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Yeast Infection Prevention - Why a Good Diet is So Important

If you suffer from chronic yeast infections and you don't take antibiotics or steroid medications, your diet may be causing an imbalance of yeast and bacteria in your body.

A good diet can also boost your immune system, which will also help prevent yeast infections.

For these reasons, a change in diet could be a much more important factor in preventing future Candida infections than anything else you do. Yeast loves sugar and simple carbohydrates like those found in highly processed refined white flour. At the same time, bacteria are actually suppressed in a high-sugar environment, because sugar has mild anti-bacterial properties. Sugar is often part of the brine used to cure hams for this reason.

This means that a diet that includes lots of sugar and white flour will increase the yeast and reduce the numbers of bacteria – and thereby create the perfect environment for a yeast population that explodes out of control.

Since the American diet is filled with sugar and white flour, and these products appear in almost every processed and prepared food we buy, it may be why so many more people are getting yeast infections than ever before.

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

• Preventing Yeast Infections - Some Basic Tips
• Do You Need a Special “Candida diet?”
• The Importance of Dietary Fiber in Preventing Chronic Yeast Infections
• 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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