file.newsgroup.med.59504 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Elisabeth S. Davidson)
Subject: Re: Candida(yeast) Bloom, Fact or Fiction
In a previous article, [email protected] () says:
>least a few "enlightened" physicians practicing in the U.S. It's really
>too bad that most U.S. medical schools don't cover nutrition because if
>they did, candida would not be viewed as a non-disease by so many in the
>medical profession.
Case Western Reserve Med School teaches nutrition in its own section as
well as covering it in other sections as they apply (i.e. B12
deficiency in neuro as a cause of neuropathy, B12 deficiency in
hematology as a cause of megaloblastic anemia), yet I sill
hold the viewpoint of mainstream medicine: candida can cause
mucocutaneous candidiasis, and, in already very sick patients
with damaged immune systems like AIDS and cancer patients,
systemic candida infection. I think "The Yeast Connection" is
a bunch of hooey. What does this have to do with how well
nutrition is taught, anyway?
>
>Here is a brief primer on yeast. Yeast infections, as they are commonly
>called, are not truely caused by yeasts. The most common organism responsible
>for this type of infection is Candida albicans or Monilia which is actually a
>yeast-like fungus.
Well, maybe I'm getting picky, but I always thought that a yeast
was one form that a fungus could exist in, the other being the
mold form. Many fungi can occur as either yeasts or molds,
depending on environment. Candida exibits what is known as
reverse dimorphism - it exists as a mold in the tissues
but exists as a yeast in the environment. Should we maybe
call it a mold infection? a fungus infection? Maybe we
should say it is caused by a mold-like fungus.
>
>Martin Banschbach, Ph.D.
>Professor of Biochemistry and Chairman
>Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
>OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine
>1111 West 17th St.
>Tulsa, Ok. 74107
>
You're the chairman of Biochem and Micro and you didn't know
that a yeast is a form of a fungus? (shudder)
Or maybe you did know, and were oversimplifying?