Awesome,
thanks for that reassurance, I had been going back and forth from that diagnosis and candida for a while, and now I'm leaning more towards sluggish digestion.
I did speak too soon though - the white coating on my tongue is back as usual. Oh well, still waiting for these pills to kick in.
I've just been waiting so long for a solution to this that any minor headway (even if imagined) gets me so psyched, so once again im disappointed. oh well.
I have set a goal though - I would like to get rid of this problem by the time I start graduate school in the fall (August 08). Hopefully I can reach this. How are you and your symptoms doing, tyler?

In that case, eating more slowly, chewing more, and taking digestive enzymes for a while would be very beneficial. It would not take long to discover if digestion is the cause. Digestion requires a little acid. Hopefully we are not too alkaline.

We should eat more slowly anyway. The nerves from the stomach to the brain are already slower than other organs. It takes time for the brain to learn that we are full or have had enough to eat.

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There is a belief by some TCM practitioners that the white tongue coating (and indeed, whenever people talk about 'candida' or candida symptoms) is the result of food not being digested enough, in other words instead of fungal or yeast-caused, it reflects the state of the intestines and basically sluggish digestion. In that case, remedy the GI issues and it should resolve the white tongue (although an ever so slight coating on the tongue shouldn't be a concern).

There is (IMO) definitely a correlation at least in my experience. Looking back, when my symptoms were worst, the tongue coating was the thickest. Now it's reduced considerably but is still present.. many people deal with this so good luck qbfox.
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but aren't carbs like rice and white bread* (i wrote rice by accident at first) easy to digest? i know Sugar feeds candida, but isn't a big piece of chicken harder to digest to say a bowl of rice?

My progress continues but has slowed for now; strange b/c there are ways in which i'm doing better (sinus, cleaner mouth/teeth as confirmed by my dentist who was quite impressed with the better condition of the teeth and gums, to name a couple) and some in which the progress has 'hit a wall' or even backslid a little e.g. digestion, sensitive teeth like some others have experienced.. Miracle-Mineral-Supplement is doing me good but it seems I'm going through a phase right now that could be associated with retracing somewhat, that many seem to experience- the pattern of feeling great within the first 3 days, then backsliding for a few, all the while upping the dose then doing great again for 2 weeks or so, then backsliding again- eventually the high dose is tolerated just fine and most of the person's issues are resolved. Just a pattern that seems commonplace. So in short i'm doing very well in some areas and a little worse in others. All part of the journey I guess.