think pokermanic is onto something with PH and minerals; no that I look at it. When a person is stressed out or stressed from being in an ill state of health, ph tends to turn acidic which depletes minerals.
I embrace candida as a symptom of some other imbalance and a ph imbalance would certainly allow candida to flourish.
Let's face it: being ill is stressful particularly with the scope of the candida/yeast/fungal enigma. This alone could alter ph towards acidic only complicating issues further.
Worth checking into...the test strips are rather inexpensive....could be why my body was craving alkaline foods the past couple of weeks....the stress load this past year dealing with trying anti-candida protocols has left me worse for the wear...wouldn't surprise me if the logical treatment starting point is ph........hummmm