These vaginal health errors may increase your risk of infection

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Your female parts are great: they are self-cleaning, they bring exciting orgasms, and they usually have very low maintenance costs. But sometimes they throw a curve or two. <

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span="article-image inner-caption"> shaving may increase the risk of vaginal infection. (Picture: Pexels/Bruce Mars)

Error 8: Eat too much sugar! Your taste buds may like that chocolate cake, but your vagina certainly won't & 39; T. & quot; sugar increases yeast infections, because yeast lives on sugar, so eating sugar, even carbohydrates that quickly become sugar, increases your risk, & quot; Landa said.

Note: This also includes fruits, so when you should eat one or two servings a day, you may want to remember your intake in the body. Choices such as oranges, cherries and grapes are examples that should be eaten in moderation, while avocados, raspberries and strawberries are very low-sugar choices. & "Fruits are rich in sugar and yeasts are very happy to eat," she said.

When you eat sugar, you provide food for bad bacteria from vaginal yeast infections. & "Yeasts in Candida infections come from your gut, and when yeasts can eat sugar, they thrive in the gut," Landa explained.

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In addition, fermented foods fermented with yeast increase your risk of yeast infection. You should avoid beer yeast and bread yeast (bread and beer!). She said.



Controlling your vaginal health may be an empowering process, and these lifestyle adjustments begin in a fast and low-commitment way. It's time you put on that new luxury (cotton) underwear!

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