Candida Albicans: The non-drug approach to the treatment of candida infection [Paperback]

In this fully updated edition of the classic health bestseller, Leon Chaitow shows how to detect whether yeast is your problem and provides a comprehensive non-drug approach to the treatment of Candida, providing help and advice for sufferers of conditions such as IBS, cystitis, thrush, PMT, fatigue, muscular pain, allergies and many more.

Candida Albicans, a yeast that lives inside all of us, normally presents no health problems, but today’s widespread use of antibiotics, contraceptive pills and steroids, as well as a sugar-rich diet, can cause a proliferation of this parasite yeast leading to a whole host of possible health problems.

Candida Albicans can be responsible for such conditions as depression, anxiety, irritability, IBS, constipation, heartburn, allergies, muscular pain, diarrhoea, vaginitis, acne, cystitis, bloatedness, tiredness, migraine, hopelessness, thrush, PMT, and other menstrual problems.

Fully updated with all the latest medical research, this book provides you with a clear, accessible and practical guide to first determining whether Candida is your problem, and then outlining the ways in which you can fight and prevent it.

The book contains information on the full rage of complementary and orthodox treatments available, as well as an anti-Candida diet and advice on which supplements, prebiotics, probiotics and herbal extracts to take to control Candida naturally.

Also includes information on what causes Candida and the preventative measures that can be taken.

Candida albicans is a yeast which exists inside all of us and normally presents no problems, but today’s widespread use of broad spectrum antibiotics, contraceptive pills and steroids, as well as a sugar-rich diet, can cause a proliferation of this parasite yeast.

Its spread can often be the root cause of a wide variety of problems – ME/chronic fatigue syndrome; depression; anxiety; irritability; diarrhoea; bloatedness; heartburn; tiredness; allergies; acne; migraine; cystitis; menstrual problems, etc. Leon Chaitow shows how to detect whether yeast is your problem, and provides a comprehensive and non-drug programme for its control.

LEON CHAITOW, osteopath, naturopath and acupuncturist, is a leading international practitioner and successful author of a wide range of health books.

Leon Chaitow is a practising osteopath, naturopath and acupuncturist. A leading international practitioner, he is Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster, London, and has taught at colleges throughout the USA, Australia and Europe. He is the bestselling author of a wide range of health guides, including Natural Alternatives to Antibiotics and Fibromyalgia and Muscle Pain.