Thanks - I did look but the second link didn't work. I'm always a bit wary of supplements to be honest although I do take AdCal D3, Levothyroxine and B12 sublingually. Surely doing things naturally means just that? I mean if I avoid sugars of all description for now and eat as much veg and savoury soups as I can face (not a lot just now) then don't you think this would be enough to lessen the Candida? Foods in the UK are much less processed and much more tightly regulated - organic foods are easy to buy and genetically modified crops are banned still I'm pleased to say. I say this having been to the States last year and been rather shocked by the food and drink I was forced to consume. None of it had any taste at all and this is me - someone who has lost their sense of taste and smell to a great extent over the years so I require strong fresh flavours in order to enjoy food.

However I did get a strong memory after reading your helpful replies. A few years ago my sister had pneumonia and lived off smoothies and yoghurt with manuka for ages afterwards. She developed a very sore burning mouth which affected her for upwards of a year. So what you say about avoiding sweet foods makes a lot of sense to me - I'm just not sure about the "natural" man made supplements though?