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caroline, have you ever been tested for candida ? i suffered from it  when Alex was born and couldn't tolerate too much yeast (in any form)...once it was treated the symptoms disappeared 

Allora, that´s a good idea. Thanks. I will have that tested! My daughter is very sensitive to candida infections, too. Maybe this is interlinked somehow...

Allora Andiamo wrote:

caroline, have you ever been tested for candida ? i suffered from it  when Alex was born and couldn't tolerate too much yeast (in any form)...once it was treated the symptoms disappeared 

Hi Allora,

its funny you mentioned this. I've been a sales rep of nutritional supplements till about a year ago and we had a product for the candida albicans fungus which was very effective. It contained an extract of a plant from New Zealand called pseudowintera collorata rich in polygodial. It worked great in most cases so try to find this substance.
I know that supplements with cranberry also work.

In any case candida infections usually arouse when theres a significant change in your intestinal flora. i.e. when one takes antibiotics.
So 2 advices: try to keep your intestinal flora the more regulated as possible (pre and probiotics are a great way) and try to keep your immune system strong.
Candida usually manifests when one of these things are bad.

There are other reasons but they're more intimate and since Im not a doctor Im sure there are other people who can help you more than me.

As to the skin, apart from whats been said, antioxidants play a major role maintaining a healthy skin, so things like cranberry, raspberry and especially pomegranate have huge amounts of antioxidants.
Skin as you know is the first barrier to defend us from free radicals....

Will be happy to provide more info if you need.

Cheers