Candida is a direct result of poor colon function and if you have it you also have parasites and probably leaky gut. The gut needs to be healed the leaky gut needs to be healed. parasites and candida create toxins that are leaking into the body and perhaps those toxins create diabetes. There are two sources of the disease toxins and acidosis. Clean up those areas and you can cure the disease or at least manage it without the drugs that do much damage.