Please help - need to begin all raw vegan candida diet

July 28, 2004

Hi,

I'm 25 and for the most of my life, the last almost 20 years, I've

been having symptoms that no doctor's ever been able to help me with

(though they never really tried, didn't seem to care to). Symptoms

increased and got worse and worse as I got older. Physical ones,

then mental ones too. Recently, after having been on Zoloft for 6

years (which didn't help much with any of my symptoms but helped me

be more complacent with them), it got to the point where this can't

go on anymore, I got off the Zoloft and began searching for real

answers and possible ways to fix the problems. I had an all raw

vegan diet and " master cleanse " strongly recommended to me, and found

out about systemic candida overgrowth and leaky gut. Both have begun

to make a lot of sense -- and the candida, going by the " spit test " ,

my symptoms and history with antibiotics (I was pretty much raised on

them, they started being prescribed to me as a toddler for strep

throats and acute sinus infections, took them on a regular basis

during childhood, took more antibiotics than I ate healthy foods),

I'm sure I'm a textbook case of it. And it's what I think I should

begin tackling first. I'm hoping someone here can help me with that,

with the diet part. The candida diet is very limited, most fruits

are no-nos because of the sugar. I'm going to post what I'll be

allowed to eat according to the program I've decided to go with --

" Candistroy " , recommended by my local health food store -- it's

pretty much the same as the lists I've found online. I'll have to be

on it for 6 months. I'm only going to post the raw vegan selections

because, of course this is a raw foods group and because they're the

only ones I'll be able to have -- for about 5 years now, for personal

reasons I've been vegan (though certainly not a healthy-eating one --

lots of soy, which now I'm reading about how it's one of the worst

things you can eat, carbs, cooked, processed) and will not eat any

animal products, no matter what. What I'm hoping is that someone

will help me, by directing me with regard to how to combine these

foods, when to eat them and how much. I'll need help because I'm new

to the raw diet, and new to eating for health -- I've always eaten

only for social and psychological reasons -- you know, cravings,

eating for pleasure to forget, for distraction. I don't have any

concerns about how difficult this will be, or that I'll turn back. I

know it will be hard but I'm ready to give up the unhealthy eating

for good -- I can't take it anymore. It's disgusting to me now.

Yeah it'll be hard but not nearly as hard as going on like this for

much longer. If anyone can help with regard to how to eat these

foods properly *please* reply asap. Here's the list:

- All veggies and veggie juices except for carrots and beets

- lemons, limes, cranberries, Granny Smith (green) apples

- almonds and seeds

Thank you,

Ann

July 29, 2004

There is a book called " The Body Ecology diet " and it specifically

addresses candida as it's main focus. It's not a raw food book so I

don't recommend everything in the book but it was one of the last non-

raw diet books I read before going raw. Also when going raw I found

it helpful to spice my salads up a bit. I add a clove or 2 of garlic

to my salads. If you really want to dive into the raw world, then

gabriel cousins books are highly recommended as well as david wolfe.

The more you read, the more you will be motivated!

rawfood , " annm_searching "

<annm_searching> wrote:

> Hi,

> I'm 25 and for the most of my life, the last almost 20 years, I've

> been having symptoms that no doctor's ever been able to help me

with

> (though they never really tried, didn't seem to care to). Symptoms

> increased and got worse and worse as I got older. Physical ones,

> then mental ones too. Recently, after having been on Zoloft for 6

> years (which didn't help much with any of my symptoms but helped me

> be more complacent with them), it got to the point where this can't

> go on anymore, I got off the Zoloft and began searching for real

> answers and possible ways to fix the problems. I had an all raw

> vegan diet and " master cleanse " strongly recommended to me, and

found

> out about systemic candida overgrowth and leaky gut. Both have

begun

> to make a lot of sense -- and the candida, going by the " spit

test " ,

> my symptoms and history with antibiotics (I was pretty much raised

on

> them, they started being prescribed to me as a toddler for strep

> throats and acute sinus infections, took them on a regular basis

> during childhood, took more antibiotics than I ate healthy foods),

> I'm sure I'm a textbook case of it. And it's what I think I should

> begin tackling first. I'm hoping someone here can help me with

that,

> with the diet part. The candida diet is very limited, most fruits

> are no-nos because of the sugar. I'm going to post what I'll be

> allowed to eat according to the program I've decided to go with --

> " Candistroy " , recommended by my local health food store -- it's

> pretty much the same as the lists I've found online. I'll have to

be

> on it for 6 months. I'm only going to post the raw vegan

selections

> because, of course this is a raw foods group and because they're

the

> only ones I'll be able to have -- for about 5 years now, for

personal

> reasons I've been vegan (though certainly not a healthy-eating one -

-

> lots of soy, which now I'm reading about how it's one of the worst

> things you can eat, carbs, cooked, processed) and will not eat any

> animal products, no matter what. What I'm hoping is that someone

> will help me, by directing me with regard to how to combine these

> foods, when to eat them and how much. I'll need help because I'm

new

> to the raw diet, and new to eating for health -- I've always eaten

> only for social and psychological reasons -- you know, cravings,

> eating for pleasure to forget, for distraction. I don't have any

> concerns about how difficult this will be, or that I'll turn back.

I

> know it will be hard but I'm ready to give up the unhealthy eating

> for good -- I can't take it anymore. It's disgusting to me now.

> Yeah it'll be hard but not nearly as hard as going on like this for

> much longer. If anyone can help with regard to how to eat these

> foods properly *please* reply asap. Here's the list:

>

> - All veggies and veggie juices except for carrots and beets

> - lemons, limes, cranberries, Granny Smith (green) apples

> - almonds and seeds

>

> Thank you,

> Ann

July 30, 2004

hi anne. i've heard of candida but what is leaky gut? where can i

find the Candistroy diet you mentioned. good luck with your

improvement. :)rawfood , " annm_searching "