![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, searching the term “ Candida overgrowth” in PubMed, the national database of over 22 million published biomedical research studies maintained by the National Institutes of Health, turns up nothing. ![]() According to her,Ĭandida does not infect the small intestine nor does it overgrow in the colon. I’ve encountered abundant articles online doing likewise, including Freuman’s, which kept popping up in Google search results. My own primary care physician likewise dismissed it when I mentioned it to him. One doctor I know described it as “fringe” medicine when I brought it up in conversation. In my own research into this subject, I have noticed a tendency in the mainstream to dismiss candida overgrowth. You probably already know that eating yogurt or fermented vegetables can help populate your gut with “good” bacteria, which play an important role in gut health and immune function.Ĭandida overgrowth is when the normal balance of intestinal flora becomes upset and the yeast takes over. If you’re not familiar with candida ( Candida albicans), it is a species of yeast that lives in your gut, which is also home to bacteria, with which we have a symbiotic relationship. According to Freuman, candida overgrowth is “health misinformation couched in pseudoscience”, “One of the more common online health fictions”, “a mythical condition”. Not according to Tamara Duker Freuman, writing in the health section of US News & World Report. Is there such a thing as intestinal candida overgrowth? ![]()
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