I'm reading all about Candida right now. If I'm getting this right, it's a yeast that resides in your GI system, and it can inflame the gut walls to provoke gas, bloating, indigestion, or alternating constipation and diarrhea. Or it can also inflame the lower esophagus/stomach to cause burning or heartburn. Apparently, it grows rampant especially if you've taken antibiotics that killed off the bacteria in your body (good as well as bad). It can also come from diets high in sugar, medications like prednisone, birth control pills, and synthetic estrogens. It sounds like it can be responsible for all sorts of problems. I found a test (questionnaire) online that you can take to see if you're a likely candidate for Candida problems:
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- Why a Heartburn Blog?Back in 2003-2005, I had so much trouble with heartburn (acid reflux, GERD, call it what you like), I couldn't sleep at night because it felt like I was having a heart attack. I'd end up getting a couple hours sitting propped up in a chair. I was only 25 at the time! I always felt lousy, and I had RSI, acne, headaches, and other issues, too (only later did I find out this was all related).
The doctors wanted me to take prescription-strength acid-blocking pills every day; I was afraid of what taking this stuff all the time might do, and it didn't even help that much. Finally, I came across a couple of books that led me to get tested for food allergies; it turned out I was gluten- and dairy-intolerant. When I eliminated these foods from my diet, my heartburn and acid reflux symptoms disappeared within a couple weeks (my other health problems gradually went away as well).
I stopped posting to this blog when my problems went away, but recently I've seen so much utter BS on the web (buy my ebook and I'll cure your heartburn!) that it made me want to start posting again. I'm not a doctor, so please find a natural practitioner (or at least a doctor who will help you look for root causes rather than prescribing drugs) to deal with your own problems. But if you find this blog more useful than the sites trying to scam you into buying get-well-yesterday products, please link to it and let's try to help some people...
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great information!
candida is what has caused me to get acid reflux & IBS. I'm struggling with the anti-candida diet right now to get my yeast back in check.
Posted by: aprilrain | March 02, 2010 at 05:38 PM