That sort of thing has happened to me a lot, Hilli: when you say "no wonder my juice fast didn't work, I test allergic for apples"!!! Last year I tested allergic for lots of things, among them almonds, which I'd been using in my raw vegan ALKALINE only dietary. I ate nothing that wasn't alkaline and nothing that fed candida, and every day had a snack of almonds or almond butter. It's nice finding out why these things don't work the way we expect them to (juice fasts with apples we're allergic to or diet plans with almonds we're allergic to), it's nice but it's terrible, too. It explains things a lot, why things that are supposed to work, things that "work for other people" don't work when we try them! I will try hard to address the issues in order, as you outline. You are right - one must address the parasite issue first, kill them, or any other efforts to be healthy and nourished are useless. I have read that you can't fight candida until you have done a parasite cleanse - it will never work trying to do the candida-killing when you still have parasites! Love to you, too. Thank you for encouraging me.