What Causes Yeast Infections?

I've suffered from yeast infections for years, and I'm going to share with you what the most common causes of it are so that you can understand more about how to stop it happening.

Yeast naturally lives in the vagina, but if it's allowed to get a little out of hand, that's when the problems start. Once you get to the point of developing a yeast infection, it means that too many yeast cells are developing in the vaginal area.

A lot of yeast infections are brought on by the yeast known as Candida albicans.

When the vagina is healthy, there a variety of different bacteria on the go. They are balanced in their operation though, so that none of them are taking over.

If this balance gets disturbed, then the yeast can grow too much and that's when you begin to notice the oh so familiar itch that everybody I know (with a vagina) dreads!
Quite often the first sign will be an itch, followed by the familiar cottage cheese discharge. There is not usually an odor - just the urge to scratch and rub down there.

Quite often, these symptoms will appear just the week before your cycle is coming to an end.
If your symptoms are mild, you'll find that sometimes having your menstrual period will 'wash' the infection out of your system and then you can get back to normal afterwards.

However, if the symptoms are severe then there are some steps that you can take to immediately start to relieve them naturally.

First off, drink a litre of water - take your time over it, it's just that dehydration just doesn't help when it comes to yeast infections. Next, eat some active yoghurt and take a couple of garlic pearls. Some people even apply yoghurt and garlic cloves directly to their problem area. Take care doing this.

To prevent yeast infections in future, then:

be sure to wear cotton underwear that is not too tight, no tight jeans either
drink plenty of water every day
eat yoghurt that has probiotics in it regularly
take a garlic pearl or a clove or two every day
limit your intake of sugar

Use Probiotics for Candida Albicans Relief

You know by now that I have a gripe against those big pharma companies who are regularly pulling the wool over our eyes. They want us to cough up our hard earned money on their chemical compounds, when all along nature has the answer for us when it comes to our Candida Albicans.

One of the approaches that I use with my candida is to take probiotics. You can buy multi-vitamins with added probiotics, this way you are killing two birds with one stone.

Otherwise, you can eat natural yoghurt (easy to make at home too) that has probiotics in it. Add yoghurt and you're making it even healthier. Yes, the Greeks knew something when they put that combination together. If you have Candida yeast mouth, click on the link for more info.

Honey is an antibacterial and that's why we drink it with lemon when we have colds or a sorethroat. You'll also find it in a lot of cough sweets or candies.

So, if you are feeling itchy and irritated down there and you want some relief, go ahead and buy some probiotics today. Start taking them and you'll feel a whole lot better.

Hey I'm Back to Blogging About Yeast Infections!

I've been gone along time but now I'm back... I'm ready to restart my blog about candida, yeast infections and all things thrushy!

I've had a lot going on at work and in my personal life. Yeast infections have featured, as usual - yes, sometimes I still do let them creep in when I'm not keeping to the best of diets and practices! Hey, we're all human though.

Other than that, all is well in my world, and I hope it is in yours too!

Over the next few weeks, I will be moving home, but I do intend to have some interesting little snippets for you about how to manage your candida albicans.

See you soon...

Diet for candida intestinal yeast overgrowth

Eating a high fat and protein diet (similar to the Atkins diet) can notably help with a candida intestinal yeast overgrowth. A diet that only contains complex carbohydrates and with hardly any sugar can help kill candida.

Candida albicans loves sugar, and to deprive it of it, will cut down on any symptoms that you have been having such as yeast infections, athletes foot and tiredness.

Eat plenty of protein, such as beef, chicken pork or fish, eggs and nuts. Soy will not help out here, so it is best avoided. Eat healthy fats too such as extra virgin olive oil and coconut oil, butter, cod liver oil and fish oil.
Also eat plenty of vegetables, preferably steamed or raw. Avoid potatoes, carrots, sweetcorn, beetroot. Avoid fruit with a high sugar level such as bananas and grapes.Eat grapefruits. Avoid bread, grains and cakes.

Drink plenty of bottled or filtered water or herbal teas.

Stay away from all processed, refined or canned foods. Only eat natural foods and avoid all sugar. Don't even drink fruit juices. If you feel weak brought on by a sudden drop in blood sugar, then dilute some juice with water to get yourself back to normal.

This may seem rather a strange way to live, but it is good for the body. You can always reintroduce these foods at a later date, but for now you need to feel better. You will have some withdrawal symptoms and cravings, but it will kill off the candida intestinal yeast overgrowth and stop those yeast infections. To read more about this diet go to www.candida-yeast-diet.com

Use Rosemary to Combat Candida - including rosemary tea recipe

The herb rosemary is native to the Mediterranean area and has antibiotic and antifungal properties. It is possible to cure candida with rosemary as candida yeast does not thrive well with rosemary and taking it regularly will be of benefit with the result being less yeast infections or oral thrush.

Rosemary is commercially available as essential oil, dried herbs and as a plant. If the climate of your region is termperate, rosemary is easy to grow.

If you prefer to use rosemary essential oil then I believe it's available at health food type stores such as Amazon or VitaminTree etc.

If you want to read more about using rosemary and other natural ways to get rid of candida and yeast infections, then check out this site www.candida-yeast-diet.com.


To benefit from essential oil, do the following:

• Drink 2 tbsps of apple cider vinegar per day with 1 drop of rosemary essential oil added. Apple cider vinegar has the effect of alkalining the intestine. You may prefer to add your apple cider vinegar to water to drink it.

• Drink rosemary tea three times daily.

Here is a recipe for rosemary tea that is also good if you have a cold, so keep it in your recipe arsenal.

Ingredients:
2 x half inch long fresh ginger root slices
1 x 3 inch sprig of rosemary
1 x slice of orange
1 x clove
1/2 pint of boiled water

Allow all ingredients to steep in boiled water for five to ten minutes. Add honey to taste.

What could cause recurrent thrush infections?

Is your thrush recurrent?  In spite of presence of a vide variety of over the counter products and prescription medicines for this problem, it can be difficult to eliminate recurrent thrush vaginal yeast infection.

For standard yeast infection basic natural home remedies are normally adequate to correct the issue fast and quick such as yoghurt and garlic. However whenever the condition takes a chronic form, you're looking for a far more solid cure, that will often be a variety of remedies and a change of lifestyle.

Nonetheless you want to be cautious when selecting relief from a recurring vaginal thrush. Many products and solutions that will tell you they are safe and also free of synthetics and chemicals most likely are not truly 100% chemical free.

With regard to a recurring yeast infection it might be that you would like to get yourself properly diagnosed by a medical professional in order to get a detailed report on hormonal levels, deficiencies and corrective steps.

Recurrent vaginal thrush is normally a result of a lacking immune system. Therefore the first step of treating this problem would be home remedies which strengthen body immunity levels. It will help to in halting the condition from taking place over and over. It is also wise to drink  water.

An additional thing that will results in this challenge to look at a persistent form is wrong foods and diet. Sugars and foods that transform into sugar rapidly are known to aid the yeast candida organism. Hence you should give special consideration to the foods you are eating. Try to eat foods without any yeast or sugar in them.

Many chemicals included in feminine offerings such as fragrances, soaps and scents result in a sensitive reaction. It is best to steer clear of  feminine personal products.

Leading a stressful life can easily aggravate chronic yeast infection. And so try to relax your body and mind. If need be, you could try to make full use of relaxation techniques such as yoga and meditation.

The one ideal strategy to cure recurrent vaginal thrush is to make adjustments to life-style so as to reduce stress and pressure, to increase entire body immunity, prevent allergic responses and also promote development of defensive bacterias organisms within the entire body.

Yeast Infections taking over your world?

At times, before I changed my lifestyle, I would suffer with one yeast infection after another. I could always tell when it was coming on, I'd get that itchy burning sensation and then start to worry. I had a high pressure job, and it wouldn't be easy to deal with feeling so 'off' and so itchy too. The itchiness was so intense that I wanted to scratch it, but if I did that I'd regret it.

I'd be swollen, red and just even more itchy. It was excrutiating!

As you know I travel in the health circles. I think there is nothing better than solving our health problems naturally and begrudge giving our hard earned cash to the pharmaceutical companies who will give us a 'band-aid' for our problem, but not actually solve it. If health issues are approached from a natural cure angle, then we do not put our bodies out of their natural sync. You know how bad anti-biotics are for you - I mean if there is a serious infection then I'm not against them. But I'm against using them when it's going to mess up my gut, if I have something that I can cure naturally.

If you're suffering from yeast infections, I suggest you take a look at what's on offer here ..  a 12 hour cure for yeast infections.

However, if you are suffering from many yeast infections, it is most likely candida that is taking over. Yeast infections can be caused by perfumed bath products, not drinking enough water, wearing nylon underwear etc in addition to candida.

If you are suffering from something more than just a yeast infection and it's more to do with candida ravaging your body ... then go to this site  http://www.candida-yeast-diet.com