Candida yeast overgrowth causes many problems to women of all ages. When the immune system becomes weakened, our body is not able to control or regulate its growth and in return, it creates symptoms like vaginitis and oral thrush to occur.

Treatments for Candida yeast infections are focused on the starving of the yeast from what they feed on. Sugar is the primary food for yeast and too much sugar in your body can lead to its overgrowth. Once you eliminate sugar from your diet the Candida yeast will starve and die but this process can initially worsen the infection.

Everybody reacts to yeast differently. Some people will find that they only experience mild symptoms while others will begin to suffer from severe health complications. Since everyone has a slightly different body chemistry there is no one thing that will work best for everyone. That is why following a yeast free diet that eliminates a variety of different foods is so important to getting healthy again.

At first you may notice your symptoms actually worsening. Don't worry! This is completely natural. As the yeast begins to die they release toxins into your bloodstream. Within a week all of these toxins will be flushed out of your system and you'll begin to notice a vast improvement in your overall health.

The symptoms you will notice during this period depends on the person in correlation to the amount of the yeast and when the overgrowth started. They usually describe the symptoms as like you are having a case of the "flu".

In order to avoid these symptoms or to have only mild yeast die off symptoms, it is important to start your treatment and Candida diet gradually. This is due to the fact that when yeast dies in large numbers, more endotoxins are released into your system at the same time. But if you start the diet off slowly, only a small amount of endotoxins will be released and will experience only mild symptoms.

These reactions are a natural healing process that should not worry you. Diet modification can be hard enough without thinking it will make you sicker in the short term. Once your immune system begins to strengthen the recovery process will be faster and will help prevent any further complications.

Remember the sooner you start following a yeast free diet the sooner you'll be on the road to a healthier and happier life.