Better Health & Beyond — Yeast Infections
How Your Diet and Other Factors Can Cause or Prevent Yeast Infections
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While vaginal yeast infections are rarely serious, you can help prevent them from occurring in the first place. There's some evidence that sugar may help promote the growth of yeast. Yeast's affinity for sweets has prompted some experts to suggest that diet may be a risk factor for some women when it comes to developing yeast infections. In fact, some people follow a so-called yeast infection diet or candida diet (or anti-candida diet) on the theory that eliminating certain foods may eliminate or at least greatly reduce the risk of yeast overgrowth.
Chronic Yeast Infections: 9 Common Causes & Solutions
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If you have 4 or more vaginal yeast infections a year, you have a chronic yeast infection problem, says Erin Nelson, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. About 5% to 8% percent of women fall into this category, she says.