Is Gut Candida Overgrowth Actually Real, and Do Candida Diets Work?

As much as I don’t reeeeaaaallllly want to, we need to talk about the ‘candida’ diagnosis that so many alternative health practitioners seem to think we all have.  I recently posted a graphic that used candida as an example of something that apple cider vinegar won’t cure. The graphic got a ton of blowback, especially…
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