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Subject: Re: Candida and non-yeast diets
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Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 22:11:48 EST
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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.
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