#Yeast infection diet

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National Candida Center, Inc. throws light on Yeast infection diet Nutritional advice to combat candida yeast infections.

Orlando, Florida, January 2023 - Natural diet therapy recommended by the National Candida Center, Inc as a means of controlling common yeast infections (candida overgrowth).

Even in today's busy lifestyle, yeast infections are still a common occurrence. The most prevalent fungus in the human body is Candida albicans. It frequently appears in places including the mouth, skin, digestive tract, toenails and many other parts of the body. To protect your body from interfering yeast, there are various natural therapies that could be helpful; however, making some dietary changes might also make a big difference. Isn’t that wonderful news? 

Although several studies have looked at the risk factors for candida overgrowth, there haven't been enough studies done on dietary treatment options.  The first step you should take is to seek consultation with a healthcare professional for nutrition balance. Expert advice is needed when doing a candida cleanse before starting the diet. A basic sugar free diet will relieve tension on your digestive system and let your body detoxify. Although there is limited research available to prove the advantages of a candida cleanse, it might help you prepare yourself for the candida diet. There are numerous techniques to cleanse, however two of them are

consuming only liquids, such as lemon water

consuming plant-based meals such as salads and a little of protein

These cleansing processes may make you feel symptoms like exhaustion, headaches or altered sleep patterns. But not to worry! The candida cleanse shouldn't go on for more than a few days. The candida diet's meal recommendations can be followed once the cleanse is over.

The stringent candida diet forbids the consumption of sugar, gluten, alcohol, and some dairy products. It is believed by most of the health experts that these foods encourage candida overgrowth. The list of the food groups that should be avoided in a candida diet are -

Sugar and sweeteners - Any processed form of sugar, such as white or brown sugar, simple sweetener made from maple syrup, honey, fructose, or malt should be avoided. Foods containing artificial sweeteners like coffee creamers, icecreams, candies, drinks and juices containing sugar and high-sugar fruits like bananas, dates, raisins, and mango should not be consumed.

Simple Carbohydrates - White rice and other refined carbohydrates lack fiber and break down into simple sugars in the digestive tract. Grains that contain gluten like Wheat, all purpose flour, and spelt should be avoided. This group of foods consists of breads, crackers, chips, pasta, and noodles. 

Refined oils and fats - Foods rich in saturated fats are not easy to digest. Canola oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil or margarine are few such examples and should be avoided.

Food containing yeast - Candida is a yeast, and by eating foods that contain yeast, you add additional yeast to an environment  that already has a lot of yeast. Foods high in yeast include:

Alcohols produced with yeast fermentation - Wine, beer, Campagne

Fermented foods - Vinegars, Soy sauce, ketchup, mayoneise, dressings and seasoning ingredients.

Flour based foods - Breads, Pizza, Burgers 

5. Food containing molds - Foods with a lot of mold can increase the amount of intestinal fungal spores that help Candida flourish. Foodstuffs with mold include:

Meat and Fishes - Pickled or dried meats, smoked fishes, pork, bacon  

Dairy products - Milk, Yogurt, Cheese, cream, butter

Nuts and seeds - Peanuts, cashews, pistachios.

Dried or canned fruits 

6. Mushrooms - They are fungus and cause yeast overgrowth. Thus it is advised to avoid any fungal component when treating Candida to put a check on the yeast growth.

7. Foods and beverages with caffeine - Caffeine stimulates the adrenal glands and can increase the production of adrenaline and cortisol, which disrupts the function of the brain resulting in hormonal imbalance. Food and beverages like chocolates, Kola nuts, Guarana, tea, coffee, and energy drinks should be avoided.

In addition to avoiding some foods, some eatables should be consumed to regulate and keep the candida overgrowth under control. The optimum diet is one that is rich in healthy protein, lipids, and complex carbohydrates. 

​​Protein - Animal sources of protein include chicken, fish, shellfish, and eggs. Plant sources of protein include beans, legumes, nuts and seeds without molds such as walnuts and almonds.

Fresh vegetables and fruits - Fresh green leafy veggies such as collards, spinach, cabbage, Kale and low sugar fruits like oranges, lime, strawberries, blackberries, rasberries, avocado, guava and peaches can be consumed.

Ginger and Garlic - They have antifungal and anti-inflammatory qualities that can guard against the growth of candida.

Cumin and Turmeric - Despite being regarded as spices, they work well to control Candida overgrowth. Curcumin, which is present in turmeric, has antifungal properties and may destroy candida yeasts.

Complex carbohydrates - Grains like oats, brown rice, teff, buckwheat, quinoa, millet can be consumed in moderate amounts.

Good fats - Among the list of beneficial fats are olive oil, coconut oil, Flax seeds oil, fish oil and Chia seeds.

Probiotics - Live bacteria known as probiotics have been shown to be effective in treating Candida infections. Probiotic-rich foods include Greek yogurt, Kefir, Sauerkraut, Kimchi, Kombucha, and Miso.

There is no schedule for the candida diet. Some people can see benefits in a matter of weeks, while other’s bodies take months to respond. The candida diet is debatable. A balanced diet and the use of supplements like probiotics may be beneficial.

Has candida given you any trouble? And if you want to treat yeast infection, contact the National Candida Center - pioneer in Candida alternative treatment center at Florida for the natural remedy for candida overgrowth.

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[hxroinechxc]

candida cleanse & low cal grocery list

garlic (4.5/clove)

ginger (4.8/tbsp)

herbs, cilantro/parsley/basil/oregano (10/cup)

greens, romaine/kale/spinach/arugula/sprouts/microgreens (25ish/cup)

veg, zucchini/cauliflower/cucumber/broccoli (34/100g)

strawberries (4/berry)

homemade flax milk (37.5/cup)

shrimp (100/100g)

lemons (17/each)

spices, turmeric/cloves/cinnamon (count as 10/meal)

tea, green/herbal (5/cup)

green juice (25/serving)

mushrooms, lions mane/cordyceps/oyster/reishi/shiitake/chaga (16/cup)

acv (3/tbsp)

bone broth* (39/cup)

not low cal but for Nutrition, limit 1-2 servings/day:

avocado (87.5/quarter)

olive/coconut oil (40/tsp)

olives (88 for 5)

grapefruit (52.5/half)

chia seeds (65/tbsp)

*i don't usually eat meat, but i'm making an exception due to healing properties

[teaboot]

seeing the NSFW question and answers you've got happening here

my vulva is really itchy and sore but I haven't had any kind of sex recently or even used any sex toys recently. I haven't changed my washing powder. I haven't douched ever or used soap inside my vulva or used any lotions or scents around my vulva. I last shaved 2 weeks ago with a razor and the same body wash I always use. I don't think it's BV or thrush and its driving me mad. help?

CW DISCUSSION OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Shaving public hair can increase your odds of developing bacterial infections, yeast infections, and UTIs, all of which can present as soreness or itchiness. Underwear made of synthetic fabrics can, too. High-sugar diets, hormone fluctuations, thong underwear, dehydration, bath water quality, and some lubes can, too, as well as touching without washing hands thoroughly first. Long nails especially are fantastic at holding onto and transporting bacteria and fungi. Antibiotics can cause these issues, and antibiotics can cure these issues. Medications, too.

Short and simple annoying answer: Could be anything.

I recommend drinking lots of water and cranberry juice and seeing a doctor- if it is BV then using a yeast infection treatment will burn like holy hellfire and you dont want that. Getting a urine test is your best bet.

In the meantime, again, drink lots of water and urinate frequently. Don't wash with soap, but do wash, and do so with clean water. Wear loose clothing when possible made of breathable fabrics like cotton. Change underwear daily.

I'm not a doctor or a medical professional. These are just things I've picked up through work and life. My first recommendation is always to contact a doctor, and if you start producing unusual discharge, experiencing pain during urination, developing sores, welts, or a rash, or end up with swelling or pain in your lower back, DEFINITELY seek medical assistance.

Good luck, bud 👍

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

hii i have a few questions if that's ok, sorry if they have been answered before! for context i'm a girl (17) with all the typical cis female biology (as far as i'm aware) and a virgin. (pls only answer if this asks on anon)

for 1. is it healthy for my vaginal smell to be like that of yeast? it smells almost bready and i've heard that your diet can strongly affect the way you smell there and does this mean there's foods i should cut down on/prioritise?

2. i tried out anal fingering recently and it feels good but also makes me feel nervous, because it feels not quite painful but stretchy and i've heard that there's higher risks of tears and haemorrhoids i think? also i don't have the "right" anatomy for it. so how do i know at which point to stop with it? i've been very cautious so far but is a certain level of not-quite-pain-but-that-stretchy-intense-feeling normal? also is it worth it to invest in lube? previously i've just used. other bodily liquids. i don't want my parents to know i'm doing this so is it worth it to pass it off as just wanting extra lubrication for other masturbation

3. this might be the one that's tmi. also possibly very gross i'm sorry </3 i've just never seen this brought up Anywhere at all and i'm too anxious to ask or look it up. when i put my fingers in, sometimes i can feel the uhh feces through the back vaginal wall (even when i don't feel the need to use the restroom) and as you can imagine it's super awkward and a huge turn off and frustrating when i'm horny, and that probably means i need to wait a little and use the restroom and masturbate later, right?

hi anon,

1.) a yeasty smell in your vagina is usually considered a sign of thrush, an overgrowth of yeast in the vagina. it can be treated with antifungal medication.

2.) everyone has the right anatomy for anal sex, as long as they have an anus, but it does require care since the tissue inside of the anal cavity tears easily and is prone to infection if damaged. using lube (lots of lube) will help a lot. silicone lube is often preferred for anal sex, but truly any lube is preferable to none and is certainly better than using other bodily fluids, very few of which are appropriate or abundant enough to act sufficiently as lubricant. so will wearing protective latex or nitrile gloves like these, which are available in bulk at most drug stores:

the gloves offer two-fold protection as they smooth the penetration and decrease the risk of tears in your anus and decrease the risk of you harboring any bacteria or fecal matter on your hands that you don't want to spread elsewhere.

3. the thing you're describing is far from unheard of, and is in fact sometimes recommended to help cure constipation!

the body is a lot of processes happening on top of each other simultaneously, and that includes your fecal matter and your vaginal wall. like you already said, if it's an issue that's distracting, just wait to masturbate until you've recently had a bowel movement; there isn't much else to be done for it.

[lullabyes22-blog]

How is Silco’s fortitude against super sour things (healthy pH pussy excluded)? Would he immediately spit out a warhead or muscle through the pain—no he cannot say ‘no thank you’, it goes IN his mouth!!! (╬ Ò_Ó). Insight on Viktor, Jinx, Vi, and Sevika’s reactions also? 🤔

Silco, amusingly enough, is quite fond of extreme flavors - albeit more as a once-a-month treat than a regular meal. Umeboshi, saurkraut, achar masala, whiskey lemon sours - he will savor it all. Typically though - he eats bland af meals that would send even a 17th century English peasant into depression, simply because they're easier on his tummy, which is prone to high acidity.

Poor man is doomed to a lifelong BRAT diet.

He makes an exception for Good Pussy (tm).

That, he will gladly eat for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Viktor is more prone to a sweet tooth than to sour treats, the latter of which just make him lineface because: people put this vile stuff in their mouths willingly?

See, this is why we need Glorious Evolution. So our tragically miswired brain circuitry doesn't blister our tongues or torment our soft sensitive tummies.

Also so we no longer have tongues or tummies.

Jinx, like Viktor, also has a sweet tooth. And canonically strips when eating cake, because clearly it's meant to be a full-body sensory experience - dry cleaning bill be damned.

She makes an exception for one sour treat, though.

Pomegrenate paste.

It's tart. It's sweet. It's sticky.

And its leaves stains eeeeeeeverywhere.

"Just like me!" :D

Vi...thinks you people are crazy. Like Silco, her tummy veers on the high acid side (100% stress related) and about the sourest treat she can stomach is yogurt. Her diet veers toward lean protein; her palate toward more salty, starchy, savory snacks.

She ate Powder's pomegrenate paste once - and spat it clear across the room with such screw-mouthed zest that even Vander was a little impressed, although he scolded her lack of table manners to cover for it.

Pussy, ofc, is an exception.

That, she will have with a drink and a side of fries.

(She suggested the combo once to Cait, but was shot down because "yeast infections are real, Violet, and you will give me one." 😑)

Sevika grew up eating RL's equivalent of South Indian cuisine. She laughs, loudly, at all these finicky wusses with their fragile tastebuds and moody gut bacteria. This lady has a stomach of steel and taste buds so discerning they can gauge the wholeass FLAVOR PROFILE of sour foods.

Allow her to introduce you to the staple of Vekauran cuisine:

Tamarind.

Learn to season your damn meals, you bitches.

[bunnywip]

𝘼-𝙕 𝙇𝙄𝙎𝙏 𝙊𝙁 𝙄𝙉𝙅𝙐𝙍𝙄𝙀𝙎/𝘼𝘾𝘾𝙄𝘿𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙎 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙎𝙄𝘾𝙆𝙁𝙄𝘾𝙎/𝙒𝙃𝙐𝙈𝙋𝙎

A

Achilles tendon rupture.

Airsickness.

Aerosol burn.

Aftercare.

Appendicitis.

Asthma attack.

Abuse.

Amputation.

Abdominal pain.

Ankle sprain.

Adrenaline crash.

Aortic disruption.

Anaphylactic shock.

B

Bear trap.

Blunt kidney trauma.

Broken bone.

Buried alive.

Blood poisoning.

Backache.

Blunt cardiac injury.

Bullying.

Burn out.

Burns.

Blood sugar crash.

Black eye.

C

Concussion.

Cat bite.

Cut.

Crossfire.

Collapsing.

Coping mechanisms.

Car crash.

Carbon monoxide poisoning.

Confusion.

Carsickness.

Cavity.

Coma.

Cramps.

Carpal tunnel syndrome.

Chemical burn.

Chilli burn.

Cardiac arrest.

Corneal abrasion.

Choking.

D

Drowning.

Dehydration.

Delirium.

Dangerous diet.

Diffuse axonal injury.

Dizziness.

Diarrhoea.

Dog bite.

Deafness.

Dislocations.

Diaphragmatic rupture.

E

Electric shock.

Exhaustion.

Electric burn.

Edema.

Emergency surgery.

Ear infection.

F

First-degree burn.

Flail chest.

Flash burn.

Fighting.

Fire.

Food poisoning.

Frostbite.

Fainting.

Falling from height.

Falling over.

Fear.

Friction burn.

G

Groin pull/strain.

Gunshot wound.

H

Heart attack.

Herniated disc.

Human bite.

High fever.

Home invasion.

Hypoxia.

Hyper/hypothermia.

Hernia.

Hemothorax.

Hematoma.

Heat exhaustion.

Hay fever.

Hemorrhage.

Hidden injury.

Homesickness.

Heart palpitations.

I

Infections.

Ice (slipping, falling through, etc).

Impalement.

Internal bleeding.

Indigestion.

J

Jet lag.

K

Knee dislocation.

Kidnapping.

Ketosis.

Kidney stones.

L

Laryngitis.

M

Memory loss.

Migraine.

Mutism.

Muscular atrophy.

Muscle bruise.

Muscle overuse.

Missing.

Manhandling.

Mono.

Menstrual cramps.

N

Nightmares.

Neck sprain.

Nosebleeds.

O

Open fractures.

Overdose.

Over-stimulation.

Overeating.

P

Penile fracture.

Perforated eardrum.

Poisoning.

Pulled muscle.

Psoriasis.

Pinched nerve.

Pinned.

Paralysis.

Puncture wound.

Pregnancy.

Pneumothorax.

R

Rotator cuff tear.

Rashes.

Ransom.

Rib fracture.

S

Shoulder dislocation.

Shock.

Subdrop.

Shark attack.

Stubbed toe.

Skull fracture.

Sunburn.

Sting (wasp, jellyfish, etc).

Smoke inhalation.

Self-harm.

Slipped rib.

Smoke inhalation.

Stalking.

Second-degree burn.

Stomach ulcers.

Seizures.

Starvation.

Spiked drink.

Sleepwalking.

Stab wound.

Snake bite.

Skinned flesh.

Scraped flesh.

Sleep deprivation.

Sleep paralysis.

Stitches.

Subconjunctival hemorrhages.

Stroke.

T

Traumatic aortic rupture.

Torn muscle.

Trapped.

Third-degree burn.

Touch-starved.

Torture.

Toothache.

Tuberculosis.

Traumatic asphyxia.

U

Uterine perforation.

V

Vomiting blood.

Vertigo.

W

Wisdom teeth.

Whipping.

Worked to exhaustion.

Whiplash.

Waterboarding.

Water infection.

Y

Yeast infection.

Z

Zombie apocalypse.

[allsadnshit]

Been looking into Candida cleanses so much but most of what I see is about it starving the Candida and is more applicable to if you have a yeast infection rather than my situation of having endometriosis where my body naturally overproduced and reacts to estrogen so I'd have to pretty much live on a Candida diet permanently which is like no spicy, no dairy, no to most fruits, no sugar at all even natural like honey or maple, no red meat, no shell fish, no starchy vegetable and limited carbs and just is in general incredibly restrictive on top of that I am already gluten free and it makes me have to slow down and go - who is this for?

There's soooo many influencer nutritionalist who make mostly Candida content but I think it leaves out that avoiding carbs and a lot of the stuff that would need cut out isn't necessarily good for your body in other ways even if it does starve the Candida

And it's not like yeast serves no purpose in our bodies or immune systems - it's just a matter of overgrowth. And it seems like most of the approaches I see don't feel sustainable long term and they also really promote fasting which is something I am personally super against if you've had an eating disorder, especially when you don't live a slow paced relaxing lifestyle and are on your feet.

It just sucks to feel like even in a wealth of knowledge that exists online - so much of it is about selling something to you, whether a product or a lifestyle and it's so gross

[firespirited]

i've had a severe case of oral thrush (candidiasis) from being immunocompromised for over a year

but since I present flatly and friendly and half the time with a written list because i'm non-speaking that day: my doctor apparently has no clue this is a complaint.

I've done a no dairy, no white carbs diet for a month,

no acid diet

tapered off the prescription antacids and stopped eating anything fatty to cope with the acid reflux in case that helped

each time I reported back in writing that it hadn't changed things

went to the dentist who said you have a really bad oral thrush see your doctor. On his word I finally got treatment for it in December and said "this isn't strong enough a dose but I'll take it while doing all the diet stuff on my end to maximize chances, and i'll report any changes": I was able to taste the christmas meal and sleep without numbing my tongue sores. I requested a higher dose - I was told treatment failing means it can't be fungal, I didn't contest this vehemently enough but forged forward with lab tests instead:

6 lab tests because the local lab doesn't test for candida but didn't say so. I found a private lab willing to take a swab, and they reported back that I have a severe case: 10^7-10^9 cfu/ml.

sent those results via email and today the Dr said: "you haven't complained about your mouth, and we already treated for oral thrush, i guess i could give you probiotics to rebalance oral PH"

Obviously i'm already taking probiotics and have been for 6 months.

I am this close to switching my mouthwash to a peroxide solution and eating fish tank cleaner.

What I need to do is make a scene, perform the distress this has caused me privately to the doctor directly, verbally with emotion.

I am currently flat as hell from depression. I couldn't cry if I stubbed my toe and imagined losing someone close (that's actually regular intrusive thoughts).

10^7 cfu/ml is 10 000 000 fungi per ml, it should speak for itself. Normal amounts are less than 100 cfu/ml. I don't understand how "massive pathological yeast infection of the mouth" by a specialized lab tech is somehow inconclusive.

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i am too autistic for my doctor to see me as human and that's what i've known for a while now, the worst part is that it's made performing emotion or even making words even harder. I know she's having serious memory issues at the moment too and was willing to pretend it was that, give her some time.

i think i'll have to wait another month and see if I can "perform", if only by persistence: send her photos of my mouth every week with sad emojis.

[lildoodlenoodle]

So I’ve been thinking, why does Spider Noir have black webbing? To my knowledge, no spider produces black webs and neither do any other insects that I can find. So, theoretically, how is this happening?

I can think of a couple ways:

1. Blood. Internal bleeding can turn mucus, urine, and fecal matter dark and even black. If Peter’s internal spinnerets bled with use into his silk gland then it could potentially darken the webbing. Maybe not black necessarily, as it would be more of a dark red(due to silk being white) but it could also be that his blood is darker or black.(this could part of the spider mutation or if u think his world is in black and white) This can also be tied back to necrosis, which if the spider god is changing his insides,,, yikes.

2. Pollutants. Certain chemicals and pollutants(including smoking) can cause black mucus. 1930s wasn’t exactly known for environmentally conscious business practices and air and water quality. Dude could just be dirty lol. This would also include a fungal/yeast infection inside the actual spinneret.

3. Spider silk is really just proteins, proteins are mostly died black with amido black. Amido black has a methanol base. Peter’s spinnerets could produce or overproduce a similar compound. Methanol comes into the body from just regular diet mostly, but is excreted through the kidneys. Maybe Peter can’t break down methanol as successful so it’s also secreted through the spinnerets, or he has to eat so much(super metabolism) of certain foods(like vitamin k is a pretty good fuel for making webs) that he has more methanol in his system than the average human and needs another way to secrete that. Nitrogen Dioxide is also a possibility.

4. The silk is created similarly to hair. Peter has darker or even black hair sometimes. Hair is ‘dyed’ black by eumelanin. If there is an over production of eumelanin it could cause some dark skin patches. This can be caused by hormone production changes(spider god). You can also increase eumelanin production by eating foods rich in antioxidants, copper, and some vitamins, so Peter’s body could be producing an excess of any of those.

5. ✨Magic✨

Note: Why am I focusing on mucus? Because it’s possible spinnerets would need an internal lubricant in human bodies which most likely would be a type of mucus.

[lilja4ever]

sooo stomach issues update 😇 ive had problems with pretty constant nausea/stomach aches for a month now. i thought it was a stomach yeast infection for a while and im still partially convinced thats it but for now i cant afford to see a stomach doctor so we're just living and learning. i can treat it pretty well with dramamine and pepto but tgats all that works and its temporary. and when i said its been constant for a month i mean i get an intense stomach ache for 3 days straight then one that gets intense off and on for a bit then back to straight line intense. theres been a couple nights where i cant sleep! ive found that changing my diet around not eating anything with bread or sugar (even most fruit😓) is helpful but i cant subject myself to that. Ok thats all

[princetonuniversitypress]

Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines

This is the story of the human relationship with the fungi, from the billions of yeasts that live in the digestive system and cover our skin, to the fungi that we use as food and to produce medicines, and our dependence on mushroom colonies that sustain forests. Nicholas Money takes readers on a guided tour of a marvelous unseen realm, describing the continuous conversation between our immune systems and the teeming mycobiome inside the body, and how we can fall prey to life-threatening infections when this peaceful coexistence is disrupted. He also explores our complicated relationship with fungi outside the body, from wild mushrooms and cultivated molds that have been staples of the human diet for millennia to the controversial experimentation with magic mushrooms in the treatment of depression.

What is the big idea behind your book?

NPM: The big idea is that we are affected by fungi throughout our lives, from our fetal life in the womb, to birth, childhood, adulthood, and at the end of life. Fungi affect our bodies after death too, when their colonies participate in the decomposition of the solid tissues in the soil. The fungi are with us at every moment, in an intimate fashion as they reproduce on the skin and in the digestive system, and in an extended way when we use them as a source of food and medicines. This is an ancient relationship that has changed during our evolutionary history and intensified when we developed agricultural practices and, most recently, as we have adopted fungi in biotechnology. Our interactions with the fungi go even further when we think about our dependence on their ecological activities, including the roles of the fungi in fertilizing soils, purifying water, and supporting plants by forming mycorrhizas with their roots. I wanted to tell the whole story in this book, which has captivated me since I began working on the fungi as a graduate student in the 1980s. It is easy to dismiss the fungi as the stuff of fairy tales, but there is so much more to the deep relationship between humans and fungi. 

What is one of the features of the book that you think will surprise readers?

NPM: The fast pace of discovery in medical mycology is really inspiring. Earlier generations of mycologists misunderstood the fungi that they found on the body, regarding most of them as germs that damaged hospital patients and overlooking the significance of the yeasts growing peacefully on everyone else. Even when molecular genetic techniques began to reveal the incredible diversity and number of microbes in the gut, the fungi were missed because the methods were limited to identifying the DNA sequences of bacteria. This picture is changing at last, and new investigative methods are exposing the yeasts and molds multiplying from scalp to toes on the outside of the body and from mouth to anus on the inside. As this examination of the fungi has proceeded, the vision of the microbiome as a mostly bacterial territory has shifted to an appreciation of the diverse communities of fungi that fight and cooperate with bacteria through webs of chemical interactions to make a living on the body.  Through these innovations we are beginning to fathom the extraordinary influence of the mycobiome on our health and well-being.

“Appreciating the fungi … can begin with something as simple as looking at a mushroom—this beautiful oddity of nature—or inhaling the wondrous scent of a handful of rotting pine needles. There is so much beauty in this orgy of decomposition.”

What did you find most surprising when you were researching the subject of the mycobiome (the fungal part of the microbiome)?

NPM: The size of fungal cells is an esoteric detail with huge consequences. Billions of fungi, mostly yeasts, live in the gut alongside trillions of bacteria. These gut fungi weigh no more than a raisin, but their combined surface area is equivalent to an eight-person dining table. This huge area of fungal cell wall material is moving through the digestive system all the time, which may explain how the fungi punch above their weight in their effects on our health. Recent research has shown that yeasts and molds are associated with a range of illnesses in the gut ranging from inflammatory bowel disease to colorectal cancer. Although it is difficult to distinguish between cause and effect when we find changes in the numbers and types of fungi in these illnesses, some specialists are convinced that the fungi are a missing link in medicine. 

What concerns you most about the future of our relationships with the fungi?

NPM: The ecological importance of the fungi, including their role in supporting plant growth and their efficiency as decomposers has led popularizers of mycology to suggest that fungi can restore logged forests, clean water polluted by oil spills, and even break down radioactive waste. These claims are unfounded, but they have convinced many young people that there are relatively simple remedies for the human impact on the biosphere. The actions of the fungi are amazing, but they will not save us from ourselves. In a similar vein, many of the assertions about the medicinal properties of mushrooms are absurd. Mycology is a field that has attracted a lot of wishful thinking, but I have always believed that the facts about the biology of the fungi are far more interesting than the fiction. This book sets the record straight.

Did anything make you laugh as you worked on this book project?

NPM: There is great humor in some of the pronouncements made by the more colorful figures who have promoted mycology in the last century. For example, Terence McKenna, who took “heroic doses” of drugs in the 1970s, declared that the psilocybin molecule found in magic mushrooms was so unusual that it must have originated elsewhere in the galaxy. He went on to postulate that psilocybin mushrooms were a higher form of intelligence that had arrived from outer space and shaped the evolution of the human brain. Although he faces some stiff competition, McKenna’s alien mushroom theory is one of the least enlightening things ever written about fungi. When you have made the scientific study of mycology your life’s work, as I have done, it impossible to treat anyone who takes an idea like this seriously as anything but a buffoon.

What is one of the questions that continues to puzzle researchers about the fungi?

NPM: Despite decades of research, we are a long way from understanding why only a few hundred of the hundreds of thousands of species of fungi damage our tissues. There are some clues. These include the way that some fungi can evade the body’s defenses by hiding inside the cells of the immune system until they find themselves inside the central nervous system. This is known as the Trojan Horse strategy and allows these microbes to reach the brain and cause mayhem. On the other hand, pathogenic fungi are not attacking us in any deliberate fashion, because the body is a dead end for them. Unlike viruses, fungi get stuck in our tissues and cannot get out. Some investigators are convinced that coping with the warmth of the body is a big part of the explanation for fungal virulence, but this mild thermotolerance is probably inconsequential. Tens of thousands of fungi that live in the soil can grow at our body temperature and never cause disease. The difference lies in the chemical conversations between the body and the microbes that cause problems, which explains why damage to the immune system makes us so vulnerable to fungal infections.     

“Life without fungi is impossible. There are as many of them living on the human body as there are stars in the Milky Way and, more importantly, they have a far greater influence on our lives than all but one of these galactic incinerators. They are everywhere and will outlive us by an eternity: in myco speramus.”

Nicholas P. Money is professor of biology at Miami University in Ohio and the author of many books on fungi and other microbes, including The Rise of Yeast: How the Sugar Fungus Shaped Civilization, Mushrooms: A Natural and Cultural History, and Microbiology: A Very Short Introduction.  

[scleroticstatue]

FAQ: Diet

What the actual hell?

I was desperate. I was frequently experiencing gastrointestinal distress, ulcers, and food-poisoning-like symptoms. While I did experience horrible ulcers for the majority of my life, the last few years had significantly progressed to the point where I couldn't eat any food that I didn't make without feeling some stomach problem — no restaurants, no fast food, no church potlucks, no dinner dates.

Do you know the cause?

Some of it was a food allergy to meat and meat byproducts, some genetic predisposition, and some was an h. pylori bacterial infection. There were other factors, but those are the three big ones.

What did the doctors say?

Unfortunately, the only thing the doctors could help with was the h. pylori, and the only way they could do that was antibiotics. Since I am allergic to amoxicillin-based antibiotics and since my family has historically very bad reactions to antibiotics, that was not an option, nor would it solve my meat allergies or genetics.

So what did you do?

I spent six months off of sugar and another three free of yeast (which inhibits bacterial growth) with a limited selection of food intended to grow my microbiome, then spent a week and a half on only probiotic food — yogurt, flax, kombucha, and kefir, as well as grapefruit peel powder for the last few days. After that, I did a total fast (no food or water) for two days, no food for three more days, and then slowly started adding juice and flax and then other foods back in over the month or so (to avoid shocking my system). During the fasting period, I also was doing manual lymph drainage, taking karanja seeds, and I routinely used a sauna throughout this whole experience that made it easier and faster.

You went for two days without drinking and five days without eating anything???

Yes. And I kept working my manual labor job. However, I am experienced at fasting; I do a total fast for 24 hours once a month and fast sunrise to sunset once a week. And because of my gastrointestinal distress, not eating for a day or two had become pretty routine for me.

Okay, what about the karanja seeds? Google says they're toxic to humans!

Did everything go like you expected?

Google AI is wrong. They are toxic to fish and a few other animals. However, in a study done with rats, researchers found they showed no signs of liver damage but what they did find is the oil in them could heal ulcers caused by stress and chemical damage at extraordinarily high rates.

More or less. Some things were better — I honestly expected to hate yogurt by the end of that phase — some were worse — I am now, for unknowable reasons, significantly worse at drinking water. I also became kinda manic bipolar while I was fasting and my nerves were so much more sensitive. 10/10 did not like it. Never want to do it again.

Did it turn out like you were hoping?

Will you do it again?

Wellllll....... Yes. And no. I feel much better and I can eat out without worrying and I'm not allergic to meat anymore. Buuuuut most meat still tastes nasty as all get out and I won't be eating it much.

Pictured for reference: goat biryani which I will never be eating again.

No. I will probably do a probiotic cleanse with yogurt and kombucha every year or two, just to keep my microbiome well-fed, but I will never do the total fasting ever again. Probably.

Do you recommend that anyone else do it?

How desperate are you? "I can't eat a lettuce and tomato salad" kind of desperate? "I ate tater tots and threw up" kind of desperate? "I'm surviving off pancakes and dollar store cheese dip because that's the only thing that doesn't make me bleed internally but oops I just found out the cheese dip is making me depressed" kind of desperate? You must be desperate to do what I did. And you are probably not.

[thommi-tomate]

Thommi and his new cooking book pt 2

Thommi says that young children are not yet aware of what is good for their bodies

"When you're little, you're guided more by taste. Then it's also a matter of parents having to figure out how to sneak a little bit of the good stuff into the diet."

He himself as a child also disliked many things: walnuts, for example, because he considered them to taste bitter. "Today I get up in the morning and the first thing I do is: I go to the cupboard and take out my walnuts - and then I took a handful."

"The book is aimed at the whole family: at parents who have weight problems; at boys who perhaps place too much importance on bodybuilding; at girls who don't want to put on weight but also want to perform. A healthy diet, as we describe it here, makes you physically and mentally efficient and, incidentally, immune to infections." That's important to him, too: "An athlete with infections, that doesn't fit at all."

One of several recipes included in the book.

Spaghetti with lentil bolognese

Ingredients:

250 g brown lentils (e.g. mountain lentils), 2 red onions, 2 cloves of garlic, 3 carrots, 1 red bell pepper, 3 tbsp olive oil, 800 g chunky tomatoes (canned), salt, ground pepper, 2 tbsp dried oregano, 400 g whole grain spaghetti, 4 sprigs basil

Preparation:

Put the lentils in a colander, rinse them with cold water and cook them in plenty of water for about 20 minutes according to package directions. Then drain. Peel and finely chop the onion and garlic. Clean and peel the carrots and grate them into strips. Halve the peppers lengthwise, remove the seeds, wash and dice.

Heat the oil in a large frying pan and sauté the onion and garlic for 2 minutes. Add the carrots and peppers and sauté briefly. Add the tomatoes and lentils and simmer for about 5 minutes. Season the bolognese with salt, pepper and oregano.

Cook the spaghetti according to package directions until al dente. Wash the basil, shake it dry and remove the leaves. Arrange the spaghetti in bowls, top with the lentil bolognese and garnish with the basil. By the way: the basil pesto also goes very well with the spaghetti for a change.

Cooking tip: If you wish, you can sprinkle freshly grated Parmesan over the pasta or, if you want to keep the dish vegan, a homemade "cheese" made with cashews. Simply grind 50 g of cashews, 3 tablespoons of yeast flakes, ½ teaspoon of garlic powder, ½ teaspoon of salt, 2 pinches of smoked paprika powder and some colored pepper in a food processor or an electric grinder.

[ivandurak]

Two of the published clinical reports of yeast infection say more about human desperation than the tendency of the fungus to cause disease. Both concern instances of self-inflicted Saccharomyces infection. The first, from Columbia, Missouri, in the 1970s, involved a sixty-eight-year-old man with an unusual diet. He was a health food enthusiast who medicated himself with vitamins and, in a vein unrelated to his belief in dietary supplements, drank a full pint of vodka every day. Then he began developing symptoms of influenza and was admitted to a hospital. Nothing in the case history alarmed his physicians until the patient admitted to swallowing massive quantities of brewer’s yeast. The clinical report says that he consumed up to three kilograms of dried yeast per day, which is equivalent to hundreds of the little sachets used in bread-making. There is likely a typo in the transcript. He would have needed much more than a pint of vodka to wash that down. In any case, this gentleman developed fungemia that was misdiagnosed initially as a bacterial infection. His condition improved when he “was instructed to discontinue use of brewer’s yeast.” The second case is more bizarre. It involved Vietnamese refugees in a Hong Kong detention center who injected themselves with yeast precisely in order to induce infections, and therefore to be admitted a hospital. One of the patients was a teenage boy admitted to hospital with convulsions. The other was a woman suffering from shock who presented with a serious abscess in her breast, presumably at the injection site. Once they were admitted to hospital they absconded. In the column of the table reserved for clinical outcome, the report says, “Seen running away.” One hopes that these victims survived. Concern about Saccharomyces infections has grown with reports that they are associated with the use of yeast as a probiotic, as was the case with the vodka drinker. Probiotics are microorganisms whose ingestion is thought to bestow health benefits. Probiotic yeast is sold in capsules as a treatment for a wide range of digestive disorders, and as a daily supplement to maintain a healthy bowel function. The capsules contain a freeze-dried preparation of Saccharomyces boulardii, which is probably a strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, rather than a separate species. Nonetheless, it behaves quite differently from the strains of the sugar fungus used to brew beer and leaven bread. The association between the use of boulardii as a probiotic and development of yeast infections should not concern the majority of people who have benefited from the probiotic.

Nicholas P. Money. The Rise of Yeast: How the Sugar Fungus Shaped Civilization.

[theygender]

I have (for my whole post-puberty life) had long pubes and have ALSO never had a yeast infection??? Same for my wife, who like me has long labia as well which I saw someone in the notes say as another supposed “cause” (doubt). I also am not finding studies supporting the idea that long pubes causes yeast infections??… is that “info” just word of mouth or what?

There's not a lot of official research into many of the potential causes of yeast infections in general, so a lot of it is just kind of folk knowledge at this point. I saw one person in the notes mention a study about pubic hair length, but I wasn't able to find it myself

The general line of thought though is that shaving pubes bald can increase the risk of yeast infections because it removes the "breathing room" between the vulva and underwear, so it can exacerbate the issues of wearing non-breathable fabric or tight clothing. On the other hand, very long pubes are thought to capture more heat and moisture, which could allow microorganisms that prefer such an environment to overgrow and throw off the balance

Of course, yeast infections aren't guaranteed with any of the risk factors listed in that post. There are also plenty of people who wear non-breathable/tight fabrics and eat high-sugar no-probiotic diets and never get any yeast infections. (Some people are even commenting that they put body wash and bar soap down there and never have problems 😵‍💫)

And like any of the risk factors (thought to be) associated with yeast infections, people who are already medically predisposed to them are going to be at higher risk. I made that post out of frustration after I got a yeast infection that was seemingly caused by allowing my bush to fully grow out, but I have endometriosis which fucks up my periods and hormone levels, a tilted uterus which causes me to get UTIs more often, and progesterone birth control which increases the risk of yeast infections as a side effect. Also, [TMI warning:] my pubes are apparently abnormally long. I usually trim them before they get to that point, but this time they got to like 4+ inches before I got sniped by yeast and mowed it all down again 🤷 so your mileage may vary

[mycochaotix]

MCX Rants: Cloning

r/ContamFam mycopal asks: “Hey pal do you have any good tips or sources for info on moving mushroom tissue to agar?”

MCX Answers: The way I understand it is: you can do two types of transfers for cloning, considered most common and effective.

One is as you mentioned the splitting stipe and taking a transfer from inside the stipe. You want to ensure that your area, yourself, and your tools are cleaned with isopropyl alcohol 70% . You will tear from the base up towards the cap, with the exposed part of the STIPE, towards your laminar flow, or towards the back of your still airbox. you only need a rice size piece of transfer.

Often the inner flesh is very stringy and breaks away quite easily. I’ll personally just cut a rice size cut in a square shape from the inner part of the stipe and then gently poke that and pull it out and put it on a plate. Sometimes inner Mycelium flesh can pull away and you can put that on a plate. The mushroom fruit body is all mycelium. Everything about it is made from mycelium, and arguably all of its components, contain but also can, either: produce or generate, and proliferate mycelium from that fruit body.

The second way involves approaching the xfer from the topside of the cap, ‘dorsal’ and cutting open the center dorsal point and then take from inside the cap at the pileus-stipe junction… but from within the cap… its a little more technical and often can expose the xfer to contam from the flesh u open up before taking xfer if you arent careful in how you peel back the external flesh and when you push the knife into the cap it can push microbes down into the previously unexposed inner mycelial tissue).

The idea for these types of transfers is that contaminants in your environment that float in around you or fall off of you, if present, likely is on or near your external fruitbody. If you take from the inside of the fruitbody its arguable that its more clean and free of contaminant microbes as the primordia formation is assumedly on healthy uncontaminated mycelium and unless the flesh tears during maturation, the inner parts are fully protected from external contaminant sources while growing.

Sometimes these cooccurring microbes are harmless to your grow and to you, and can even be beneficial (like certain yeasts that are used in agar preparation) or even some naturally occurring bacteria in the substrate! I think of my tubs as a homeostatic localized microclimate - environment :)

Our tubs, and the fungi in them have similar homeostasis in the wild, and can be conceptually applied to community mycology cultivation!

I think of comparing potential “microcosm” cultivation much like the human body, external and internal… theres always gonna be contaminant microbes on our skin and around our mucosal membranes, but with proper hygiene and diet our body is its own microcosm of microbes that are fucking and fighting away under our literal noses xD —- its when one grouping of these microbes begins to advantage over the equalized body microcosm we have (think if you dont bathe you may develop yeast and bacterial infections more easily as surface conditions of your skin and within your creases, nooks and crannies will can be overpowered by something that spreads… )

and thats kind of the basic idea of germ theory I think… and I also think it applies to our grow environments if approach cultivation holistically :)

surely im missing technical nuance but I know my thoughts are in the spirit of the theory!

Hope my thoughts aid your mycojourney!

-MCX

Related resources:

- Yoshi Cloning vid and result video

- PGT Cloning Vid

- Ashley/Boomer Shroomer Cloning vid