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My DIY Candida-Fighting Diet

Lyme affects your body’s ability to deal with yeast, and any antibiotics past or present will only compound the issue. A lot of normal people have issues with candida too. And normal docs are fucking CLUELESS about how systemic an issue this can be.

When my boss told me she had been bedridden 10 years ago with candida, I thought, “Well I don’t need a prescription to try fighting this with diet. I have nothing to lose.”

I don’t understand why anyone with chronic fatigue, pain, or reflux would not test it out. There is something about knowing you only have to do it for a month, that makes it okay. You don’t need expensive ingredients, and can eat all you want!

So for just ONE month, I did a meat and vegetable ONLY diet, (no rice, bread, potatoes, corn chips) no dressing but apple cider vinegar based, no soy sauce, no high fructose corn syrup, and NOOO alcohol, soda or sweets.

I didn’t even really know what I was doing, and some strict dietitians might tell you to avoid some of the things I ate, but still, my crude attempt gave me a real boost. Like a REAL boost! Amazing. Life still sucked, but I could walk easier and my joints and fatigue, brain fog, and gut acid and asthma lessened.

I was so thrilled I found something tangible I could control!!!!!!

I always know my yeast is flaring if my tongue looks white, my stomach acid is churning, and my muscles and joints hurt worse.

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Breakfast
Plain full fat, greek yogurt with walnuts
coffee.

Lunch
Arugula or other lettuce with shredded carrots or other pre cut up vegetables.I’m not into cooking. I bought pre-boiled hard boiled eggs so I could just throw a few on the salad.

Dinner
Any kind of meat and vegetables. Let yourself have butter and such. Cheese is okay too. I kept string cheese around.

Snacks 

I allowed bananas, grapefruit, cashews and plain vegetables. Add in a few sips of kiefer throughout the day.

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Today,  I can eat some grains, and starches and a TINY bit of sweets. When I overstep I can feel it. I just get strict for a day or two, drink some kiefer and kombucha, eat saurkraut to get back in balance.

There are also many good herbal supplements to combat yeast. Later post to come.

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To Drink & Not to Drink

When your body is out of whack, beverages can be your best bandmate, or charming backstabbers. In my experience, their power is potent, so I try to stick to some rules.

No Alcohol – Really!! All that sugar is like cryptonite. Lyme sufferers are always low on magnesium. Alcohol depletes magnesium, and messes with your whole body. Double whammy! Take a sip or two and pass your glass to your dinner companion!

If I drink even a glass, I feel like shit the next day or two. The sugary content in wine hurts me, but I really think it is the magnesium depleting aspect that does the most damage. Even nice tequila, just one shot, can backfire some days. I still test it every few months ;-).

No Diet soda – Why? It is the devil. Full of fake sweetener and no benefits. Stay away from fake sweeteners in general.

No Soda – Too much sugar. Plain sparkling water can be your best dinner friend.

Kiefer – Plain is the best. Others can have more sugar.  A swig or two a day of this probiotic helps fight gut imbalance and yeast.

Green tea – A cup a day really helps fight candida, inflammation, allergies and makes you feel better. Post IV treatment, the green tea feels even more critical to me.

Kombucha – Expensive per bottle, but I don’t guzzle a bottle at a time. I drink like a few gulps a day. A bottle lasts a week or more for me.

When everyone around me is drinking wine or beer, I pour a little kombucha in a wine glass and drink a WHOLE glass and I feel like I am being decadent. Also good to take a sip when you have a soda craving. Theirs practically no sugar in it and it naturally fights candida/yeast.

Cayenne pepper – I think this helps my brain perfusion issues. I put it in my eggs and on my gluten free pizza and pasta dishes. I have even added it to coffee.

George’s Aloe – this is a colorless, tasteless aloe, that has natural irritants refined out. I take a swig every day or so. You don’t have to drink glasses of it or anything. It sooths my gastro linings. Very important to help your stomach tolerate oral supplements and meds.

I even add this stuff to my cat’s water dish to ease her digestive issues. A vet turned me on to the stuff. Available at Whole Foods, Walmart, and Amazon.

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