ELISA tests, temporary worsening symptoms (OT)

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

correct me if I am wrong but I read somewhere that ELISA tests are

not 100% reliable. At the and of the day it is your own experience that

tells you whether skipping a type of food helps you or not. However,

ELISA tests give you a good guess what foods to experiment with.

If someone has a candida (yeast) infection and starts a sugar free diet,

there is a temporary worsening of symptoms due to the death of the

candida. This usually last for 2-3 days and causes headaches, muscle

aches etc.

My opinion is that a lot of MSers have candida infections and that is

why a sugar and gluten free diet helps them. This view is reinforced by

these findings:

" Because of the frequent association of Candidiasis (yeast overgrowth)

with various autoimmune diseases like Multiple sclerosis, we examined

10 adult MS patients for the presence of specific antibodies directed

against Candida albicans as an indicator of infection or overgrowth of

this specific form of yeast. Our results, published in this journal

(Townsend Letter for Doctors 148: 48-50, 1995) indicated elevated

levels of immunoglobulin (one of the body's immune proteins) against

Candida, or Candida immune complexes (immunoglobulin bound to

Candida) in 7 of the 10 patients evaluated. (12) "

12. Perlmutter, D., Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis. Townsend Letter for

Doctors 148: 48-50, 1995

If somebody is interested more in this area, you can read the entire

article here:

http://www.perlhealth.com/pub_multiple.htm

Yours,

Márton

[Guest guest]

Interesting. I did have the Candida test and was advised that a Candida

infection was extremely unlikely based on the results. I have been using

Primal Defense for a long time, just assuming that I had a Candida problem,

so perhaps it has resolved it.

----- Original Message -----

From: " Radnai Márton " <radnaim@...>

If someone has a candida (yeast) infection and starts a sugar free diet,

there is a temporary worsening of symptoms due to the death of the

candida. This usually last for 2-3 days and causes headaches, muscle

aches etc.

My opinion is that a lot of MSers have candida infections and that is

why a sugar and gluten free diet helps them. This view is reinforced by

these findings: