Sugar and White Flour - How They Affect Candida Yeast
Research studies have shown that the yeast population
in mice will skyrocket (and become infectious), if
the mice are fed a high-sugar diet.
The
same thing happens in humans, and most of us in the Western
world do eat a diet that is high in refined sugar and simple
carbohydrates.
What are refined sugars and simple carbohydrates?
All types of sugar (white, brown, powdered, raw, Turbinado,
etc.), white flour, corn syrup, maple syrup, and white rice
are the most common. Simple carbohydrates are found in any flour
made of grain that has been refined to remove the nutritious
germ and high-fiber bran.
Honey is also a simple sugar, but small amounts of honey may
be beneficial to the important bacteria in your gut. For this
reason, a teaspoon or two of honey every day may actually be
good for you.
Many people find their chronic yeast infections clear up when
they just stop eating anything containing sugar or white flour.
This is a simple change that is fairly easy for most people
to do. As a bonus, this one change helps you lose the extra
pounds you’re carrying around.
Sugar and white flour are full of calories, but have almost
no nutritional value at all, so your health is certainly not
at risk if you give them up.
White flour, which is used in most commercial breads, pastas
and pastries, is almost as inviting to yeast as plain sugar,
and has almost as little nutrition.
Both sugar and white flour should be avoided like the plague
if you currently have a yeast infection, and you should seriously
consider cutting down or eliminating these products permanently
to keep your yeast infection from coming back.
High-calorie diets also lead to obesity, which may in turn
lead to insulin resistance and diabetes or a pre-diabetic condition.
One of the most effective things you can do for your long-term
health is to grab a good, well-researched book on nutrition
and learn as much as you can about maintaining a healthy diet.
Two of the best books on nutrition (for overall health, and
not just yeast infections) are Eat
to Live by Joel Fuhrman, MD and
Eat More, Weight Less by Dean Ornish, MD.
If you have trouble staying on a low-sugar diet, you may want
to read Weight
Loss: How to Keep Your Commitment, a book
that has helped hundreds of people overcome their addiction
to sugar and refined carbohydrates.
If you still aren’t convinced that diet matters, try
this little experiment.
Although bakers’ yeast is not invasive and does not cause
infections, it can help us understand the conditions that encourage
an overgrowth of Candida albicans.
Pour ¼ cup of warm (not hot) water in the bottom of
three clear glasses or clean plastic drink bottles. Add a package
of bakers’ yeast to each glass and stir.
1. Leave one glass with just water and yeast.
2. Add a teaspoon of sugar to the second glass.
3. Add a teaspoon of white flour to the third glass.
Stir or shake the mixture after these additions, and then leave
the glasses in a warm place for ten to 15 minutes.
When you come back you will find the yeast has expanded far
higher in the glasses or bottles that contain their favorite
foods – sugar and white flour. You can see from this experiment
why eating sugar or white flour is not a good idea if you suffer
from chronic yeast infections.
Just a note about the difference between white flour and whole
wheat flour – the fiber in whole wheat flour cannot be
broken down by yeast and the bran on the wheat seed itself has
mild anti-fungal properties.
For these reasons, bread made with whole wheat flour does not
rise as much as white bread, and bread made from whole flour
does not encourage an overgrowth of yeast as much as white bread.
Whole wheat bread also contains all the nutrients that are lost
when the bran and germ of the wheat are removed to make white
flour, so it’s much better for you.
Unfortunately, true whole wheat bread is hard to find unless
you bake it yourself – many of the “wheat breads”
on the market are made of colored white flour, and bread made
from true whole wheat flour often contains large quantities
of sugar. Until you are free of yeast infections, it may be
best to avoid bread, or make your own.
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on this site were written by Jonni Good, author of one of
the Web's most popular books on sugar
addiction.
A number of people have asked me for advice about natural
yeast infection remedies to use when nothing seems to work.
I read through many books and articles, and I recommend
Yeast
Infection Away by Crystal McBride. Her information
is well researched, and the instructions are easy to follow. |
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