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The Importance of Dietary Fiber in Preventing Chronic Yeast Infections

Dietary fiber keeps your digestive system working properly, and this can help prevent chronic yeast infections

When I first learned how to bake bread many years ago I made a messy mistake. I put a bowl of dough in a warm place on my countertop and then decided to do a bit of shopping while I allowed the dough to rise.

I ran into some friends at the store, we started talking, we ended up in the coffee shop, and I naturally forgot all about the bread I was supposed to be making back home. When I did arrive home hours later the dough had escaped the bowl and was busy crawling down the sides of the counter and dripping into a fluffy pile on the floor.

This shows one of the reasons why fiber is so important in our diet. The “roughage,” as our mothers and grandmothers called fiber, helps to keep our bowels moving so yeast populations have less time to build up. When you eat the average American diet, filled with too many calories, too much food, and not enough nutrients or fiber, your bowels tend to slow down and be less efficient.

If your intestinal tract is not cleared out as quickly as it should be, you may be creating an internal “yeast farm” that acts much like that out-of-control bowl of dough I left on my countertop. A good diet will have plenty of fiber for colon health.

So, we have now learned two things:

• You should avoid simple sugars and carbohydrates if you suffer from chronic yeast infections.

• And, your diet should be filled with fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains, which have plenty of nutrients and lots of fiber to keep you healthy.

To learn more about the the many ways to help prevent yeast infections, please see the following articles:

• Preventing Yeast Infections - Some Basic Tips
• Yeast Infection Prevention - Why a Good Diet is So Important
• Do You Need a Special “Candida diet?”
• Sugar and White Flour - How They Affect Candida Yeast
• Can a Sauna Help You Prevent Yeast Infections?
• Tips on Staying Dry to Prevent Yeast Infections

Important: The information presented on this page and other pages on this site is based upon the opinions of the author, and on the author's interpretation of published reports and articles. It is not intended to replace your relationship with a qualified health care professional, and is not intended as medical advice. 

The author encourages you to make your own health care decisions based upon knowledge of the issues of nutrition and health, and in partnership with a qualified health care professional.

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