I have been taught that when you eat sugar (including fruit) with any
amounts of fat that the sugar stays in your blood longer and has a hard time
getting to your cells and that is what contributes to candida or diabetic
situations.  The candida is helping to eat the sugar from your blood but
then it overgrows.  I have heard of cures for yeast when people eat totally
raw fruits and vegetables with no fat whatsoever particularly a diet of just
bananas and nothing else for 2 weeks or so, or eating fats with no sugar.
So if you eat mainly protein and fats with maybe some extremely low carb
veggies or no veggies, maybe that will work for you.  On the lowcarber forum
there are some people just eating an all meat diet with no carbs.  I have
never heard that fasting drives candida deeper into the body.  I have done
some research into fasting.  I have also never heard not to eat vegetables
after 5.

Kim


On 9/20/07, Kristina Carlton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am still dealing with a host of health problems. After 3 1/2 months of a
> daily headache, backache, and calf pain I figured out it was caused by
> using
> Listerine mouthwash every day. Or rather, the sucrose in the Listerine. I
> don't just have food intolerances, I am hypersensitive as is evident by
> the
> fact that I am reacting to trace amounts of sucrose in the mouthwash (I
> don't swallow the stuff in case you are wondering). The pain I described
> in
> those 3 areas is very common for me when I react to something. My doc in
> the
> US said it's fibromyalgia but I just knew that was't it. Tomorrow I am
> getting another food intolerance test to see where things are. On the last
> one I had a very strong reaction to aspergillus niger which of course is
> everywhere and on everything. I have white spots on my shins which I have
> been told is a fungus as well. The chiropractor who indicated it's a
> fungus
> suggested Selson Blue Dandruff Shampoo but I really don't want to rub all
> those chemicals into my skin every day. When last tested I still had
> candida
> overgrowth and although I thought that keeping a low carb (and grain/milk
> free) diet is supposed to help, I now read that candida feeds on protein
> and
> carbs and cutting out carbs makes no sense. I considered fasting (for the
> candida and to give my digestive system a break) but read that if deprived
> of food, candida just burries deeper into the body?! I have trouble with
> anything sweet including honey or when I eat too much fruit - otherwise I
> don't consume sweets like sugar, corn syrup, etc. I was putting a little
> bit
> of goat milk in my organic decaf every 4 days but have now become
> intolerant
> to it. If I take a probiotic in which the bacteria were cultured in dairy,
> I
> react to it although I have been guaranteed by the manufacturers that
> there
> is NO dairy of any kind remaining in the bottled probiotic. My hormonal
> imbalance has improved slightly - I had an 18 day cycle with 11 of those
> days being really bad PMS (water retention, depression, fatigue, dry skin,
> mood swings, anger, etc.). Now I have a 10 day cycle with 5 days of mild
> PMS
> - I still get pretty bad water retention (wear clothes 1 size bigger
> during
> that time) but the other symptoms are either gone or greatly reduced. I am
> hoping it will continue to improve.
>
> So I am wondering, what is a girl to do? Would diet consisting of just
> protein and fat help? If so, does the protein have to be raw? All I can
> eat
> right now is lamb, ostrich, turkey, and venison - as of the last test that
> is. I have not had chicken, beef, or pork in 3 1/2 months so I am hoping
> that at least one of those intolerances is gone. There are many types of
> fish I can eat but having dealt with heavy metal toxicity and about 2
> years
> worth of weekly IV chelation, I try not to eat too much of it. Then of
> course I keep hearing my body is too acidic due to all the protein and
> lack
> of veggies and I believe that has been discussed here, too. There is so
> much
> conflicting information that I feel like my head is spinning and I don't
> know what to believe anymore. All I know is that at this point I am
> worried
> that
> things will never get better and I am doomed to a life of pain, food
> intolerances, and general, chronic health problems. Right now I have so
> many
> food intolerances that going out to eat is nearly impossible and certainly
> not enjoyable for me. The thought of going on vacation seems stressful due
> to this problem.
>
> I do feel better physically if I stick to mostly protein and fat and only
> very few veggies or lettuce. But I also read that eating raw veggies after
> 5
> PM is not healthy - is there any truth to that and if so, why?
>
> I don't know what to do and am looking for opinions regarding how/what to
> eat or do. Or if you have any encouraging thoughts or words I would love
> to
> hear those, too.
>
> Thanks,
> Kristina
>