There was an interesting 2013 study that looked at 150 people with unexplained gastrointestinal

symptoms. Abdominal pain, gas, bloating, nausea, and diarrhea were some of the symptoms that

they were experiencing. They did assessments on all the individuals, and what they found, I think,

is very telling.

21% of these people had a overgrowth of Candida.

25% had a bacterial overgrowth, known as Cebo, and 21% had a mixture of both.

Music mixture of both.

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One of the first signs that you may be out of balance could be oral thrush.

This is wherein you have a white or a yellow patch on your tongue. Could also be in other areas of the mouth. There may also be what's known as halitosis or a bad odor to your breath. And part of what happens when candida in the oral cavity becomes chronic is what's known as Haifie formation.

This diagram, I think, does a very nice job in depicting, again, this is for the oral cavity.

But what happens when yeast go from short term to more chronic?

They can actually create these filaments that burrow down into tissue, release toxins, and cause inflammation.

And part of what's going on here, not to go too far afield into causes, but I just want to make a couple notes.

Oral hygiene, so brushing and flossing, not consuming a lot of sugary drinks.

But the other component here, just to briefly bring your attention to, is if you have

dry mouth.

And some people have a habit of mouth breathing, and this may be one thing that weakens or

imbalances the oral microbiome. So make a mental note of if you are mouth breathing, especially

at night, this is where something like mouth taping can be very helpful or to sort of train the musculature so as not to drift into nighttime mouth breathing.

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