Nutrition With Thrush

If a thrush "sneak up" on you - know what to eat to drive away the uninvited guest.

If a thrush "sneak up" on you - know what to eat to drive away the uninvited guest.

Mushroom riot

Thrush is a type of fungal infection caused by yeast-like fungi of the genus Candida. Therefore, in the medical literature, thrush is known as candidiasis. Candida are opportunistic fungi. They are part of the normal microflora of the oral cavity, large intestine and vagina in most healthy people.

Thrush occurs when fungi reproduce in very large numbers, or infection with another, more pathogenic, strain occurs.

As a rule, thrush develops when immunity is reduced, or as a result of antibiotic therapy. Also, menopause, wearing narrow (tight) and uncomfortable underwear, pregnancy, or the use of contraceptives can be the triggering factor of the disease.

Symptoms and treatment

Characteristic symptoms of candidiasis are itching, pain, burning sensation, white cheesy discharge on the mucous membranes (in the vagina, on the tongue). And in men, it is redness of the foreskin and a white plaque.

 

Today, thrush can be effectively treated with the help of antifungal medications. However, you should not engage in self-medication. Gynecologist Olga Klymenko says that it is very difficult to treat patients who engaged in self-medication. - If some drug helped your friend, it is not a fact that it will work for you, - explains the doctor.

Diet is the key to a quick recovery

During the treatment for candidiasis, the doctor will definitely give you recommendations regarding the diet, which should be followed during the entire course of treatment.

Dietary nutrition for thrush, first of all, should be enriched with products that have an antifungal effect. On the other hand, it is necessary to stimulate the work of the immune system, and accordingly eat immunostimulating products. An ideal candidate that satisfies both of the above positions is garlic. Garlic is effective both in the treatment of candidiasis and in the prevention of thrush. Its antifungal properties were confirmed by Israeli scientists who showed that garlic extract inhibits the growth of fungal culture.

On the other hand, you need to replenish the body with natural competitors of fungi - bacteria. Therefore, in the treatment of thrush, the use of yogurts with live cultures of beneficial bacteria is very effective. However, avoid sweet yogurts. The sugar contained in them only promotes the growth of fungal flora. Some studies show that regular consumption of fermented milk products with beneficial bacterial cultures reduces the risk of developing thrush by 35-40%!

What can and should be used?

• All vegetables and unsweetened fruits. It is preferable to eat everything raw, but cooking, stewing or baking is allowed. Doctors do not recommend frying on an open fire.
• With thrush, you can also use low-fat varieties of meat, poultry and fish.
• Cereals and stale bread, preferably coarsely ground with a low content of refined carbohydrates.
• All legumes.
• Spices Spices are good at fighting fungal cultures.
• Vitamin preparations strengthen the body's resistance and increase immunity.

What to exclude from the diet?  

• All products containing sugar and the following simple carbohydrates: fructose, galactose, maltose, glycogen, sorbitol, monosaccharides, glucose, sucrose. Of course, you will not be able to completely avoid such components, so reduce their consumption to a minimum.
• Fruit juices and sweet fruits: grapes, dried fruits and others.
• Products containing yeast: beer, bread and other bakery products.
• Vinegar and alcohol.
• Sauces: ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, soy sauce.
• Smokedness

Bless you!