted through intimate contact such as sexual intercourse and breastfeeding mothers. Factors that increase susceptibility to candia infections include immune weakness, antibiotic use, contraceptive pills and steroidal medications. As candidiasis can damage the intestinal lining and disrupt the immune system, people with candida infections often will also have or develop food allergies or sensitivities.

The role candida plays in chronic pain and disease can be extreme. Yeast overgrowth disturbs your intestinal tract lining, allowing allergens and toxins to circulate into your body while your immune system becomes too weak to handle the influx. Together these variables can play a major role in a diverse group of seemingly unrelated health problems - not just vaginal yeast infections. These range from PMS, chronic fatigue syndrome, migraines, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, and interstitial cystitis, just to name a few.

The following links contain a questionnaire to give you a guide to the list of symptoms associated with candida and a naturopathic treatment guide and diet:

Naturopathic Anti-Candida Program

Candida Questionnaire

Anti-Candida DIet

Additional Information

1. To test if you have candida use CanDia5. It is used by doctors, hospitals and natural health practitioners internationally, CanDia5 is the only candida diagnosis test of its kind. CanDia5 is now available to you as an affordable, non invasive way to accurately diagnose candida infections without the need for a doctor's appointment or a full blood test

Note. Some people will treat themselves based on the checklist, and knowing that they have used many antibiotics.

2. During the treatment phase it is important to follow the anti-candida diet. If you use supplements such as CandAid to kill off the yeast and you continue to add sugar, fruit and yeast you are continuing to feeding the yeast. My advice to those that are not yet ready to follow the diet is to use acidophilus supplementation to help control the balance of bacteria. And when ready to do the diet then invest in the CandAid.