Hi Ruth,

Yes, you are right, Candidiasis is an infection. Thanks for clarifying that.

The thing is that you can not only have the infection, but be allergic to your infection too!

I have gone over the article, and I do see why you made your comment. I have adjusted the wording and I hope this clarifies the article and makes it sufficiently accurate.

It sounds like you've gone about things the right way, logging all her food.

If you think yeast is the culprit, the next step is to eliminate all yeast from her diet and see if she remains symptom-free.

Sugar drives yeast so it is a good idea for her to avoid sugar as well. Sugar tastes nice, but once you get used to reduced sugar, you find that food tastes even better with little or no sugar.

I hope that helps.

Allergic reactions are generally to proteins, so cooking, while it may kill the yeast, will not necessarily get rid of the protein.

With a yeast infection, the yeast is a pathogen, and killing it gets rid of the problem.

With an allergy, the problem is a reaction to certain substances. Its the same thing with pollen (which is not itself alive) or dust.

Just because you don't react to carbs doesn't mean you're not allergic to yeast. Again, if you have a yeast allergy it's not instant or life threatening. My symptoms started small and grew increasingly worst until one day I decided there was something majorly wrong but didn't know what because it had been going on for so long. I had no recent dietary changes, etc. Only piece of advise I can give you is go to a holistic doctor and get an IgG test. This is an allergy test for "intollerances" and not the type of allergy that will send you to the ER.

I don't know of a way to make it go away, except cutting out all beer for an extended period (at least several months) and then trying a little bit to see if you have lost your sensitivity.

If you discovered that you were allergic to hops for example, what would you do? You can't make beer without hops!

If you are lucky, you may find you are reacting to certain beer additives. It could be that other brands of beer (especially micro-breweries) do not contain such ingredients.

If you are unlucky, you could be reacting to hops or yeast.

So far though, you know beer is causing you a problem, so other than trying different brands, you will have to decide if you want to drink beer and suffer the symptoms, or find something else to drink instead.

Hope that helps.

Hi Kate,

I suggest you read Self-Testing for Food Allergies. It explains exactly what I would suggest - if you feel your symptoms are minor.

If you feel that eating bread affects you so much that it's scary, then visit an allergist instead.

Hope that helps.

Do not rely 100% on tests. Use them only as a guide.

I suggest you cut out gluten and lactose for sure. Eliminate even traces of these foods for at least a month and see what happens.

If you improve, your own test will indicate that you have a problem with one or both of these foods.

You can try the same with yeast as well.

See Self-Testing for Allergies and Top 20 Food Allergies with Delayed Reactions for more details.

The strange thing about allergies, specifically food intolerances, is that there is not really a normal set of symptoms.

The fact is that you experience these symptoms, and that you have found the connection between cause and effect.

Congratulations!

I am glad you have discovered that yeast is the problem and that you know how to avoid it.

Good question!

Here is an answer for you: yeast allergy diet vs. yeast infection diet.