Keeping a lid on yeast. Our bodies have natural bacteria which protects us from yeast overgrowth. Antibiotics kill not only bad bacteria, which causes infections, but also healthy, protective bacteria. This often results in yeast overgrowth in the colon. Like weeds in a garden, yeast cannot be eradicated unless it is killed.
Yeast in your body causes several problems:
It produces toxins, which supress the immune system and make it more reactive to allergy. This leads to more infections, more antibiotics, the killing of more good bacteria, and a further increase in yeast levels.
This toxin also will absorb into your system and may cause various symptoms such as fatigue, brain fog, headaches, rashes, itchy skin, muscle aches, and joint pain.
When yeast is overgrown in the gut, it causes malabsorption of nutrients leading to such problems as vitamin deficiencies, and this malabsorption can also lead to diarrhea, gas, bloating, and heart burn.
An individual with increased levels of yeast in his system often becomes allergic to yeast, and therefore, allergic to food products which contain yeast, such as wine, beer, breads, etc.
Women often develop vaginal yeast infections which can be treated locally, but yeast overgrowth persists in the colon, often causing a host of gastrointestinal problems.
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Whenever an individual takes antibiotics, those antibiotics are meant to kill abnormal bacteria in whatever location the infection exists, whether the infection is sinusitis, pharyngitis, bronchitis or any other infection. Unfortunately, the antibiotics kill not only bad bacteria, but they also kill normal bacteria in other areas of the body. Women often will develop yeast vaginitis. Although yeast vaginitis may be treated, the primary reservoir for yeast is within the gastrointestinal tract.
In order to restore the normal microbacterial flora of the colon, it is essential that we kill the yeast, and replace the normal, beneficial bacteria in the colon. Additionally, we recommend a yeast free, grain free diet for one to three months.
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