New diet...questions...

Hi all,

So I'm on a candida diet for the next few weeks to get rid of some yeast infection crap that has been under my  wafer for months. I can't eat sugar or carbs like bread or crackers, so I'm hating life.

My question is, can ostomates eat granola or oats like oatmeal or bars with oats in them?

Thanks guys :)

Yup!

Just be careful the first few times to see how YOUR body likes them:)

yes, you can eat oatmeal and fiber/oat bars, but check the sugar content on those.

If you are avoiding carbs/ sugar you should also avoid all other starches. Mean anything that can or is white, granola and oats included. I did a diet for 4 weeks call the 4 hour body, where you cannot eat any starches or dairy, basically if it converts to sugar you can't have it. just lots of protein and veggies. this also means NO FRUIT! (which is so hard in the summer!) If its only for a few weeks, if you can cut out all the starches and sugars you'll get the yeast food out of your body much faster and therefore get better faster. It is a hard diet. I was grumpy and found I had a hard time eating enough protein to stay full but after you get a week into it it gets so much easier. Eggs, chicken, beans Lots of green veggies, and i did this with my colostomy. ileos though, not sure if you can handle the beans. I ate everything with my ileo but lettuce so i'm not sure if you can go whole hog like that though. If you can't handle lots of veggies and beans you will probably need some whole grains that are lower in carbs so you don't starve and I think oats would be a good choice. So would Quinoa I think. Its very high in protein and extremely good for you. Not sure of its carb count though.

Are you allowed to have yogurt and kefir? Both are great at fighting yeast and kefir is becoming more widely avalible. Its a yogurt drink that's super good. It does have sugar, but all the pro and prebiotics help fight yeast. If you can't have it now, whenever you beat the infection you may want to add it into your diet semi regularly to help keep the yeast at bay.

     80's chick....have you tried Nystop?  I had a yeast infection under my wafer about a month post-op and my surgeon gave me a bottle of that to use.  It worked great.  Just put it on when you change your wafer and let it sit a few minutes and wipe with a tissue.  It won't work overnight but it sure did help me.  I never changed my diet at all.  Good luck!!!