The Candida Link: Hormonal Imbalance and the Natural Way To Remedy PMS and Improve Your Health
A hormonal imbalance can cause symptoms like fatigue, bloating, and mood swings that make you want to curl up in bed all day long. To restore health and stabilize hormone levels, it’s important to control Candida by focusing on your digestive health first of all.
Hormone imbalances can occur any time in your life, not just related to early menopause. In order to best treat a hormonal imbalance, it’s important to understand how hormone fluctuations occur, often triggered by Candida overgrowth.
Although hormonal imbalances are often associated with menopause, you may be surprised to find that you can experience symptoms as early as your late 20s!
One of the most common causes of Candida overgrowth is the use of oral contraceptives.
Hormone levels that are out of whack may be disguised as a number of common and widely accepted symptoms, including:
- Fatigue
- Illness
- Early menopause
For many women, uncomfortable monthly hormone issues – also known as PMS – are considered a fact of life and even a rite of passage. As most women are well-familiar with, PMS symptoms can range from mild to severe; they may include mood swings, fatigue, bloating, and even depression.
If you suffer from chronic symptoms caused by a hormonal imbalance, many physicians will prescribe an oral contraceptive to manage PMS or recommend hormone replacement therapy. These methods are used to regulate hormone rhythms and attempt to control the many unpleasant symptoms associated with a hormonal imbalance.
Imbalanced Hormones: Where It All Begins
If you’re sick of dealing with PMS month after month, the good news is that you may no longer have to! For sufferers of PMS, research has proven that estrogen can support Candida growth1,2.Even worse, one of the most common causes of Candida overgrowth is the use of oral contraceptives, otherwise known as the birth control pill3,4,5.
If you’re unfamiliar with Candida, it’s essential to understand that it is a pathogenic, opportunistic microorganism. Meaning, Candida can quickly spread throughout the body and cause a systemic fungal infection. This leads to a vicious cycle of whole-body inflammation that can spread the growth of Candida yeast beyond the digestive tract. But surprisingly enough, how Candida overgrowth affects a woman’s hormones is rarely discussed as a solution to a hormonal imbalance. A chronic Candida infection can create a waste product that will mimic estrogen in the human body. When a doctor is looking to diagnose severe PMS or other hormonal issues, it’s important to explore estrogen dominance that has been triggered by Candida overgrowth – before writing a prescription.
