I've recovered fully. :) All of my issues are general ones that I had before candida. I can eat whatever I want and in fact have become a gourmet cook and baker. Woo hoo! ;)

Here's a list of how I cured myself:

1. An anti-candida diet for three months per the Yeast Connection Cookbook recommendations, slightly modified by rec's in "Juicing for Life". Basically, I ate a huge variety of veggies, raw, steamed, in soups, juiced. I only ate one serving of fruit a day, green apple, blueberries, pears or cherries only. Ate 1/2 to 1 cup of alternative grains like quinoa and used brown rice flour for tortillas and pasta. NO wheat or dairy or refined sugar. Used brown rice syrup as a sweetener for my hot cereals. Olive-Oil and Flax Seed Oil and Ghee (clarified butter) were my only fats.

2. Pancreatic enzymes with meals, especially when eating protein, for increased bile flow.

3. Complete bowel management, including a series of colonics every quarter, followed by home enemas via a bucket enema setup. Plain water and Sea Salt mostly, sometimes a couple tablespoons of Bentonite clay or chlorophyll added.

4. Hot baths with baking soda and Epsom Salts 20 minutes after taking 40mg Niacin - the flush kind. Also did dry brushing before taking niacin.

5. super green foods and probiotics and lecithin. I prefer Garden of Life's products, Primal Defense, Perfect Food, etc.

6. herbal complexes to support the liver - mostly Planetary Formula's Bupluerum Liver Cleanse, and beets. Chinese Bitters and Coptis from sensible health are good too.

7. massage and chiropractic, purchased a shiatsu massager, for circulation. Also walks and stretching, yoga.

8. Solaray Spectro multi vit-min supplements, and a liquid trace mineral additive

9. Co enzyme Q10

10. Psyllium and Bentonite shakes

11. Ate a lot of Kichadi, an Indian stew that Ayurvedic doctors recommend for ease of digestion and circulation.

12. warm water with lemon juice and sometimes apple cider vinegar, occasionally, before bed.

13. Went to be before 10:30 every night - every hour before Midnight is twice as healing as any hour after Midnight.

I now recommend MSM in small dosages (1000 mg or less) because it helps the liver, but small dosage because it has an acidic effect on PH balance, and of course a series of liver flushes, and perhaps HCL betain. A good healthy bile flow is essential for keeping Candida in balance, so liver management is crucial.

Just discovered Garden of Life's "Fungal Defense." Sounds like a good product - can try taking that for 14 days, then Primal Defense and the rest of the regime.

Best references that I've found so far:

http://www.liverdoctor.com

http://www.sensiblehealth.com

"Juicing for Life" by Cherie Calbom & Maureen Keane - the book that saved my life by teaching me about candidiasis.

"Tissue Cleansing thru Bowel Management" by Dr. Bernard Jensen - the book that taught me how to do proper bowel management and lymph cleansing.

"The Yeast Connection Cookbook" by W. Crook - the book that taught me how to eat a candida diet and also to prepare meals out of veggies I wasn't used to eating.

Also recommend "Perfect Health" by Deepak Chopra for how to live in balance with your particular body type, based on Ayurvedic Medicine. Knowing your Dosha and blood type, the recommended foods for both, and foods to avoid, really helps speed recovery and maintain balance.

Hi Cristina:

I see that shelleycat responded to you, so I know you're in good hands. I also wanted to add that I also didn't have any abdominal pain or bloating or bowel problems (e.g. diarrhea or constipation). When it becomes systemic (kind of a long story to explain how), it can and does affect your entire body, and each body is affected differently. The fungus can (and often does) affect glands such as thyroid and adrenal, so it's possible the low adrenal function was caused by candidiasis.

In case you're feeling overwhelmed, a simplified version of the healing method is:

1) don't feed the yeast (anti-candida diet) It's not forever (but you should probably give up refined Sugar permanently and minimize white flour ... nothing good can come out of those)

2) probiotics to re-introduce 'friendly' flora to the intestines. They create an environment that is not beneficial for yeast to flourish. Shelleycat recommends Primal Defense. I'm just now trying it, so no opinion.

3) anti-fungals to kill the candida (caprylic acid, etc., there are a bunch of different ones). Solaray makes a nice blend called "Yeast-Cleanse", and shelleycat reports that the makers of Primal Defense have their own anti-fungal.

4) re-build immune system and maintain health digestive systems and organs

I've had a mild relapse because I never paid attention to no. 4 above, so apparently it matters. You might as well do it right the first time!

Yes, you CAN and WILL beat this thing! Lots of good advice on this site, and internet in general, and lots of books out there. Try the library or used book store if your budget is low. After an initial die-off phase in which you might feel worse for a few days, you will probably see results quickly.

Best of luck in recovery!

Cheers -- Deborah

If you want to keep it simple, check out "the key to health and rejuvenation" by Andreas Moritz (who also has his own curezone forum). The book has all the info you need without the need for endless amounts of supps. I had candida and cured it in far less than a year basically by following guidelines similar to those in the book. Wish I would have found that book years ago.

johng