Dietary Changes for Candida - Bill Thompson
Libraloveshealth (Los Angeles, California) on 02/27/2017:
Candida can be really annoying. I have suffered with it due to gluten intolerance/leaky gut. I finally cured it with a natural non processed diet. I don't do well with ketogenic diet/super low carb as I end up getting kidney stones and I end up getting heart palpitations, headaches, bloating/constipation, its just too much for me. Each day I take a Prebiotic/probiotic I got one which is easy - you only need once a day and It has glutamine to heal the leaky gut. it works really fast to kill candida in the gut. I also eat 2-3 Tbs a day of extra virgin coconut oil. I also strictly avoid any foods with yeast at all, and I avoid packaged foods. I will only eat some packaged foods if they have only a few ingredients in them that are understandable, and I try to get the most non-gmo and organic as I can. I will sometimes eat a small potato or small amount of rice, quinoa, natural grains. I avoid gluten. I also instead of going thru too much shock with the fully low carb I will just have a breakfast with carbs(fruit, greek yogurt, sometimes oatmeal) and then for my lunch and dinner a pretty strict low carb meal ( chicken or shrimp, veggies). I also avoid all sugars, the only sugar I will eat is sugar in the raw (turbinado sugar), fresh fruits or I will use manuka honey. If I dare eat any packaged foods or sugar foods I can feel the candida trying to return, instant joint pain, tired feelings, bloated, mood changes. I also try to have a lemongrass cup of tea a day because that will assist quickly with killing the candida but it can cause some die off effects ( fuzzy head, joint pains). I hope to transition to a full low carb diet of 50g carb or less a day eventually but Its best to take it slow. cooking everything homemade can be time intensive and can be a pain at times but its worth keeping this away and I'm glad its cured! Also taking vitamins is helpful. I have had anemia issues and that can also cause frequent candida problems/other issues so make sure you take vitamins and drinking tons of water and cucumber slice lemon water will flush everything out. As for the prebiotic/probiotic supplement, I find that to work the best. I have tried just probiotics and tons of acidophilus and bifidus, never really helped or if It did it would take a very long time until it worked. I believe the prebiotic in the combo makes a big difference.
