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How do I get Candida is the question today' How do I develop a yeast infection' Getting
Candida or developing a yeast infection, these are questions that people sometimes say to
me.
How does it come about' Candida albicans is a normally occurring yeast.
It's an organism that many people have in their digestive system, and it's estimated
that up to 20 percent of women have it in their vaginal area.
Not all women have it, though many women don't have Candida, so it's false to assume that
every person has Candida as a species that normally cohabitates with the beneficial and
not so beneficial bacterial.
What we're talking about, I assume, is how do I get a Candida infection' When you get
a Candida infection it's usually because you broke the rules.
You did something wrong and you allowed this yeast basically to take over and thrive in
your body.
It's the same as saying how did I get a bacterial infection' You got a bacterial infection because
bugs came into your system and they're all around us, we can't avoid bugs.
But what happened is our susceptibility increased and our resistance dropped right down.
We became more susceptible to an infection.
How we increase susceptibility is by basically doing things like staying up late at night,
eating the wrong kind of food, stressing out too much, taking or relying on pharmaceutical
drugs routinely like antibiotics, the oral contraceptive pill, taking various medications;
it could even be Tylenol or paracetamol.
It could be ibuprofen or Advil; I think they call it in America.
Taking drugs on a regular basis will weaken and attack the immune system through weakening
and destroying digestive function.
Any kind of drug whether its recreational or pharmaceutical is not a good idea for you
to be on, particularly on a recurring way.
One of the most common causes of Candida infection is alcohol consumption, regular consumption
of alcohol.
Regular consumption of alcohol and antibiotics to me are two of the leading causes of a Candida
yeast infection.
But there are as many causes of Candida as there are cases of Candida I see.
There are literally hundreds of causes.
Many patients we see today have got multiple stresses.
The word digital detox has been bantered around quite a lot on the internet lately.
I read the other day that a lot of people check Facebook a minimum of 14 times per day.
That's ridiculous.
Many patients I see when we talk about cell phone use, they will check their cell phone
hourly.
They're always looking at their mobile devices, iPads, cell phones, so these things are stresses
in their own right.
Many people stay up too late at night.
It's estimated now up to 30 percent of people in the western developed nations have got
some kind of sleeping problem, so essentially 3 out of 10 people can't sleep properly or
have disturbed sleep now.
These are the things that account for a Candida infection.
It's the lifestyles that aren't really beneficial for us anymore.
We're living in such a highly stressed and polluted environment.
You can read a lot more on yeastinfection.org regarding yeast infection.
And I'd also like to remind you to please do my Candida survey if you go to CandidaCrusher.com.
It's the world's best online survey by a long shot.
It cost us a lot of time and money to develop this survey, and I believe it's one of the
best around.
You'll be able to determine with accuracy whether you've got a mild, moderate or severe
yeast infection, and then what steps to take to really counter this infection because Candida
can ruin your life.
It can destroy your life.
I spent a big part of my career helping people with Candida infections, and I've certainly
seen a lot of people who've been out there 5, 10, 20, even 30, 40 years plus who have
had destroyed lives through a yeast infection.
I could care less if people believe that Candida exists or not.
I deal with it on a daily basis in my clinic, and I've certainly seen many people with this
infection return back to a normal life again as well.
I hope that answers your question to a degree on the Candida infection, what causes a Candida
infection.
How do I get Candida' You don't get Candida.
You develop the infection through some kind of imbalance.
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