LC for Candida Buddies
 

I am about to embark on the Elimination Diet to control the Candida and could really use some support. Anyone interested?

Excerpt from atkins.com on Candida:

Candida albicans, yeast's medical name, is one of 400 species of indigenous organisms residing in the human intestinal tract. In other words, candida is a normal part of us and, in healthy competition with our other intestinal flora, it serves us well. Candida, however, is an opportunistic organism, and at the first sign of stress it has a tendency to spread inappropriately. When it does, you have a yeast overgrowth—and very often, yeast sensitivity. The symptoms are extremely common: One in three people may be subject to them

http://atkins.com/Archive/2001/11/28-199113.html


have a fine day,