In a message dated 10/8/99 2:46:16 PM !!!First Boot!!!, writes: << 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. >> Wonder how her kidney function came & went along with the yeast? <g> You know, I know a lot of people who have lived with yeast for a long long long time; however, I don't know anyone who has followed the Atkin's diet for a long long long time. Surely there is someone since the Atkin's diet has been around since the 1960's. I can find a lot of scientific references on yeast but I can't seem to find any "real" study of the Atkin's diet. Why is that? Andrew MD