Disease can be a confusing thing. Not only are many illnesses hard to diagnose, many arestill unknown to the general public and medical world alike. Although, some illness might seem to have mysteriously sprouted out of nowhere, there are health issues in the world today that are quite common yet still mysterious.
What follows below will explain what Candida’s is and how your diet can help prevent it from getting worse.
What is Candida’s?
Many may wonder what candida is. Is it a bacterium, a virus? The answer is no, candida is actually a parasitic fungal infection. Almost like yeast, the candida virus grows rapidly in the oven of your body (the stomach), slowly expanding its reach to the rest of your body. Candida can be caused by a number of issues including: stress, poor diet, a suppressed or compromised immune system, and in some cases alcohol.
To date there are over 20 known species of candida’s. Candida’s albicans is the most common strain of infection. All variants of the candida species will bounce back and re infect your body if you do not make the most effective and necessary changes to your diet.
What needs to change?
The first step to overcoming a candida’s infraction is to adopt a strict sugar free diet for a period of time. The candida’s fungus feeds off of sugars. By cutting sugars (especially processed sugars) from your diet you will be able to help your immune system defeat and expel the parasitic fungus.
However, as good as removing sugars from your diet is for a start, it is not enough. To really overcome this forging invader you must temporarily remove the following foods from your diet.
Fruit
Fruits might not be the most obvious food to cut out of your diet, as they is full of vitamins and nutrients that help the body. However, fruits are also high in natural sugars. Natural sugars are important sources of fast burning energy, but they also help feed the candida fungus and prevent your recovery.
For the first few weeks of your candida detox diet, avoid all fruit. After the symptoms of candida overgrowth have die down, fruit can be reintroduced, but this should be done slowly.
The reintroduction of fruit should begin with the fruits that are low in sugar. Although it can be tempting to reach for a banana make sure to keep your sugar consumption low for another few weeks as to avoid flair ups.
Vegetables
Now don’t be confused even on a candida detox vegetables are excellent for your health and recovery. However, there is a short list of vegetables that could hinder your recovery due to their high sugar content.
Vegetables such as beets are especially high in sugar and should be avoided until the detox process is complete. Beets are to be avoided when cooked especially. When they are cooked the sugars in beets help to feed the yeast like fungus and prolong infection.
Alcohol (Beer)
Alcoholic beverages should be especially avoided during a candida detox; they are high in both sugar and yeast. The fungi found in most alcohols, like candida, feed off the sugars in these beverages. However during this process these fungi also release toxins that not only put your health at risk, but also cause damage to the beneficial bacteria in your gut.
Alcohol does not only kill harmful bacteria. When it is applied to help externally disinfect a wound alcohol kills all microscopic life; when it is ingested and allowed to come into contact with your stomach, alcohol also kills beneficial bacteria that help clear out the candida infection.
Seafood
Sea food can often contain heavy metals, such as mercury that help to prolong the effects of candida. To appropriately detox your body of the candida infection make sure to avoided sea foods such as shell fish, tuna, and other salt water fish.
Nuts
It might not be common knowledge, but many types of nuts are often contaminated with mold. Small amounts of mold are not life threating. However, since mold is a type of fungus, the body will not be able to properly handle the low level threat while dealing with candida. Mold can also kill off your beneficial bacteria, making it a high risk threat to your immune system.
Vinegars
If you are, or have previously suffered from candida; then vinegar can have a negative effects on your gut health. Most vinegars can cause inflammation of the stomach; leaving you more vulnerable to the candida infection. However Apple cider vinegar can be consumed on this detox diet as it does not cause the stomach to inflame.
Candida might not be the most known health issue in existence, but there is no doubt that once you have had to deal with it you will not want to have to go through it again. By avoiding these 6 fungus fueling foods you will not have to.
Source: http://www. Natural News /050377_Candida_foods_yeast_detox_anti-fungal_diet.html
