Hi Joe;
 For a look at what might be called "Paleo and Beyond" see the live-food
diet at  http://www.egroups.com/group/live-food
William

Joseph Rzeczycki wrote:
>
> Very interesting posts. I appreciate the warm welcome.
> I'll probably avoid more er4yt foods some day but for now I'm going to get
> used to the Paleo diet. I bought some red cabbage, going to make some kraut.
> It would probably be a good idea if I did eat mostly poultry & fish for
> animal foods being an A+.
>
> Funny thing - at the Vegan websites they all say that meat causes cancer and
> at this website they say that sugar and trans-fat causes cancer. This is the
> side that I believe. The Paleo diet is very restrictive and I'm the type of
> person that could do it. I've been hearing about it for many months. My last
> diet was The Pro-Vita! Diet - a book written by Jack Tips ND PhD. It taught
> me good food combining. Paleo is similar to his diet (proteins with low carb
> vegetables, only w/o grains, etc.).
>
> Good point about the HCI. I was just thinking the same thing myself Lois.
> For supper I had sardines and salad and I should have had an HCI tablet with
> it, because my eye started twitching after supper (this is inositol or
> choline deficiency I think - candida). On the PV plan, I was using vinegars
> (mostly distilled) in salads, and also eating acid producing foods like
> tomato and corn, as well as grains to balance my body pH. I did improve
> after balancing the pH but now I have to get back on the HCI again or I'll
> get too alkaline again.
>
> I was doing well on the PV diet, candida and all, then was hanging out at
> living-foods website, and did 100% raw foods vegan for 3 months last summer.
> I ate way too much fruit. I just LOVED mangoes. All seemed well and then
> wham, I started seeing yeasts come out of me in the toilet. I have still not
> recovered my former state of health, but my stomach does seem to be starting
> to quiet down again today anyway. I haven't had much luck with antifungals.
> GSE had no effect while I was eating grains anyway. Nystatin worked OK back
> in the mid 80"s, then caused die-off symptoms too bad to tolerate. I could
> be wrong, but I think that the Paleo diet will do a pretty good job of
> starving out the majority of my candida, and if it persists, I can eat lots
> of candida killing foods like garlic, onions, cabbage, broccoli, turnips,
> etc. I believe that just my avoidance of grains, legumes, and dairy will
> help a whole lot. I also drink about 70 oz. of spring water daily. This is
> very helpful with die-off. The die-off effects I now feel are subtle, and I
> could still function well at work. I need to starve out the candida
> gradually so I don't get too fatigued. I expect it may take several weeks or
> longer.
>
> Great website. I think I'll stick with this diet. I've been on similar diets
> (Dr. Crook).
>
> Take care,
>
> Joe in NH