Summary: Despite the fact that autopsies are showing that deaths have increased from 3 to 30% since 1940 and up to 80% of the population may have Candida most doctors will not recognize candida. This attitude is killing people. Most people do know what candida is let alone that they have it and it is killing them.  There are many ways to diagnose Candida including a blood test, however the simplest way is to see if the top and back of the tongue is white.  The larger and whiter the area on the tongue may indicate how severe a Candida problem you have.  It not just a female vaginal fungus as many suppose. It is a disease of the gut caused by a compromised immune system, usually from antibiotics, birth control pills, cortisone or steroids. Most asthma drugs contain cortisone and steroids.  Asthma is one of the symptoms of Candida thus treating the symptoms of Asthma may worsen Candida.  Nyzoral and Nystatin are drugs often prescribed which have a serious affect on the liver.

CAUSES OF/OR CONTRIBUTORS TO GROWTH IN THE BODY: The use of Antibiotics, Birth Control Pills, Cortisone, Sugar & fat in the diet, Yeast in the diet, Insufficient supply of nutrients, A genetic deficiency of Ig A (Immunoglobulin A), Drugs or stress induced immune depression and related diseases, Hypothyroidism - this is a condition that is fairly common, as a low body temperature, permits easier and faster growth of candida albicans" (1)

The following quote from the Mayo Clinic is one of many positions by the medical community who in large do not accept Candida as a real disease.

Mayo Clinic: "Be careful accepting this diagnosis. No studies have proved that having intestinal Candidasis — a large number of fungi-like Candida albicans in your intestines — causes any symptoms of illness, nor that treatments like a "candida cleanse" diet will treat intestinal Candidasis effectively." (2)

In a recent study, 100% of autopsies performed on "AIDS patients" revealed fatal levels of the fungal form of Candida albicans, the form the yeast takes as it develops unchecked by missing lactobacillus and bifidum bacterias, killed off by antibiotics. In fact, Candida, and interestingly, another fungal infection, pneumocystis pneumonia, were the ailments afflicting 100% of the patients Dr. Michael Gottlieb reported to the CDC. It was this report that the CDC used as kindling for the fire that would become HIV/AIDS. Is this mere coincidence or is it possible that Robert Gallo missed the true cause of AIDS? If 100% of the "first 5" reported by Dr. Gottlieb had the p24 antigen and Candida infections, why wasn't a direct causal connection between fungal infections and AIDS made? Why instead was a "probable" cause announced - a collection of p24 and other proteins - named HTLV, or HIV, that only 37% of the AIDS patient blood samples had? (3)

Blackwell Synergy: "We analysed the autopsy records of the Greifswald University Institute of Pathology (located in Eastern Germany) in respect of findings of candidosis and aspergillosis from 1994 to 2003. We also present eight immature aborted fetuses and premature infants with a mycosis. In a total of 2027 autopsies we found 164 cases of invasive candidosis and aspergillosis (8.1%) including a combination of both on four occasions. Other authors cited between 0.7 and 7.3%. In these 10 years in our material mycoses and in particular candidosis increased in spite of slightly decreased numbers of autopsies. The differences comparing the 5-years periods (1994–98 and 1999–2003) are highly significant for both mycoses and candidosis. They are not significant for aspergillosis. A similar relationship was observed in the distribution of mycotic organs and causative origin for candidosis alone. In the last 5 years the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts, including the peritoneum, were more frequently infected by Candida. Non-haematological neoplasia and pneumonia as basic diseases more often appeared in cases of candidosis. All eight immature aborted fetuses and premature infants suffered from candidosis. The survey confirms the importance of autopsy as a tool for education and quality control in medical diagnostic and therapeutic activity in the field of mycoses, too." (4)

Walter Last: "In the 1940's Candida was found in only three per cent of autopsies, now the figure is nearer thirty per cent." (5)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention US Govt.: "One form of invasive Candidasis, candidemia, is the fourth most common bloodstream infection among hospitalized patients in the United States.. A survey conducted at CDC found that candidemia occurs in 8 of every 100,000 persons per year. Persons at high risk for candidemia include low-birth-weight babies, surgical patients, and those whose immune systems are deficient." (6)

eMedicine: "CMC (Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidosis) is associated with a defect in cell-mediated immunity that may either be limited to Candida antigens or be part of a more general immune abnormality. Recent data suggest alterations in cytokine production in response to Candida antigens. These alterations include decreased interleukin 2 and interferon-gamma levels (TH1 cytokines) and increased interleukin 10 levels in some studies. Patients who lack T-cell immunity (eg, those with severe combined immune deficiency syndrome or DiGeorge syndrome) or patients with severely impaired T-cell function (eg, patients with AIDS) are susceptible to chronic candidal infections. Defects in humoral immunity are not commonly observed in patients with CMC, and patients with antibody deficiencies are not particularly prone to candidiasis." (8)

"Candida is also like a chameleon, able to transform itself from a fungus into yeast. Candida is highly resistive and may be able to mutate against an antifungal at or around 21 days, so “rotation,” or switching the antifungal used in an orderly fashion, is essential."   This source claims toxic metals and hormone imbalances can cause Candida...Certain vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and herbs can spread Candida. These are the B- complex, vitamin D, Calcium, Copper, and Iron. Other nutrients protect the Candida from the very medicines used to kill it. Most antifungals work by creating “oxidative stress” against the membrane or outer skin of the Candida. This works by “burning” or “digesting” the outer layer of the Candida. Antioxidant vitamins in high doses will protect the Candida from treatment." (7)