Yeah maybe so, but I would add to the diet advice: molybdenum + B5 (300 mcg + 100-200 mg) per day. When I started the anti-candida diet I got a die-off and the acetaldehyde started depositing in my body. Almost immediately I also started getting muscle pains, and perhaps some slowly growing brain fog that didn't go away easily. Now I know that it was the acetaldehyde that did it. Could have been avoided easily with the above addition.

On a candida forum there was someone who did a mineral hair test, and found molybdenum level to be about 0. Better not make this mistake, and perhaps supplement with copper if you intend to take large doses of molybdenum (> 300 mcg per day).
Though it has to be said that the risk of unbalancing yourself with copper is small. Whatever moly reserves you have will be quickly used up - I found that my initial reserves whatever I had left (liver stores some milligrams), were used up within a few weeks after removal. After that detox will be slow. Coupled with adrenal fatigue, you know you're also very low on B5 too, and things slow down to a crawl. With ALA chelation, I think 300 mcg is too little, it all gets used up within a day for me. Also getting chills when chelating, which is some hangover related which means the acetaldehyde gets caught in the safety net (because you're doing things right) and transformed into acetic acid.

Last edited by pgm; 02/05/08 06:21 PM.