Someone wrote in this forum that there are a few testimonies of people who have cured candida without chelation but a lot more from those who have chalated heavy metals. I totally believe it is possible because candidiasis is linked to immune suppression, specially cell-mediated immunity. Antibiotics , junk food, ph, and other things are trigger but not the real cause. To get a fungal overgrowth you MUST be immune suppressed. When the cell-mediated immunity decrease, the fungus penetrate the cells, it can be in any mucus membrane it normally live. The intestine get inflammated because the ephitelial cells get infected with a non-growing form of yeast that metabolize and produce waste inside the cells. It is a pathogenic cell living inside our cells. This is what cause food allergies and leaky gut. When the intestinal barrier is lost and our blood is exposed to many different antigens, allergies, intolerance, auto immune diseases and many problems arise. I have told many times that I think the only way to cure it is with a systemic fungicidal antifungal drug circulating in our blood with enough concentration to clean the infected cells. I only can think in IV Amp B or any Echinocandins. Every body needs to find why their lost your cell-mediated immunity and to correct it if possible. It could be a moment in our lives that a combination of factors allowed it such as stress, high Sugar diet, Antibiotics , mercury, viruses, etc. What is clear is one time candida is in our cells, nothing will remove it but a fungicidal drug. If the medical community realize this problem and we can have access to IV fungicidal antifungals, I think most of us can be cured.
Jorge.

I have posted this article many times, but for those who want to read it, you can see clear how mercury has preference to activate a Th 2 immunologic response.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1553407/pdf/clinexpimmunol00218-0...

Jorge.

An interesting page linking mercury to CFS, fibromyalgia, chemical sensitivity, adrenal fatigue, candida overgrowth,
parasites, and bacterial overgrowth.


http://www.flcv.com/cfsfm.html

Mercury ruins the immune system. It's documented very well. It ruins the nervous system. That's also documented very well. It wrecks the endocrine system, affects the heart and the body's ability to detox. It's able to do this and affect the body in so many ways because it's an element. It takes the place of other minerals that activated necessary enzymes in the body and make up proteins and enzymes are everything to life. It takes place in the electron transport chain in the mitochondria and turns off energy production. Without a good immune system, your body is susceptibly to all kinds of infections and candida is no exception.


Not to mention the microbiology work of a Ph.D lady (I forgot her name, I was researching her just yesterday) that showed that mercury is also toxic to bacteria and when you have constant exposure from Amalgam residue going down to the GI tract, it kills your good flora and the kind of bacteria that adapt are those that are able to live with mercury exposure. It changes the flora content. Also causes inflammation of the GI tract.