Keto - Good or Bad for Candida?

Hi All!

I have recently lowered my carb-intake even further, pushing me into ketosis. I was hoping, prior to this shift, that a more strict low-carb keto diet might help me combat candida, and lower inflammation in my body.

However, I've been doing a bit of research, and one thing scares me. Some people say ketosis actually PUSHES candida to go systemic/feed off the ketones, making a non-keto, low carb diet far better than a keto diet for candida treatment.

These claims seem to be largely based on the research of this one german guy, and the majority of the naturopathic community seems to support the keto diet for candida. Despite this, I have read a couple experiential reports of people developing systemic candida while on a keto diet (allegedly).

The last thing I need at this point in my treatment is for my candida to get worse. So... am I just being paranoid, or should I revert back to a low-carb, non keto diet?

Any of you have experience with this issue?

i've not come across Keto making Candida worse

but what i have heard from various sources is that diet alone is usually not enough to permanently fix candida overgrowth - it will knock back symptoms by reducing the organisms food supply - but candida can live free in the human body - eg it is one of the things that commonly cause blood infections and infections around catheters etc in the hospital environment so its pretty hardy when it gets a hold.

maybe that story has got mixed up somehow into - keto makes it worse? the internet has a tendency to kind of garble things - especially in the direction of sensationalism.