Re: Will plant enzymes do much for candida?

 I have to disagree. I feel I am about 80% better at this point and I can't imagine having gotten here without Candex in particular. Candex was the only thing that slowed my bowels down enough to enable me to start having semi-solid bowel movements again. I can't recommend enzymes enough.

We will have to agree to disagree then because I disagree with the use of exogenous enzymes.  Digestive enzymes in general will shut down the body's own production of these enzymes with continued use, which presents another problem.

As far as the use of cellulase and hemicellulase in particular all these do is break down cellulose and hemicellulose in to simple sugars.  When breaking down the cellulase and hemicellulase in the Candida cell walls only some of the Candida cells will be destroyed by the enzymes.  The resulting sugars will simply feed the surviving Candida.  The other big problem again is that Candida is kept in control by the acids formed as the beneficial intestinal flora ferment fibers.  These include the insoluble fibers that contain cellulose and hemicellulose.   Cellulase and hemicellulase enzymes though digest these fibers again creating simple sugars that add calories by creating simple sugars that can be absorbed unlike the longer chain sugar molecules of the fibers.  And as mentioned before these sugars can feed the surviving Candida as not all the sugar gets absorbed in the small intestine.

As for bowel movements, enzymes are not the regulator for bowel movements.  Intestinal peristalsis is actually regulated primarily by serotonin, again produced by the intestinal flora that need those fibers to feed on so they can produce the serotonin.  Fibers can also promote peristalsis by irritating the intestinal lining or by creating intestinal bulk increasing pressure on the intestinal walls.  Cellulase and hemicellulase enzymes have no role in this.  In fact the human body itself does not even produce these enzymes.