For many adults, the most common cause of yeast infections is based around the staggering amount of bacteria that reside within each of us. In fact, most adults have as much as 4 pounds of bacteria inside them which helps keep the amount of yeast inside each of us under control. When this balance of power gets out of synchronization or is altered it allows the yeast to spread and morph into a yeast infection or become fungal in nature resulting in a mold known as candida which can all cause a variety of diseases and a myriad of other unhealthy side effects.
Because of this and our strong desire to want to keep our yeast from spreading many people rely on the use of antibiotics. Unfortunately, this indulgence and in many cases over use of antibiotics is what causes a frightening majority of the yeast infections that occur.
Antibiotics for all their good at killing bacteria cannot differentiate between the good and bad bacteria resulting in a destruction of the good bacteria normally present throughout our intestinal organs. These fungal mycotoxins ultimately undermines the delicate balance that exist between the yeast and the good bacteria in a person’s digestive system and allows the fungi from the yeast to begin creating a yeast infection. The end result (based on the lack of the good bacteria), is a metamorphosis of the yeast into a toxic fungal parasite that is commonly referred to as candida.
In fact, the number one over-prescribed fungal mycotoxin known as penicillin is thought to be responsible for the growth spurt in yeast infections once Penicillin was released in 1928. Other drugs such as naproxen and ibuprofen that were designed to be taken as an anti-inflammatory drug strongly contribute to the destruction flora within the stomach thereby creating suitable conditions for the development and spreading of yeast infections.
Women in particular can be especially susceptible to catching yeast infections based on their hormonal fluctuations and also due to their use of birth control pills.
As strange as it sounds, even certain foods can be a leading contributor to developing yeast infections with dairy and beef products being the main culprits due to the amount of antibiotics given to livestock such as cows in order to fatten them up prior to their becoming part of the food chain. Other foods that can be a cause for yeast infections include many of the grain foods such as barley, rye, wheat, oats and peanuts.
Even with all of the previously mentioned causes of yeast infections, The fact remains that candida and yeast infections can be prevented by following the recommendations described at http://howtopreventyeastinfections.com/ where information is provided on how to prevent yeast infections.
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