Forgot the diet. Adopt a no sugar low carbohyrate diet dont starve yourself eat the required amount of calories
good luck
Tests for a yeast infection are notoriously unreliable Though two tests that top the league, are PCR testing, looking for the DNA fingerprint of a pathogen & looking for Metabolites produced by yeast in the urine, the way I was diagnosed was to take A/F & see the reaction [as per doc Darren] my GP treated me for three months unfortunately the consultant I was subsequently referred to was corrupt & gave me a diagnosis of
Look up this site [the quack page is one of the links] there
That was actually kind of interesting.
I know im lucky im still alive from that.. it was quite scary.
Im not so sure if there truly is a big "die off" stage, as the quacks tend to say. I think its because they dont know any controlled dosage for the natural products and it just makes a person sick. It might not be really doing anything either, just making a weird reaction with the body.
Have you personally been diagnosed with it and successfully treated it?
I dont believe in the Great Smokies lab or all these send away labs. Its also on Quackwatch...
You should always look out for so called "labs" saying that they have different tests that most hospitals and stuff don't know about.
I'd be much more comfertable if i knew the place, like our labs around my hosptials.
If i can get an actual test from there showing candida, that would be great!
I especially wouldnt wanna go on that diet AT ALL if i didnt know for sure what my problem is.
Its a BRUTAL diet. It'd make you sick in itself. Not alot of nutrients there.
Write me back with some more info... tell me if you agree..
I think you should also go to :
http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/candida.html
before self-diagnosing yourself with Candida.
If you've ever actually seen someone with AIDS with a true systemic candida infection, its a horrible sight.
Thrush and vaginal infection is not uncommon, but to just tell someone based on symptoms they have candida, without an actual true test is harmful.
A naturopath told me i had this once, and i followed their instructions by taking caproil ( a mixture of capriylic acid and olive oil ),
psyllium seed, and betonite clay. I also couldnt eat any refined sugar, fruit, bread... basically anything known to man.
I did this for over a week and it made me insanely sick, i was told i would feel sick at first, but it got to the point that i was bedridden and yellow to the skin.
I went to the emergency and i had high liver inflammation, and temporary jaundice.
I stopped immediately and my skin came back and my liver calmed down. But it really wrecked my body and was unnessesary.
Very scary, i'll never let someone wihout any professional tests diagnose me again.
The antibiotics theory is correct though. Negligence to just prescribe antibiotics at the whif of a pen seems to be the way of many doctors these days, and can definately cause us problems later, especially bacteria that can become immune to antibiotics.
Look up this candida forum ,it