Hi Dianne, if you have candida and you're eating anything like lentils, grains (rice included), fruit, milk, cheese, potatoes/corn/peas/beans etc, you will feed it.

Candida feeds readily on any higher carb foods. You will get plenty of nutrients and energy from proteins and fats, as well as the lower carb vegetables. Plus you can have lemons and tomatoes (which are actually a low carb fruit).

Please take a good read of this website http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/
and read the "articles". You'll find a great many myths revealed on here too. I use this diet, but a more modified version. I still include a few raw nuts and seeds and acidophilus (sugar free and plain) yoghurt and sometimes have carrots.

If I cheat on any fruit or any grains (even non gluten) or potatoes, corn, peans/beans etc, I relapse completely and have to start again. Candida isn't that fussy where it gets its sugars from, even if they are natural from fruit, honey or grain, spuds. It will feed readily.

It may not be "as" bad as other sugar, but for me? It's proving near enough.

If your chelation is not taking you any further, it maybe because candida is covering up progress by its own toxins. It could also mean there is something else amiss that is keeping you from experiencing further improvements.

Chelation doesn't work for me anymore and I believe it is because my body cannot detox or heal properly due to virus and possible jawbone cavitations. It just doesn't assert itself Cavitations can actually block healing properly. Andy Cutler mentions this in his book for those who have hit a brick wall with healing. They can be a possible cause of that.

Hal Huggins mentions it too. Coincidence or not, my problems worsened ten fold after wisdom tooth removal (a common cause of cavitations).

But I would definitely get more serious about treating candida. Potatoes, corn, peas, lentils/beans, grains, fruits, honey, milk, cheese, etc are some of the worst culprits. Some people who may have a stronger immunity or less candida, can get away with eating these things much more than others.

When I was healthier and didn't have these other problems I now have, I could eat a much looser candida diet. I could eat some fruit, some honey, and non gluten grain and even some milk in my tea and cereals and even potatoe chips! This is now impossible.