Do raw diets work for candida? 
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Hi, I have only just been diagnosed with candida after only a few months of symptoms. I am not sure what caused it, but am beginning to think it was bad diet. The first thing that happened to me was a gluten intolerance 6 months ago (I'm really not sure if this was before or after candida, but I think it was before) Anyway I used to eat fast food, drink alcohol etc all the time before and had to stop this because of gluten. When I stopped eating gluten I got 100% better, but I lost a lot of weight and started eating heaps of peanut butter, full fat dairy, avocados, pasta, coconut. My GI symptoms came back as well as fatigue, anxiety, Depression and I kept gaining more food intolerances . I was told just recently it is due to candida..
I am aware of many things that contribute to candida, like Antibiotics , heavy metals, weakened immune system etc.. and it seems like you have to do a lot to get everything back from proper diet, building immune system, minimising stress, detoxifying the body, exercising and whatever. But the most difficult one to figure out is the diet... They say to starve the candida, but apparently this minimises symptoms and doesn't cure it. So how do you know what is supposed to work?? Do i really have to spend years trying different things to figure it out?
I am starting to think that what has caused my problem is my poor diet as well as a weakened immune system from my gluten intolerance which has made my liver not function properly and my nervous system and adrenals to go a bit off.. If this is the case is it better for me to do a diet minimizing fat and protein? Meat has caused me the most problems with digestion.. however I am very skinny and do not know if this approach is suitable for me...
I am not sure what to do and where to start, but if i start out wrong with this diet I know I am going to end up suffering for years as well and am so terrified...
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- Re: Do raw diets work for candida? Pokermaniac
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MoreThis is a reply to # 2,030,672I eat chinese cabbage raw (low cellulose) only.
"If this is the case is it better for me to do a diet minimizing fat and protein? Meat has caused me the most problems with digestion" - Yes, Fat and protein from millet, potatoes, white rice, cod liver oil one/two pills - i am not joking :)
Candida is controlled with copper/zinc ratio 1:10 in every meal on daily basis also Ca/Mg ratio 2:1-2,5:1 and Na/K 2:3 ratio.- trying to stick to, and follow stric... Superrain 11 y 6,509
- These risk protein deficiency North
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MoreThis is a reply to # 2,030,695The foods you mention are so low in protein that you would risk protein deficiency. For example, the white rice mentioned has 8% of the daily requirement for the average adult of protein, per cooked cup. So you'd have to eat 13 cups per day.
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/cereal-grains-and-pasta/5712/2
There are better plant sources of protein, please don't risk going so low by choosing that list.
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This is a reply to # 2,030,672I don't believe that raw diets are good for people who are already too skinny. They are good for people who tend to gain weight very easily and always have strong muscles with no effort regardless of what they eat. Obviously, the high-fat diet was causing you tons of problems so you want to stay away from that. For me, a high carbohydrate diet is the best (I also tend to be skinny). High carb diets are the most nourishing and the most helpful for keeping on weight and maintaining health, they also place the least amount of burden on the kidneys and the liver so that they are free to do their job of detoxifying the body. As you said, avoiding foods that feed candida is not the key to getting rid of candida, this is just a way to temporarily get a little relief and long-term will do much more harm than good. Stick to a balanced healthy diet, you can eat meat but I would eat less meat, not too much fat but your body does need a certain amount. Try to listen to your body regarding what it needs to be balanced and healthy.- Re: Do raw diets work for candida? #166978
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This is a reply to # 2,030,741Thank you! :) whenever I read your posts I feel like I'm talking to a very wise tiger
Do you know what kind of carbs are ok? I only grains I can eat are rice and amaranth, the rest I have trouble with because of a gluten cross reaction or something =\ I haven't heard much about starchy vegetables being ok for candida- Re: Do raw diets work for candida? #166978
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This is a reply to # 2,030,747The more simple the carbohydrate, the quicker it will feed the candida, so of course any type of sugars will feed it the quickest, then refined carbohydrates like white flour would be next followed by other grains and starchy vegetables like potatoes. But just because something feeds candida doesn't mean you can't eat it and still keep yourself healthy. For example, I eat white basmati rice and I feel very good on this, but some people prefer brown rice and this will feed candida less. Some people got this idea in their head that grains are unhealthy and this is not true at all, even wheat that is properly grown and freshly ground is very nutritious. You said you do well on rice and amaranth, so just eat those these are very healthy.- Re: Do raw diets work for candida? natway
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This is a reply to # 2,030,915Do track the percentage of fats you eat to see if there's a correlation between the amounts of fats and the amounts of carbs you can eat before you feel your candida problem worsens? - Re: Do raw diets work for candida? #166978
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This is a reply to # 2,030,915Thank you so much! :) I'm still a bit worried about eating too many grains.. it's very confusing to know what is ok.. I think I should just work on getting my body into a healthy state though so killing the candida will happen more naturally and my body won't be left in an environment where candida is likely to come back.
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This is a reply to # 2,030,957Exactly correct, in fact candida cannot live at all in a body that is in a healthy state. Once you are completely healthy, candida will be gone and not the other way round. The biggest mistake people make is to think that once they eliminate candida, then they will be healthy and this is just not true, first make your body healthy, then candida cannot grow regardless of how many carbs and sugars you eat.- Re: Do raw diets work for candida? natway
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This is a reply to # 2,031,064All the research I've done and even my friends saying what their docs told them is that just about all humans have candida in them as a natural part of our flora. It's only when the candida population gets out of control by things like a bad diet is when there becomes a problem.
- It did for me! Pamster
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This is a reply to # 2,031,137I woke up with yeast, candida and rashes after heavy doses of anti-biotics. This led to chronic fatigue. I went raw because animal products and gluten made me feel so sick (because I was acidic and didn't have enough minerals to make strong stomach acid). Eventually, I have found that 50/50 fruits and veggies, and soaked wild rice, lots of seaweed, kimchi/sauerkraut, and small amounts of fats were just right for me. When I eat more that 1 avocado, or 5 nuts a day (but I eat seeds everyday as well), candida and yeasty problems resurface for me. Too much fat in blood stream prevent us from absorbing sugar. So typical anti-candida diet make you limit Sugar to almost nothing. People fail because every cell needs glucose. Instead, limit fats, and you will absorb all your sugar. Candida only blooms when there is extra sugar, that's it's job.
The easiest way to go raw, is green veggie juicing every day, plus- drop stuff that makes you constipated, headachy ect. For my transition, meat was easier on my body, than gluten and dairy which clogged me up.- Re: It did for me! natway
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This is a reply to # 2,031,154Glad to hear that! I only started telling people suffering from candida problems that seemed to be getting no where on the high-fat candida diet that it's possible that is actually what is making them worse and not natural sugars.
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This is a reply to # 2,031,161100% true! What could be worse than eating and never being satisfied. After my crash with CF, I had pica. I realized our bodies are heroes! They won't stop begging, until it gets what it needs:)
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This is a reply to # 2,031,154It's really good to hear that you figured it all out. I think I'm going to start doing a lot of vegetable juicing too so I can get more alkaline.
- juicing is amazing! Pamster
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This is a reply to # 2,031,373I think if the soil was perfect, we would need to eat much less greens. But to get enough minerals, at least for me, I need to juice every day. I'm looking forward to spring to juice dandelions:) They have more minerals than anything I can buy
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This is a reply to # 2,030,672Dr. Doug Graham, creator of the high-carb/low-fat raw vegan 80-10-10 diet, says the root cause of Candidiasis is exactly what you suspect, a bad diet too high in fat.
I healed my worst health condition very quickly from following a similar type of mostly raw and low-fat diet, coming off years on a high-protein/low-carb diet.
I researched Dr. Graham's theory about Candida problems more and wrote about it after seeing so many people here struggling on the conventional low-carb/high-fat "Candida diet" to show people there might be another option:
//www.curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=2019007#i
If you choose to try this method, I highly recommend the following site to help you through your journey:
http://www.30bananasaday.com/
They follow Dr. Graham's 80-10-10, but I think do it a little better because they really stress getting enough calories and have a clear set calorie minimums to meet:
Females = at least 2,500 cal per day
Males = at least 3,000 cal per day
The co-founder of that site Freelee cured her candida problem within 10 days of eating nothing but bananas!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rogVphOsSA
I've been researching the vegan and raw diets quite a bit now and the top two reasons I see why people failed on them were not getting enough calories and eating way too many fats.- Re: Do raw diets work for candida? natway
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This is a reply to # 2,030,827And I recommend downloading this free app to help make sure you reach your calorie minimums:
http://cronometer.com/
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