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| Question: | Do you recommend an anti-candida regime during pregnancy? |
| Answer: | Candida albicans is a kind of yeast that lives in the intestines and on the skin. Ordinarily, it' s kept in check by friendly bacteria; but it can break out under the effects of hormonal disturbance and poor diet, and emerge as thrush, cystitis and a number of other complaints such as bloating and chronic fatigue. However uncomfortable the symptoms, it' s best to avoid a targeted anti-candida regime using supplements during pregnancy. Instead, you can maintain a candida-unfriendly diet by cutting out sugar, yeast, all alcohol, fermented products, mushrooms and so on, and using a probiotic pessary (or live yoghurt) to ensure you do not get thrush around the time of birth. This is because thrush can be passed to the sterile gut of your baby.
If you' re not yet pregnant and know you have Candida, this is the best time to clear it. The main reason for doing it now is that an anti-candida regime, if successful, creates a ' healing crisis' where the body has even more toxins to deal with as a result of the die-off reaction. That would severely overload an already taxed body if you were pregnant. An anti-candida regime is best embarked upon under the guidance of a qualified nutritional therapist. |
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