At 10:43 AM 10/8/1999 EDT, wrote: >In a message dated 10/8/1999 8:35:45 AM Central Daylight Time, > writes: > ><< Isn't this just an alt-med myth? Does anyone know if eating sugary or > "yeasty" foods actually encourages the growth of candida?>> > >Yes it does. Most people who go on an Atkins-type of diet (no flames, please >-- this is just information) which is high protein, low carbohydrate find >that their yeast disappears. One of my best friends has chronic yeast under >her breasts, and when she went on the Atkin's diet, it disappeared. As soon >as she went off the diet, it came back. She could judge the amount of carbs >she was eating by the yeast under the breasts. I was looking for something more scientific than anecdotal evidence. Len Leshin, MD, FAAP Corpus Christi, TX mailto: