Nutritional and bakers yeast is used in the anti-candida mixes because it takes up starch and sugar faster than candida can. It's easily controlled in the bowel by pH and it rarely presents a systemic hazard.
Here's a 2005 review that found just 92 documented cases in peer- review, while candidasis is known to affect millions: http://tinyurl.com/2z364n Duncan On 7 Mar 2007 at 13:29, sol wrote: > Hmm, does bakers yeast not get established and grow in the intestines? I > seem to remember reading it is as bad a parasite there as candida, if > not worse? > However, I also remember my mother telling me an old time cure for boils > was to eat a cake of fresh raw bakers yeast (remember yeast cakes anybody?). > So in my memory two differing opinions.........can you give us more > information on why live bakers yeast is ok to ingest? I've been baking > bread nearly all my life, and have always been so careful to wash my > hands and to try to wash/sterilize every surface the raw dough has touched. > Was it all a lot of extra work for no good reason? > sol > > Duncan Crow wrote: > > Deborah, bakers/brewers yeast does not kill but outcompetes > > candida; for that reason it is used in anti-candida probiotics. > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > >