I'm answering a question here I just got on YouTube a few days ago.
Eric, is herpes related to Candida?
Can herpes cause Candida?
Is there some association between them both?
Well, no not at all.
Herpes is a virus.
It depends on what kind of herpes we're talking about.
There are different kinds of herpes viruses.
There's shingles, herpes zoster.
We've got oral herpes.
We've got genital herpes, type one and two.
We've got chicken pox, which is a herpes virus, so there are various kinds of herpes viral
strains that cause these problems.
Viruses are notoriously hard to eradicate from the body because they are very, very,
very tiny.
They have got an extremely tough protein outer coating and the immune system can't really
penetrate that coating.
They also tend to hide in different parts of the body and can come out at certain times.
You'll find with herpes, for example, from some research I did, herpes, particularly
for the lips, the oral herpes, the herpes virus can hide in various parts of the spine,
in various areas where there's poor blood supply and it can come out at certain times
and attack a particular site.
And it's the same with the genital herpes.
Again, that can be harbored in the lower parts of the body and come out at set times.
There are ways and means for you to control herpes and one of them is to have a diet high
in lysine, the amino acid, the lysine foods, and take out the L-arginine amino acid containing
foods from your diet.
Foods high in L-arginine that you need to avoid with herpes, in particular, are chocolate
and nuts.
Foods high in lysine are the meat foods like chicken, particularly is high in lysine.
Beef as well.
That's just a few tips.
Stress is one of the biggest triggers I find for herpes, particularly the genital and the
oral herpes.
You'll find people under high stress eating chocolate and they get a cold sore coming
up.
Herpes being a virus has got no relationship with Candida which is a fungus.
A yeast fungus has nothing really to do with a virus.
They're two separate entities.
However, in saying that, I have found many people with herpes are more prone or susceptible
to getting Candida.
And also the other way around, people with major yeast infections, it's easier for them
to catch herpes as well, especially if they're sexually active and they're in a relationship
with someone who has got herpes or cold sores.
You can pick these things up because you'll only pick them up if you've got a high susceptibility
and a low resistance.
And that's what Candida will do.
It will make your resistance low so you are more prone to getting things like urinary
tract infections and chest infections and all manner of infections and it's particularly
fueled by people with adrenal fatigue or people with cortisol problems, so lots of tiredness,
sleeping disturbances, and high stress.
These things cause a lot of adrenal and thyroid malfunctions, which makes you a sitting duck
for a yeast infection.
If you look at Candida Crusher, the book I write, I write a whole section for this very
reason on adrenal fatigue and Candida.
And I think it was the missing link for a lot of people.
Not many people knew about this until I started to really speak about it on YouTube and write
about it.
I notice now some other blog sites are starting to do that.
It's not so much how do I get rid of Candida.
It's how do I make my body strong, so it's easy to beat.
Not just Candida, but any kind of infection.
And that's what you've got a good immune system for.
The immune system will keep you healthy and strong providing it's powered up.
And what powers up your immune system, in particularly, is a very well-functioning endocrine
system or hormone system underpinning that.
And how that can be optimized is by getting the balance between work and play, stress,
good diet, chilling out, not working too hard, not staying up too late on Facebook and things
like this.
These are good ways for you to power your immune system up and particularly by improving
your relationships with a lot of people around you.
Not getting stressed out about stuff.
I hope that answers your question.
Thanks for tuning in.