Is Candida albicans overgrowth (Candidiasis) a real medical condition? To be completely honest I don’t know the answer to this question. What I do know is that when I follow the dietary guidelines developed to treat this “condition” I feel relief from chronic health problems that have plagued me for more than fifteen years. Year after year I sought out a variety of doctors to help me find answers to my chronic health problems but there was never an answer. Doctors would politely turn me away offering me variations of the “It is all in your head” explanation. I grew frustrated and exhausted. I believed that I would never find relief from my chronic sinusitis, yeast infections, bacterial vaginosis and many other symptoms. I continued to try to find answers constantly Googleling my symptoms. As more literature surfaced on Candida albicans overgrowth I began to recognize myself when reading the causes and the symptoms of this condition. I have heard countless stories similar to mine but the question still resounds.
If you have made it to this blog you probably fall into one of the following categories.:
1) Self-diagnosed believer looking for information and recipes (Very Common).
2) Naturopathic health practitioner or chiropractor-diagnosed believer looking for information and recipes (Common).
3) Physician-diagnosed believer looking for information and recipes (Rare).
4) Skeptic looking for answers for unexplained chronic health issues (Common).
5) Mean skeptic who believes that everyone who acknowledges Candida albicans overgrowth as a real medical condition is crazy and/or stupid. You will probably leave a demeaning comment somewhere on this blog (Very Common).
I fall into the first category. I am self-diagnosed because I grew tired of physicians dismissing my concerns and this condition as a fad diagnosis, when it was the only thing that seem to make sense after countless and pointless rounds of antibiotics and antifungals. I was done with being viewed as crazy. I decided to take matters into my own hands. I am not proposing that you do the same. It is possible to find a health care practitioner with an open mind that will discuss and help you treat this condition, but I decided it was time to take a leap of faith and try the diet. I felt that I had nothing to loose.
I am not a doctor, pharmacist, nurse of any other type of health care practitioner. I can’t diagnose this condition and I am often just as confused at all the controversy that surrounds it as you probably are. I have done countless hours of research on it and I believe that it is a real medical condition that has been the cause of many of my health problems. That said I will not get into a debate on whether or not this condition is real. It is real to me and if it is real to you, I hope that this blog is provides you with right information that will help you to start regaining your health. Here you will find general information on candida and recipes.
Tennille
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