Author: ROBERT HARRISON

Symptoms of Candida Yeast Infections

Candida yeast infections cause many different symptoms depending on what parts of your body the candida overgrowth has colonized. When you have most of the symptoms covered below, candida has been in your body a long time, and its just about everywhere. 
If you are not sure if you have candida yeast overgrowth, take this simple candida test. It is very accurate, and won’t cost you a penny. My experience, from talking with literally thousands of people over the last ten years, is that this simple test is at least as accurate as blood tests and stool samples. Once you’ve taken it, you’ll know for sure if you have candida overgrowth and to what… [Read More]

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Candida Test – How To Tell If You Have Candida

Getting rid of candida is one thing. Knowing for sure that you have a candida infection is quite another. So before you buy any product to eliminate your candida, let’s make sure you actually have it. Just having the symptoms of candida is not enough. You can find out if you have Candida by taking a simple home test. 
THE TEST:  
In the evening, put a clear glass of water by your bed. First thing in the morning, briefly rinse your mouth, swallow, then gather some saliva in your mouth and spit into the glass of water (be sure to spit out saliva, not mucus). Keep an eye on the… [Read More]

Why Is It So Hard To Get Rid of Candida?

To understand why getting rid of candida can be so much harder than knocking out a bacterial infection, you need to know how candida yeast overgrowth manifests in your body. 
About 80% of the time, candida yeast infections occur when medicines, primarily antibiotics — but including birth control pills and other drugs — kill the friendly bacteria in the intestinal tract. Approximately 10% of the time candida overgrowth is caused by long term exposure to candida and its spores from your family or spouse. It can be transmitted orally through food sharing, kissing, or similar activities, and candida spores can… [Read More]

Why Women Have So Much More Serious Candida Overgrowth Than Men

About 70% of all candida overgrowth occurs in women (if we consider the population of people over 15 years of age). As both men and women are equally exposed to antibiotics, this increase lies somewhat with the use of birth control pills, and primarily with candida’s fondness for progesterone.

Candida likes to eat progesterone. So what does it do?

Candida blocks estrogen receptors so that estrogen can’t lock into them, further disrupting the endocrine hormone by binding to estrogen, preventing it from being used properly by the body. Why does candida do this? Because estrogen and progesterone “teeter-totter” — low estrogen levels cause high progesterone levels. So by creating low estrogen levels in your body, candida causes progesterone levels to be elevated, providing more and more fuel for itself. Continue reading “Why Women Have So Much More Serious Candida Overgrowth Than Men”