Rotating foods can be a result of candida/bad bacteria ability to adapt to what we eat. The less good flora we have to inhibit candida's ability to adapt the more we might have to consider rotating foods. A while back ago when I went on a 95% fat+meat diet (bee wilder plan) I experienced candida's ability to adapt. Month by month Candida become more and more effecient at utilizing fat+meat for energy. After 5 months I had so much gut inflammation that I had to dramatically change my diet. It got to a point where it felt like candida was just as effecient at burning oil and fats as it does sugars. Sometimes allergy can be confused with candida/bad bacteria interfering with proper digestion or producing harmful metabolites/enzymes that wreak havoc on our Gi tract. In addition, allergies or food intolerances become worst when we dont have the proper balance/amount of flora for optimal digestion.
Whats interesting is some studies showed that some of our friendly bacteria is responsible for converting bile acids into a less harmful form. So if were lacking that certain bacteria due to the interference of bad bacteria/candida than the bile might not be properly converted and could result in more GI inflammation. Some might intrepet it as an allergy.
The inflammation issue was related to a few factors. The excess bile that is released by eating too much hard to digest fat. Excess bile that is not properly converted/nuetralized can irritate the GI tract for those that have sensitive guts/lack the proper flora to convert the bile acids. The excess fat/protein can cause candida to produce more damaging protease/lipase enzymes outside of its body which not only digests the food, but can start to break down the tissues in your gut. I came to this conclusion when I was supplementing with potassium sorbate( which shuts down candida's enzyme making process) and it reduced the majority of my gut inflammation while still eating too much protein/fat. Unfortunately, candida figured out a way to nuetralize/adapt to the potassium sorbate after about 2 weeks.
So in a sense I can see where anthony is coming from with his stand on hard to digest fats/protein. Chicken breast, very low fat fish dont give me much issues, but I can only do fatty meats and fish every 4 or 5 days. When I do those foods a candida inhibitor helps to cut down the inflammation. What I've been learning is that for people that have candida overgrowth in the colon it is essential to leave the bare minimum amount of undigested food for the candida to ferment in the colon. Leaving very little undigested food/nutients for the candida in the colon can cut down syptoms quite a bit. Eating small, easy to digest meals can help cut down on nausea that can be produced from the candida fermenting undigested food in the colon. The major problem is the metabolites that candida produces when digesting food. Alcohol by-products from sugars and simple carbs and ammonia/damaging enzymes from too much protein/hard to digest fats. And Again, the less flora you have to inhibit candida's metabolism/virulence the more sensitive an individual can become to foods. You can thank mainly antibiotics, anti-bacterials, and all the chemicals/heavy metals and toxins in our environment for this gift from 900,000 miles below.
The problen is that fiber and water does not prevent pathogenic fungal candida from producing damaging protease/lipase enzymes. Fiber and water does help to absorb/dilute some of the excess bile/cholesterol produced from eating too much protein/ fat.
Agree. Getting the food out of the colon in a timely manner is very important to eliminating fermenting/symptoms.
Psyllium is a highly fermentable soluble fiber and can cause some gas+bloating for some individuals that lack the proper flora. For some excess fiber can cause too much gas+bloating. Each individual has to asess what fibers/amounts will work for them.