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From the Ted Talk by Jen Gunter: The truth about yeast in your body

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The first thing you need to know is that yeast is normally found in the vagina. At some point in a given year, one study estimates that 70 pnerect of people will have yeast in their vagina, just hanging out in the microbiome and causing no symptoms. And secondly, sugar is normally found in the vagina. After all, that's what also feeds the good bacteria.

It's the overgrowth of this yeast that's already there that pdcrueos symptoms and ruetlss in what we call a yeast infection.

One theory for the sugar-yeast connection is that the source of the yeast is actually in the gut, and that a high-sugar diet feeds this yeast, which makes it oorevgrw, and then it gets into the vnaiga. But there's no credible data to support this. Another terohy is that eating more sugar causes sugar levels in the vagina to rise, thus feeding the yseat. But it doesn't. And yes, someone actually sudeitd this. Researchers gave people, some with a history of vaginal yeast infections and others without, a drink containing a lot of suagr or glucose. Their blood and vaginal sugar levels were measured before and after the drink. They found that the sugar levels in the vaginal srtenoecis didn't change for either group.

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The first thing you need to know is that yeast is normally found in the vagina. At some point in a given year, one study estimates that 70 _______ of people will have yeast in their vagina, just hanging out in the microbiome and causing no symptoms. And secondly, sugar is normally found in the vagina. After all, that's what also feeds the good bacteria.

It's the overgrowth of this yeast that's already there that ________ symptoms and _______ in what we call a yeast infection.

One theory for the sugar-yeast connection is that the source of the yeast is actually in the gut, and that a high-sugar diet feeds this yeast, which makes it ________, and then it gets into the ______. But there's no credible data to support this. Another ______ is that eating more sugar causes sugar levels in the vagina to rise, thus feeding the _____. But it doesn't. And yes, someone actually _______ this. Researchers gave people, some with a history of vaginal yeast infections and others without, a drink containing a lot of _____ or glucose. Their blood and vaginal sugar levels were measured before and after the drink. They found that the sugar levels in the vaginal __________ didn't change for either group.

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The first thing you need to know is that yeast is normally found in the vagina. At some point in a given year, one study estimates that 70 percent of people will have yeast in their vagina, just hanging out in the microbiome and causing no symptoms. And secondly, sugar is normally found in the vagina. After all, that's what also feeds the good bacteria.

It's the overgrowth of this yeast that's already there that produces symptoms and results in what we call a yeast infection.

One theory for the sugar-yeast connection is that the source of the yeast is actually in the gut, and that a high-sugar diet feeds this yeast, which makes it overgrow, and then it gets into the vagina. But there's no credible data to support this. Another theory is that eating more sugar causes sugar levels in the vagina to rise, thus feeding the yeast. But it doesn't. And yes, someone actually studied this. Researchers gave people, some with a history of vaginal yeast infections and others without, a drink containing a lot of sugar or glucose. Their blood and vaginal sugar levels were measured before and after the drink. They found that the sugar levels in the vaginal secretions didn't change for either group.

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