Moira asked: > does paleo starve out yeast and bad bacteria or do you need to take > antifungals to get rid of the problem? Anti Candida albicans diet closely resembles paleo / h-g / stone & spear / lowcarb: cut out yeast and yeast feed ie: cut out grain. Eat meat and lowcarb veg. Cut out sugar in all its sources. This starves the C. a. (yeast); makes you much sicker due to the dead/dying yeast beasts. Until they're reduced to normal level. Normal gut bacteria control C. a. but as antibiotics kill normal gut bacteria C. a. gets to run away. Everyone has Candida albicans. Whole planet. Most folk have a low level controlled by gut bacteria eg: L. acidophilus etc. Perhaps eating live culture yogurt, kefir, 'Tibetan mushroom' processed milk aka 'tari' aka 'squogglemilk' introduces various beneficial bacteria. Some lowcarb / paleo eaters and C. a. experts discourage milk & milk products. I wonder about kombucha. Very good for lower digestion. But it involves a fungus mechanism and a plentiful mix of bacteria. Not a problem for most folk whose C. a. levels are under control. Some folk praise a drug called 'nystatin'. Figgers. nystatin doesn't work unless you quit feeding the yeast. If you quit feeding the yeast the yeast dies whether you use nystatin or not. Them that praises nystatin are them that sells it. Dick [log in to unmask] http://smith.syr.edu/~ddawson