I am following the anti-candida diet as prescribed in the Body Ecology Diet book by Donna Gates (purchased through Amazon.com). My health practictioner recommended it.

I just started it a few weeks back so I can't yet tell you whether it is a success or not. But I will tell you that it is more restrictive than some other protocols. For example, brown rice is not allowed.

The problem that I am having right now is that I have lost too much weight. I need to figure out a way to gain some weight back while staying within the constraints of the diet. That is going to be my big challange.

Her diet focuses on initially eating a lot of vegetables, practically no fruits, healthy oils, only 4 grains, and fish/chicken/beef.

Donna really emphasizes the importance of food combining rules that was new to me but is actually a concept that dates back 150 years to a doctor named Hay which is now called the Hay diet. Personally, from what I understand one should get protein, carbs, and fat (good fat) with every meal. The food combining rules makes this a bit of a challange, but it is possible. Low-fat diets are not healthy!

There are protocols that are more/less restrictive than others. But I can't imagine how the less restrictive diets would work for most people. Donna explains why in her book.

Anyone else that has experience with the Body Ecology Diet? I would appreciate your thoughts.

Good luck!

I think people should think thru this logically. There is some debate about Sugar or fat feeding candida. My opinion is it's fat. All food turns to Sugar during our digestive process. When you see that most people are consuming a high fat diet even on raw foods, with lots of avo, nuts, seeds, nut butters, oils in dressings, etc..it can be 60% or more of your caloric intake.

What did we eat before we could cook? Fresh fruits, veggies, roots, maybe some nuts, and seeds..but probably not many. Fruit is good for you, it digests slower than refined sugars. I would not be afraid of eating lots of fresh fruits, and veggies. See how hard it is to cut down on fat intake..it's darn hard!

You might like this diet..try
http://www.hacres.com
for their diet. It's very good and they have tons of testimonials, and it's mostly a raw foods diet, allowing some cooked veggies, sweet potatoes and or rice.

Prism