Comments on: The Great Grand Diet Trial Of 2011: About That Candida

By: Sayward Rebhal

Sayward Rebhal — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:42:00 +0000

If you take her to a doc/naturopath, they should be able to test her. I had a gyno confirm a topical yeast infection so I KNEW the organism was present in my body. But from there it was self-diagnosis (we were between insurances – I was on my own!) via matching symptoms on the Internets. Not recommended! I really, really suggest seeing a professional. Luck!

By: Darlene B

Darlene B — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:34:00 +0000

If I can ask, can you tell me what your symptoms were? How did you know you had an internal yeast problem? I think my daughter suffers from hormonal yeast problems and it has been very difficult for her to deal with it. So, I’m curious if what you have done could help my daughter.

By: Melisann1981

Melisann1981 — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:52:00 +0000

Thanks for the reply. I did The Body Ecolgy Diet (vegan version) with a special B.E.D. certified nutritionist for a year and a half and was still having symptoms so finally said enough was enough. I still eat super healthy, but eating that strict w/no symptom reduction was getting out of control. How long did you do the diet for? I did eat grains (only quinoa, millet and amaranth), though. Maybe that was where I was stuck. Thanks!

By: cheli

cheli — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:15:00 +0000

yes, sugar is out. along with white flour.
oh i had no idea about coconut yogurt. will check it out. thanks, sayward!

By: Moira

Moira — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:17:00 +0000

No! But I’ll look them up now :) Thanks, Sayward!

By: Sayward Rebhal

Sayward Rebhal — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:00:00 +0000

Are you familiar with Donna Gates and her book, the Body Ecology Diet? She is sort of the expert on gut health and it sounds like what you’re experiencing is totally in line with what she talks about. Have you read about “leaky gut syndrome”?

I’m so glad to hear you’ve had some success in healing yourself! probiotic foods are so, so powerful.

By: Sayward Rebhal

Sayward Rebhal — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:55:00 +0000

I would definitely not juice while doing the candida diet. Juice is full of nutrients but it’s also FULL of sugar. I know that even normally I have to be careful with my juice, because if I drink too much too fast I have a “sugar reaction”.

Anyway, every body is different and I’m certainly not a doctor! But just for me personally, I avoided all sugar/carbs/fruit for the strictest elimination phase, then slowly introduced a few pseudograins and low-glycemic fruits. I know that in *my* body, juice would have fed my candida and done a lot of damage.

For me it helped to think about the candida-diet time as being discreet, ie, it was this thing that had a beginning and an end. So it sucked, but I could get THROUGH it, I knew. So maybe I wasn’t maximizing my nutrients during that period, but I was doing something else really important. I could worry about micronutrients later. At least, that’s how my thinking went.

Hope that helps!

By: Sayward Rebhal

Sayward Rebhal — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:50:00 +0000

It is AMAZING how much better I feel without sugar. Like, mind-blowingly amazing. Such a world of emotional difference!

By: Sayward Rebhal

Sayward Rebhal — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:49:00 +0000

Have you cut out sugar? That was the biggest thing for me, after the probiotics.

Probiotic favorites for me = kombucha, water kefir, tempeh, miso, and coconut yogurt. I have recipes for homemade kombucha, kefir, and yogurt in my archives if you want to check them out!

By: Moira

Moira — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:25:00 +0000

I’m eager to read your series. For many years I’ve suffered from Gi health problems as a result from multiple parasitic/ameobic infections overseas. Having been on several doses of antiobiotics over the years to kick the infections (all successfully), the doctors’ diagnoses of continued gut problems were food intolerances/allergies. So I’ve lived with the multiple manifestations of a compromised gut for years – I am frequently get the cold, flu and other infections (i.e. present moment) and I have irregular eating patterns, sugar spikes, drowziness, etc. Through all of this, I decided to be proactive and research on my own – and this is when I ran into your blog. Because of your blog, in the last year I’ve had tremendous benefit from natural cleanses, Kombucha, cabbage juice, greens juicing, etc.

Needless to say, I’m so excited to read this series and hopefully nib this thing in the butt. Rock on, Sayward!