Is Candida affecting the way that you live your life? Could a gut imbalance be making you unhappy, causing uncomfortable symptoms like diarrhea or yeast infections, and ruining your energy levels? Let’s take a look at how this pathogenic yeast might be making your life more difficult. Your digestive tract is a complicated system that […]
Have you noticed all the talk in the media about gut health recently? It’s finally moving into the mainstream, which is amazing news for many people with gut-related health problems like Candida. The research has been building up for years now, and it seems that it’s finally reached a tipping point where mainstream medicine is […]
We all know that antibiotics can sometimes be a necessary evil. There is evidence that they can alter your digestion, your mood, your immune system, and much more. But often we don’t have a choice. Severe bacterial infections sometimes need antibiotics, even though those same life-preserving medicines might have negative consequences for other aspects of […]
The more we learn about the body and how it functions, the more we understand that it must be treated as a whole. Something that affects one part of your body is likely to have consequences elsewhere, and symptoms that appear in one location might actually be derived from another. Science is starting to document […]
We are so fortunate to live in a time when healthcare is advancing so quickly. Treatments for diseases like cancer and diabetes are progressing on almost a daily basis, and we are more likely than ever before to recover from serious illnesses. However, there are some areas in which medicine has taken a backward step […]
Are all fermented foods good for your health? This is a question that often comes up when people begin to overhaul their diet and introduce foods they may not have tried before. The category of probiotic foods includes things like sauerkraut, apple cider vinegar, kombucha, kefir, and yogurt, along with foods like kimchi or kvass that […]
In simple terms, probiotics are “healthy” bacteria, that when ingested can have a positive effect on health. They are particularly useful for maintaining a healthy composition of gut flora, and preventing or reversing conditions like Candida overgrowth. But new research is showing that they can also affect the way that we react to stressful situations. […]
When your child is ill, you naturally want him or her to get better as quickly as possible. After all, few things can make a parent feel as helpless as a child struggling to breathe, crying from pain, burning up with a fever, or just generally feeling miserable. Antibiotics often seem like the perfect solution […]
There are many alternative therapies that can be of use to Candida sufferers, including naturopathy, yoga, acupuncture, massage, and herbal remedies. In today’s article I am going to provide a basic introduction to the five categories of alternative medicine, along with some information on how alternative medicine tends to differ from Western, conventional medicine. According […]
For many of those suffering from gut dysbiosis, Candida, or other digestive disorders, probiotics can provide welcome relief from their symptoms. These probiotics are usually lactic acid-based, meaning that they contains strains of Lactobacilli and/or Bifidobacteria. There are some excellent lactic acid-based probiotics on the market, but the variability we see in our individual physiology […]
