When you read articles or information on vaginal yeast infections, do they really give you a proper explanation of the cause of the yeast infection?
From what I have seen available, most give you ways to prevent it that just seem a little ridiculous to me. Wear cotton underwear and avoid tight clothing but how does that prevent a yeast infection? A yeast infection to me signals that there is something going on with my body. If I was perfectly healthy, regardless of whether I wore cotton panties or tight clothing, I would not get a yeast infection.
It is best to think in these terms. Disease is not something you get – you get ill because you aren’t healthy in the first place. A healthy body does not get ill. If you eat a nutritionally balanced diet, exercise, are stress-free and give time to be creative and get enough sun and fresh air, then the likelihood of illness is zero. Healthy people don’t get ill!
So what does this have to do with yeast infection causes? Well most treatments offer you a way to get relief from symptoms and to get rid of symptoms but the cause wouldn’t have been solved. This is why so many people who choose to get this type of treatment get recurring yeast infections and deal with them more often than not.
So what causes vaginal yeast infection? Well one of the main causes of yeast infections comes down to diet. Candida issues have become an increasing problem in the Western world where we eat a high fat diet. Eating a lot of fat everyday can lead to Candida issues, but the advice is normally given to avoid sugars because sugar apparently is the culprit. It isn’t though – it is only in relation to too much fat that sugar becomes an issue.
Fat causes an issue because fat is hard for the body to digest. It can take 24 hours for fat to be properly digested and while it is digesting it stays in the blood. When you eat anything sugar related, it usually is digested very quickly. Fruit is one of the easiest to digest foods on the planet but when you have fat in your blood it prevents that sugar from being transported to cells to nourish them. It stays in the blood and causes your blood sugar level to be dangerously high. The only way to resolve the sugar issue is Candida. Candida is a natural organism that lives in you and it is specifically helpful in situations like this one. However the more it feeds the more it grows. This is perfectly normal and brings your sugar levels down to a safe level. Unfortunately if your diet is always high in fat this will always be an issue (and thus the reason why many tell you to avoid sugar instead of cutting your fat intake down).
When we switch to a low fat diet (because ultimately some fat is needed in your diet) we can then start eating sugary foods like fruit without any issue. This way we can overcome yeast problems especially recurring by simply changing our dietary habits. That is all that is really needed.
Of course in the meantime you may want to choose an available treatment just so you can have relief from the symptoms of your vaginal yeast infection but don’t be fooled into believing that those treatments have cured you – if they had the problem wouldn’t keep coming back.