Re: cost effective antifungals?

Well I have used a few different kinds of fos and mainly the NOW inulin. I normally don't take digestive enzymes for the reason you just mentioned. Even though no one ever seems to acknowledge that, it just always seemed odd to me that you would want to break complex carbohydrates and fiber when fighting candida. Plus, there is some evidence that excess protease can be destructive to the bacteria in your intestines. That being said, Candex is probably the most symptom reducing supplement I have taken, but I take it far away from meals(in the morning after my bowels move at least an hour before my first meal). When taken away from food it really is helpful, so I would not totally discount the usefulness of cellulase.

Anyway... There are a lot of people on this forum and the yahoo candidiasis group, including me, that seem to get a worsening of symptoms from taking inulin. These symptoms being all the ones that led me to take it in the first place(bloating, reflux, fatigue, brain fog, thrushy tongue, excema, etc.) I mean, maybe we are all suffering from a bacteria different from candida, but one symptom that I have heard pretty much exclusively linked to candida is the drunken feeling after consuming carbs, which I definitely have. I want to make it clear that I was not taking candex when taking inulin. I have taken both for months, but never during the same times. Inulin just seems to fuel whatever fire is going on down there.