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Does Nicotine Cause Candida?

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Channel: CanXida · 2018 · Education

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Greetings. Eric Bakker from New Zealand, a naturopath from way down under. Thanks for coming back. 

The question today is does nicotine cause candida either by smoking or chewing tobacco. No it doesn't. I've seen no link with nicotine at all and candida. But nicotine can affect behavior, and it can affect appetite, and it can modify how you feel about food, which could cause candida. 

Nicotine is very addictive, and every cigarette got around about two milligrams of nicotine, just a small amount. Nicotine has a very powerful effect on the parasympathetic receptor cells in different parts of the body. And you can see when people get all worked up, "Give me a cigarette quick. Give me a cigarette." 

And it basically calms them down. It has a relaxing effect on people. You look at a lot of smokers, and you'll find that they light up at particular times of the day, and particularly if they get stressed or tense or nervous, they'll want to have a cigarette because it has a tiny bit of a calming effect on the body. 

I've not seen tobacco associated with actually causing candida, but I certainly have seen it linked up with either increasing or decreasing appetite, and making people's taste affected. They're going to eat too much food, or they're going to have food with lots of spices or sugars or sweet chili sauce or things in there to make them taste better because smokers generally they don't have a great sense of taste. 

If they modify the food with obviously junk in there, well that could cause candida. But that's my take on it anyway. 

Anyway, why are you smoking? Shouldn't be smoking in the first place. Thanks for the question.

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