Candida is controversial. The medical profession denies its existence,
except in very limited cases, making it very difficult to get a medical
diagnosis of candida. Candida is the popular term for candidiasis (yeast
overgrowth) - a condition first identified by American physicians in the
1970s.
Moderate amounts of candida (and other yeast) live in every one of
us without causing any harm, but when given free rein to grow unchecked,
e.g.
by wiping
out the surrounding bacteria with broad-spectrum antibiotics, candida can
change
into its fungal form and spore through the intestinal wall into the rest
of the body. Once through, it rampages around the body producing a multitude
of symptoms.
Common symptoms of Candida
A minority of suffers
have numerous symptoms; the vast majority have thrush + a few others;
not every sufferer has thrush.
Group 1: The damage to the intestinal wall allows undesirable toxins to
permeate into the bloodstream. This condition called ‘leaky gut syndrome’ often
leads to:
food allergies and intolerances
migraines
foggy brain
muscle aches
Group 2: Once through to the rest of the body, candida has the ability
to disrupt the endocrine system causing symptoms such as:
