Question for those of you who have endured the strict "cardboard" Candida Diet

Hi Chapelle!-

I have been on Diflucan since April 2015. I take 1 tablet(150mg) on Sunday only. The rest of the week, I take Nystatin.

I am not sure yet, but I might increase the Diflucan to twice a week.
Since I am on a lot of antibiotics.

Thank you for your concern about it possibly being hard on the liver. So far, all my liver tests have come back "normal "! :) YAY!!

I hope the herbs help you beat Candida! :)

Best Wishes!

Hi Chapelle!-

For your bad breath issues, maybe you could try chewing on a mint leaf?

I remember the last time that I tried chewing gum (Trident), I felt a burning sensation in my throat.

Best Wishes!

How about you chew some parsley? Good for you too.

Hi Chapelle :)

You can do this! I have been on the diet for about 8 months now. I was still eating a bit of cheese here and then. When I cut the cheese out...about two months ago. I did drop more weight, but the candida is finally clearing up! The die off will be a little icky feeling and you're going to feel hungry I think. I do two protein shakes one in morning and one in afternoon. I know you can't have sugar...I do the Thorne mediclear sgs chocolate and then the raw protein by garden of life. Also....the Doctor said to eat lots of fats like someone said sunflower butter...or if you have a trader joes cashew butter. What I've found helps me is to eat something small every like two hours and always include a protein. I also do another smoothie mid afternoon of kale and spinach and sometimes a little bit of a clementine, or some berries. I'm still working on some issues, but the doctor said its working and I can start introducing things little by little back in. Also...bone broth...you're probably doing that already but that really help to heal your gut lining and glutamine powder helps your gut lining :) I hope this helps! It does suck... I miss pizza and wine and ice cream haha :)

Leah

Little Bear-

Hi :) I haven't yet. I just talked to my other LLMD today and she told me to start using Lauricidin (monolaurin). Have you heard of that? I guess it is derived from coconut, but it isn't associated with any allergy or anything if you are allergic to coconut. Are you talking about something else? Haha I am just now getting in to other herbal and natural remedies. She also said biocidin to replace diflucan. Have you heard of this?

Also I asked her about the head pressure and the pain...do you have babesia? She said these are babesia symptoms as well and told me to do frankinsence essential oil and peppermint oil. If you are interested in what she said about these let me know. :)
Leah

I will have to get some of that. My husband loves soy sauce and I feel bad because everything he makes he has to do so bland because of me haha. Thank you :)

I am researching all of them too. If you have questions let me know and I will email you what she said and dosing so you can ask your doc.

Leah - wow, thank you for all of your input! Why have you been on it for 8 months??? That worries me!! I have to cook for my kids too, so my husband doesnt have to deal with my bland diet, LOL, although he is careful with what he eats in general anyway - or tries to be!

may i ask what your candida symptoms were?

as for the protein shakes, i am still here confused. I checked out thorne mediclear - it has soy in it and soy is on the nono list for the candida diet. also, it do you understand the sugar content of these shakes? bc the one you are drinking says it has 5g of sugar - but maybe it is not sugarcane?

bc i have shakeology here, but I am not sure if it is "ok". Although it has stevia, the labeling still shows 18g of carbs and 8g of sugar - but the labeling also says that the sugar is not sugar cane, but natural sugar (ex. made from Acai Powder, Acerola Cherry, Apple Pectin, Astragalus Root Powder, Bilberry, Blueberry , Camu-Camu, Citrus Bioflavonoids, Lycium/Goji Berry, Pomegranate, Rose Hips, Yacon Root, Lactospore, Flaxseed, Coconut Flower Nectar, Cocoa powder)

how strict do we need to be? is a glass of this stuff a day ok do you know? i may email my Dr and ask. Bc the the shakeology shake I have is vegan, it is soy, whey, gluten and dairy free. I don't know if i can find anything better than this!!

also, i know about bone broth, but what does everyone do with it? LOL

appreciate your input!


thanks also for your input creativegirl!! i will check out biocidin and let you know!

oh and leah - i dont have babesia, i had lyme and bartonella

Hi Chapelle :)

I have lyme and co infections too... And my doctors said to stick to the diet to make herxing not so hard. But, to tell you the truth I still herx hard...so who knows. I try to do exactly what they say. But, now my llmd is at the point where he said add some things back in. The Thorne Mediclear SGS has the phytosomes derived from soy...I asked him and he said that it was fine and actually wanted me to do it to help detox and support my liver. But, I would definitely ask your doctor....maybe they know something better. It is Stevia for sugar but does have some cane juice in it. So maybe ask and see if it's right for you.

I also take Restormedicine probiotics---they are strong. Lol. I herx just taking those sometimes. So I know they are pretty strong. I was going to add in s. Boulardi by Pure Encapsulations too. I have it just haven't opened it yet. Lol. Too much stuff at once.

The bone broth I buy two roasted chickens and then we take the bones and let them boil in water for about 4 hours and then we do carrots,celery, onion, and tomato in it and let that boil for another 4 hours or so. Then we strain it and I put organic brown rice noodles in it and eat it once or twice a day. Sometimes I just drink it. I don't eat the carrots but my husband does. I just do the broth. The onion and tomato and celery we throw away....But my dad eats them lol.

Another good one we do is chicken with cabbage and ginger root. Sometimes we add garlic. It's like a stir fry kind of and the ginger gives it flavor. Not sure if you are a fan of ginger though.

I'm hoping I'm making some progress. My biggest symptoms with the candida were anxiety, and a very dizzy sort of spacey feeling and fatigue. I sometimes do have indigestion with it, but the bone broth really helps that.

Did you test your blood for candida? I read you did the skin test right?

Leah

Hi Leah!-

Sorry, I know you asked Traveler or Tillybear, but I thought I would answer for them. I hope they don't mind? :)

I was able to find the Coconut Aminos in my local grocery store. It was in the "Healthy Food " isle. If you can't find it there, you might want to try a "Health Food " store.

PS- Tillybear, thanks for sharing about the coconut "dessert " treat, it sounds delicious!! :)