Understanding Overgrowth and Ecosystem Modulation for Gut Health

If you have or suspect you have candida & SIFO, let’s break down what it is, why it happens, and 4 simple strategies for relief. 

If you have any additional questions you would like answered in the future, let me know in the comments!

• What is the Strongest Candida Killer? https://drruscio.com/strongest-candida-killer/ 

• Do You Need a Candida Test? https://drruscio.com/candida-overgrowth-test/

• SIFO with Dr. Satish Rao: https://drruscio.com/sifo-small-intestinal-fungal-overgrowth/ 

• Make it Yours—Daily Gut Health Routine to Fit Your Lifestyle: https://drruscio.com/daily-gut-health-routine/ 

• How to Heal Your Gut Naturally: https://drruscio.com/how-to-heal-your-gut-naturally/ 

00:00 Intro 

01:04 What IS candida? 

03:38 The causes of candida 

07:01 Candida testing 

12:08 The role of oral health 

14:21 How to gauge candida levels

17:05 How to balance the WHOLE microbiome

22:15 Supplements AS effective as meds

27:55 Herbal antifungals 

• Candidiasis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32809459/ 

• Candida albicans- The Virulence Factors and Clinical Manifestations of Infection: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33499276/ 

• Healthy Diet and Lifestyle Improve the Gut Microbiota and Help Combat Fungal Infection: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37375058/  

• Intestinal candidiasis and antibiotic usage in children: case study of Nsukka, South Eastern Nigeria: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29937890/ 

• Investigating Colonization of the Healthy Adult Gastrointestinal Tract by Fungi: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29600282/ 

• Fungal feelings in the irritable bowel syndrome: the intestinal mycobiome and abdominal pain: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36723172/ 

• Dysmotility and proton pump inhibitor use are independent risk factors for small intestinal bacterial and/or fungal overgrowth: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23574267/ 

• Beyond Just Bacteria: Functional Biomes in the Gut Ecosystem Including Virome, Mycobiome, Archaeome and Helminths: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32231141/ 

• What is the Healthy Gut Microbiota Composition? A Changing Ecosystem across Age, Environment, Diet, and Diseases: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30634578/ 

• Commensal Fungi in Health and Disease: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28799901/ 

• Healthy Diet and Lifestyle Improve the Gut Microbiota and Help Combat Fungal Infection - PMC: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10302699/ 

• Archaea and fungi of the human gut microbiome: correlations with diet and bacterial residents: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23799070/ 

• The dietary modification and treatment of intestinal Candida overgrowth - a pilot study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30166063/ 

• Manipulation of Host Diet To Reduce Gastrointestinal Colonization by the Opportunistic Pathogen Candida albicans: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27303684/ 

• Comparison of the therapeutic effects of Garcin(®) and fluconazole on Candida vaginitis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26512149/ 

• Biocompatibility and Effectiveness of a Novel, Organic Olive Oil-Based Denture Adhesive: A Multicenter Randomized and Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33805975/ 

• Vitamin D-supplemented yogurt drink reduces Candida infections in a paediatric intensive care unit: a randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30773722/  

• Investigating Colonization of the Healthy Adult Gastrointestinal Tract by Fungi - PMC: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5874442/  

• Comparing the Effect of Probiotic and Fluconazole on Treatment and Recurrence of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis: a Triple-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36198994/  

• Effect of Probiotics on Oral Candidiasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31615039/  

• Probiotics Prevent Candida Colonization and Invasive Fungal Sepsis in Preterm Neonates: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27793494/  

• Prophylactic Saccharomyces boulardii versus nystatin for the prevention of fungal colonization and invasive fungal infection in premature infants: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23703468/  

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