Even for those of us that aren’t strictly lactose intolerant, or that may not show symptoms with dairy incorporated into their diet, reducing or removing dairy entirely could be a boon for not just your gut, hormones, skin, bones, metabolism, mucous membranes and microbiome… but other unexpected areas and processes too.

Thrush, or Candida overgrowth, can affect a wide range of body systems, and once it becomes recurrent, can be a difficult cycle to break. Recommendations such as restrictive diets, anti-biotics or anti-fungals may help for the acute phase. But they can perpetuate the condition long term, increasing re-infection potential, and cause other issues down the line such as a disrupted microbiome and digestive dysfunction.