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Once Candida albicans overwhelm the “good” bacteria in your gut, they can break down the walls of your intestine and enter into your bloodstream.

Immunosuppressant drugs used to treat autoimmune diseases that reduce your body’s infection-fighting abilities.

Chronic stress, which impairs your immune system and negatively impacts your digestive system.

Antibiotics that kill your body’s good bacteria along with the bad.

Excessive alcohol consumption, which weakens your immune system.

A high carb and high sugar diet, which can fuel the growth of Candida.

Normally, the “good” bacteria in your gut keep Candida levels from getting out of control, however, there are several common circumstances that can easily lead to Candida overwhelming your “good” bacteria. Your body only needs a very small amount of Candida to perform these essential functions. It helps you digest what you eat, and assists in drawing nutrients from food. So, what exactly is Candida? Candida is a yeast-a simple fungus-that is naturally present in your digestive tract. Let’s discuss how you can overcome Candida overgrowth by eliminating fermented foods and restore the friendly bacteria that keep Candida in check.

This is exactly why I recommend everyone dealing with Candida remove fermented foods from their diet. What’s more, some fermented foods are already yeast-containing, and can directly contribute to your gut’s overgrown population of Candida albicans. While fermented foods do feed your gut’s population of beneficial probiotics, they also feed Candida. That’s probably because a number of Candida treatment plans suggest adding fermented foods to your diet to feed the good bacteria in your gut.

In my many years of treating patients for Candida overgrowth, I saw a surprising number of people who were surprised to learn that eating fermented foods could actually be making their condition worse. She’s a 2x New York Times bestselling author, and the founder and CEO of the health & lifestyle e-commerce brand, Amy Myers MD ®. Myers retired from her functional medicine clinic, Austin UltraHealth, where she served thousands of patients, to empower those who were failed by conventional medicine. Myers earned her Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) at the LSU Health Science Center, and completed her Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center.ĭr. is a functional medicine physician, trained and certified by The Institute of Functional Medicine.