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Posted 3/3/2018 12:53 AM (GMT 0)
Good evening everyone smile

I have a quick concern that my llmd can’t seem to understand. I might not have explained it very well at the last meeting.

But I have a hunch that Candida have been active in me for a couple of years with not knowing I had lyme. Whenever I was drinking alcohol(which was a lot, I worked as a bartender) I think I helped the fungus growing. Whenever I ate sugar I always got a blister in my mouth, which would stay for 1-3 weeks. It was extremely painful and I didn’t understand the connection. But now it sounds like it’s due to Candida. I have Candida for sure at the moment, but my llmd doesn’t worry about it too much. Whenever I eat spicy food, do the sauna, eat gluten-free ready-made packages I can get dizzy, brain fog, get facial rashes and when eating spicy foods I sweat a lot and get very hot.

Does it sound like Candida? I read How To Get Better w/ dr. Horowitz and he addressed all the symptoms on 158-159. And they all come after eating something or during something like sweating/get hot.

My llmd has told me not to get a tunnel-vision and give lyme or Candida the fault, as the brain fog might be related to mycoplasma, getting hot after eating spicy might be because of babesia.

It sounds makes sense to me, what do you think? Have you guys experienced the same?
Posted 3/3/2018 4:07 AM (GMT 0)
I understand where the doctor is coming from, but you also have to listen to your gut.

Maybe you could make any needed diet changes and keep a journal of when you started. Make notes of all the symptoms you suspect are candida. See if diet changes have any effect on those symptoms.

Ask the doctor to do a blood test for candida antibodies. Positive blood tests would indicate candida is outside the GI tract where it does not belong.
Posted 3/3/2018 4:56 PM (GMT 0)
I can’t change my diet anymore, it’s already crazy strict. If I had to stop eating brown rice, gluten-free pasta and cereal I would lose weight. And I’m already trying to gain weight but it’s impossible. I tried living on a Candida diet for 1 week and I had so much fatigue because I couldn’t eat anything. I think I would much rather get rid of Lyme+co’s and afterwards focus on Candida. My llmd also told me that stop eating fruits would be more loss than gain as I need those nutrients. And I don’t have the money or time to make everything from scratch

I have my meeting next Wednesday, so I’m definitely gonna bring it up.
Posted 3/3/2018 8:44 PM (GMT 0)
"eat gluten-free ready-made packages" - gluten substitution is still a candida magnet.

Candida usually bloats after sugar, carbs, real dairy.

Try eating a basic palio whole foods diet. This is what we are supposed to eat. All the nutrition you need, less the man made stuff. More veggies than fruit, especially when going after candida. A little boring at first, you get used to it.

No gravies ect, cheeses, just basic whole in one piece foods for awhile.Ex: chicken breast w/, pan grilled sugar snap peas with zucchini / mushrooms with garlic ect. You can do a couple days worth at once and put in fridge. This is obviously harder to do if you job requires travel or onsite/field work (eating in a vehicle).

NEVER eat fruits as desert after protein..NEVER!!! Protein digests slower and will make fruit ferment - which will make candida flourish. Fruit first or hours between protein meals. Red meat fat also temporarily plugs muscle cell sugar receptors, increasing blood glucose levels - even in non-diabetics.

Post Edited (astroman) : 3/6/2018 8:45:06 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 3/6/2018 12:41 PM (GMT 0)
Good advice Astroman but I have read that Candida like mushrooms because they’re fungal
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