It happened to a couple of friends of mine, while on a candida-free diet. After a while, after the treatment began, they experienced an extinction reaction, also known as the Herxheimer reaction. So, let’s see and try to understand what went wrong.
A death reaction is usually caused by dead Candida yeast, the corpse of which contaminates your body. Even dead Candida is still toxic to your body. Some alternative healers would say that a dead yeast is even more toxic to the body than a live one. Let’s try to understand how this can be possible. While suffering from a Candida infection, your body suffers from the toxins that yeast mostly removes from the waistline during its vital needs. When the parasite dies, all the poison accumulated in its body is thrown away at once. If you follow me here, you have already understood that a death reaction is actually a good sign, a sign that your diet is working.
Herxheimer reaction symptoms are very similar to Candida symptoms and that is why your symptoms seem to be getting worse. The symptoms are getting worse, that’s correct, but the treatment is going well. As the show draws to a close, the episodes of extinction reactions become less and less and disappear once the Candida comes out. In case you experience the Herxheimer reaction, simply slow down your dietary changes or take a step back. A good cleansing program would be perfect: detox enema, various yeast-free foods, etc.