Well DUH parasites can't be intracellular. Cuz parasites are MULTICELLULAR creatures and can't FIT inside a cell.

I think we should continue to research and bounce ideas on this forum and off eachother and maybe encompass a formula for people to try..

because from where I'm sitting candida is a really hard thing to beat for good but if the mccombs plan and other anti candida diets worked the forum prob wouldn't exist (or at least be as lengthy :) lol

I took a look at his plan too and altho it had some good stuff theres stuff that is pro candida in there.

I like to look at things sometimes opposite of what the masses are doing and ask peculiar questions to spark different avenues of treatments/research.

I believe the immune system will destroy candida if we let it. th1 response shifting after we have tamed the candida with diet and a possible anti fungal supplement is the way to keep it away.

I also spoke with uniquity from natural healing forum and she doesn't recommend transfer factor or IP6 because they are "unnatural and drugs" (in her words) however i just got them in the mail a couple days ago so I've started and want to experiment on myself and such.

I will make an ascertain after a month or so. I wish the baseline NK activity tests were easily accessible and cheaper that way i could be more "scientific" and really report on any NK shift. Although i did notice after I took the TF and IP6 for a couple days an immediate runny nose (which I havent had in like 2 years since i've become a health freak) so I think its killing stuff :)

I'll be in touch, and as always God Bless

All strong antifungals kick in 5-45 minutes after ingestion for me.

Astragalus is indeed a th1 stimulant. The mushrooms were Maitake, Reishi or Shiitake?

I haven't tried myself stimulating one of the other side (th1 or th2) so I couldn't tell you if it's a regular die-off reaction or because the th1 got stimulated. Either way, you apparantly felt something different.

Sky,
Listen,
You have to unload the immune system to gain its function AGAIN, specially to shift to the TH1 side which is cell-mediated immunity. All candida sufferers are toward to the TH2 because the same candida has the ability to create this unbalance. Toxins, intolerances, food allergies , parasites are normal triggers of an antibody reaction. (TH2) So, if you detect some food allergies , you MUST eliminate them to get a proper balance. If you have parasites ,you MUST eliminate them. If you have heavy metal toxicity , you MUST chalate to correct this problem. Until you have factors that keep the immne system overactive in TH2 mode, the TH1 which is the necessary to control candida will be down. You MUST push your immne system toward to the TH1 side to conquer candida. Must antifungals are FUNGISTATICS in the doses we can tolerate. So, your immune system is the only one able to finish the job but if it is STUCK in TH 2 mode, How do you think you can control a candida infection which need NK cells, Cell mediated immunity. There is a lot of GOOD information in this forum lately, better that what I have seen for years. Thanks to all us who are researching to find the best way to recover our health.
Jorge.

See how low glutathione levels and mercury are implicated.