Beginning Candida Treatment - Finding Yourself - Have No More Carbs and Sugar

By Angie Lindsey
One of my friends is just discovered her having candidiasis after doing some researches on her symptoms, and asked me how to begin the candida treatment. She has been exhausted for months or maybe years with achy joints, swelling, headaches, stuffy nose (almost constant), GI symptoms, itchy, achy throat/eustatian tubes, vaginal yeast infections in past 2 years, craving for sugars and carbs, and a lovely case of brain fog. Doctor says she is fine and those symptoms are probably stress related. Needless to say, she is excited to finally have a possible answer.

But now, she confused in where to start. She doesn't have lots of money at this point, but she doesn't know if jumping in deep right away is the answer either. She thought for a while that she would start with a high quality probiotic (such as Primal Defense), a bowel cleanse along with a parasite cleanse, and then start fighting the yeast. She doesn't think her gut is in very good condition, so she wants to know if it is best to renew and strengthen that before working on the yeast. She is worried when she reads about fasts and doesn't think she could fast for more than a couple of hours let alone days.

Honestly, I was the same way before the diet, but now I don't really care about when I can have my next carbs (believe me I never thought I'd say that). One starts on this voyage by finding someone who can make sense of things and will accurately diagnose the problem. I don't know if you have insurance or not, but a lot of insurance's are now coming around to the idea of more natural healing and covering naturopathic doctors. See if yours does and get an appointment. If you don't have insurance, go to the health food store and pick the brains of some of the people there. Tell them you need to start gradually for financial reasons and keep reading things here.

You basically just have to understand that what you have. Candida can be likened to a parasitic condition, much like a tape worm. So what you have to do is to starve them. You need to try to cut out some of the refined sugars like cookies, cakes, chips, and most other "junk" foods. It is not easy, but it's well worth it when you start to feel better.