Do you have a sweet tooth?
from The Blue Mountains Gazette
"When you go shopping is it really you making the list or are you being driven by an out of control yeast organism that has taken up residence in your body and creates cravings for foods that it needs to thrive on?" asks Jennifer Harris of Buteyko Breathe Easy.
Jennifer went on to quote Shirley S. Lorenzani from Candida, A Twentieth Century Disease:"Candida albicans is a normally harmless yeast organism living in all of us. But when our lifestyles go out of bounds, with overloads of antibiotics, oral contraceptives, high fashion fermented foods such as cheese and alcohol, and sugar and other refined carbohydrates, a Candida overgrowth — candidiasis — signals us that we are asking for trouble and in fact have it.
"Can this affect your ability to breathe well? You bet it can," says Jennifer, "big time. Among the myriad of health problems created by a Candida overgrowth are allergies, asthma, eczema, digestive malfunction, arthritis and migraine.
"Candida can make you think that you have chronic fatigue syndrome. All of these symptoms are also symptoms of the hyperventilation syndrome. Is it any surprise that what you eat and drink would also affect your breathing?
"Conversely the manner in which you breathe will have a profound effect on your ability to digest and assimilate your food. This is a real chicken and egg situation and one that has a wonderful solution when addressed from a holistic point of view.
"This is exactly the kind of trouble-shooting that my clients and I workshop in the remedial breathing work we do here at Buteyko Breathe Easy.
"We are blessed with so many wonderful naturopaths and holistic medical practitioners in our community that, when I suspect that a client has symptoms of Candida, referring them on to a reliable practitioner is easy.
"With obesity and asthma on the rise Candida can be a blessing in disguise. It can bring you to your knees and force you make the healthy lifestyle changes that may well save your life."
For information on breathing and Pilates contact Jennifer on 0414 833-857 or by email at breatheasy@pnc.com.au or visit her website www.pnc.com.au/~breatheasy