Zapp once suggested ourchasing Activa and then using it only to cultivate your own homemade yogut without the sugar. A clever idea of his I also might try wheneve my yogurt maker gets here.

Michelle

Hi Cocoalover. Please, under no circumstances eat a container of Dannon Activa. It is loaded with fructose, sugar, and the lactose remaining in the cultured milk. We can't blame Dannon too much, you have to make things sweet if want to sell them to the masses, and this product is not not specifically marketed to candida sufferers.
Use one four ounce container as starter for one quart of home fermented yogurt. Ferment the yogurt for 24 hours.
I try not to recommend a product until I have evaluated it for a reasonable period of time. There are a lot of people on this board who have been ill for extended periods of time. I know from personal experience how frustrating it can be when even a well intentioned person gives advise that turns out to be yet another dead end.
That having been said, I like this product. Before I had finished my first quart, I was experiencing signs of possible attempted implantation. Those signs included constant "churning" in my gut, and to be blunt, copious amounts of intestintal gas.
Intestinal gas is the byproduct of micro-organisms feeding in the guts. Since everything in my diet had been held constant, and the "churning" and gas immediately followed ingesting the Activa, it reasonable to assume that the patented Bifidus Regularis strain was attempting to set up house in my large intestine.
Bifidus cleans up the large intestine. The real goal is implantation of L. Acidophilus in the small intestine. However, Bifidus is widely recognised as being very helpful in supporting the implantation of L. Acidophilus. A step in the right direction is always a good thing. You don't kill candida with one stroke, you slowly beat it to death punch by punch, day by day.
My treatment regimen has been time released caprylic acid paired with megadosing with various "super strains". I prefer not to post on my treatment until I am more certain of the results. But I will say this, I am guardedly optimistic.
You need a yogurt maker if you want to attempt megadosing. One small 500ml bowl of home fermented yogurt can have more beneficial organisms than 100 capsules. And since Dannon doesn't make a plain, unsweetened Activa, home fermentation is the only way to try Bifidus Regularis.

better yet, make your own kefir. Dom's kefir site is a good place for information on that. You can buy the starter cultures even on eBay, and there is someone who posts in the kefir grain forum who sells hers, she's MarilyntheKefirLady. It's got more healthy flora in it and more variety than yogurt. I personally feel fine on kefir, but don't digest yogurt very well.

Don't eat that yogurt. Candida sufferers must do the low/no Sugar form of yogurt. Plus, the Dannon stuff won't have NEARLY as much probiotic as making it at home anyway.

Here's what you do. Go to a health food store. Get yogurt (powder form and alive). Get some milk. You can find better directions but i'm summarizing. Heat milk to a boil and get it off the heat as soon as it starts to boil. Wait til the temp drops to 110 degrees Fairenheit. Add yogurt and keep at 110 for 24 hours. This will give time for the live cultures to consuma almost all of the Sugar and give them time to really reach large numbers. When it's all done, i add some stevia to taste and it's the best freakin yogurt you can get, better than what's in stores...