 Proponents of Jilly Juice have claimed that a variety of illnesses and conditions are the result of "Candida", a yeast which they claim attracts parasites in one's body.According to Epperly, an abundance of "Candida" in the body can cause harmful bacteria to multiply, create holes in the intestine, and allow toxins from food to enter one's bloodstream—she refers to this process as "leaky gut syndrome", which is a hypothetical and medically unrecognized condition.Epperly recommends a restricted diet supplemented by consuming large quantities of Jilly Juice, which supposedly removes "Candida" and parasites from one's body by inducing diarrhea (these bouts of diarrhea have been referred to by Jilly Juice advocates as "waterfalls").