. I think it's worse to take antifungals because if the body is making candida to protect you from the heavy metals, then you need to get rid of the heavy metals as well. I've read that Garlic detoxifies heavy metals and kills candida. But the modiflan is one of the best products I found to get rid of heavy metals. I had a problem with wearing jewelry since I was a young girl. I would break out with a rash that would blister and bleed. People said I was nickel toxic. After taking Modiflan the first time, that went away. I was amazed that I could wear earrings all day with not even a rash, when I wore them before for only an hour I would have a blistery bloody mess. Thats why the second time around I tested my whole family for heavy metals. This time my husband showed nickel toxic. The tests won't show mercury unless you are deathly high it says. But in my opinion from my experiences I think mercury is the first layer to go, then nickel, then cadmium. I believe those are the most toxic and the body knows which layer to remove first. I think the reason why people have problems taking antifungals is due to the heavy metals doing the damage afterwards that the candida was trying to surround to protect the body from worse damage. But thats just my conclusion. Also I've read that a element that is mostly deficeint for people in the US is selenium which is said it helps protect the body from heavy metals. You may want to read up on that also. Just do a search for selenium health effects on the internet. But Modiflan is a keeper for my family as I have no doubts in it's effectiveness.