The Yeast Connection: A Medical Breakthrough [Paperback]

William G. Crook (Author)

Book Description

Release date: September 12, 1986

An in-depth guide to those health problems in people of all ages and sexes that can be traced to sensitivity to the yeast germ candida albicans.

Product Details

• Paperback: 434 pages
• Publisher: Vintage Books; Upd Rev Su edition (September 12, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394747003
• ISBN-13: 978-0394747002
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 1 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #6 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Diseases & Physical Ailments > Candida
  • #9 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Nutrition > Food Allergies
  • #13 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Diseases & Physical Ailments > Allergies

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An in-depth guide to those health problems in people of all ages and sexes that can be traced to sensitivity to the yeast germ candida albicans.

Product Details

• Paperback: 434 pages
• Publisher: Vintage Books; Upd Rev Su edition (September 12, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394747003
• ISBN-13: 978-0394747002
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 1 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #6 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Diseases & Physical Ailments > Candida
  • #9 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Nutrition > Food Allergies
  • #13 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Diseases & Physical Ailments > Allergies

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92 of 92 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Saved my life... November 7, 2007

By Catherine S. Todd

Format:Hardcover

This book and it's companion cookbook literally saved my life, after years of getting no help ~ or getting sicker ~ from the established "medical profession." I changed my diet and in three days the pain disappeared, and a week later I tossed away my cane and bounded up the stairs. I couldn't believe it, it was a miracle. I still can't believe it; all because of changing the foods I ate.

Now, years later, when I go off the no-sugar, no yeast diet, the pain and stiffness and depression returns and I have to stop and think... ahhh, I've been eating sugar = candida yeast infection! So back I go and all is well. This change in eating habits has saved untold thousands of people like me from suffering and pain and "given us our lives back." Why don't doctors tell us? I will never understand this.

How did I hear about this book & the problem of candida yeast infection? Three friends, from different parts of the country, told me about it, and I visited a nutritionist who backed up everything Dr. Crook says in the book. Et Voila! I was cured.

It is very hard at times not to feel great bitterness towards the "regular doctors" who wasted my time and money, and left me suffering for so many years, yet who have little or no training in basic nutrition.

It is not this way in Europe; here they seem to know only how to prescribe surgery or useless medications, some of which made me sicker, but I have to continue to remind myself that this is the training of the AMA. I hope things change, and soon.

In the meantime, a note of importance:

I developed the initial candida yeast infection was drinking "100% pure fruit juice." I drank it all day or night long, for three years, sitting in front of my computer working. I was a computer programmer at the time.... Turns out any bottled fruit juice turns into fructose sugar during processing, and I was making myself sick by believing that the "100% pure juice" was healthy for me. How wrong that was. That's how I got sick.

After going on the anti-candida yeast diet for a few months (during which I lost 40 lbs as well! The fat just melted off me), all was well. Then I started drinking cartons of orange juice purchased from the grocery store. Joint pain, exhaustion and suffering again! I was told by a woman shopping alongside of me that processed orange juice was causing my returning joint pain, and she was right. She knew because she had been through the same thing. She was an angel from above! Now I only drink juice that is fresh squeezed (such as apple juice), and stick to the rest of the diet, and I have no more problems whatsoever. I have problems only when I go off my diet. Then it's back on so it's easy to fix. Pain is a great motivator for change!

I have recommended this book to many, many people and all have received a great deal of relief. If only I had been told about it sooner, it would have saved me three years of exhaustion, pain, suffering & immobility. It even hurt to breath some days, and doctors did not help at all. I tried everything.

The diet is simple: no sugar, no dairy, no yeast, no wheat, only organic foods and water to drink. It's not "easy" at first, but mayonnaise, eggs and chicken are allowed, spices, curries, rice syrup (really sweet), fresh corn tacos or chips take the place of many kinds of foods. Health food stores have lots of "gluten and dairy free foods, so you will shop there to your heart's content. Plus I had immediate results within three to seven days.

This diet was like putting "Miracle Grow" on roses with yellowed & blackened leaves half dead from lack of proper nutrients, and seeing green and healthy results, literally overnight! I still can hardly believe it. After four months, people said it was as if I was twenty years younger, and they were right!

Thank you, Dr. Crook! You have saved my life.

I recommend this book and it's change in diet with acupressure massage, and a bit of prayer and meditation. With Grace on our side, all will be well.

Update 2012: My other "magic trick" has been taking Espom Salts baths with TWO POUNDS of salts in a hot bath and 20 to 40 minutes reading my favorite spiritual book or regular reading. That's my "meditation time." I also take one 250 mg magnesium pill per day.

Magnesium is in Epsom Salts and if I've had a extra strenuous day, that hot bath with the salts takes all the pain away, almost instantly. It's a miracle. It's recommended to soak sore feet or ankles or bruises with the salts, but until I tried a LOT in a hot bath, it never worked. Experiment with the right amount for yourself, but start with a LOT. Walmarts, Costco or the DollarStore all carry Epsom Salts for about a dollar a pound. The brand doesn't matter; the only difference is the grind. The chemical composition is the same. Epsom Salts are sold as fertilizer for roses in agriculture stores and that's OK to use too.

Dr. Crook's diet, my two pound bag of Epsom Salts and one little magnesium pill every day keeps the pain away. I wish I had found out about this years ago! Before this, I suffered so much in constant pain, and so needlessly. If I had known all this before, I would never have needed to be on those addictive and expensive pain pills prescribed to me by my "regular" doctor! God bless you Dr. Crook and Epsom Salts! Read more ›

127 of 131 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars "Fatigue of unknown origin" is not a diagnosis March 31, 2005

By Vegan Girl

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

At 29, I suddenly started feeling sick all the time. Doctors tested me for everything under the sun but found nothing. They "diagnosed" me with "Fatigue of unknown origin". By pure chance, I happened upon The Yeast Connection and it explained everything. I followed his diet recomendations and felt better almost immediately. I can't imagine what my life would be like if I hadn't figured out how my diet and lifestyle were making me sick. I have cut out processed food and sugar, and now eat a diet mainly of organic whole vegetables and whole grains and I feel terrific.

If you have intense sugar cravings, get sick a lot, are depressed, or are tired all the time, read this book. If you have been on birth control, taking a lot of antibiotics, or eating a diet high in sugar and processed foods, read this book. If doctors can't figure out what is wrong with you, read this book.

The book isn't that well organized and a lot of information is repetitious. But it's well worth muddling through. The information is priceless.

155 of 172 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This book changed my health. July 15, 1998

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

Since buying this book I have figured out that I am not crazy. About 7 months ago I had a stomach flu and had all the symptoms of a kidney infection. Being that I am only 24 I listened to all of my peers and took some antibiotics that one of my friends had. Sadly, it was amoxicillen. Well, since my immune system was down it caused the yeast in my body to grow. This book taught me that. I went from being a healthy 24 year old to a miserable ball of nerves within two weeks. I thought the stomach flu was just lingering but, after about two months I figured it was something else. I was sick for atleast 4 hours everyday. To make a long story short, I soon found out after that, that my aunt has had Candita for eight years. She suggested I research Candita, and this was the book I stumbled apon. After reading the book I realized that the reason I was feeling so ill is because I was consuming so much citric acid. The reason for that was that the diet my doctor put m! ! e on was to bring my digestive system back up, it included apples, bananas and a slow integration into other fruits. About a week after I started the Fruit-free, Suger-free, Yeast-free diet. I felt 150% better. It has been about 6 months since I started that diet and can slowly work some foods I couldn't have before into my diet. I am not cured but, I can atleast function now. I am starting to feel like a 24 year old again.

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars informative yet dated and poorly organized.. July 28, 2010

By lazza

Format:Paperback

'The Yeast Connection' by Dr William Crook has most everything you want to know about yeast (Candida) infection. The author really knows his stuff; his many years of treating patients with Candida are reflected well in this book. However the book is very repetitive, very jumbled and is very dated (written over twenty years ago). But I think for most people interested in the topic this book would be satisfactory overall.

The only content missing from this book is a thorough discussion on (non-prescription) supplements that can be used to combat Candida. The author only references caprylic acid and garlic. In fact there are many others. Instead the author talks endlessly about nystatin, a drug only available through prescription. Sometimes this book reads as if his target audience is doctors versus folks suffering from Candidiasis.

Bottom line: certainly a useful book but I would expect there are better and newer ones out there.