Is A Sugar Addiction Related To Candida?

Hi Kelly,

I just want to say your book How To Cure Candida has been most helpful and I am going to attempt this diet in accordance to your information. I'm 21 and since I was 16 I have constantly been getting thrush/candida on and of along with other health problems like depression, fatigue, ibs, sinusitis, ear infections, etc. It's really got me down because I've never felt right. My diet hasn't been great and I used to drink a lot of lager which obviously is very yeasty. I live in cold England so couldn't think that the enviromental factor in the book you mentioned could be related to that. Any way two questions, say i wanted to go out with friends and have a sneaky alcoholic beverage, is there any I can drink that is low of sugar that won't disrupt my Candida overgrowth? Second is one of the symptoms sugar addition? I love sugar and have attempted before to cut it out and have failed because I have been very moody and upset because of having no sugar. Is this normal?

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Thank you for contacting me! You're right, Beer/lager is one of the worst things when you have thursh/candida. As you pointed out, the yeast is what does it. If you want to have drinks with your friends it's going to be difficult until you're healed. And, with your long history of thrush, beer will always be something that bothers you. However, once you've sufficiently healed from Candida, a mixed drink with some sort of liquor (vodka, gin, whiskey, etc) and a mixer that isn't sweet is your best bet. You can mix in diet soda, seltzer water, or grapefruit juice. Those are the safest, though everyone is different and for some people any type of alcohol causes their symptoms to act up.

Having candida will definitely make you addicted to sugar. The candida needs to eat, and since it seems you have an overgrowth it will have you craving sugar since that's candida's favorite "food." I'm talking about sugar in any form, anything sweet, even fruit. When you stop having sugar your body will go into detox mode and the candida will do all it can to make you start eating sugar again. Plus, when you starve the candida and it dies off, you'll feel pretty bad for awhile as the toxins increase in your body. Drink a lot of water to flush it out.

If you follow a candida health plan you should beging to feel better in a couple of weeks. Most people tend to give up before then though and spend years, decades, or their entire lives feeling awful. I hope you stay strong and regain your health. It will be like living a brand new life once you've gotten the thrush under control!

To your health!

Kelly

How To Cure Candida - Why I Wrote The Book

Are you sick of suffering? I was too!

A few months ago I published my book How To Cure Candida: Yeast Infection Causes, Symptoms, Diet & Natural Remedies . Little did I know how popular the book would become in both electronic and paperback form! Rarely a day goes by when I don't get an email saying how much the book has helped someone finally heal from this silent epidemic. Women, and men, tell me they have never felt so energetic, clear-headed and optimistic. After years, sometimes decades, they are finally living! As an author and former candida sufferer, this make me feel wonderful knowing I can help so many others. If you're battling candida, I hope my book helps you as well. For me, it was a long, slow journey, but it doesn't have to be that way for you.

After going through my own bout of Candida and doing a lot of research on it, I was surprised to discover that this fungus may affect up to 70% of the population, yet most people aren’t aware they have it. The symptoms are so wide and varied, leaving its victims feeling chronically ill with seemingly no cure. Most mainstream doctors are uneducated about Candida and its impact on their patients’ health. People can’t find answers and go from doctor to doctor trying to find relief from their symptoms.

This is exactly what I went through for years. I felt exhausted, couldn’t think clearly, had mood swings you wouldn’t believe, food allergies, and even sex became painful--not that I had a libido at that point anyway! I went to one doctor after another trying to find out what was wrong with me, spent too much money on tests, only to have each doctor shrug and take a wild guess as to what the problem was. I heard everything from, “It’s all in your mind,” to, “Chronic PMS.” At one point I was told it was anemia and given regular B12 injections. Obviously, none of this helped.
I knew I wasn’t crazy, though I sure felt like it at times! So I went in search of my own cure.

After extensive online reading and poring over stacks of books, I finally realized I had systemic Candida and would, in time, be well again. It was a long journey, though it didn’t need to be, which is why I wrote this book. I want to save you time, money, and frustration by sharing with you common causes, symptoms, remedies, resources and more so you can decide (hopefully with the support and help of your physician) if Candida is robbing you of your health, and how to get well again.

On this blog Cure Candida Naturally, I'll offer more information than the book can cover such as recipes, other good books I've found on the subject, natural supplements, and will also answer any questions you may have on the subject. When you stop by, don't be shy, I urge you to share your experiences as well so other readers can benefit!

Although I'm not a medical doctor, I do know what you're going through and want you to know there is hope and you can heal!