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Candida Diets: Part Seven: Probiotics
Candida diets and probiotics work well together. As we have discussed earlier, systemic fungal candida results from antibiotic exposure, and the word anti-biotic means “against life.” The use of probiotics works to counter the effect of antibiotics, as pro-biotic means “for life.” While many diets recommend the use of probiotics from the very beginning of …
Candida diets, part six: Herbs
The candida diets features by our contributor Dr Jeff McCombs have proved so popular he’s bringing you two more pieces – starting with this interesting one on herbs. Enjoy! Candida diets and herbs at first can appear to be a successful way to approach correcting fungal candida imbalances. There is a good amount of research …
Candida Diets, part five: The quick fix
Our contributor Dr Jeff McCombs’ mini series on candida diets really has been interesting; and we’ve all been keeping up-to-date with his regular instalments here in the NaturalCures office. By now you’ll hopefully have had chance to catch up with the previous articles (click here to read them: part one, part two, part three, part …
Choosing the correct candida diet: Part One of Five
Our candida diets series looks at the many elements of candida diets. The process of choosing the correct candida diet to follow can be a confusing one, which is reflective of this much misunderstood condition. The purpose of this series of articles will be to present the science behind an effective dietary approach, and eliminate …
Antibiotics: Unsafe At Any Level?
In 1929, Alexander Fleming warned that bacteria could develop resistance to the newly discovered antibiotic penicillin, thus creating a more difficult problem. Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) lists antibiotic-resistance as one of the top 3 threats to human health. There are now 7 common species of bacteria that are resistant to all antibiotics, with …
Chaos and confusion in the arena of Women’s Health
As almost any healthcare provider will tell you, women make up the majority of their patient population. They demonstrate greater awareness of what’s taking place in their bodies and also in those around them. This awareness can place them at greater risk however, as it traditionally puts them in front of a medical profession that …
Candida Bomb
In the medical world, Candida seems to be the Rodney Dangerfield of infections, it gets no respect. If you go to an MD, he’s more likely to tell you that it’s all in your head and prescribe antidepressants, than take you seriously. If he doesn’t outright dismiss you, he may also add that only patients …
Six Rules For A Healthier Child
Each month has various causes and interests associated with it to increase our public awareness of issues of importance to different groups of people. In the month of May, you have a choice of approximately 70 of these causes to support. They range from National Strawberry Month to National Stroke Awareness Month ; from Jewish-American …
