Author: Eric Bakker

Good day, Eric Bakker, naturopath.

I want to talk today about a condition which many women tend to suffer with. A condition that I’ve been in contact with on many occasions by women who’d really love to get rid of this condition. And I’m sure many of you looking at this webpage right now may well be familiar with this condition. It’s called vaginal thrush or a yeast infection.

It’s more common than you think. And a couple of weeks ago, a lady spoke with me on Skype and said, “Eric, I’ve had this for a while now. Can you tell me what the consequences are if I don’t get rid of my infection? What could happen to me if I just ignore and treat it with things like Monistat or it keeps on recurring?”

And I’m sure that many of you women watching this will have had recurring vaginal yeast infections and probably think nothing of them and think, well, it’s just a bit of an irritation down there, a bit of an itch, and it’ll probably go away of its own accord.

In some cases, it will go away on its own accord, but in many cases it won’t and it’ll be chronic and recurring. So what do you do? You go back to the doctor and keep taking Monistat, fluconazole. What do you do if you can’t get rid of this yeast infection? You just keep relying on systematic treatment hoping one day it will go away forever? Hoping that the pain’s going to go? The embarrassing odor and itching? It won’t go away. In some cases, it will. In a small percentage of cases, a vaginal yeast infection will disappear in its own right. But in many cases, it will not go away and it can be chronic and recurring, and it can last for many, many years. Some patients I see have had this condition for 10, 15, even 20 years and it just doesn’t seem to go away.

The consequences can be quite severe for a chronic yeast infection. Think about it. They can be quite severe. Why would you keep on having a symptom that’s causing you so much discomfort and pain? It could even cost you your relationship. It’s really worth getting rid of this yeast infection. And for this reason, I’ve written a whole section in my book, Chapter 5, on how to get rid of these chronic yeast infections. I’ve helped many women get rid of these problems. And a lot of the tips in this chapter are priceless and absolutely worth the cost of the book alone.

One of the things that you may get as a consequence from a chronic yeast infection is endometriosis. It’s a condition I’ve written about at length in my book. There’s plenty of research. Some people have approached me and said, “Eric, this is not true. You’re speaking a lot of nonsense.” Well, you go and do the research and you’ll find endometriosis is linked with yeast infections in many cases. And endometriosis can even be linked with infertility. I’m not saying that yeast infections cause infertility, but what I am saying is many cases of endo have been linked with chronic vaginal yeast infections.

So doesn’t it pay to get more involved in preventive medicine to get rid of an embarrassing, itchy, smelly problem now or sooner rather than later or keep living with this chronic, awful problem that’s causing you so much discomfort? So think about it. If you want a solution, I’ve written extensively in my book, Candida Crusher, about this solution. Have a listen to one of the audio testimonials of a lady who got rid of her yeast infection using my method. You’ll find it on this page just down below. This is a real case. And there are many more of these cases going up.

I’ve had phenomenal success with these vaginal infections. So if you’re serious about beating your infection, you read Chapter 5, and you put my protocol into place. If it doesn’t work, you let me know. You’ll get a refund of my book and you’ll certainly get some personal attention from me because I’m convinced that if you really follow the protocol properly and you really do what it takes to beat this thing, you’ll finally beat it. And then you’ve gotten rid of that embarrassing situation that you’ve got down there. And it can make a huge difference to the quality of your life.

So take my word for it, do not ignore a chronic yeast infection because the consequences can be severe as they can with any problem that you tend to ignore.

Thank you.

Thank you for checking out this video today. A question I get asked sometimes is, is Candida an STD? Is it a sexually transmitted disease? Can it be passed from one person to another?

Well, it’s not an STD as such, but it can be passed from one person to another. I’m not quite sure what the criteria for a disease being a sexually transmitted disease, but I take it it’s mainly or only carried from one person to another in the sexual sense.

Candida is not really something that you consider to be an STD because Candida is something that normally occurs in our bodies. Unlike something like Chlamydia or Gonorrhea or Syphilis or many of the other sexually transmitted diseases like, for example, genital Herpes. These things don’t normally occur in our bodies. These are illnesses that are certainly transmitted from one person to another by intimate contact.

But Candida, for example, occurs in the vaginal area of about 20 percent of women normally anyway, and it occurs in the digestive system of most people, but it’s kept in balance by friendly bacteria and other bacteria we call commensals, so certain kinds of bacteria will keep these kind of fungus in check. But, of course, when the balance becomes disturbed by things like antibiotics or high stress or poor diets, then, of course, Candida can get the upper hand.

If you’re a woman, for example, and you have a vaginal discharge, it’s certainly worth getting checked out. It pays to go to your doctor and get checked out. The most common one that women get is BV or bacterial vaginosis. This is not really a sexually transmitted as such, but, yeah, it’s not really an STD, Candida.

And if you’re a guy and you’ve got some issues there in the groin and you’re concerned again, you’re not sure what it is, get it checked out. It’s certainly worth going to the doctor and getting checked out as a first line to find out what you’ve got.

If you’re not sure and you’re not sure if it’s an STD or Candida or what, once you get a diagnosis then you can look for the proper treatment. That’s important to do that.

So to answer that question again, is Candida an STD? It can be transmitted sexually, but it is not a sexually transmitted disease as such.

Thank you.

Good day, Eric Bakker, naturopath, author of Candida Crusher.

A question I get asked quite regularly from time to time is Eric, are there any special foods or special drinks of any particular foods I can eat that are going to help wipe out or kill or eradicate my yeast infection?

Well, in fact, there are. There are six in particular I’m going to talk about. When you think about it, everybody seems to want to have a focus on diet or supplementation when it comes to wiping out yeast infection. You know the latest and greatest probiotic; the best digestive enzyme; maybe a prescriptive like Nystatin. So people are always looking to take things to get rid of yeast. We all know that a diet high in sugars, alcohol, refined carbohydrates, is not a good idea with a yeast infection. And it’s often one of the big causes along with antibiotic prescriptions.

So then what we do is we stop eating those foods and we take some natural supplements to think we’re going to eradicate the yeast infection. When you think about it for a minute, doesn’t it make more sense to look at incorporating special foods, or what I call Candida Crushing foods, into your diet to help eradicate a yeast infection?

A long time ago, there lived a guy called Hypocrites and he said, “Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.” So doesn’t it make sense to incorporate some of these medicinal foods into your diet to help wipe out Candida? It makes a lot of sense to me. So I’m going to do some more videos on these particular types of foods in depth.

So what are these particular types of foods I’m talking about? Well, garlic, obviously, is one of the primary foods I’m going to mention. The allium family in general; red onions, brown onions, shallots, spring onions, leaks, garlic obviously belongs to allium, and we’ll talk about the allium family. Oregano, or some people call it Oregano, is a very key medicinal herb used. Clove; clove is quite a powerful compound to use as well. Coconut; coconut crème, milk and oil; coconut is one of my favorite products to incorporate in my diet. So these are several things that you can put into your diet.

So when you think about it, by incorporating these foods in to your diet on a regular basis, along with getting rid of these foods that help to encourage yeast in conjunction with fermented and cultured foods, you’re going to have an excellent effect in wiping out Candida.

So remember what I’ve always said, 80/20 rule. Eighty percent of your focus needs to be on lifestyle and diet; 20 percent on supplementation. Supplementation is a very important part of yeast eradication, but it is not really the major focus. It’s the icing on the cake. Cake’s nice, but when you put icing on it, it tastes a heck of a lot better. And it’s the same when it comes to crushing Candida. So check out my other videos on these particular types of foods.

So I hope that answers your question. There certainly are good foods to help eradicate a yeast infection.