Dr. Recomendation in the SF Bay Area & other questions

[Guest guest]

I've had candida since at least 1993, if not most of my life (I'm 37). I

was diagnosed with yeast allergy by my allergist in 1997. I've been

slowly improving and refining my diet, but I still can't keep this under

control with the diet alone. I did Yeast Fighters for a while with pretty

good results, but I've had my best results with diflucan (prescribed by my

allergist) when things got pretty bad. My doctor is a great allergist,

but her candida solution is to simply follow the diet. I'd like to find a

new doctor and get a little more aggressive in the treatment. If you life

in the SF bay area - I'd love a recommendation. I live in Los Altos, CA.

Here are a couple a random questions I've had:

I just started with Primal Defense. I find that when I take more than one,

I can get a little stuffy.

I wonder if I'm allergic to the wheat grass (I have grass allergy) or if

this is a normal die-off thing?

Anyone else have this problem?

Any athletes out there with candida? I run and do triathlons and would I

love some tips on sports drinks and power bars that are low in sugar and

don't have sucralose or aspertane (geez, that stuff is worse than sugar).

I'm having a really hard time losing energy after runs. I've been drinking

plain water or

Emergen-C and sometimes regular sports drinks mixed with acidopholus. My

resting heart rate can be from 5-15 points higher if I'm having candida

problems. That's the main reason I want to get aggressive and fight this

down.

Has anyone tried moducare? It's supposed to be an immune system enhancer.

The coating on my tongue and my resting heart rate seem to be a pretty good

heuristic for the level of candida. Or are these un-reliable indicators?

[Guest guest]

Pete, there's tons of natural stuff out there,some of it probably

better than the drugs. You can do this yourself---you don't really need

a doctor except to prescribe the diflucan, nystatin, and nizoral (a

really strong pharmaceutical). Trouble is they can all damage your

liver---bet she didn't tell you that. There's GSE, Grapefruit Seed

Extract, powdered Black Walnut hulls, Oregano Oil products, Olive Leaf

extract, Garlic in pills or any form, Flaxseed oil gelcaps, Caprycin

is really dynamite and on and on. You should do some aggressive surfing

and searching online too. Tomorrow I will send you some websites to

check out. Have you read The Yeast Connection by Dr

Crook---it's a well-known Bible and he has a web site too. My problem

is not the products, except affording them sometimes----it's the diet.

I'm a vegetarian. I think it must be a bit easier for meat eaters.

Diane in Barstow.