Guest guest Posted October 26, 1999 Report Share Posted October 26, 1999 Fabia-- I only have this information second hand, but a good friend of mine found that herbalists and homeopaths in the UK were very eager to treat her for candidaisis when she was suffering terribly in graduate school. That might be an avenue to pursue. Best wishes, Jodi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 1999 Report Share Posted October 27, 1999 Someone asked about this- sorry, I get the digest version and its such a pain to scroll through and re-read and find the name of the person who asked! Anyway, the general consensus regarding healthy stomach flora really seems to be to get acidophillus in there. As you know, its a pacteria that is found in there naturally, but if there is more than kess, it helps eat up yeasts. At least, I believe thats the story-it feeds on it,right? Anyone? You can get acidophillus in a number of ways. THe best way appears to be to dish out the bucks for the LIVE refrigerated supplemenst found in the health food store. I think you can get dried stuff that is claimed to be live, but thats really debatable. Another way is to eat yogurt, but keep in mind that unless ou eat unsweetened you are getting lotso sugar, whihc feeeds yeast, so clearly you dont want to get into that. Also you would have to eat at least a cup every day, AND, I read somewhere that doctors debalet how much acidophillus really is contained in commercial yogurt. That homemade is best. Now you are getting into making it NAD eating it. THe last way, and maybe common sense would dictate this to be the least effective is to drink acidophillus milk. I have no idea how much acidophillus is actually in there. I have read nothing about it. Someone just mentioned it to me as a possibility. Interestingly, a visit to the dermatologist today resulted in her recommending to get into taking oral acidophillus, the live kind that is refrigerated. This being based on the likelihood that my original problem was yeast. The other thing that I read about in a natural health magazine regarding bitter greens, leafy greens that contain certain compunds that make them taste bitter. APparently besides aiding in digestion they do other groovy things, and I imagine that they are NOT the kind of thing yeast likes to eat, but dont quote me on that one. THe article did not refer to yeast prevention. I merely wondered whether generally a healthy stomach and digestive tract would naturally ward off yeast, or at least, yeast OVER growth, which is really the issue. Good Luck! -- Thielke http://www.numuse.com " You can take it from me. Once a rocket's blasted off, it should circle the earth for a long time. Unless..... " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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