sunflower, both raw AND cooked onions and garlic are irritants to the intestinal system. What I found in my experience was that the foods that were supposed to be great for fighting candida (onions, garlic, anti-fungals, etc) were actually irritating my intestinal tract and making my candida WORSE. Even worse than sugars and yeast which are supposed to be the realy culprits.

I think it depends on how systemic and deep rooted the candida is in one's system. The longer that a person has had candida the more sensitize the system is and the more resistant it is to the antifungal/antibacterial foods and supplement products.

But onions and garlic and very powerful foods either way.