Stevia and Candida Albicans

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Stevia and Candida Albicans

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The most important factor in controling candida is to remove sugar

from

your diet. Remove it from your diet completely. Sugar feeds yeast

like

nothing else.

PORTLAND, OR (PRWEB) September 27, 2005 -- Candida Albicans, a

diploid fungus (a form of yeast) is the causal agent of

opportunistic

infections in humans, the most common being oral and vaginal

infections.

But, I would like to add that not only women suffer from Candida but

also

men in a variety of forms.

Among the many organisms that live in the human mouth and digestive

tract is the yeast Candida Albicans, which under normal

circumstances

lives in 80 percent of the human population with no harmful effects

generally, although overgrowth results in Candidiasis. Candidiasis.

Candidiasis is commonly known as " thrush " , and is a common condition

that is usually easily cured in most people.

Health symptoms and complications of Candida may include: bladder

infections, energy loss, puffy eyes, fatigue, food cravings, hay

fever,

heartburn, hyperactivity, inflammation, itching, insomnia, migraine,

mouth

infections, rashes, sore throat, thrush and thyroid problems.

As well as anti-fungal drugs and eliminating antibiotics, diet is an

important

part of most Candida treatment programs. The purpose of a Candida

reduction diet is to eliminate sugary starchy foods that " feed " the

yeast

infestation, by sticking with a restricted foods list. Once you get

on the

anti-candida diet you can expect to see an improvement within 2-4

weeks.

Once you have the Candida under control then you can slowly start

adding

restricted foods back into your diet.

Here are a few tips for sticking with a Candida-reducing diet.

Try to eliminate your carbohydrate intake. Sugars are what feeds

Candida.

So it is important to minimize or eliminate carbohydrate intake for

a while.

Reduce food that contain yeast. Foods that contain yeast should be

completely eliminated. These are foods like, bread, beer, wine,

cheese.

Eliminate dairy from your diet. Dairy foods should be removed from

the

diet because Candida can reduce the body's ability to digest fats

which can

result in a build up of fatty acids in your system. You don't want

that.

Stay away from mushrooms, Brie and moldy or mold-containing foods.

This will exacerbate your Candida.

Stop eating processed and packaged foods if you haven't already.

These

foods and drinks are loaded with sugar, high glycemic carbohydrates,

yeast or other ingredients that will feed the Candida.

The biggest thing to remove is sugar. Remove it from your diet

completely. Sugar feeds yeast like nothing else. Start reading food

labels

and if you see anything that ends in " ose " such as maltose,

dextrose,

sucrose or even maltodextrin stay away from it. Basically anything

that

tastes sweet with the exception of stevia, don't eat it.

Using pure Stevioside – white stevia powder, a natural plant extract

that is

around 200 – 300 times sweeter than sugar can satisfy you craving

for

sweets. You can add stevia to hot or cold beverages as well as using

it for

cooking and baking.

Here are a few tips when using stevia.

When baking with pure stevia powder mix 1/8 of a teaspoon with 1 cup

of

unsweetened apple sauce. Because stevia is 250 times sweeter than

sugar

you lose a lot of volume from replacing the sugar.

When recipes ask for brown sugar you can use an equal amount of

Steviva

Brand Stevia Blend with 2 tablespoons of molasses added. If you are

not

using the blend and need a brown sugar substitute then you can use 1

cup

of unsweetened apple sauce 1/8 of a teaspoon of Steviva Brand Stevia

Powder and 2 tablespoons of molasses.

I would like to add that aside from eliminating sugar, grains,

fruits and high

glycemic carbohydrate you should drink at least 4 quarts of clean

filtered

water. Drinking copious amounts of water. flushes the Candida out of

your

system as well as aiding in stabilizing blood sugar level. Instead

of soft

drinks or powdered drink mixes that are loaded with chemicals and

sugar,

I suggest is adding the juice of half a lemon to 32 ounces of water

with a

sprinkle of Steviva Brand Stevia Powder. Aside from being less than

2

carbs, you will get the health benefits that the stevia provides

along with the

vitamin C and electrolytes that lemon have. You can substitute limes

for

lemons if you get bored and break the routine even more by adding a

little

unsweetened cranberry juice.

Thom King is the President of Steviva Brands, Inc. Steviva

manufactures

and distributes Stevia powder, Stevia blend, Stevia leaves and Yerba

Mate.

All of Steviva's product are all natural and have no calories or

carbs.

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