CANDIDA OVERGROWTH DIET FULL

This is how nutrition quacks operate: they take a kernel of truth, in this case being candida overgrowth in the gut being a real diagnosis.

CANDIDA OVERGROWTH DIET FULL

Social media is full of ‘candida protocols’ and ‘candida diets’ to supposedly help you ‘get rid of your candida naturally.’ These posts use fear tactics and false claims to push the idea that we ALL have some sort of dangerous candida overgrowth and get you to buy what they’re selling. It’s like an alternative medicine Disneyland.

If you spend one minute online searching ‘candida diet,’ (which is a rabbit hole I actually don’t recommend you go down), the apparent symptoms of candida overgrowth include the following: fatigue, ‘brain fog,’ headaches, acne, cancer, bloating, dandruff, sugar cravings, eczema, ADHD, mood swings, ‘autoimmune diseases connected to leaky gut,’ and mercury overload. This doesn’t stop some serious grifting around gut candida. Most importantly, diet doesn’t cure serious candida overgrowth, antibiotics do. It has not been shown that candida overgrowth CAUSES these conditions.

Small intestine fungal (candida albicans) overgrowth has been shown to affect mostly immunocompromised individuals, not 90% of us – something that Goop quack doctor Amy Myers claims.Īn overgrowth of fungus in the gut may exacerbate symptoms of crohns disease and colitis, and it’s interesting to note that people with those conditions are more likely to have an overgrowth of candida in their intestines. We know that SIBO – small intestine bacterial overgrowth – is a thing. Some of the causes are:Ĭandida overgrowth in the mouth or vagina causes what we commonly know as thrush, or a yeast infection, as I mentioned above. It is possible to have an overgrowth of candida in the mouth, vagina, and gut. Candida auris in the blood is a life-threatening situation that requires hospitalization and serious treatment. Some charlatans will try to convince you that you have candida in your blood, which, if you are walking around living your life, I can assure you that you DO NOT have. Candida doesn’t usually bother us, and it’s not something to worry about for most healthy people. This yeast lives mostly in the GI tract, and it is generally outnumbered by the good bacteria in our microbiome. What is candida?Ĭandida albicans is a yeast that’s normally present in our body. I figure that just as I’ve done with adrenal fatigue and leaky gut syndrome, I’d write a post on candida: what it is, and how it’s used to scare people into buying shady products and services. Yet more people believe that I was talking about vaginal or oral candida, otherwise known as ‘thrush.’ I was not. Turns out, a lot of people believe in candida as an alternative diagnosis. The graphic got a ton of blowback, especially about the ‘candida’ reference. I recently posted a graphic that used candida as an example of something that apple cider vinegar won’t cure. As much as I don’t reeeeaaaallllly want to, we need to talk about the ‘candida’ diagnosis that so many alternative health practitioners seem to think we all have.

Candida overgrowth diet