Our language is amazing, to have so many words that we can use to describe anything and convey a message. Today I came across a word used in connection with Candida yeast overgrowth, most commonly the species Candida albicans that caught my attention. It’s so simple, and so clear: opportunistic.
Candida is an opportunistic organism. This is not some wild claim, this is the description given through WHO, the World Health Organization. “Candida is a common endogenous opportunistic yeast infection”. I will let you know that this decryption is found in a section of the WHO website that talks about infections found in AIDS patients, but Candida is certainly not confined to those with the AIDS virus or HIV. Everyone has some amount of yeast in their body, and our immune system is designed to keep the “opportunistic” fungi under control. That’s in a healthy system, under optimal conditions. How many of us are optimal?
Candida grows, and it changes. I appreciate the description given in the simple report on the WHO website: “Young colonies are white with soft consistency; the surface and margins of the colonies are smooth, although rough surfaced strains have been described. Old colonies frequently show a fringe of submerged mycelium which appears as feathery outgrowth deep in the agar.” Feathery outgrowth: as Candida grows it changes, with budding cells growing from the “mother cell”.
This is not a pretty picture, is it? None of us really want to focus on being the host to an “opportunistic yeast infection”. How does Candida appear in the body? Thrush, the oral form of Candida; Athlete’s feet; Candida in the digestive tract; vaginal infections, and more.
There are steps that can be taken to decrease Candida overgrowth through diet and nutrition, simple steps that can make a world of difference.
Reference: http://www.searo.who.int/EN/Section10/Section17/Section53/Section367_1136.htm
© 2010 Estee Taschereau. Reproduction of articles on CandidaProbiotics.com by written permission only.
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