#60 SuperFeast Rewind: Candida and Medicinal Mushrooms

<p>In today's podcast the boys come together to discuss candida overgrowth, its frequency within the population, the varied symptomatology associated with this common yeast-like infection and the strategies you can use to bring the body back into balance. Mason, Dan and Sage draw on their superior knowledge of this condition from personal experience, sharing their wisdom from a traditional Taoist tonic herbal perspective and a functional naturopathic approach.</p> <p> </p> <p>The gents discuss:</p> <ul> <li>The fact that Candida albicans is a naturally occurring organism within the body and only becomes problematic when imbalance occurs.</li> <li>How chronic use of antibiotics can contribute to the condition.</li> <li>How diet and lifestyle practices can help to bring things back into harmony.</li> <li>The common symptoms that candida overgrowth is present, e.g. chronic fatigue, brain fog, digestive disturbances, weakened immunity, oral thrush, fungal infections within the the skin and nails etc.</li> <li>The particular clinical tests you can use to investigate and diagnose candida within your body.</li> <li>How you can use your symptoms and health history to identify whether candida is a problem for you.</li> <li>Foods that aggravate the immune system and exacerbate candida overgrowth.</li> <li>The importance of food combining in regards to candida.</li> <li>Candida from a naturopathic perspective and the clinical markers used to identify the condition.</li> <li>The importance of normalising the body's circadian rhythms and adrenal response is in regards to healing.</li> <li>Candida from a Taoist perspective and what's happening within the organ systems, particularly the spleen.</li> <li>How candida leads to Jing depletion and exhaustion within the system as a whole.</li> <li>The correlation between candida and leaky gut.</li> <li>The Jing herbs you can use to rebuild your foundational energy stores, these include he shou wu, cordyceps, rehmannia, morinda etc.</li> <li>The importance of lifestyle factors such as