Candida - how do you know if you have it?

I've had acne since I was a 5th grader. It wasn't until the past 4 years that it started going crazy on me, and recently I've been researching candida. How do I know if I fall into the category. I don't want to take a shot in the dark. I find it very hard to eat only vegetable, and I think meat actually causes acne for me. I deprend on fruits and honey and bread like I depend on the sun. How did you find out if your acne was caused by candida or not? What were your symptoms? The thing I hate is that the symptoms for a disease are always so general, like abdominal pain. Ughhh

Cold Showers; A warning

I've been reading a lot about cold showers. I personally do not recommend that you take cold showes unless you have acne over your body too. The reason being is that, over time, it can potentially cause damage to our bodies when the temperature is too cold. Mostly, I just want to remind everyone to use common sense please.

In the winter, don't take a freezing cold shower, take a mildly cold shower, or better yet, a warm shower without the water touching you face. Then afterwards, wash in cold water.

DO NOT TAKE A COLD SHOWER AFTER EXERCISING OR IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN SWEATING! You have to allow your body to cool down naturally first, because you can get sick so easily that way. While your pores are still open, don't blast the cold which enters though your pores and causes sickness.

The Naturopath Way

I would like to get some feedback on how well their methods work. I don't want to shell out my money for nothing. Some questions I have are :

• What is your experience with chinese naturopaths?
• What have they prescribed you and for what reason? (names of prescription please)
• What was your acne like before and how has it improved or gotten worse?
• What was the cause of your acne?
• How old are you and how old were you when you first started to get acne?

Thank you soooooo much for anyone who deicdes to answer and help me out. I'm in my teens so I'm still at the hormonal stage but I have reason to believe that my acne is caused by an inbalance of my spleen. Most indicators point to it.