Yeast and Candida

[Colorado]

I know doctors and people think this is a new age, weird thing to believe that addressing the overgrowth of Candida in our body can actually cure you.

People, it's true. 80% (approximately) of Americans have a systematic yeast infection, and doctors are not acknowledging it. They are treating yeast symptoms...cancer, depression, fatigue, anxiety, mood swings, irritability, panic attacks, belly fat, IBS, pmdd, pms, and many more diagnosis and symptoms with medication, making it worse, or masking the real issues.

I've been on a candida detox for a month now....and my severe panic attacks, anxiety, brain fog, pmdd, imsomnia, ect are gone. I'm not even through the detox phase, the parasite detox phase hasn't even started, nor has the probiotic phase, and I have had no symptoms of these life long illnesses that have almost destroyed my life.

I have cut out ALL alcohol, sugar, dairy, flour, starches, ect. I

drink water with lemon in it, unsweetened cinnamon probiotic tea, eggs, wild salmon, chicken, lots of green vegetables (sometimes a V8, pure 100% vegetables, not cross over....this is still not the healthiest drink, but a good enough thing to grab if you are hungry) Apple Vinegar Cider ( All Mothers Braggs) bluberries(low sugar fruit) plain yogurt (only one, it might not be the healthiest either) avocados smashed with home made salsa, onions, garlic, home made bone broth. There's lots of other foods you can eat, but I haven't got creative yet. I just printed some candidiasis meals off the internet today.

I've no symptoms since after the two weeks of detox. No panic attacks, or fear of driving, no anxiety right before I start, no pas sysmtoms all...and Inam scheduled for a double hysterectomy for my Pmdd, no hyper feelings, no anger, no depression, ect. It's been a month, And for the first time in 24 years, I feel calm and normal, even when I was on my period....no symptoms. I thanked God today, because my symptoms were awful, and made my life hard.

Doctors are not going to tell you this, and people are going to tell you it's a lie....but it's not.

Please check out Albican Candida, systematic yeast infections and the candida diet...if you should choose to try this...you don't have to do it as aggressively as I am...but please if you are suffering from the symptoms I listed (and there's more on the websites) go check it out and give it a try.

I prayed for God to heal me, to show me how to heal myself...and I am. I feel great, and greatful to God, that I didn't listen to the negativity, or doctors trying to sway me away from seeing what this is. My health, all the symptoms are gone...that's proof enough for me. I've never felt better.

If you dig deep enough, you will also learn about heavy metal poisoning, chelatons, parasites, spores, liver cleanses, chlorella, spirulina, and all kinds of other methods to combat certain yeast, parasites, and heavy metals. It's not a quick fix, it's a long term investment. Im changing my life, and my diet is my first step....I'm in it for the long haul.

It's worth it to feel this good, but do it the way that feels right for you. I'm doing the detox, but there are others doing it more aggressively than I am.

It can take many months or years to clean up the toxins that took years of eating a bad diet....so it's a long term investment. No more for me.

And please read the ingredients on the back of your food labels at Walmart, and other grocery shops. Almost all of it contains yeast, sugar, corn syrup, flour...but is covered up and disguised with other words to replace it.

And keep researching all the time, keep looking, until you find what works for your body to clean it up...and as scarey as it is, please read how the bad yeast affects your organs, gut, brain, nervous and endocrine system, ect. It will open your eyes.

You are not crazy, it's not in your head....it's the bad fungus causing you to feel crazy. Read it, extensively....and if you are ready to give up stuff like McDonalds, Donuts, bread, Chips, Cereal, Milk, Soda, Chocolate, cheese, and alcohol, at least for 6 months...then give it a try.

[PoppyBlue]

You're absolutely right your doctor wont tell you that. Their job is to had out medications made by Big Pharma which only takes away the symptoms. The pills will never cure anything. You may get a whole new set of symptoms from the pills that are sometimes worse then what you originally had. I have been very lucky to only have 1 yeast infection during my life. and I had a horrible diet when I was younger. :icon_eek:

I'd like to think I learned something during the 41 years on this planet. One of them being I needed to get back to nature and stay away from anything made in a factory. If it doesn't have a mother or come from the ground, I don't eat it.

[Bubbles]

Doctors treat your for symptoms, they don't take time to get to the root, unless it's family or you pay them something extra. Imagine that through their doors, come and go dozens or even a hundred "clients". They 'have' to treat us as kettle in time to cope... Notice I put 'have' in brackets uhmhm... Of course, the pharma industry wouldn't make this much $$$ trillions if doctors would learn in school about treating the root cause and not just symptoms. We go in conspiracy mode but it's not, if you think about it, medicine students learn a lot of stuff, but that 'stuff' is also influenced by an agenda.... take a step back and see the big picture. In the end, what can you do? The answer? Is what OP did, see his/her example. The info is there people, don't expect the doctor to care and call you and tell you don't eat this or that.

Anyway @Colorado, I had and maybe still have... the candida albicans in back of the throat..and of course the dead white cells on the tongue... went to doctor, she looked, then wrote on a paper what to buy from the pharmacy and told me to come back after 2 weeks..... that's it. But wait? In my mind.. why doesn't she ask me, about my sleep patterns, maybe I have insomnia and weakens my immune system, maybe I eat 1kilo of sugar daily, maybe I need some lab tests... maybe I need to be told what foods to be avoided... maybe maybe..I need to be told what exactly do I have?

Only thing she told me is that I need to take the pills as if I stop eating sugar foods, this will starve the candida fungus from my throat, and because of that, the fungus will go looking/scavenging~ for more sugar in my body which means that it will spread towards my intestines looking for more.. and I don't want that since things can get worse and what not.

No idea what to think... this can't be entirely true, mean there can be done a water fasting for a week or more (with supervision would be ideal of course) and this should work too... but that doctor said otherwise~

I do have an interesting old recipe, thyme oil + thyme tea (leave thyme herb n cold water 12 hours, then put the cold water extract aside, then make hot tea with the same thyme herb that sat 12 hours... then you mix the 2 teas .. and get 1 as from cold and hot extract, so to say. Then after 15-30 minutes after each meal, you drink a glass of tea and 2-3 drops of thyme oil (extract!! not oil for aromatherapy, don't confuse). Do 2 weeks, 3 times per day... then 2 weeks break, then resume.... and so on. It shall have visible effects from first 2 weeks too! it can bring you back to normal) maybe not as perfect as you but it does the job and is easy to do so.

Thing is, would love if you could share most of your bookmarks, links, vids etc.... I wonder if ketogenic diet could help.

[rodan]

What goes on in the gut can very well have an impact on what goes on in the head. There are current studies showing that serotonin and dopamine, ( can't remember the other(s), are produced in the gut. We get way too much sugar eating processed foods and eating at fast food restaurants. This results in candida, diabetes, high blood pressure, anxiety, depression, etc.
Glad your diet change is helping you, Colorado. Looks like you are dedicated to beat candida.

[Torgo]

I've read that once you cut out sugar/carbs, the fungus/candidas learns to feed off of protein in your body instead in order to thrive. This is because you can't totally get rid of candidas. If you did, you'd be dead. There has to be a balance of it. So my question is, if you do this detox, will your symptoms just find another way to thrive? Can you ever go back to eating grains/sugar again, or would it cause the candidas to explode worse than before, since it's now been trained to feed off of everything you eat?

[Klaatu24]

So glad you're talking about systemic Candida. I don't know about it feeding off protein to survive (after cutting out sugar and carbs), Torgo, but I do know I feel SOOOO much better when I cut out sugar and carbs.

Most doctors that I've seen don't recognize systemic Candida. Maybe it's not taught in medical school?

Decades ago, I started feeling numb in my hands, and other parts of my body were just beginning to get numb. Went to the doctor, who ordered a neurological test where they put needles into the skin and sent shocks into the body and measured them. I don't remember what the test said, but whatever the doctor said, it didn't help the numbness.

Back then, I kept getting nudges in my mind to cut out sugar, bread, noodles, etc., that I was gobbling down. Finally I tried cutting out those foods, and in a day or two the numbness went away.

I still have trouble with this, since I LOVE starchy foods and sugar. But over the years have found that a small amount of fresh garlic (fresh, meaning that the part that's cut, stings my tongue (older garlic seems to have lost its sting)). Swallowing the mashed up garlic with some water helps when I've gone overboard with eating starches/sugars.

But even better, fresh squeezed lemon juice with almost a glass full of water gets rid of the Candida faster than garlic. After about 30 minutes, I drink some more water, since the lemon juice can be harsh in the throat and stomach. (I drink some more water right away, if it's really harsh.) If my stomach's a bit irritated before taking the lemon juice, I take some antacid, then swallow the lemon juice. I hope all this doesn't have any long term affects (I'm not a doctor), but for right now at least, it helps so much. If I take the lemon juice at night, by the next morning, the numbness is gone.

I've also heard that a zapper (search: Hulda Clark (or spelled Clarke?)), can get rid of systemic Candida. I have a zapper from years ago, but it's tedious to use, so being lazy, I haven't used it. Have been having nudges to use it lately though -- I probably should try it again. :redface:

A book "Medical Medium" by Anthony William (I think that's the author's name), talks about this and other chronic illnesses. A spirit gives him the medical information. It's really interesting.

Bubbles, if you still have the white on your tongue (and it's not due to strep or something else that a doctor should help with), you might want to mash up some garlic (roughly about an inch long by 1/8 inch wide). And make sure the garlic is fresh (it'll sting your tongue if you taste a part that's been cut). Put the garlic on your tongue as far back as you can without gagging, and let your saliva run over the garlic and down your throat (while you keep the garlic on your tongue). It'll probably burn like crazy, so just keep the garlic on your tongue as long as you can. When you can't stand the burning any more, swallow the garlic or spit it out. I'm not a doctor, but thought it might help. Garlic is a great antibiotic and antifungal.

Thanks for making this thread about systemic Candida, Colorado! I'll bet many people have this and don't know it.

[Tobi]

If you can tolerate it and there are no reasons why you shouldn't eat it (like you have bad reactions to foods like onions, leeks, chives etc), then eating raw garlic, three cloves a day will kill the yeast overgrowth but not damage healthy bacteria strangely enough so long as you don't overdo it. 3 cloves is enough, with food so it won't burn your mouth and you will get used to eating it with food.
Not everybody likes the smell of garlic. So if your family, loved ones etc like garlic (in moderation) make sure they get a tiny bit also chopped up on a salad! Trust me, if they have eaten some, they won't be bothered about your garlic breath. They won't need the medicinal dose, but even a half clove chopped up in veg, salad or dressing will be enough for them not to be offended by you!
If you've never eaten it raw before, try it chopped up in a spoonful of honey and eat it slowly, and maybe start with one clove at a time each day and work up to three.
Garlic has many benefits for the body generally and it is rare that it will cause any adverse effects. Always choose organically grown cloves which have a green strip in the middle of them. Those are the best for medicinal use.

If you are unsure, if you have any health problems, ask your doctor, herbalist or naturopath first. Don't eat raw garlic if you are on blood thinning medication or to be safe -on any other medication regularly. Don't eat it for 2 weeks before any surgery or dental extraction.

[Klaatu24]

Tobi, thanks so much for the garlic info! Once, a guy at a bus stop had eaten a lot of garlic and people could smell it from about 15 feet away! It seemed to be coming from his whole body (not just his breath). The guy's aroma was like a strong, bad, garlic odor. He didn't smell it. But one lady, from the bus stop, was talking to him about it.

Do you know how much garlic one needs to take to have the odor happen? Like maybe more than 3 cloves a day? I've always been concerned that the odor might happen to me, and don't want to offend anyone.

[Tobi]

Ooops....I don't know. I live in the fields and woods and have no concept of how I smell to other people. Just because I like garlic doesn't mean everyone does!

I asked a neighbour once if I stink and she said I smell okay, but she was probably being too polite.

But I know one thing. I would rather have to spray myself with lavender, peppermint or Rosemary oil etc than feel unwell, if I knew garlic was going to heal me.

[Klaatu24]

...But I know one thing. I would rather have to spray myself with lavender, peppermint or Rosemary oil etc than feel unwell, if I knew garlic was going to heal me.


I totally agree! Reminds me of Rachel Ray on her tv show saying that she probably smells like salami (I think that's what she said), because she loves garlic so much. I love her show.


Thanks again for the info Tobi!

[Tobi]

Including things like kefir, sauerkraut and olives in your diet will definitely help a LOT to bring back the balance of good bacteria. Proper sourdough bread can help too. There are meant to be some candida bacteria in anyone's system. The problem is when they crowd out the good bacteria.

Store bought olives and sauerkraut probably won't be "live" though. They have usually gone through the pasteurisation process. But there are still sources of the proper stuff you may be able to find. Check it out. Here in UK there is a store apparently which sells "live" sauerkraut. That is Ocado. There will be other sources.

[Torgo]

I messaged Colorado right now, but I'm not sure if she'll be back to check her message. Therefore I wanted to post the question here to anyone who thinks they may be able to help me out.

I was thinking about seriously trying this way of eating for a few months. I know I need to do it. I know I have a lot of problems that could possibly be related to an overgrowth of Candidiasis. I have tried in vain maybe five or more years ago to attempt this diet, but the one I tried was so strict/limited and full of supplements, that I just couldn't stick to it. But at that time I was eating fast food probably three times a week, too, so I didn't have nearly as much discipline when it comes to giving up certain foods. My attachments to certain foods are much less now, so I think I'm ready for the big leap of giving up all grains, sugars, dairy, etc., if need be.

So with that said, does anyone have any good resources for what to eat every day? Specifically, does anyone have a daily/weekly menu example that I could follow? I want to make sure that I'm getting all of my vitamins and minerals, since I do have a very difficult time absorbing many nutrients, possibly due to an overgrowth of yeast and fungus. Who knows? One thing I need to say though, is that I have a very bad sensitivity to legumes (i.e. beans, peanuts, peas, alfalfa, soy sauce, tofu, etc.), specifically soy. I also cannot seem to tolerate foods that are high in histamines. But, the latter problem could just be attributed to an overgrowth of yeast in the body.

I won't be able to go shopping for "new food" until this Friday, so I'll be checking back here to read any and all suggestions and resources you may post until then. For now I have to stick to eating what's in the fridge and cabinets. I'll probably have a nice cheesy pizza party one or two times before Friday hits. I'm going to miss pizza, I won't lie. :icon_frown: But, I also won't miss being overweight and having various other health problems. So, arrivederci, pizza! Our saucy food love affair has been wonderful, but such is impermanence! :biggrin:

[Tobi]

Okay Torgo, so most of the vegan/veggie stuff doesn't suit you? Well the way I see it, so long as you are eating good wholesome plain home cooked food with veggies that do suit you, and staying away from yeasts and sugar you will be good.
But there is lots of hidden sugar in foods like pizza for instance. Can you imagine why sugar has to be in pizza?? No neither can I. I can't imagine why sugar has to be in non-sweet things anyway.
It's one thing to eat sugar when you know you are doing that and accept it....but in savoury food? Weird.

So stick to simple home cooking, even if you eat meat and fish. I don't think there would be any problem regarding yeast with meat and fish, eggs, etc. And certainly not with potatoes, rice, buckwheat and quinoa (?) probably not. But I don't know everything about it. Stay away from yeast-based stock cubes, gravies etc. Some breads are okay like probably chappatis etc. (Unleavened bread)

Is cheese not allowed? I don't know. As that has neither yeast nor sugar I can't see it would do much harm. You can actually make your own pizzas using a chapatti as a base! Then some sugar free tomato paste, cheese, and lots of veggies. But I am unsure about mushrooms. And I am unsure about processed meats like pepperoni etc.

[Torgo]

Okay Torgo, so most of the vegan/veggie stuff doesn't suit you? Well the way I see it, so long as you are eating good wholesome plain home cooked food with veggies that do suit you, and staying away from yeasts and sugar you will be good.
But there is lots of hidden sugar in foods like pizza for instance. Can you imagine why sugar has to be in pizza?? No neither can I. I can't imagine why sugar has to be in non-sweet things anyway.
It's one thing to eat sugar when you know you are doing that and accept it....but in savoury food? Weird.

So stick to simple home cooking, even if you eat meat and fish. I don't think there would be any problem regarding yeast with meat and fish, eggs, etc. And certainly not with potatoes, rice, buckwheat and quinoa (?) probably not. But I don't know everything about it. Stay away from yeast-based stock cubes, gravies etc. Some breads are okay like probably chappatis etc. (Unleavened bread)

Is cheese not allowed? I don't know. As that has neither yeast nor sugar I can't see it would do much harm. You can actually make your own pizzas using a chapatti as a base! Then some sugar free tomato paste, cheese, and lots of veggies. But I am unsure about mushrooms. And I am unsure about processed meats like pepperoni etc.

Thanks for the quick reply. I think they say to avoid dairy and things like mushrooms because they are fungal/mold prone. I remember when I attempt to do this before, practically everything was off-limits that had any carbohydrates or sugars attached to them, as well as foods that were high in mold content.

I have no problem eating vegetables. In fact, I've always liked vegetables but have hated fruit. So that's an easy thing to do there, because fruit isn't allowed on this type of diet.

I don't mind if I have to eat vegetable soup all day long. But I was just hoping to see if there were any other suggestions on other foods/recipes to eat. I really don't care to eat too much meat. Besides, it is too expensive to have meat every day, let alone at every meal. But from what I remember, it's basically a meat and vegetable type of way of eating. But if you're vegan or vegetarian, you're basically stuck with just eating vegetables, because you have to severely limit nuts, seeds, and legumes, because they are prone to mold and fungus, which is to be avoided on this diet. Besides, I have a very bad sensitivity to those things anyway, especially legumes. And I probably have a sensitivity to these things, because I have an overgrowth of yeast and/or fungus in my body I suppose.

During this time, I also tried the GAPS diet, which is somewhat similar to the anti-candidaS diet. But I had to stop because I felt like I was turning into a bottle of ammonia. I literally could smell ammonia coming from my pores. It was too much meat and bone broth for me. I didn't feel well on it after a while. And I could barely get past the beginning stages where you're introduced to eggs. Sadly, I think I have a sensitivity to them as well, too. Maybe just the whites, and not the yolk. But I remember going on it and the book saying that you need to keep staying in the beginning stages if you have sensitivities to the foods that are slowly introduced. I think I was eating only boiled meat, sauerkraut, boiled squash, and lots of bone broth or something, for a couple of weeks and feeling like I needed to stop the diet or I was going to become very ill. I was drinking tons of Gerolsteiner mineral water, too.

[Lynn]

Hello

I was just going to start a thread on what I call the "Itchy Twitchy B'chy" I had one for months it would go away come back and go away. Tried the over the counter cures would help the "itch" but not the overall. Tried yogarts ext and nothing. I watch the sugars, starches ext so I knew I was clear there.

Nothing took it away but it was not a yeast infection it was exeama (yes down there) I have it around my ears and at times on the back of my scalp. Most times its triggered by stress. I never thought of it being similar to a yeast infection so its a wonder the creams for yeast did not work.

It was a friend that pointed out it might be exeama that I had and she was so right on. Few days of meds for that and infection was gone. Not been back since. Stress triggers a lot of issues.

Oh and even worse I could have been allergic to my partner and his body fluids.....of all things. Happy its not that a barrier would not be fun.

Lynn

[OnAPath]

If you suspect Candida, but can't afford anything fancy, start by cutting out sugars. No sugary drinks, no bread, no potato. It helps get you in the mindset and develop better habits. Then you can move on to adding vinegar, garlic, etc., or a detox, what have you.

The easiest thing to do is if you MUST eat fast food, have a burger without the bun, no fries, and water. This is the "At least I'm not making it worse" approach.

[linen53]

Colorado, I've been on a gluten free diet for about 5 years now. Most of your symptoms sound like a gluten intolerance or at least some kind of food intolerance. And I agree, processed foods are killing us.

[Sapphirez]

sorry but any animal products are bad for you unless you're the animal they're intended for. microbes in general are there essentially trying to help clear an clean us out of the toxic stuff that doesn't belong. I am glad you got rid of your candida issue but that doesn't mean you are actually healthy and given that diet you couldn't be, I am sorry to put it this way but it is true. You do offer a lot of good advice and facts otherwise though