suffering from candida? READ

[jammer]

if you want to cure your candida, low fat raw vegen is absolutley amazing. ive been on it for about 4 days now and EVERYTHING is getting better. After years of searching im convinced this is the cure. I realize there are some people who say they have tried it and it made them worse but i strongly believe they did not do the diet correctly. The major cause of failure i believe on this diet is not getting enough calories- fruit will not affect you so just eat whenever your hungry as long as you dont have any fats. You have to understand to get enough calories (especially if you exercise) your going to be eating HUGE amounts of fruit. all this talk about detox, i believe some detox such as skin breakouts are definatley neccesary but some of these people talk about detoxing for months and months and not getting better.....wake up, your obviously doing something wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you also have to make sure to eat greens, but it is not necessary that 50% of what you eat are greens. as long as you have at least one big green salad a day you will be fine. and other things such as food combining , mono meals etc.....stop worrying about this and EAT ENOUGH CALORIES.

You might tell me "everyone is different" and what is working for me might not work for you. To a certain degree that is obviously true though i highly doubt one human body is better suited on say a fat diet then a fruit diet. all our contents inside are the same....we are all designed to eat in the same way and we react the same way to different foods (besides allergies etc). All this being said you really do have to be sure your problem IS CANDIDA. Im not preeching this diet for anything but a candida cure.

No im not a scientist etc and all my comments are just opinions, thoughts, beliefs of myslef and yes i may be wrong but just throw everything youve been taught away and try this for one week and see what happens.

please leave comments, good or bad. and i can answer any questions if you have any thakns.

[Raw2die4]

Thanks for that Jammer. You say low fat, but sounds like you're meaning NO fat at all? How long will I have to eat this way??? I've been on & off raw for some time now, but this time I'm really committed. I got Alissa's book recently and decided that I could definitely do it, so eating raw permanently is a BIG change for me and now if I take out the fats it really just leaves fruit and salad (& what salad dressing without the fats?). Just fruit & salads, very boring! I do realise that its a matter of do I want to get better or not! Most of her recipes are including fats & nuts! Will I never be able to eat the raw desserts again? I have no doubt that its Candida because I have loads of the symptoms, very thick white coating on tongue in the morning, very itchy bottom etc. Will certainly give it a go. Thanks for that, appreciate it. Just wish that Alissa would tell us how she sorted out her Candida. Good luck to you to ~ sounds like you've found your answer.

[jammer]

Thanks for that Jammer. You say low fat, but sounds like you're meaning NO fat at all? How long will I have to eat this way??? I've been on & off raw for some time now, but this time I'm really committed. I got Alissa's book recently and decided that I could definitely do it, so eating raw permanently is a BIG change for me and now if I take out the fats it really just leaves fruit and salad (& what salad dressing without the fats?). Just fruit & salads, very boring! I do realise that its a matter of do I want to get better or not! Most of her recipes are including fats & nuts! Will I never be able to eat the raw desserts again? I have no doubt that its Candida because I have loads of the symptoms, very thick white coating on tongue in the morning, very itchy bottom etc. Will certainly give it a go. Thanks for that, appreciate it. Just wish that Alissa would tell us how she sorted out her Candida. Good luck to you to ~ sounds like you've found your answer.

Well basically no fat yes though i say low because there is some in fruits to get your base needs. to be honest i dont know how long it takes but ive read people who have done it in about 6-8 weeks on this diet. There is unfortunatley no easy 2day cure :P. It might sound boring but it really isnt, the fruit fills you up so nicely you never feel hungry (just get enough calories!) and there are so many different kinds though me personally i usually eat only strawberries,bananas,dates and oranges most days for fruit and i dont get bored. 6 bananas+half tub of straw berries+ water makes an awsome shake- i have 3 of these a day :) The way i see it is if your going to go on a diet and avoid certain foods why not just go 100% and hopefully get better much faster. and i like eating the no fat way better anyways, just try it!
its still goin amazing for me too just over a week in, yesterday i got 4 hours of sleep which would absolutley destroy me before and i dont feel bad at all! I think the oral thrush is going to be the last thing to dissapear, its still fully there. Its a local infection type thing so when the main area is clear hopefully it will dissapear.

[Aleesha Sattva]

trying something for 4 days certainly doesn't truly give you "the answer"... and it sounds like you have lots of questions yourself.

http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?t=57720

i hope you are able to cure you candida.

i disagree with you... you say:


You might tell me "everyone is different" and what is working for me might not work for you. To a certain degree that is obviously true though i highly doubt one human body is better suited on say a fat diet then a fruit diet. all our contents inside are the same....we are all designed to eat in the same way and we react the same way to different foods (besides allergies etc). All this being said you really do have to be sure your problem IS CANDIDA. Im not preeching this diet for anything but a candida cure.

We are all different... hence why one person may find great healing with one philosophy of eating and another finds that way doesn't work for them. If there was only one right way of doing anything in life... wouldn't we ALL be doing it?

;) Just a thought...

[jammer]

its been over a week now and yes OF COURSE i have questions still, theres always more to know.... are you so all knowing that you dont have any unanswerd questions about diet?

im not talking about a philosophy of eating for life there i realize it sounds unclear.....im talking about a philosophy of eating for curing candida. and even still there may be more then one way to eat and cure it, but i believe this way is far superior to any others.

the main reason i posted this is because i find it so rediculous how people go an anti candida diets for SOOOO long and feel terrible the whole time, but they just assume its detox symptoms................................

[Raw2die4]

Aleesha, after having read your story, sooo inspiring, you've obviously been on raw for quite some time now. Did you have Candida @ all or do you have success with dealing with it with the people that come to you for assistance? I'm really frustrated because I'm not getting any answers from Alissa's office and I know she sorted out her Candida. Her dvd says that Candida can be sorted out in a few weeks on her diet and so does her book (bit it doesn't say how). Because I've only been on raw for nearly 3 weeks I really didn't want to go too radical just yet by cutting out fats and basically only living on fruit ~ I am more than happy to follow her diet though. But I also want to feel well! I have no energy, I wake up in the mornings very weak and there is just no way I can exercise @ the moment. Surely I should have been starting to feel better by now? I will possibly call on you in a couple of months for fasting supervision ~ can you help me if I'm in South Africa ? Thanks, Brenda.

[Raw2die4]

Thanks for that Jammer ~ glad you're finding success. I'm just confused because Alissa Cohen's book & dvd says that you can combat Candida easily by just following her diet. She sorted out her Candida and I was hoping that she'd let us know what she did. Because I'm quite new to raw food I'm just finding it radical enough for now and am not sure I just want to live on fruit. I might be forced to though! Thanks again, Brenda.

[Aleesha Sattva]

its been over a week now and yes OF COURSE i have questions still, theres always more to know.... are you so all knowing that you dont have any unanswerd questions about diet?

Of course I still have questions... I just wanted to point out that you've only been doing this for a few days... so you don't really know if it's going to work long term or not. ;)


Aleesha, after having read your story, sooo inspiring, you've obviously been on raw for quite some time now. Did you have Candida @ all or do you have success with dealing with it with the people that come to you for assistance?

Brenda,

I know Alissa's office is super busy... hence why you probably aren't getting an answer. If Alissa didn't give a specific change in her "diet" for candida, I would say it's safe to say she cured it by eating raw live foods... plain and simple. That's how I healed all my dis-ease/illness. It's amazing what eating raw does for ya. ;)

Also... 3 weeks is a very short period of time to heal anything. I would give it much longer if I were you.

I never suffered from candida nor have any of my clients that I can recall in this moment - but if they did, I would recommend eating raw to cure it. Nothing special, nothing fancy... just eat raw. IF that didn't work... then I'd consider changing their diet but not until we first tried just eating raw... but I can't speak from experience on this subject since I can't remember any of my clients having this issue.

[Raw2die4]

Thanks Aleesha (sorry to confuse you, I've also sent you email!). Yes, I like your approach ~ and yes, 3 weeks is a short time so I will hang in there. You appear to be on Alissa's team, is there a possibility that YOU could find out if she did anything differently? Thanks again, Brenda

[amarryth]

I met with someone yesterday that has a TON of experience with raw and living foods. He's been to one of the more popular raw retreat centres, has a degree in nutrition and has been living the lifestyle for over 5 years.

I have been recommended to cut out all forms of sugar - fruit, starch, carbs, all of it, including no sprouted grains, legumes; also, no nuts, and limit the oils, and keep fats to one per meal (ie. don't mix olive oil, avocado, and nuts all in one meal - which I will admit to doing A LOT in the past).

It's only been a day, but I can already see myself becoming really good friends with herbs and spices for flavouring.

I found a dehyrated bread recipe that is nut and grain free, so I'm planning on making a huge batch of that this week so I can do avocado, tomato and sprout sandwiches.

In addition to the diet, I am also taking coconut oil (for caprylic acid; also, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-viral qualities), bentonite clay, chia seeds in lemon water (for fibre - trapping candida that gets lured by the caprylic acid), and olive leaf extract.

Before yesterday I was taking therapeutic dosage of Reishi mushroom and aged garlic extract in order to knock out some warts that have been hanging out for a while, and they're actually shrinking after only about 4 or 5 days.. so I'm still taking this as well.

Anyway, that's me!

[jammer]

so as my last post id just like to say if u do this, make sure your bananas are extremely ripe if you make shakes with them! im done spending time in a dark room bymyself reading forums on how to get better! goooodluck to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anais]

I have to agree with Jammer. Going on a low fat raw diet about a year ago made a HUGE difference for me. I have been raw for a little over 4 years. I was never into all these sophisticated raw dishes, like raw pizza or raw lasagne or whatever since I think if I want a pizza so badly, I'll just have the real deal, own it as my experience and then go back to my raw food. So, I didn't overdo nuts, but still had a lot and also ate avocados and tahini and lot's of fatty dressings. And the first 3 years of being raw, I had bad cravings for cooked food, a lot of bad cravings!

A year ago or so, I read the 80-10-10 diet by Dr. D, and it made so much sense to me. I then started limiting my fat intake to 10% of my calories, which basically means you can have 1/2 avocado a day or a handful of nuts. That gives for cool dressings on my evening salad, and besides that fruit and smoothies all day long. I also made sure to up my green intake, so I have a green smoothie a day, with at least two handful of dark leafy greens. The greens and the low fat made a huge difference. I don't have any cravings for cooked food anymore. I still have it occasionally (which means for me going to the Thai restaurant and having Green Papaya salad and summer rolls with tofu ;-)), because I refuse to be dogmatic and don't torture myself about it.

Anyways, just wanted to give my 2 cents. Aleesha, I think what makes you feel so awesome are your fastings and smoothie feasts. I did a 6 week OJ only fast and have never felt better in my life. Was that hard and boring? Oh yes, the first two weeks were terrible, but after that I just loved how I felt and after 6 weeks it was hard to stop.

Oh, and are we all the same or different? I think we are all different, which is beautiful, and some like apples while others like pears, but the basic diet should probably be the same. I have to say I have met a lot of raw people these last years, and some people's health quite deteriorated on raw food which just doesn't make sense. Gaining weight on raw food is just one of these things that I don't get! On the other hand, people that are consistently eating low fat (even if it includes some low fat vegan cooked food) seem to be doing so much better.

Dr. D actually explains the scientific side of all this in his book. It's worth reading for anybody who truly wants to be in perfect health and increase energy, and not only follow some raw diet that seems to be "in" these days ;-)

[Anais]

I forgot, there is another awesome book about diet: The China Study. Not totally about raw food, but the low fat diet aspect.

[ShantiDass]

Can you share the bread recipe or point me in the right direction, please?


I found a dehyrated bread recipe that is nut and grain free, so I'm planning on making a huge batch of that this week so I can do avocado, tomato and sprout sandwiches.

[jdemps00]

hi,
i just read your entry about your struggle with candida, and was wondering how it is going, and what do you typically eat? especially for breakfast? i am battling candida, and everything i've read/been told by nutritionists is that the only way to get better is by eating meat , but i am more interested in pursuing the raw diet -- but don't really know what to do yet! thanks ! judy

[Jenifae]

Hi Jammer,

I agree with you. I have suffered with Candida for many years and until I found Raw I was always put on antiboitics for yeast infections. So, when I went Veg & Raw I started with alot of nuts like most of us. Last year I found the Low Fat version and absolutely agree with you that instantly I feel better when I keep my diet Low Fat. My Candida symptoms dissipate and I feel great! When I return to higher fat they return. :( Interesting isn't it? :)

[islesgirl]

Oh Jen, I'm so glad to hear that, as I wasn't sure if you'd figured out what would help you. So, low-fat raw vegan is best for you. This is so interesting. I have two of Dr. D's books. I know that I'd be quite satisfied with just a few nuts or about 1/2 an avocado every day - as long as it was enough for a tasty salad or something similar. Doesn't take much. Have you noticed how oily a lemon is? Amazing! I was doing some of his smoothies just before I began this Master Cleanse. They really filled me up but I found it a bit hard to eat that much fruit. This doesn't mean I won't do it again. It just takes some forethought and practice. :D

I think it was kind of Jammer to share her success with us.

xoxo

[Jenifae]

HI Sue,

I've known that for awhile but, the question is: "Do I follow it?" Not so well. Like today I just had Chips, Guac, and salsa. Hmmmmmmmmmmm! I've had avocado for 3 days in a row and yeast is flaring up .... ack!