Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!princeton!udel!rochester!bbn!uwmcsd1!ig!jade!saturn!chromo!kevin From: kevin@chromo.UUCP Newsgroups: sci.med,sci.misc Subject: Re: Candida and non-yeast diets Message-ID: <1331@saturn.ucsc.edu> Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 22:11:48 EST Article-I.D.: saturn.1331 Posted: Fri Dec 4 22:11:48 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 10-Dec-87 02:54:18 EST References: <1987Nov25.163709.2911@mntgfx.mentor.com> <1051@hp-sdd.HP.COM> <3190@sigi.Colorado.EDU> Sender: usenet@saturn.ucsc.edu Reply-To: kevin@chromo.UUCP (Susan Nordmark) Organization: Physics Asylum, University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 20 Xref: utgpu sci.med:3332 sci.misc:590 In article <3190@sigi.Colorado.EDU> eddy@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Sean Eddy) writes: >My response has been to giggle that Candida (the infection-causing >yeast) and Saccharomyces (includes baker's yeast and brewer's yeast) >are very different beasts. >But often when I have this response it's merely because I'm >uninformed. Why should one expect that a Saccharomyces-free >diet should help a Candida infection? Because people who have candidiasis generally experience allergic cross-reactions to other molds and yeasts, which include not only environmental molds (the ones in your dirty sink) but those used in food for fermentation, for making bread, alcoholic beverages, tempeh, miso, tamari, amasake, vinegar, and those that tend to be found invisibly on the surfaces of nuts, whole grains, tofu, fruit, all of which are often problems for mold-allergic people. ----------- Kevin McLoughlin Physics Board Internet: kevin@chromo.UCSC.edu UC Santa Cruz UUCP: ...ucbvax!ucscc!chromo.kevin Santa Cruz, CA 95064 408-429-2258