April 21, 2025
Spring is a season of fresh beginnings—longer days, warmer air, and renewed motivation. Yet, for many, it’s marked by fatigue, mental fog, and digestive discomfort. What’s the disconnect? At Hotze Health & Wellness Center, we’ve seen how often candida overgrowth quietly steals the energy this season should deliver.
While often overlooked in conventional medicine, candidiasis—an overgrowth of Candida albicans—may be the hidden reason behind many symptoms. Let’s explore how this common imbalance disrupts wellness, what triggers it, and what you can do to support your body naturally.
Candida is a yeast normally found in the digestive tract. In balance, it coexists with other microbes without issue. However, when conditions favor its growth, candida can spread and begin to cause systemic effects. After months of holiday treats, sugar-laden drinks, and starch-heavy meals, the gut can become a perfect environment for candida to flourish¹.
Candida releases toxins that affect digestion, deplete energy, and weaken immunity. These issues can persist into spring, overshadowing what should be an energizing time of year. This overgrowth is more common than many realize. Studies show that functional gastrointestinal disorders—including constipation, reflux, and irritable bowel symptoms—affect millions². These conditions may indicate an underlying yeast imbalance.
Symptoms often reflect imbalances throughout the body. Common indicators include:
These symptoms often intensify when sugar or starch intake increases—something that happens all too easily during social gatherings and celebrations.
Several everyday factors contribute to yeast overgrowth. Antibiotics—whether prescribed or consumed indirectly through meat and dairy—kill off healthy bacteria while leaving yeast untouched³. Birth control pills, corticosteroids, and unmanaged stress all weaken the body’s ability to maintain balance.
Refined carbohydrates and sugars, especially prevalent in winter and early spring diets, further accelerate yeast growth. As candida grows, it produces toxins that burden the liver⁴, stress the immune system, and leave the body vulnerable to allergens and infections.
When candida becomes systemic, its effects can spread beyond the digestive tract. The liver—the body’s primary detox organ—often becomes sluggish under the strain of yeast-related toxins⁴. The adrenal glands, responsible for helping you manage stress, become overwhelmed⁵. As a result, you may feel fatigued, irritable, or mentally exhausted.
Candida may also affect hormone function. Thyroid activity may decrease, leading to slower metabolism⁶. Women might notice worsened perimenopausal symptoms⁷, while men could feel a drop in vitality due to inefficient testosterone use⁸. These symptoms rarely prompt a conventional candida screening, but they are important red flags for deeper imbalance.
At Hotze Health & Wellness Center, we address candida overgrowth at the source. Our natural protocol is designed to help guests reduce yeast levels, restore gut health, and regain energy. Here is how we do it:
The foundation of our protocol is a yeast-free cleanse and eating program. By eliminating sugar, alcohol, starches, and processed carbohydrates, you cut off candida’s fuel supply. Instead, the eating program emphasizes whole foods—vegetables, healthy fats, and high-quality proteins⁹.
A 2017 study confirmed that low-sugar diets support candida balance and improve gut integrity¹⁰. Many guests report better digestion and increased energy within weeks.
Probiotics are essential for restoring microbial balance. By reintroducing beneficial bacteria, they help crowd out candida and strengthen the gut lining¹¹. Research shows that targeted probiotics reduce symptoms associated with yeast overgrowth¹².
Candida toxins can disrupt hormonal pathways. We address this through BHRT, using animal or plant-derived hormones that match the body’s own. Thyroid hormone supports metabolism and detoxification¹³. Adrenal support with cortisol and DHEA helps stabilize energy. In women, BHRT can ease perimenopausal symptoms⁷; in men, it helps maintain testosterone levels and cognitive function⁸.
A 2020 review found that thyroid therapy significantly improved energy and well-being in patients with gut-related issues¹⁴.
The protocol also includes lifestyle guidance. Moderate exercise, such as walking, stretching, and breathwork can help regulate stress and promote circulation and is what we recommend. Nutritional supplements—such as magnesium, vitamin C, and zinc—support the immune system and detoxification pathways¹¹.
The comprehensive protocol at Hotze Health & Wellness Center assists with measurable benefits:
These improvements are not quick fixes—they are the result of targeted, long-term changes that support the body’s natural function.
Conventional treatments often include antifungal medications, antibiotics and in many cases, replenishing hormones with synthetic treatments. While sometimes helpful, they do not always address the root cause—and they can lead to further imbalances. Our approach avoids unnecessary medications and focuses on restoring harmony within the body.
Each protocol is customized after a comprehensive evaluation. With over three decades of experience, we have supported over 30,000 guests (we call our patients Guests at the Hotze Health & Wellness Center) in addressing the root causes of their symptoms.
Candida overgrowth may be more than a nuisance—it may be the reason you are experiencing chronic symptoms and why your energy is not where you want it to be. If you are experiencing any of the symptoms listed above, we invite you to learn more about our approach.
Schedule your complimentary Wellness Consultation HERE. Would you like to start the yeast-free diet? Find free resources at YeastFreeWithMe.com.
Your spring, and every season, energy is worth protecting—and restoring. Let this season be your time to flourish.
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Since 1989, Hotze Health & Wellness Center has helped over 33,000 patients get their lives back using bioidentical hormones that restore hormones to optimal levels, strengthen immune systems, and increase energy levels. Our treatment regimen addresses the root cause of hypothyroidism, adrenal fatigue, menopause, perimenopause, low testosterone, allergies, and candida.
Led by best-selling author, radio host and leading natural health expert, Steven F. Hotze, M.D., our medical team has over 100 years’ combined medical experience backed by a staff of nearly 100 caring professionals who provide an environment of hope and extraordinary hospitality for each of our patients, who we call our guests. It is our deepest desire to help you obtain and maintain health and wellness naturally so that you may enjoy a better quality of life, pure and simple.
Do you want to live a healthy, happy, purpose-driven life? Do you want to restore your health so that your loss of energy, weight gain, joint pain, depression and lack of drive or motivation won’t hold you back from achieving your personal and professional goals?
Dr. Steven Hotze wants that for you, too. In fact, in his powerful and passionate video entitled, “What I Believe”, Dr. Hotze shares how his Christian worldview and pivotal experiences have ignited a deep desire to offer the message of hope and optimal health to all who need to hear it.
At Hotze Health & Wellness Center, our doctors are changing the way women and men are treated through the use of bioidentical hormones. Our natural treatments have helped over 33,000 individuals with hypothyroidism, adrenal fatigue, menopause, perimenopause, low testosterone, allergies, candida, detoxification and nutritional deficiencies.
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