Category: Candida Crusher FAQ Videos

Please go and check out yeastinfection.org and do my yeast infection quiz. This quiz is pretty awesome. It’s going to show you if you have mild, moderate or severe Candida.

Can garlic cure jock itch? That’s the question today. Can I get rid of my jock itch by eating garlic? You probably can’t.

It’s good to include garlic as part of your overall dietary management of a yeast infection internally, but you’re best really to treat jock itch externally as well as internally. It’s the smartest move, especially if it’s severe. I’m not saying it won’t cure it 100 percent, but it’s not going to be a magic bullet. You really need to treat jock itch externally, internally; you need to make the right diet and lifestyle changes. And if you do all that, you’ll get a real quick reduction in symptoms, and you can even get it cured within three to six months by making the right kind of changes.

If you’ve read any of my articles on yeastinfection.org, the men’s articles, you will have read about lifestyle. You will have read about how stress can lower your immunity, increase your susceptibility to a yeast infection. Stress also has an effect of making you want to eat and drink the wrong kind of foods, too much alcohol, too much caffeine, too many sugary foods; these things all screw up your digestive system. They all may increase your susceptibility to yeast infection and bacterial overgrowth in the gut. They also change the pH of your body just slightly. The skin has got a set pH and when the pH on the skin shifts, it allows you to be more susceptible to yeast infection as well.

The answer to your question can garlic cure jock itch? It’s probably, no, but if you include it as part of your overall strategy, it’s going to help significantly. One raw clove of garlic per day is a smart move to have, whether you’ve got a yeast infection or not, I think it’s a very clever move.

A good dietary supplement for you to take is Canxida. I developed Canxida up over a long period of time. Check out my YouTube clips on Canxida.com. Just take one or two tablets a day, that’s going to help you a lot. That’s got garlic in it, but it’s got a standardized garlic in it, two percent allicin, so allicin is a very powerful active ingredient in garlic that helps to wipe out a yeast infection.

Some guys I know with bad yeast infections have told me that they get benefit from cutting up a clove of fresh garlic in half and then rubbing that over the worst areas of jock itch. This works really well, but it doesn’t work well if you’ve been scratching the skin because of the itching, you’ve broken up the skin, because then it could sting and burn by putting the garlic on, so garlic can help externally a little bit. And use it internally as part of your overall strategy, but don’t rely on garlic solely to cure jock itch because it won’t do that.

Look at the holistic plan. That’s going to really work well for you. Don’t forget to check out yeastinfection.org and do my quiz.

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Can Candida give you pain in your stomach?

Well, let’s first explain where the stomach is because most people think the stomach is here when, in fact, this is not the stomach. The stomach tends to be higher up. Stomach tends to be more here central, not down here.

So when many people talk about the stomach, in fact, they’re pointing generally to the small intestine. The small intestine is more central in that region where you think you’ve got the stomach, and the large intestine forms the outline of the colon. So many people will often point to the small bowel and say I’ve got a pain in here.

Candida can affect any part of the gastrointestinal system, especially the small and the large bowel. These are key target areas for yeast infection. The colon can get very much affected by a lot of overgrowth there. So lots of gas, lots of bloating can occur. And, of course, the small bowel, especially the first part of the small bowel, really is the seat of the digestive system, the duodenum. This is where most of your digestive activity takes place. In fact, the first three inches of the small bowel or the 75 mils of the duodenum is where a big chunk of your immune system resides in the body. It’s no wonder that this area will often be affected with, particularly with “leaky gut” syndrome. Candida can also affect many parts of the small intestine and cause a lot of irritation there. Lots of infection. Lots of inflammation. So yes you can get pain in this area.

Don’t be confused with pain on the sides that you may experience, this side or this side, so people experience more pain on the right side, particularly right on the edge there going down.

Especially people of my age, 50+, this can be more to do with diverticulitis or small bowel pockets.

If you experience some sensations on the right side, around about this area here, we’re looking at a problem maybe with the ileocecal valve, so the value that joins the small and the large intestine together. This is often a spot where lots of bugs like to thrive around these valves and sort of areas of the bowel. A person who does massage can often sort of palpate around that area and you might find it to be a bit tender.

You also want to get your blood checked. Have a look at the white blood cells to see if there’s any kind of inflammation or infection there. That’s not unusual for the person to have fevers or temperatures; even a low-grade nausea can occur with these kinds of sort of low-grade infections. These can involve parasites and Candida and bacteria. It pays to get a stool test done if you’ve got an ongoing, long-term, chronic pain in the stomach and you’re concerned. A CDSA, a comprehensive digestive stool analysis, three samples, include parasitology, is a very smart move to get that done.

If you go to Erikbakker.com, you’ll be able to do those tests through my website. You can do those test quite easily, and that will determine for you if you’ve got any kind of infection or overgrowth, if you’ve got inflammation, what’s going on in the digestive system.

Many medical doctors haven’t got a clue often in these sorts of cases, so they’ll refer you to a gastroenterologist or a digestive specialist who will perhaps do an endoscopy or colonoscopy and again this may prove fruitless as it has for many of my patients. So stool testing is often a good way to analyze what’s actually going on in the gut if you’ve got chronic pain, so have a think about that.

Also think about doing my online quiz at CandidaCrusher.com, my yeast infection quiz that will give you an idea what’s going on in your digestive system as well if it’s Candida related.

I hope that answers some of your questions. Thanks for tuning in.

Can Candida cause hot flashes? Can it cause hot flashes? Or can it make you feel hot? Can it make you feel sweaty? Yes, it can. In some cases, I’ve seen patients complaining about this particular symptom. It can happen at nighttime. It can happen after ingesting certain foods with a lot of sugar or soda drinks. It can also be a part of what we call “fermentation dysbiosis.” The yeast inside the body is feeding on more and more sugar, and it can cause problems with your immune system. It can cause inflammatory response. It can also cause an up regulation[?] of various parts of the brain. It can make you sweat and flush.

Although it’s not very common, it certainly can occur. So not to be confused with hot flashes that occur with menopause, these are a different kind of hot flash. Those flashes will be associated generally with a particular age group of women and for other hormonal reasons which are really beyond the scope of this video.

But yes, it can occur. The thing to look out for, if you think that you’ve got hot flashes associated with Candida and gas and bloating and sugar cravings, it might also pay to get your blood checked, to have a good look at the white blood cell count to see if there’s anything not quite right there.

Have you had antibiotics recently? It’s a good question to ask. Again, if in doubt, go and see your health care professional and discuss your concerns with him or her to see what’s going on. But I have seen hot flashes associated with Candida; there’s no doubt about it.

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