If you have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, then you should be very conscientious about the foods that you eat. One such example is sugar, which really is consumed in too large of quantities in a lot of our diets. It sure does taste good and gives us some energy (which could improve our mood as well) but it isn’t good for our health at all. As you might have guessed, sugar also isn’t good for you if you have fibromyalgia.
Too Much Sugar
The average American consumes far too much sugar than they need to, causing an imbalance in the flora and bacteria within our digestive system, and also allowing for a candida overgrowth. This greatly changes our body’s ability to get rid of toxins. All types of sugar can also affect our body, ranging from simple sugars found in fruits and honey to refined sugar. You definitely will want to consider consuming less sugar if you haven’t already.
So, consuming too much sugar means that there will be an imbalance in the flora and bacteria in your intestines, causing a candida overgrowth. What exactly does that mean? There are a variety of organisms inside our bowels, such as yeast and bacteria. A health balance of these organisms is critical for good health as they work together, but when they are thrown out of balance, the bad organisms dominate…which is what leads the candida yeast overgrowth.
This can in turn lead to a large number of other health problems and make any existing problems worse. For example, an overgrowth of candida can lead to fatigue and a more craving for sugar. It can lead to an increased craving for sugar because the candida yeast lives off the sugar, reinforcing your craving for it.
A yeast overgrowth can also lead to infections in the mouth and nose, cramping, bloating, an increased sensitivity to odors, developing other infections, and rashes and acne.
You have an Overgrowth of Candida Yeast. What do you do now?
Obviously, the first thing you should do is to stop feeding the yeast. This means you need to seriously cut back on sugar. Secondly, you need to eliminate as much of this yeast as you can and restore balance by replacing the candida yeast with a good flora.
Sounds simple enough, right? Actually, there’s more to it than you might have guessed. In order to eliminate the candida yeast, you simply need to take out the sugar products from your diet, as this deprives the yeast of its primary food source. Without food, how is it supposed to live? There are other products that you will also need to cut out of your diet as well in order to fully make sure that the candida yeast will have no food sources of all.
These foods include alcohol, soy and vinegar. But this is just where we get started. You’ll need to finally replace the candida yeast with good flora. Foods that you should add to your diet to accomplish this include garlic, grapefruit seeds, and glyconutrients. There are also some yogurts that you can try to get good flora into your system as well. You should consult with your doctor or a professional first, but sometimes you can just read from the label to check if the yogurt is of the unsweetened variety. If it is, then it should be a good kind to take.
This entire process will take a few months to finally complete, though for some people it is only a matter of weeks. You will have to be fully committed to balancing your system, but it really can just be accomplished with time and changes to your diet. But as you may have guessed, there are some potential side effects that you should be aware about. Side effects can happen with basically any medical procedure or medicine, and this is no exception.
Side effects can include the inability to think or remember clearly at time, a sore throat, nausea/diarrhea/vomiting/, fatigue and the inability to sleep very well at night, muscle and joint pains, and constipation. If you think these sound a little bit like many of the symptoms of Fibromyalgia, you’re right. So you also may think that the process of re-balancing your system will only make your Fibromyalgia symptoms worse rather than better.
But the truth is that your symptoms will really get worse if you don’t do anything about balancing your system. In the long run, you will feel much better if you can get the candida yeast to die off and replace it with good flora, and subsequently bring balance back to your system.
You may still be discouraged from wanting to rebalance your system, but in all honesty you shouldn’t be. There are some precautions and steps that you can take as well, such as giving your body the support it needs to get rid of the toxins, to go to bed at an earlier time each night and get plenty of sleep and rest, to stay hydrated throughout the day, and to eat plenty of vegetables and other fibrous foods.
It’s also imperative that your bowels move throughout the day. If they do not, then you may need to step up your game at eliminating the candida. One thing you can try doing is to drink a glass of warm water in the morning. You can also try an herbal laxative, or spend fifteen minutes in a sauna or hot tub and scrub yourself down. Believe it or not, but that actually helps.
The bottom line is that you should not be dispirited by rebalancing your system, as it is vitally important not only to your overall health, but to your health concerning your Fibromyalgia as well. It is completely worth it just to set the time aside and dedication each day to re-balancing your system.
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