This is a reflection about the effect of the diet when treating this syndrome. Why is so difficult to cure it ??
It has taken me time to understand many things about this syndrome and I want to comment some things. First, I will tell that the diet is very important and I totally favor it, but we need to know until where it offers benefits.
Then,it comes the second part. The worst and most difficult part of this infection is the intracellular part. The intracellular part is what really cause this syndrome. Candida Albicans in its yeast form is a commensal and an EXTRACELLULAR organism. (Gablatra isn't polymorphic and is very pathogenic), but one time candida has had chance to mutate to its pathogenic mycelial form is a pathogenic EXTRACELLULAR and INTRACELLULAR organism.
The diet is very important to eradicate the extracellular fungus but it hasn't direct impact on the intracellular infection. We need to know that what cause leaky gut and most of the candida related symptoms is the intracellular fungal infection inside the epithelial cells. The intestinal lining becomes inflammated one time candida has invaded the cells. This inflammation causes gaps between cell's junctions allowing undigested food particles reach the bloodstream. Later, an antibody formation against that particle (antigen) and the respective allergic reaction. To eradicate the intracellular infection the immune system is absolutely neccesary. It is well known current oral systemic antifungals are fungistatic meaning that they don't kill the fungus but inhibit its growing. So, a possible victory using current antifungals must be supported by an strong cell-mediated immunity response. It is a combination of immune response plus systemic antifungals. During the time I have been learning and researching this syndrome I have found people who has done a tremendous effort following the diet to only reach partial recover or symptom control. Those people, including me at some point, can not come back to a "normal" diet again because the infection re-growth very quickly. Instead, there are people who have chosen the immune restoration pathway following chelation program, immune support supplements, etc. Those are who really have claimed a complete victory because they have erradicated the intracellular infection. There are many things that help to immune restoration such as eliminating extracellular fungal colonies, killing parasites, a selective diet, supplements, heavy metal chelation, immune shots, etc. Of all of these, what has bigger impact in cell mediated immunity is chelation. It may explains why the successful stories of people eliminating candida come from those who have chelated successfully. What I want to say is the diet is a very important weapon in a multi-step program to eliminate this illness but isn't enough to reach a cure. The diet can not control the intracellular form of candida that is responsible for intestinal inflammation and many antigens circulating in the blood as a result of it. IMO, immune restoration is the only way to go to be free of this monster some day even when the diet is a must and part of the treatment. I lost 2 years trying everything possible without paying attention to what has caused my immune tolerance to fungus and a defective cell-mediated immunity. Recovering the lost immunity with a detox program, supplements, an smart diet, and lowering the extracellular candida may give the body the tools it need to fight the pathogenic intracellular candidiasis together with current systemic antifungal drugs. I hope this help people to understand what has taken long time and dedication to me. There isn't cure if candida continue inside the cells.
Jorge.