Posted on January 23, 2012 with No Comments
I just read a web site where it was stated that you did not need a special diet to treat Candida. This is incredibly unhealthy information. Unless your Candida developed after taking antibiotics, your Candida is likely a result of a less than ideal diet. In fact Candida Symptoms are often also symptoms attributed to bad overall health resulting from a poor diet.
A Candida diet does not have to be complicated. For starters if it comes in a box, is white like sugar, rice, potatoes etc, just try to avoid it. Candida is a modern day ailment that relates to the modern day diet. A healthy diet includes berries, nuts, fresh colorful vegetables and fruit on a daily basis. This type of diet is also one that prevents and helps treat Candida. Do NOT make this too complicated. Simply start replacing bad foods with healthy ones. When you reach for that afternoon candy bar, instead eat an apple. Instead of a breakfast that includes toast, bacon and hashbrowns, consider a nice healthy smoothie instead. You can mix your favorite frozen berries with a good yogurt and whey powder for a delicious smoothie.
I prefer blueberries with a yogurt high in protein and a tasty vanilla protein whey powder. I also mix in some fresh spinach which cannot even be tasted as well as some Green Vibrance. I find that this is a very filling breakfast. Did you know that if you are hungry within 2 hours after eating, your meal did not include enough protein. The right amount of protein in your meal should keep you from feeling hungry for about 4 hours. That is why I add whey protein and yogurt high in protein.
I personally have had a great deal of success by eating a better diet. I have chosen to add Green Vibrance to my diet for 2 reasons. One is that I sometimes find it hard to get as much green foods into my diet as I should. The 2nd reason is the one that seems to have really helped with Candida and that is the probiotics in Green Vibrance. It has a strong dose of 15 billion friendly intestinal bacteria. This improves the bodies systems that need to function well if health is to be maintained or restored. It is essential for a person to digest food and transport nutrients into the body from the gastrointestinal tract before life and health can be sustained. This strong dose of probiotics help assure a healthy G.I. tract by building and maintaining colonies of robust intestinal flora. The strains contained in Green Vibrance assist in breaking down proteins for easy assimilation, help transport minerals and B-vitamins across the intestinal mucosa, synthesize several B-vitamins themselves, create an unfriendly (acidic) environment for pathogenic bacteria and yeast (candida), This reduces the level of disease-causing bacteria and shrink Candida yeast colonies in the gut.
If you read any of Dr. Fuhrman’s book or see him on PBS you know he talks about Nutrient density. The most nutrient dense foods are essential for health. Spinach and Kale are some of the most nutrient dense foods. Green Vibrance is extremely nutrient dense and therefore is very helpful for creating and maintaining good health.
Green Vibrance is engineerd to be a concentrated, nutrient-dense food from vegetable sources that is designed to:
1.) rehabilitate the digestive tract and improve nutrient absorption.
2.) deliver many trace nutrients that may very easily be absent or undersupplied in modern diets.
3.) improve circulation in order to deliver those nutrients throughout the entire body.
4.) support a vigorous and efficient immune system to protect the body from invasive health issues.
If someone tells you that a Candida diet is nonsense be sure to check on what they are selling. In the case I mentioned above they are selling a product for almost $50.00 that treats symptoms and will make you feel better as long as you take it. They want you to take it forever because they make as much as $25 on each sale.
Posted on November 13, 2011 with No Comments
Candida Treatments Reviewed
Have you tried some of the Candida Treatments from the internet? If so you probably have run into people selling specialized products. Some of these people tell you they will help you with this problem. Are they doctors or qualified health care professionals, not likely? Why are they so helpful? Sure they are god people and their product might offer some relief, but sadly in most cases they are selling a product in which they make a 50% commission.
It is not like you can buy the product once, treat Candida and then be healthy. No these products only treat symptoms and therefore you will need to buy this specific product month after month. One thing is for sure, you will spend a lot of money and someone will make a lot of money. I think it is also fair to say that you will experience some level of relief. Your results probably depend more on your overall health. The better your overall health, the more likely you are to experience noticeable results with these specific Candida treatments.
Candida has so many different possible symptoms; one should consider that Candida is probably a result of poor general health. With that concept, doesn’t it make sense to try to improve your overall health than to use only specific Candida treatments?
How does one improve their overall health? Well take this quote – “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” – Hippocrates. It is true that you are what you eat. If you want to treat Candida you must eat better. Do not believe those internet claims that you do not have to change your diet, they are just selling a product that treats symptoms and cannot cure your problem unless you also improve your diet. If you want better health, exercise and a good diet are essential.
Candida Treatments and Overall Health
Eating for health has some basic rules. Minimize or eliminate sugars and white processed food. Eat nutrient dense food such as spinach, kale, avocadoes, and other fruit and vegetables. Try to eat low fat chicken or fish in place of beef or pork when possible. Bake or steam, instead of frying. Use good oils such as olive oil. Be sure to get plenty of Omega3 rich food. Consider this a life style change, not a diet. If you adapt this type of life style your Candida symptoms will begin to diminish and you will also notice a new feeling of well-being.
What about probiotics for Candida Treatments? Actually probiotics are valuable for overall health. There is a product call Green Vibrance that has over 18 billion living probiotics. Additionally it is packed with green foods. It contains 58 certified organic, concentrated foods. It is the perfect option to those people who just do not have time to eat enough healthy foods or do not like their vegetables. People who have used Green Vibrance have reported more energy, feeling better, reduced pain, and better overall well-being. Remember to refrigerate after opening. Green Vibrance for overall health makes effective Candida Treatments.
Posted on November 2, 2011 with No Comments
Fatigue & Candida
Multiple symptoms of a seemingly unrelated nature, often misdiagnosed as neurotic, have been shown to be caused by immune system dysfunction, related in part to an increase in body levels of candida albicans and other fungal organisms. It has been observed that treatments which reduce levels of yeast and other fungus in the body and, thus, remove stress from the immune system have been shown to bring improvement to a large majority of patients who have been unresponsive to multiple treatment programs elsewhere. This type of illness is increasingly prevalent and often unrecognized by the medical profession.
Descriptive diagnostic terms variously used in this syndrome include: Chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS), chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic Epstein-Barr virus syndrome, yeast related illness (complex), systemic {Candidiasis}, myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), ecologic illness, environmental illness, hypoglycemia, premenstrual syndrome, food and chemical sensitivity, and food allergy. Most such terms imply immune dysfunction, and in some cases hormonal imbalance. They all have in common a partial to dramatic response to the program of therapy described below.
The most common and incapacitating symptom is profound and prolonged fatigue, without another plausible cause. Depression is commonly present and it can be severe severe. Physical examination and laboratory tests seldom point to a definite diagnosis. Incorrect diagnoses can include psychoneurosis, hypochondriasis and endogenous depression. Adverse reactions to many nutritious foods (so-called food allergy) is common, as well as unusual sensitivity to chemical fumes, and respiratory allergy of the hay fever type. Stomach, intestinal, urinary, reproductive, muscle and joint symptoms are common.
When seeking treatment, it is important to find physicians and nurses who understand CFIDS and provide a compassionate setting for treatment.
Effective treatment consists of multiple anti-fungal medicines, prescribed together, avoidance of the most reactive foods and environmental exposures, an anti-fungal diet, and supplemental vitamins, minerals and trace elements.
Posted on October 30, 2011 with 1 Comment
Candida Cure
Is there such a thing as a Candida Cure? I know there are several websites that
promote that they can cure Candida. I have not seen one that really works. Many of them
sell products that treat the symptoms of Candida and provide relief from those symptoms
but they do not cure Candida. It becomes quite expensive to buy these products month
after month.
The reason there is no Candida Cure seems quite simple. Candida is actually a problem
that occurs from the Standard American Diet (SAD) as well as exposures to environmental
toxins. Most of us eat too many processed foods as well as too many sweets. When a
person eats healthy food and does what they can to minimize their exposure to
environmental toxins, they immediately begin to notice their health increase. If they
have Candida, they will notice that their Candida symptoms improve right along with their
other improvements in well being.
One of the problems is that everyone is looking for an easy solution that does not
require them to stop eating all the foods they love. Does that mean people will eat
foods that taste great even though they may make them sick…perhaps. Quite frankly it
requires a lot of will power and dedication to change a lifetime of eating habits. A
better option is to gradually change eating habits to include healthier options. There
is a good discussion on that as well as3 grocery store items that help immediately with
a Candida cure that can be found in this publication.
Candida Cure Via Healthy Greens
If you are like most people you want a better diet but it is very difficult to change your eating habits, even when you know it will improve your overall health which will improve your Candida. There is an option that is more than a fancy probiotic that treats Candida symptoms. Green Vibrance is a green food that contains 3.5 grams per serving of actual “green foods”, which is more than many other green products. It contains 58 certified organic, concentrated foods and extracts, all of the highest quality, along with an industry-leading 25 billion probiotics per serving. These are spread out over 12 different probiotic varieties for ultimate effectiveness.
This combination of green foods, vitamins, and probiotics makes it extremely effective in helping one to have better overall health. It is so healthy it might be as close as anything comes to a Candida Cure, but remember it is overall health that cures.
