Essential Vitamins

Vitamins are essential to our bodies’ health. Here is a short list of some vitamins and what role they play in your body as well as what sources of food you can find these vitamins in.

Vitamin A

This is needed for healing and maintaining of epithelial tissue, healthy skin, hair, vision and new cell growth. It is fat-soluble.
Food Source
Broccoli, spinach, turnip greens, carrots, squash, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, cantaloupe, apricots, liver, milk, butter, cheese, oysters and eggs

Vitamin B
Maintain normal skin functioning. Helps creates energy by converting calories into energy. It is needed by the nervous system and for tissue building as well as good vision.
Food Source
Poultry, lean red meats, liver, kidney, fish, clams, oysters, eggs, bananas, whole grains, Brewer’s yeast, peanut butter, soybeans, peas, legumes, seeds, nuts, broccoli, turnip greens, asparagus, spinach and dairy products

Vitamin C
Builds collagen which is what the skin structure is based upon. It is important for healthy blood vessels, gums and teeth. It is also very important in iron absorption.
Food Source
Citrus fruits and juices, cantaloupe, strawberries, tomatoes, green peas, broccoli, green and red peppers, collard greens, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, lemon, cabbage and pineapples

Vitamin E
It Slows down skin ageing. It also protects red blood cells and prevents destruction of other vitamins
Food Source
Margarine and vegetable oils (soybean, corn, safflower, sesame, olive and cottonseed), wheat germ, green leafy vegetables, salmon, legumes, extra-lean meat and almonds

Seleium
Helps other antioxidant vitamins cancel free radicals helping with skin problems especially.
Food Source
Fish, shellfish, sesame seeds, whole grains, Brewer’s yeast, organ and muscle meats, cereals, Brazil nuts, broccoli, cabbage, cucumbers, radishes, garlic, onions, molasses, dairy products, kelp and wheat germ

When to go to Hospital

Emergency Care gives advice of when to seek medical advice for a Yeast Infection. Unfortunately a yeast infection can afflict people in a number of different ways. Fortunately the majority of cases can be treated quite easily, by visiting your doctor and then by making sure your life style is healthy. This helps you keep yeast infections a thing of the past and includes diet and exercise as life style choices.

However there are times when serious symptoms will mean that going to hospital may be the wisest decision. Before you go to hospital you will probably need to see your local doctor.

Times that Hospital may be needed

• People with weakened immune systems are candidates for hospitalization
• Women that are experiencing abdominal pain, fever chills, and nausea
• If oral thrush stops the intake of liquids

Skin cleansing spa – the Japanese way

I came across this post by Health Knowledge Blog that had a picture of a new kind of spa. It looks like a wonderful way to remove skin conditions. It is becoming popular in Japan where you sit in a spa bath with lots of little fish. These fish then eat away dead skin and help remove skin conditions. I have not tested this with a skin yeast infection. However I would definitely not rule it out. Just remember to dry well removing all moisture after the fish have eaten away the candida bugs.

Yeast Infection cured with perfume

My story starts as I was sitting in a business meeting. I was intently paying attention to the person speaking. I was leaning forward and as such created a very enclosed space around my body.

As I sat there I started to notice the vaguest smell that had me cringe in possible embarrassment.

At the moment I am taking a heavy dose of steroids and other nuclear drugs. The down side of all of this is the accompanying itch or yeast infection that happens when taking many of these hard drugs.

As I sat there in the meeting pulling my coat around me tighter I had these horrible thoughts of “can any one else smell me”. I was ready to crawl away and die. After the meeting and with a little investigation and help from my husband I ascertained that I was probably the only person that was aware of the sweet smell that made my blood curdle.

I have since made myself a promise, to make sure that I have sufficient perfume in my bag that if I am ever caught in a similar situation that I will be able to disguise the smell. At least enough to put my mind at ease, even if they do start calling me petal.

Coleslaw recipe ideal for candida patients

Here is a coleslaw salad, suitable for those suffering a yeast infection. The yogurt replacing the traditional mayonnaise makes this salad tasty and ideal for candida suffers as it helps replace the good bacteria in the digestive system that will help control a candida out break.

Quantity
Serves 4 as side salad

Preparation time
10 min

Ingredients
2 cups cabbage
1 medium grated carrot
½ chopped green pepper
½ stick celery
5 tablespoons yogurt, low fat
1 teaspoon lemon juice
¼ teaspoon dill weed

Preparation Process
Wash the cabbage and chop finely
Peel and grate the carrots
Cut green pepper into small pieces
Chop celery into small pieces
Place all ingredients into a mixing bowl and stir together

Dressing
Place Yogurt, lemon juice and dill weed in a small bowl and stir together.
Pour the dressing over the salad, toss and add salt and pepper to taste

Should you insure against a yeast infection?

SICKO – Michael Moore’s new film that highlights problems in the medical, insurance and pharmaceutical industries cites an example of a woman who had her insurance voided because she did not disclose on a medical form that she had, had a previous yeast infection. And what is even more unbelievable is that they managed to do this when the form did not specifically ask about yeast infections.

As has been rightly pointed out there is almost no woman that has not had a yeast infection at some time in her life. The question that must be asked “how long can America stand this sort of blatant abuse by greedy CEO’s.” ?

See How Easily You Can Eat Good Bugs

You have a sewer system in your body and it needs to work properly for you to be healthy. It is not the nicest analogy; however that is exactly what is happening inside of you.

If you have ever lived in the country, where the toilet system uses a septic tank buried in the ground out side the bath room window you may have had the unpleasant experience of having to work on it.

How it works is the sewerage goes into a big tank in the ground. The tank has lots of bacteria inside which live off the waste products coming in. They break everything down and the remaining water flows out an outlet pipe into a special drain system in the ground.

The body works much the same way. Bugs and bacteria in the intestinal system break down the waste product that is passing through the body. At each stage of the process when the waste product is broken down sufficiently it then passes to the next part of the body’s digestive tract. This has the food moving from stomach to small intestine, large intestine and out through the back end. If the bugs are incorrect then the waste either passes to quickly (diarrhea) or too slowly (constipation). It may also cause other problems along the way.

It is very important to make sure that the right bacteria are present in your digestive track. This helps with the digestion process of food. The correct bacteria in the right quantities help control diarrhea, yeast infections, constipation and many other gut related problems

One of the best foods to help in getting the right bacteria into our system is yoghurt. Yoghurt has live cultures in it that are extremely important to your body. Dr. Terry Gaff medical director of the emergency department at Parkview Noble Hospital in Kendallville and the Noble County EMS talks about yoghurt and the good impact it can have in our diets.

Dr Gaff says that a normal tub of yogurt is much better then frozen yogurt because the cultures in frozen yogurt are inactive and possibly dead. Many of the yogurt companies have been able to develop a process which keeps the bacteria alive in tubs of normal yogurt. He says pick your favorite flavor and increase you good bacteria helping your body stay healthy.

Kitchen hygiene kills bacteria and helps prevent infection

The Kitchen is the first battle ground in the war against bacteria and germs. To help improve overall hygiene it is important to regard the kitchen as a place that you can impact not only the nutritional content of the food but the hygiene of the food. This in turn will help keep the bugs away.

Here is a top ten list of ways you can combat the bad bugs in your kitchen

1. Clean surfaces as you go
2. Wash Crockery and Cutlery with hot water and washing liquid
3. Leave to drain dry were possible
4. Change tea towels regularly
5. Wash tea towels in hot water
6. Keep Dishwasher filters clean
7. Clean the Can Opener after use
8. Clean top of can before opening
   Wipe down kitchen cupboards regularly
9. Empty the rubbish bin regularly