Скачать или смотреть Candida albicans: Why eliminating this beneficial microbiome member is a bad idea

Candida albicans is a common cause of illness in humans. Unfortunately, many people take this to mean that you should eradicate it from your gut microbiome. In reality, removing it would not be a great thing to do for your overall health. In fact, candida elimination may cause more problems than it solves.

Though Candida albicans can cause yeast infections and fungal overgrowth, most humans harbor it in their microbiome without issue. It likely has some benefits, but is an opportunistic pathogen that can cause problems such as thrush. It exists in 2 forms: The beneficial yeast or mycelial form and the fungal or hyphal form that causes disease.

In today’s short we chat about Candida albicans, how it transforms to become problematic and why it’s important to maintain as a member of your microbiome(And mycobiome). We also discuss how to make sure it lives in harmony with us and our gut bacteria, and why nutrition is one of the most important factors.

Enjoy!

References
1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
2. https://journals.plos.org/plospathoge...