Hi Pgm, interesting. Yes I have definitely heard of success with undenatured whey protein on a candida forum! In fact, there is someone on there that works in alternative health that highly recommends it for raising glutathione and helping with candida. His main supplement recommendations appear to be whey protein, selenium, cod liver oil, prebiotics (moreso apparently than probiotics), vitamin C etc, alongside the specific candida diet. His recommendations appear to be helping many people.

He does recommend NAC and ALA too if I recall. Problem is, those with mercury can have big issues taking these two products and can in some cases wind up injured because of massive mercury mobilisation. They must be used with caution and at the right time in the right way.

I assume that my shyness is mercury and candida related too. I don't believe it's just "me", when i look back I see physical symptoms, not just the "mental" ones and learning disability and short attention span as a kid, along with some hyperactivity etc.

DMSA appeared to improve many mental symptoms, but not all. I don't believe that all mental symptoms are brain related, as liver toxicity can cause "mental type symptoms". Not all physical symptoms are "physical" but can be brain mercury too. It's hard to differentiate sometimes. E.g. liver toxicity can cause mental symptoms, brain toxicity can cause physical symptoms. Andy outlined this somewhere too.

But brain mercury can also of course cause brain symptoms. Definitely I do not feel I am completely detoxed of mercury and certain not if there has been a tiny bit of remaning amalgam left under my top composites all this time.

I can imagine that some symptoms from ALA is from candida, but also from mercury. Mercury also crosses the blood brain barrier and moving mercury back and forth can cause plenty of symptoms. Hopefully some of that mercury will come out in the process though.

Not sure if the dental restoration has been helpful in regards to the last bit of amalgam being removed. It's hard to say. I feel something has happened, but that could be related to the parasite cleanse or the bit of DMSA chelation I did. Though I felt NO detox symptoms from the DMSA chelation this time, so assumed it wasn't doing anything. Perhaps I assumed wrong! or the parasite cleanse has helped me (or maybe a combination of all factors and perhaps having more biocompatible dental materials put in too). I cannot say which one is helping.

However, I still have to watch my diet. I have unfortunately had some cheats over Christmas, which i swore I would not do....but it does not seem to have been so traumatic this time. perhaps that's a good sign. However, I'm back on track and am not holding my breath because candida die off may kick in and I may find myself going through a few symptoms yet!

It is a vicious cycle for sure. Gluathione depletion from what? Gotta wonder where it started. Mercury? candida? Other problems which allowed these two to take over? Or vice versa? I don't know if anybody will ever know the answers completely, but certainly they should all be addressed in my opinion.

DMSA only seems to help if there is a recent exposure of mercury and mercury in areas where DMSA can reach properly (extra cellular mercury)...otherwise it may not be all that helpful and here's where ALA comes in. It can reach the intracellular mercury and that is what I'm hopeful for in myself (if there is enough mercury there causing a problem).