Treatment for Candida

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Treatment for the Candida includes the following
The Anti-Fungal Diet: This diet or treatment is useful in reducing the overgrowth of the intestinal yeast. This is accomplished by reducing the intake of sugar, refined carbohydrates, and yeast products. The reason for this is to stop the generation of the toxic chemical called acetaldehyde.
A typical Anti-fungal diet has the following restrictions

Foods that must be avoided
• Sugar & food containing sugar such as fructose, lactose, maltose, glucose etc.,
• Packaged and processed foods
• Mold and yeast containing foods
• Cheese, Alcohol, Condiments, Malt products, Edible fungi, Processed and smoked meats, and all packaged fruit juices.

Foods to be eaten in moderation
• Grains: Wheat, rice, corn, barley, millet, oats.
• High carbohydrate vegetables: sweet corn, potatoes, beans and peas, sweet potatoes, squashes, turnips, parsnips.

Drugs
Nystatin: Nystatin is a anti-fungal drugs to treat intestinal yeast overgrowth. This is available in the form of tablets, powder and liquid oral suspension.

Amphotericin B: This drug is useful where nystatin fails. The only drawback of this drug is the cost, it is significantly more expensive than nystatin.

Diflucan (fluconazole): This drug is usually referred to as systemic anti-fungal drug. This drug found to be very useful where nystatin and amphotericin have failed.

Sporanox (itraconazole): Sporanox is one of the newest azole drugs. It is a safe and effective as Diflucan drug.

Nizoral (ketoconazole): Taking of this drug have the possibility of liver damage. As a result, patients might have to undergo regular liver enzyme tests during treatment to monitor the effects.

Natural Anti-fungal's
Garlic: Garlic is a natural antibiotic, unlike artificially manufactured antibiotics that kill all bacteria; garlic only destroys the unfriendly bacteria and at the same time assists the development of the friendly bacteria present in the digestive system.

B Vitamins: Most of the patients suffering from Candida infections have the deficiency of certain vitamins and minerals such as B6 and C, zinc, magnesium, folic acid and iron. Taking these vitamins and minerals in tablet form or through consumption of foods containing them help to reduce the Candida risk.