August 8, 2007
Candida Yeast: Part 2
There are a wide variety of reasons the health level of the body can become unbalanced. Sometimes it happens simply because of poor nutrition. When the body is unable to get the proper amount of vitamins, minerals and nutrients it needs, it can become more susceptible to various infections, viruses and problems.
Unfortunately, though, one of the biggest causes of candida yeast related infections and fungal growth these days is due to the use of broad spectrum prescription antibiotics.
Prescription antibiotics have been in widespread use for several decades, but they have become used for more and more things over the years. In fact, antibiotics are now routinely fed to farm animals, for instance, under the guise of making our food more safe to eat. The widespread use of these medications, however, has caused most bacteria to become completely immune to them.
It has now become quite common for a yeast infection to develop elsewhere in the body when someone takes prescription antibiotics. Women routinely get vaginal yeast infections, for instance, and small children get oral thrush or recurring ear infections.
The prevalence of degenerative diseases in our society which weaken the body's immune system are also causing widespread yeast infection related problems. Someone who has diabetes or HIV, for instance, is more prone to developing yeast infections, as are people who take steroids, immune suppressing drugs, and even birth control pills or synthetic estrogen.
Essentially, the combination of our lifestyle choices, and medical treatments we use for various illnesses and conditions are all serving to create a melting pot of additional problems and health conditions – many of which can be directly traced to an overgrowth of candida yeast in our bodies.
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