It has been six months since I made a life altering decision to eat a low carbohydrate lifestyle. It was Candida yeast issues that brought me to removing all sugars and grains out of my diet. Although it has been half a year since starting on this journey my Candida issues have not been solved by it and still remain. The symptoms have been minimal but nevertheless they are still there. I have not started any particular anti-Candida cleansing program other than the diet, eating garlic and taking oil of oregano during cold and flu season. I also eat plain full fat yogurt every day for the probiotics and have just started making sauerkraut. I need to look into removing my mercury amalgams ( in December) and then get serious about healing and get rid of Candida. Mercury poisoning and toxicity and Candida are related. Mercury inhibits the immune system and it is unable to get rid of the Candida infection. This is the reason why I have not addressed Candida until I am able to remove and cleanse the mercury.
So it has been six months since going on a low carbohydrate diet and for me this is a long time to stick to a diet. Normally I would restrict total calorie intake, but would not be able to sustain it for long. When I am hungry I want to eat. I never really understood portion control. If I am hungry, isn’t my body telling me that I need to feed it? I am still losing weight even though I eat fats at every meal. I don’t count my carbohydrates and don’t have to count calories. I know which foods cause my eating to get out of control (grains, sugars and processed foods). I just stay away from those.
Would you say this is long term success? I think so. I am not gaining the weight back. In fact I am still losing (lost another pound today- yay!). There is only one drawback that I have encountered just recently and that is leg muscle spasms. But I was able to get some magnesium supplements, make bone broths and eat high potassium foods like avocados, spinach, and yogurt. And that stopped them. I am not taking a multivitamin or mineral supplement because I like to get my nutrients from whole foods.
