Author: Eric Bakker

Hi there, Eric Bakker here again, author of Candida Crusher and another question.

Can I still get pregnant with recurring yeast infections?

You can; of course, you can still get pregnant if you have a recurring yeast infection. But it wouldn’t really be a good idea to do that. It would make more sense to get rid of your vaginal infection before you conceive for many different reasons.

I think for comfort, in particular, you’ll find if you can go through all your three stages of your pregnancy without a yeast infection, you’re going to have a better pregnancy and a better delivery, wouldn’t you agree? I think you would. And also you don’t really want to have rampant vaginal infection during the delivery time. It’s not really something that many mothers would like to have. I can assure you.

So you still can get pregnant. It is possible to treat a vaginal infection during pregnancy, particularly in the third trimester, but it’s not something I really encourage you do in the first trimester, in particular, although there are various douche protocols that you can utilize.

So to answer that question, can I still get pregnant with a recurring yeast infection? Yes, you can. But I would prefer that you would treat and eradicate this infection prior to falling pregnant. And you can read all about how to treat acute yeast infections in Chapter 4 and 5 of my book, Candida Crusher. Chapter 5, in particular, I outline quite a good protocol and many different treatment plans for you, some of the best ones I’ve found for vaginal infection.

So I hope that answers your question. Thank you for your question.

Good day, Eric Bakker, naturopath, author of Candida Crusher, with another question I get asked from time to time from my female patients.

Can I treat my yeast infection while I’m on my period?

You can treat it while you’re on your period, but I think a better time to treat a vaginal yeast infection is before your period in the proliferative phase. This is when the lining of the endometrium is starting to build up. So from ovulation through to period is a better time to treat. And in Chapter 5 of my book, Candida Crusher, you can read my unique two-step treatment for chronic vaginal yeast infection.

In the time building up to the menstrual cycle is a good time to use a kill or antifungal treatment. And in the post-period time is a good time to do a restorative treatment or a building up treatment. And I guarantee you if you do three or four of these treatments concurrently for three to four months, you’re going to notice a big improvement.

So you can treat while you’re on your period and I know some females do treat regardless of whether they’ve got their period or not, they’ll treat. But I believe a better approach is to treat pre-menstrual cycle and post and not during the actual bleeding phase. But it’s up to you. You can use douching protocols whenever you want.

So, I’m going to do a lot more videos regarding chronic vaginal treatments because this is an area I’ve treated many people over an extended period of time. Have a look at my book, Chapter 5, and there is a lot of material there on chronic vaginal yeast infection treatment.

So I hope that answers your question. Thank you.

Good day, there. Eric Bakker, naturopath, author of Candida Crusher with another frequently asked question.

Should I not eat as much bread?

Bread’s not really an ideal food if you’re trying to recover from a yeast infection.

But while I don’t think it’s a good food if you’re trying to recover from any type of a digestive problem, if you’re trying to lose weight, if you’re trying to build your health, bread’s not a very good food. In saying that, I’m talking about commercial bread. I think once your health is good, you’ve got good digestive health, your weight isn’t a problem; I can’t see any problem with eating good quality bread from time to time.

But in my experience, many people eat too much bread. They have bread for breakfast. And when I’m talking about bread, I’m talking about bagels, donuts, cookies, all these manifestations of these farinaceous products; risen bread, in particular, with yeast and sugar in it is not a very good food if you’re trying to recover from a yeast infection. It’s very difficult for your digestion to really pick up when you eat this food quite regularly and continually. And a great way for you to lose weight is to cut bread out of your diet; just stop eating bread. Get rid of the potatoes, get rid of the bread, get rid of the Paska, these are ideal ways for you to really build good health.

So, can I eat bread again? Yes, you can eat bread again, but let’s first get rid of that yeast infection. So I try and get people off risen bread, commercial bread that’s been risen with yeast. And I’m pretty strict with people in my diet, my Candida diet. You can read a lot more about my diet in Candida Crusher, in my book, Chapter 7, the first section there’s over 100 pages on diet and nutrition. And I write quite a lot about grains and breads and rice and quinoa and amaranth and these other types of grains. There are alternatives to bread, so you don’t really need to eat bread. That’s assuming bread’s made from wheat of course. Bread can be made from many grains.

Try not really to eat bread if you’re trying to overcome a yeast infection. And if you must eat bread, at least give your digestive system a good three or four weeks on the Candida Crusher diet and then when you do eat bread, as I talk about in my book, eat the flat bread or the mountain bread. It’s only made from a good quality, whole meal, stone ground flour, some salt and some water. That’s not a bad option. But my opinion would be to keep away from these foods for a long period of time; wheat in particular. I’m going to talk a lot more about that in other YouTube clips.

I’m going to dispel the myth on what I think is this gluten problem that a lot of people talk about. I don’t really see it to be much of a problem. I’ll explain a lot more in other clips. So keep your eye out for other YouTube clips on gluten and yeast and irritable bowel.

Let’s get back to the question. Should I not eat as much bread? No, you shouldn’t. You should try and avoid bread for a long period of time if you’re really serious about getting rid of your yeast infection.

So I hope that answers your question. Thank you.