What Foods Favor the Growth of Yeast Infections?
Surprisingly, many of the “good guys” on the pantry shelf—the ones that we count on to nourish us—are the ones to limit or avoid. Just about everyone lives with a certain amount of the fungus candidiasis albicans in the body. This yeast-like fungus lives in the mouth, the intestines, the skin, and the vagina. It usually exists in small, harmless colonies. Certain events and items, however, including some foods, can encourage these manageable colonies to multiply alarmingly. These overgrowths produce the unpleasant and even potentially harmful conditions that we call yeast infections. Consider, for instance, the foods that make up a typical lunch. Let’s include a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich, a glass of milk, and a big, juicy, red apple. Certainly a large number of us rely on a simple, basic lunch like this each day. The truth is though, that each item in that lunch includes elements that can contribute to an overgrowth of candididias and, thus, to a yeast infection. This example is
