Yeast Diet

Yeast Diet

Yeast cells grow on the surface of all living things; we breathe, eat, and drink them daily. Yeast growing in our skin, other body surfaces and in our intestines is common. Our bodies' defense systems keep the total number of yeast cells under control but poor nutrition or impaired immune system weakens the body's ability to fight off yeast. Stress and environmental pollutants also reduce the body's control. This is where the yeast diets play an important role.

There are over 900 species of yeast, they help decompose and recycle our bodies when we die. If the number of cells increases too rapidly, they begin their job prematurely. Surplus yeast in body results to local yeast infections in the mouth, gastrointestinal tract, vagina, urinary tract, prostate gland, skin, fingernail, or toenail.

Yeast damages the intestinal wall allowing food particles and toxins to enter the blood stream. Yeast plans that are usually long term, from three months to one year depends on the time necessary to establish the normal bacterial fungal symbiotic relationship. The anti-yeast plan can be combined with various products to hinder the growth of yeast readily available in most health food stores.

Yeast lives on sugars and starches thus yeast plans suggest
• To eliminate all forms of sugar as sucrose in beet & cane sugar, turbinado sugar, fructose, malt sugar, honey, date sugar, maple sugar, maltose, molasses, turbinado sugar.,br> • Reduction of starchy foods such as grains, bread & potatoes.
• Yeast, molds and fungi cross-react in the allergic response, thus avoid it from diet to control the symptoms.
• Avoid all yeast products, including bread with yeast & crackers. Oranges, orange juice and other canned or frozen juices that tend to be moldy. Vinegar, hops, malt and other fermented products, beer and wine Peanuts, peanut butter and pistachio due to mold contamination.,p.

The first phase of yeast plan is designed to starve the yeast in your body. It includes Vegetables, herbs and spices, and animal products. When you are satisfied that you have eliminated yeast overgrowth that is when no symptoms are found for at least a week, add foods in the second phase.

The second phase includes Vegetables, Fruits, Grains, and Animal Products. Wait a week or two, if no symptoms appear then move on to the third phase. It includes Vegetables, Grains, Fruits and Animal Products and then to the fourth. It includes Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts, Sugars, and Animal Products. If symptoms appear at any point, go back to Phase One and start over.

Also read our article about Yeast Free Diet Plan