I too believe candida is a byproduct of another issue in the body, and that's why most people on here never seen to get better. They claim they hate MD's but they themselves are thinking like MD's. They believe that they aren't and that candida is the root cause of their symptoms but what they don't realize is that the rabbit hole is deeper than they think. I think candida is acting as a "protector" of heavy metals accumulated in the body.