Is Remote Disease Associated With Candida Infection a Tomato?-Reply

In Reply.—  Dr Turner asked for the "hidden truth" in my assertions. Here it is. As pointed out by Edwards,¹ the observations of Iwata² and colleagues' show that Candida albicans produces both high- and low-molecular weight toxins. The Iwata studies also show that these toxins affect both the immune system and the nervous system.Moreover, recent laboratory studies by Truss⁴ on patients with a wide range of endocrine and immune system disorders reveal metabolic abnormalities, including disturbances in fatty acids and amino acids. Truss has also published clinical observations describing patients with depression and many other systemic and nervous system symptoms who improved with antifungal therapy.⁵Rosenberg et al⁶ and Crutcher et al⁷ have also described the response— sometimes dramatic—of patients with psoriasis to oral nystatin, "an agent that was expected to work only on yeasts in the gut lumen." And Rosenberg et al⁶