Although I think iv always had candida, looking at my medical history, I too started the diets after painful sores errupted near my mouth on skin. It was a fungal skin infection and was agony coupled with severely dry skin that seem to worsen the more cream I gave it (moisturiser possibly feeds it or gives it a barrier to hide behind).

After a diet alteration coupled with applying small but agonizingly painful diluted tea tree oil to my face and scalp plus some direct sunlight its cured. I also had folliculitis on my chest which no dr could cure and this was cured within 4 weeks after 4 years of itchy pain. I also tried clove oil, gentian violet, tcp, coconut oil rubbed onto the scalp and afected skin. This also stopped my itchy flaky scalp and halted greasy hair loss. My scalp used to sting but my embarrasingly red face was the worst pain Iv ever felt even compared to breaking my pelvis and popping my right eye half out in an accident. Now I could use it like after shave with no reaction.

I have been asking my dr for years why I have always had sweet smelling urine with white strings in. I have had red and white cells in my urine since age 5 with early autistic regression. After getting 3 bad hospital infections and using IV Antibiotics for weeks it all went downhill fast. My dr wont take me seriously but my bladder capacity got so small and frequent I had to self diagnose. I had every candida symptom you could possibly google for and have managed to improve or eradicate every one with 6 months of limited foods and some natural supplements. I only really took this whole candida thing deadly serious when I put the white strings under my microscope (maybe 400x) and clearly saw what looks identical to images of candida albican fungal strands possibly engulfed by spent white blood cells. The strings almost went away when I was doing a super strict month on the diet plan. After three days on the diet I collapsed into a cold sweats and couldnt do much for a week but my bladder started throwing out more white sludge than you could ever imagine (think old milk left out for a week) and my bladder returned to normal function. Im not medically trained and although Iv been made to feel like a paranoid fool I feel im on the right tracks with candida being linked to the urine discharges.

They only resurface now if I have any Sugar coupled with instant constant bladder urgency for 8 to 12 hours (diabetic tests all came back fine). I later found out my mother had candida since age 20 but was misdiagnosed as a serious std and is now mentally ill and over run with candida. Im 27 and my 17 year old sister also has it So it seems we are predisposed to it somehow. Anyway heres the images of what I saw. Maybe you should look at your own samples with a cheap microscope. Thanks to all those who gave advice concerning this massivly overlooked health problem and to the website in general as it seemed to offer more concise information. Dan.

Ps I have more energy than iv ever had in my life and eat 65 percent less. Iv been hit by the most awful bouts of Depression probably linked to chemical imbalances the candida used to release to reward you for giving in to sugary foods but life is so much better now im past that stage. Dont hesitate in trying this all out if you have the smallest suspicion your out of balance, the worst case is you ate basic foods for a while and a few odd tree barks.