Hi sunflower. I believe this to a certain extent, but not fully. I think in the presence of heavy metals, the body builds up a certain amount of yeast regardless in a possible attempt to bugger itself.

But again, when the immune system is low and poisoned, this certain higher level of normal yeast easily gets out of control and can then take over and become even worse than the original problem. Because of candida, I nearly ended my life more than once, was so close t it becuase I could not take anymore.

Treating candida has saved my life a number of times, with or without amalgams. I was mercury toxic yes, but letting yeast run riot was literally killing me slowly. Apparently it methylates mercury, makes it more toxic. Yeast overloads the gut and liver with it's own toxins, overloads them to where your body cannot handle anything.

With candida, I suffered serious suicidal depression. When I treated it, this improved quite a bit for me and I even had health improvements, even with the amaglams still in. I managed much easier, lost some of the toxic bloat, got more colour in my face, even my hair, nails grew longer, eyes sparkled etc. Yes I was very mercury toxic, but just treating the yeast and improving my health was the wisest move I made.

I think the problems are when people aggressively kill yeast. We know it's normal and natural to have yeast, so trying to get rid of it all just doesn't really work and isn't really wise. I think it's more about allowing the body to get the chance to lower overly excess levels by not feeding the yeast even further with junkfood sugars etc.

The body will still grow more yeast in a metal environment, even if you're not feeding junkfood. But if you add junkfood to the mix (sugar), this already overgrown yeast is a recipe for disaster. If you exclude sugars and stop feeding the monster, the body reduces it to a more tolerable level. Even then it can still be a threat.

Candida also absorbs metals, like any other areas of the body and killing candida aggressively can then release those metals into the system and repoison a person quite severely. Starving excess candida out naturally by slowing reducing it with a healthy sugar free diet, is probably the best and safest way to start. I would not personally take strong antifungals, I think foods can be natural antifungals like garlic, onions etc, so long as you can tolerate them and they don't irritate you.

Coconut oil is another one. I don't think it's necessary to take drug antifungals unless it is a dire situation and there are no other immediate choices. Candida, when it's out of control, can devastate a person's health and if yu are already poisoned? You do not want to pull your body down further by feeding it sugar and other stuff that not only feeds yeast, but lowers immunity as well.

I think personally it's all about building the immune system with healthy foods and if you really feel you need more sweetness? Then limited fruit might be tolerated. However, if you have serious candida? Then fruit maybe as bad as sugar. Just as grain can be. You have to just go by what you can handle.

The things that poisoned me most were sugar and wheat/gluten. They used to throw me into a pit of total and utter despair. Sorry but I don't believe that feeding yeast is the answer, nor do I think it's a lifesaver. I think it maybe a bugger to a certain extent, but it so readily spirals out of control with the least encouragement from our diet. You certainly don't need to encourage it any further than the metals already are.

That's just my experience. Leaving the candida to flourish is putting even more strain on the gut, liver and immunity and in doing that, I was almost bedridden everyday. What a relief to reduce this candida to a bit more tolerable levels. Plus as I said, sugar isn't good for anybody, even the healthy. It is a poison in itself, so how can eating that be good? when there are natural sugars / carbs available to us in fruits and grains and honey? If you can consume them and still be ok? You're lucky. My candida is so bad I can't. I used to be great on them once though, so long as I didn't consume junk sugar or gluten/wheat. The only reason I got this bad was serious virus and other infection. With mercury, I was ok on a limited candida diet.

It is normal to feel worse when reducing some yeast, it releases more toxins when it dies, but it is at least temporary and the long term gain that many get from this is well worth short term discomfort. Also other toxins too can be released because teh body asserts itself and start to detox more rubbish as well. After a few weeks from doing a candida diet, for me at that time, it was like the sun came out. My body thanked me for it.