So can yeast infections be prevented? Yes! How you say? Simple, just follow these three guidelines. First, take care of your intestines by eating a healthy diet (veggies, grains, proteins). Second, do not take these medications/OTC’s: antacids, anti-ulcer medications, birth control pills, and steroids and/or cortisones. And third, reduce the intake of alcohol, white flour products, foods with yeast or fungus in them (aka: mushrooms), and avoid eating or drinking a lot of food or drink that is acidic (like orange juice or tomato sauce or vinegar).
But what if you have to take one or more of these medications listed? What if you can only afford to eat pasta? What if you can’t live without your beer? What if you have to have your favorite salad dressing made with a ton of vinegar? Ok, ok. It’s not the end of the world if you ingest these things, but if you do, you need to be very diligent about your intestinal health. This means you need to take a really good probiotic, which is a way to keep a lot of healthy “good bacteria/flora” in your intestines to keep the yeast in check. A probiotic is usually a pill that contains a few or a lot of strains of the healthy flora/good bacteria that are in your intestines already. And as an added bonus, this will keep your immune system functioning at a high level, which will increase your health in all areas, so it’s something that just about everyone should be doing anyway. Doctors are even looking into probiotics for children, and there is a study being conducted that shows a 25% decrease in allergies in children who regularly take probiotics. So don’t be surprised if you keep hearing more and more about probiotics for people of all ages.
Ok, so you should take probiotics. What else can you do? Get your rest and reduce stress. Both of these allow your body to fight anything that it needs to and to repair damage already done. When you get more sleep, this allows your immune system to function optimally. Your immune system is most active while you are asleep, so to all you people who think you can skimp on sleep and get more done – get over it! You need your rest so you can function optimally during the day. You will be healthier, think more clearly and be able to get more done than without sleep.
And how do you reduce stress? “Get over it” should be something you tell yourself several times a day. If you find yourself focusing on something negative, tell yourself to “get over it” and move on with your day. Living should be about doing, not dwelling. Focus on what really matters in your life, and the rest will fall into place. If you’re not sure about what is really important to you, get the book “The Passion Test” and you will figure it out. Choose in favor of what really matters to you, and your life will suddenly be a lot less stressful. You will have some really difficult decisions at the start, but once you start to make those choices in favor of what’s important the rest of the choices you have to make will be a piece of cake!
Can a Yeast Infection Be Transmitted from Person to Person?
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
Can a Yeast Infection Be Transmitted from Person to Person?
To expound upon this hotly debated question, I have written this article. Most people will say that it is a very cut and dried answer and that the answer is no. But yes, you can actually pass on a yeast infection to another person. It probably sounds strange, but here is the explanation. If you have a yeast infection and another person comes into contact with your yeast they will get yeast on them. This will not instantly give them an immediate yeast infection as yeast can be washed off the skin quite easily. In fact, they may never get one from contact with you. It has been proven yeast can be transmitted from one person to another, but the infection may or may not happen depending on the type of transmission, frequency of transmission and how healthy the other person is.
So let’s look at the type of transmission first. If you have yeast in your mouth, better known as that white stuff on your tongue called thrush, you can transfer that to another person by kissing or sharing food. The yeast will then travel into their digestive tract where it can colonize and cause problems. Let’s look at a second case: you have a vaginal yeast infection. This can also be transmitted on contact, and depending where the contact is made during that time, the yeast can travel to a variety of places onto and into the other person. The yeast will love any part that is wet or moist, and it will make its home there as quickly as it possibly can.
Now let’s look at frequency of transmission. The above examples of types of transmission don’t necessarily guarantee a transferred yeast infection. Frequency plays a fair part in whether it is transferred or not. If there is repeated sharing of yeast, the chances greatly increase that the yeast will be transferred and take root in the new host and start up the agony of a yeast infection. But there is one more thing to consider.
And here is the tricky part. If the other person’s immune system isn’t optimal (and most peoples aren’t), or they have taken antibiotics recently or are currently taking them, or they eat a diet high in white flour/yeast containing foods, they could get a yeast infection from repeated contact. The most common transmission of yeast infections from person to person happens to people in a relationship who have varying types of contact on a fairly frequent basis. Yes, it’s good to share things when you are in a relationship, but this is not one of them! The best way to “stop the madness” of sharing a yeast infection back and forth is to cease and desist contact with any infected area until the infection is completely gone. And step two is to stop the infection from where it started so it doesn’t come back and you can enjoy each other’s company once more.
Where Does a Candida Yeast Infection Come From?
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So let’s look at the type of transmission first. If you have yeast in your mouth, better known as that white stuff on your tongue called thrush, you can transfer that to another person by kissing or sharing food. The yeast will then travel into their digestive tract where it can colonize and cause problems. Let’s look at a second case: you have a vaginal yeast infection. This can also be transmitted on contact, and depending where the contact is made during that time, the yeast can travel to a variety of places onto and into the other person. The yeast will love any part that is wet or moist, and it will make its home there as quickly as it possibly can.
Now let’s look at frequency of transmission. The above examples of types of transmission don’t necessarily guarantee a transferred yeast infection. Frequency plays a fair part in whether it is transferred or not. If there is repeated sharing of yeast, the chances greatly increase that the yeast will be transferred and take root in the new host and start up the agony of a yeast infection. But there is one more thing to consider.
And here is the tricky part. If the other person’s immune system isn’t optimal (and most peoples aren’t), or they have taken antibiotics recently or are currently taking them, or they eat a diet high in white flour/yeast containing foods, they could get a yeast infection from repeated contact. The most common transmission of yeast infections from person to person happens to people in a relationship who have varying types of contact on a fairly frequent basis. Yes, it’s good to share things when you are in a relationship, but this is not one of them! The best way to “stop the madness” of sharing a yeast infection back and forth is to cease and desist contact with any infected area until the infection is completely gone. And step two is to stop the infection from where it started so it doesn’t come back and you can enjoy each other’s company once more.
Where Does a Candida Yeast Infection Come From?
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Where Does a Candida Yeast Infection Come From?
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, “Vaginal yeast infections are very common. About 75 percent of women have a yeast infection during their lives. And almost half of women have two or more yeast infections.” The numbers for yeast infections are climbing every year. But, women are not the only ones getting yeast infections. The incidents of male yeast infections are growing as well.
So, why has there been an increase in recent years? What causes a yeast infection? These questions will be answered in this article. So let’s get started.
A yeast infection is an overgrowth of yeast or fungus, which is called Candida Albicans and is already present in the human body. It plays an important role in the digestive balance of your intestines. Your small and large intestines have a balance of Candida Albicans yeast and “probiotics flora/good bacteria”, which when in optimal balance allow you to perfectly digest your food and help to create an optimal immune system. Your immune system gets 70% of its function from your intestines, so you can see an optimal balance of Candida Albicans yeast and the probiotics flora is vital to your overall health.
So now that we have got the basics out of the way, you are probably wondering how yeast gets from your intestines to other places in your body. Well, the yeast is also present in small amounts in other parts of the human body, for example in a woman’s vagina. Yeast is also present in a fair amount of the food we eat. Almost every single type of bread we eat has yeast in it. Mushrooms have yeast/fungus. And most products containing white flour have yeast in them. If you sit back and reflect on your diet, you are probably like most people in the U.S. and eating a fair amount of white bread, pasta, etc. Now don’t get me wrong, it’s not a bad thing to eat white flour products, it just makes it easy for the yeast to get out of control if one or two things happen.
If your diet consists of a lot of white flour products and you take antibiotics, you are inviting disaster. This is one of the ways Candida can take over your body almost instantly. When you take antibiotics, it kills off most of the bacteria in your body, including the good bacteria/probiotics flora in your intestines, vagina, mouth and other places in your body. This automatically tips the scales in favor of Candida overgrowth because the “good bacteria” help to keep it in check. When you think about the typical U.S. diet and how often we have been prescribed antibiotics, it is no wonder why so many people get yeast infections. There are also some other medications and OTC (over the counter) items that can help to tip the balance and cause a yeast overgrowth: antacids, anti-ulcer medications, birth control pills, and steroids and/or cortisones. If you are taking any of these regularly and are experiencing a yeast infection, that is most likely the reason why. And just like antibiotics, with the increase in women taking birth control that may also have a strong correlation with the increase in vaginal yeast infections.
There are also many other ways that a Candida overgrowth can occur. If you regularly consume alcohol of any sort, that can tip the scales in the wrong direction. If you are stressed out (and who isn’t nowadays), that will tip the scales in favor of a yeast infection. If you have anything that is affecting your intestinal health, such as a parasite or worm, that will tip the scales. By now you get the picture, it all starts with your intestines and how healthy they are.
Super Fast Natural Yeast Infection Cures: Stop The Itching And Burning Instantly
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So, why has there been an increase in recent years? What causes a yeast infection? These questions will be answered in this article. So let’s get started.
A yeast infection is an overgrowth of yeast or fungus, which is called Candida Albicans and is already present in the human body. It plays an important role in the digestive balance of your intestines. Your small and large intestines have a balance of Candida Albicans yeast and “probiotics flora/good bacteria”, which when in optimal balance allow you to perfectly digest your food and help to create an optimal immune system. Your immune system gets 70% of its function from your intestines, so you can see an optimal balance of Candida Albicans yeast and the probiotics flora is vital to your overall health.
So now that we have got the basics out of the way, you are probably wondering how yeast gets from your intestines to other places in your body. Well, the yeast is also present in small amounts in other parts of the human body, for example in a woman’s vagina. Yeast is also present in a fair amount of the food we eat. Almost every single type of bread we eat has yeast in it. Mushrooms have yeast/fungus. And most products containing white flour have yeast in them. If you sit back and reflect on your diet, you are probably like most people in the U.S. and eating a fair amount of white bread, pasta, etc. Now don’t get me wrong, it’s not a bad thing to eat white flour products, it just makes it easy for the yeast to get out of control if one or two things happen.
If your diet consists of a lot of white flour products and you take antibiotics, you are inviting disaster. This is one of the ways Candida can take over your body almost instantly. When you take antibiotics, it kills off most of the bacteria in your body, including the good bacteria/probiotics flora in your intestines, vagina, mouth and other places in your body. This automatically tips the scales in favor of Candida overgrowth because the “good bacteria” help to keep it in check. When you think about the typical U.S. diet and how often we have been prescribed antibiotics, it is no wonder why so many people get yeast infections. There are also some other medications and OTC (over the counter) items that can help to tip the balance and cause a yeast overgrowth: antacids, anti-ulcer medications, birth control pills, and steroids and/or cortisones. If you are taking any of these regularly and are experiencing a yeast infection, that is most likely the reason why. And just like antibiotics, with the increase in women taking birth control that may also have a strong correlation with the increase in vaginal yeast infections.
There are also many other ways that a Candida overgrowth can occur. If you regularly consume alcohol of any sort, that can tip the scales in the wrong direction. If you are stressed out (and who isn’t nowadays), that will tip the scales in favor of a yeast infection. If you have anything that is affecting your intestinal health, such as a parasite or worm, that will tip the scales. By now you get the picture, it all starts with your intestines and how healthy they are.
Super Fast Natural Yeast Infection Cures: Stop The Itching And Burning Instantly
Read more!
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