Today I wanted to update you on my Candida Healing.
It has been ten months that I have been following the High Fat Low Carb Diet. It all started because of systemic Candida Yeast Infection that I have suffered with for 16 years. I never knew what it was in my early teens and college days. So with my ignorance I ate a high sugar, grain and alcohol diet for many years. I did eventually realize what was causing the huge discomfort and irritation and it was Candida Yeast.
I could not give up eating fruits and grains. I just could not imagine that natural foods could be harming my health. But they did. I was miserable for many years because of this thought.
Ten months ago I was suffering from yet another yeast infection and I had finally had enough. Diet was one of the only ways to get rid of this stubborn yeast. I had read online that the Atkins diet was a solution for Candida. I was yet again horrified that I would have to give up my beloved fruits.
Anyways… For the most part I eat low carb with a few slip ups here and there. The slip ups usually last a day. During more emotional times and New Year’s holiday it lasted several days. I eat very clean. I don’t keep a lot of junk food in the house, but my kids eat fruit and my husband likes his white bread. The sweetener for my kid’s food is honey. So that is the extent of my bad eating. There are no chocolate bars, cakes or candy in my house.
My last slip up (last week) I noticed when I had some honey on Ezekiel Sprouted Bread that I did not get a yeast infection. I normally get a reaction within hours of eating sweet food. That day I had bananas, sweet grapes, honey on Sprouted Ezekiel Bread (3 pieces) and very little reaction. The next day I ate similar food and very little reaction. The day after was my dad’s birthday and I had some alcohol. It was the alcohol that finally triggered the yeast and it was the third day of eating sweet things!
After 10 months of Low Carb dieting, I can finally have a small amount of naturally sweet foods without worrying about yeast. Even though I love eating the Low Carb Way, it is a relief to know that I am on the road to healing after suffering from yeast for half my life.
My Candida Treatment is…
* Eating No Grains
* Eating No Fruit (except lemon juice, or half a grapefruit occasionally about once a week)
* Eating No Berries (some Candida diets allow this but in my personal experience these feed the yeast)
* I eat probiotic foods such as yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut, natural pickles (Bubbies)
* I eat two heaping teaspoons of coconut oil every day
* I still eat dairy products (some Candida diets don’t allow this)
* I take Cod Liver Oil every day (fall and winter months) and get 45 minutes of sunshine everyday for Vitamin D. Vitamin D is essential for immune health.
* All my meat that I eat is local and organic. Conventional meats have undesirable medicines and antibiotic residuals.
That’s it! I do not take any Probiotic powders anymore. I prefer to get my nutrition from foods.
