I understand there are very few remedies to Candida but Threelac has produced excellent results in keeping it to a minimum. I'm now on a permanent prescription of one or two sachets a day.

My candida is a mild but stubborn form that I've all but given up killing, since it seems I've inherited a naturally acidic digestive system that causes similar ailments among my family. Mostly I just get a tired feeling and watery eyes when I eat something sugary, while wine and beer or lots of bread (after a recent indulgent trip to France) gives me terrible flatulence. However, a good dose of diarrhoea flushes the worst out. Living in Thailand I can avoid most wheat (rice is the staple here) but they sneak sugar into all sorts of things (noodle dishes, friend rice and so on). Then there is the widespread use of chilli and my system invariably succumbs to

diarrhoea about once a week from this. After this occurs I give myself a thorough detox (yes, the undignified and messy task of shoving a tube up your bum and emptying 2 litres of warm coffee into your large intestine). I usually do a second one with water to really flush everything out, and fast for 12 hours prior to this. If you do so be sure to rehydrate yourself thoroughly afterwards (including rehydration salts) and take it easy, plus eat something soft like soup. I don't think doing a detox more than once every few months is recommended. Anyway, after this I find that much of the candida fungus is purged from my system and a simple test from eating something sugary reveals almost no reaction or symptoms. It doesn't entirely kill it, but is a useful way to bring it under control after a bout of indulgence. Of course it's always back to the diet of threelac to keep it in check