I am not certain about the spit test. Either way, it is wise to be on the diet because it's unlikely you will have yeast at manageable levels if you are toxic. It is "possible" I guess, but unlikely.

When you do the spit test, did you do it first thing upon waking up? before eating/drinking? And when you checked the spit, did you make sure you held the glass up to see whether there was any clouding/specks in the water? And whether any of that spit was sinking or had sunk to the bottom? you may find some stays floating and the rest can sink.

Make sure it was accurate. But personally I'd go on the diet regardless for the health benefits and if you happened to get a die off/ detox effect, you'd pretty much know you've got candida problems. Once you knock out sugar etc and keep it up for a few days, watch what happens.

Also those foods like sugar etc are bad for anybody and lower the immunity. So they are good to kick out of the diet anyway.

I'm glad you found some help here! It's very hard to be believed with an illness like this because it's pretty invisible and you'll be told it's in your mind, you're just "neurotic" or like you've had "you need to be kept busy".

It's hard not to let it get to you, but try not to. I've had it all myself from relatives and I try now to take no notice of them. It always comes from those who simply haven't gone through it. If they had, they'd never say such things.