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Candida Question #24 Is a yeast infection possible while breastfeeding and what are the best ways to tackle a yeast infection if I am breastfeeding?

Well, you can still breastfeed. It shouldn’t make any difference at all if you’re going to breastfeed and you do have a yeast infection, and it certainly shouldn’t be a reason for you to stop breastfeeding either. A good advice for you is to include plenty of the foods which have an anti-fungal effect, including garlic, coconut, oregano products, these are all anti-fungal. I don’t like women taking antibiotics when breastfeeding. It can have quite a serious effect on the child. You can pass the drug through the breast milk and create a lot of gut issues and leaky gut and food allergies in the baby, and I’ve seen this on numerous occasions. So please refrain from antibiotics when breastfeeding. You’ll just aggravate the baby and make it a lot worse for yourself.

So it’s best to tackle quite a strong kill and dietary program when you’re not breastfeeding, but you can still maintain breastfeeding, have the right kind of foods, which reduce the yeast population, but you’ll need to be careful taking certain dietary supplements when breastfeeding. And if in doubt, just ask your naturopathic physician. He certainly should be able to help you.

Some good breastfeeding foods include: tahini, avocado, flax seed oil is another good one, Omega-3, so high-fat foods are quite good, they’re very nourishing for the baby and help to calm and relax the child. High protein foods are good as well. I can’t see any reason why you should abstain from chili or garlic. Many people say not to have cabbage. These foods cause bloating and gas in a baby, but I’ve not really seen that to be a problem. Alcohol is obviously not a good idea, but just beware of those antibiotics. They’re not really a good idea if you’re breastfeeding.

So, yes it is possible to breastfeed when you have a yeast infection.

Candida Question #23 Does Diet Have Any Connection With Yeast Infections?

Yes, it certainly does. Diet plays a critical role in yeast infections, both in getting a yeast infection and recovering from a yeast infection. So an aptly described term, garbage in/garbage out, is quite a good one to use with Candida.

If your diet is full of junk food, caffeine, sugar, soda drinks, ice cream, and take-out foods, for example, you’ll be putting your body in a high-risk category for a yeast infection, particularly if you’re under high stress. And of course people under high stress eating a convenient junk diet are more prone to infection, which may incur an antibiotic and again that will plunge you into a very high risk for a yeast infection. Certainly eating a very healthy, nutritious diet reduces your risk of a yeast infection.

The best diet, in my opinion, are the ones which contain a wide variety of very healthy fresh foods, including fermented and cultured food, sea vegetables, high-class proteins, and plenty of fresh produce. These are the ones which lower your risk and also feed your body with the right nutrients you need to sustain outstanding health.

So diet certainly has a lot to do with a yeast infection. I hope that answers your question.

Thank you.

Candida Question #22 What Are Yeast Infections? Why Should I Know About Them?

A common question; well, Candida Albicans is a commonly occurring yeast-like fungus that occurs in the digestive system and vaginal tract of many people. Up to 90 percent of people are colonized with Candida, but we’re also colonized with several hundred other species of bacteria. There are about 19 common species of Candida known. Candida Albicans accounts for the largest group, but there are many other forms of Candida which can inhabit your digestive track.

It’s only when these conditions become abnormal that Candida can become a real problem and over grows to become an infection of yeast. In those cases, it can create many issues for people. So, Candida Albicans occurs in many women and in many men and in children as well, of course.

And the particular places that the Candida likes to hide out and grow, when you think about it, it likes moist, dark, warm areas and we’ve got plenty of those in the body. The digestive system, the vagina is one, the armpits, it can be the nose, the ears, various places around the body, the groin, around the genital tract in males and females is very common, but saying that Candida can also be on the skin, ringworm.

You can also get it on the scalp, itchiness. In fact, one of my home tests is to determine what level of itch you have in the body and some people with Candida have quite a lot of physical itching going on. So it’s normal to have a yeast condition in the body, but it’s not normal to have an over growth of yeast in the body.

So, I hope that answers your question about yeast infections.