The most common yeast in humans is Candida albicans. Candida has always been around. It flies in the air, searching for a place to land and reproduce. It can invade a variety of human tissues like the mouth (called thrush), skin (including some kinds of diaper rash), vagina, and the digestive tract. We all have some yeast in our digestive tract, but when it gets out of hand, it's called candidiasis.

Yeast is a fungus. It needs dampness to survive and sugar to grow.

Our immune system, white blood cells, are capable of eradi­cating yeast provided it isn't growing too fast. And provided the white blood cells aren't immobilized or preoccupied with something else.