For over a decade, countless patients with extensive, chronic gastrointestinal complaints have found their way to my clinical nutrition practice believing that "systemic candida" -- or, a pervasive ...

While more research is needed, the candida diet limits foods and drinks with the potential to increase candida. The diet typically excludes alcohol, caffeine, and foods high in sugar and gluten.

When an imbalance occurs in the gut microbiome, due to antibiotics or other environmental influences, individual microbial species can spread and lead to infection. Fungi of the Candida genus, for ...

The researchers analysed the DNA of microorganisms in stool samples, and evaluated the data using bioinformatics tools. Credit: Anna Schroll, Leibniz-HKI The researchers analysed the DNA of ...