Jennihul

I found out THE HARD WAY that I was allergic to one of the creams they sell. Itching to death from the inside is a bad way to die, but that's what it felt like was about to happen to me!

Anyway, I can relate to your desire to find an alternative to OTC creams. But all the books and sources I consulted on this idea, pretty much recommend the creams. There was one suggestion of repeated douching with a vinegar/water mix (2 Tbs vinegar to a quart of water) but most feel that this could in fact increase your chance of an infection deeper in your reproductive tract.

Yeast infections are preventible with diet. I used to get them all the time when I was a vegetarian. Now that I do low carb, I have effectively taken away the yeasty's favorite food source: sugar, fruit and things like breads, corn, grains, potatoes, rice which all turn to glucose inside of you anyway, and now they have no hospitible environment in me. If I cheat, the thing that sends me back to my diet in a flash is the sense that I could be getting another yeast invasion. Within a day of being back on low carb, the feeling is gone.

I also work hard not to ever need antibiotics since they set you up for yeast infections by killing the rival bacteria that keep them in balance.

Jennifer