Re: Low Carb (Kwasniewski, Lutz)

[Guest guest]

>

> Hey there,

>

> I'm trying to cure my Candida for a bit longer than a month now. I started by

eating Low-Carb as described in the Book " Homo Optimus " of Kwasniewski and

" Leben ohne Brot " of Lutz (also mentioned in Kwasniewski's book), and after a

while I found Bee's Page and read through all of the Candida articles. While

reading them, a few questions came up to me and I couldn't answer them by

reading through the articles again and also not by searching in this group.

Those are:

> - Is it possible to cure Candida just by eating how Kwasniewski recommends

it?

> - Where can I find more information about WHY some food is on the " Diet

No-Nos " -list? For example cheese or boxed foods, such as liver pastry (because I

really like those).

>

> I'm asking those questions because I am a student and I can't afford eating

organic free-range meat and eggs and not much else. I can either eat

conventional meat or eat very little of free range meat and instead more cheese

and cream and maybe also some other dairy products. Though I really understand

how important it is for me to overcome Candida, I don't think it got me too

hard, because I lived quite healthy before, just one year of eating

not-good-food (moved out of home). Also my only problems are specific to the

perception and mind (concentration problems, feeling dizzy, having kind of

illusions), which were occurring extra hard after eating " bad " food - that's how

I came to the topic of candida) and chronic fatigue syndrom, which is already

gone after one month of diet completely.

>

+++Hi Swiss Chris. : ) Welcome to our group! You are right about the cheese!

You may not have candida. Did you take the questionnaire, which is on this

page?

http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/intro3.php

The problems you have are mostly because of toxins being released, which isn't a

bad thing due to the bad foods you were having.

I'm still re-writing articles, but I realized candida is not the " cause " of so

many symptoms, diseases, etc., and instead it is the " result " just like cancer

is.

So if you score okay on the questionnaire I think you'll do great eating The

Optimal Diet.

I modified the foods on The Optimal Diet because candida feeds off of all carbs

(plant foods) which change into glucose in the body. Of course it is

impractical to eliminate all carbs, so only the lowest in sugars are included on

my program, i.e. 1/2 cup that equals 5 grams of carbs or less.

You don't " have to " only eat organic meats and eggs. Since I wrote my article I

realized it is more important you obtain the nutrients available in those foods,

rather than become overly concerned about bad stuff. Your body is well-equipped

to sort out the nutrients from the bad stuff which it gets rid of very quickly,

particularly on a high-fat low-carb diet.

There are too many merchants of fear warning us about all kinds of things, and I

think we need to " pick our battles, " weighing the importance of this against

that, and not get caught up in all of the unwarranted fears. Our worst enemy is

fear itself!

So let me know how you scored on the questionnaire, and we'll take it from

there, if needed.

The best in health, Bee

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> +++Hi Swiss Chris. : ) Welcome to our group! You are right about the cheese!

>

> You may not have candida. Did you take the questionnaire, which is on this

page?

> http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/intro3.php

>

> The problems you have are mostly because of toxins being released, which isn't

a bad thing due to the bad foods you were having.

>

> I'm still re-writing articles, but I realized candida is not the " cause " of so

many symptoms, diseases, etc., and instead it is the " result " just like cancer

is.

>

> So if you score okay on the questionnaire I think you'll do great eating The

Optimal Diet.

>

> I modified the foods on The Optimal Diet because candida feeds off of all

carbs (plant foods) which change into glucose in the body. Of course it is

impractical to eliminate all carbs, so only the lowest in sugars are included on

my program, i.e. 1/2 cup that equals 5 grams of carbs or less.

>

> You don't " have to " only eat organic meats and eggs. Since I wrote my article

I realized it is more important you obtain the nutrients available in those

foods, rather than become overly concerned about bad stuff. Your body is

well-equipped to sort out the nutrients from the bad stuff which it gets rid of

very quickly, particularly on a high-fat low-carb diet.

>

> There are too many merchants of fear warning us about all kinds of things, and

I think we need to " pick our battles, " weighing the importance of this against

that, and not get caught up in all of the unwarranted fears. Our worst enemy is

fear itself!

>

> So let me know how you scored on the questionnaire, and we'll take it from

there, if needed.

>

> The best in health, Bee

>

Thanks for this rapidfire-response!

Yes, I took this test, it gave me some moderate result I can't remember

accurately now, so I just took it again, typing in the problems I had, when I

started on the diet. I got a score of 100 points, 17 percent.

I already thought about other issues where my symptoms could come from, but I

couldn't think of anything other. What else could cause such strange symptoms as

I had? Feeling dizzy, " not-being-oneself " and generally feeling like not being

able to think (even when I'm not tired, which I am often, also). And it got

really really worse after eating a load of carb-stuff (which also triggered a

massive craving of even more carbs).

My feeling is, that it gets better with time, but I also have the feeling, that

I didn't find out what it is, that triggers those symptoms. Sometimes they seem

to be more intensive and sometimes I think they are gone completely, but it

varies, and i try to find out why. That's why I'm so interested in why you

restrict some food I am basing my diet on (and hardly can go without, because

otherwise my diet would get way too expensive).

I understand, that you removed all of the food containing some carbs. But what

is it about the no-carb-food, which also is on your No-No-list? In particular

I'm asking because of the cheese, (roasted) Peanuts and the processed meats. It

is for example nearly impossible to get sausages without " Pökelsalz " here (which

contains salt and sodium nitrite, nitrate or potassium nitrate). I understand,

that this stuff isn't good for my health, but is it really necessary to live

completely without them in order to solve my problems? Or will it just make the

period to getting healthy make longer?

I am asking because I want to make sure to invest my money in food as efficient

as possible to get healthy. I'm willing to spend much more than normal people

are (even non-students), but my budget is limited. It is important for me, to

get my brain to work perfect as soon as possible, because everything i don't get

in my head now, I have to learn later to pass the exams.

So I really want to weigh the importance of in what to invest, as you said.

Either more meat or more organic, but with more cheese and stuff that is

pasteurized. At the moment I'm trying to eat organic meat and MSC fish wherever

possible but most of the time eat conventional eggs, cheese and cream (all with

a lot of butter, cocoa oil or ghee, for sure).

Last I want to say that I really agree with you in many many points. I really

would like to just eat good beef, which had a nice life and also is more healthy

and I certainly will do this when I earn some more money after I've finished

studying. And I also totally agree with you concerning sustainability in

environment and resources.

Hope I'm not bothering you with this big load of info, because you just asked

for the test-result

Swiss-Chris

P.S.: ...like this name =]

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>

> Thanks for this rapidfire-response!

>

> Yes, I took this test, it gave me some moderate result I can't remember

accurately now, so I just took it again, typing in the problems I had, when I

started on the diet. I got a score of 100 points, 17 percent.

+++Hi Chris. That is mild, so it is possible you'll do fine on The Optimal

Diet.

>

> I already thought about other issues where my symptoms could come from, but I

couldn't think of anything other. What else could cause such strange symptoms as

I had? Feeling dizzy, " not-being-oneself " and generally feeling like not being

able to think (even when I'm not tired, which I am often, also). And it got

really really worse after eating a load of carb-stuff (which also triggered a

massive craving of even more carbs).

+++Feeling dizzy, and not-being-oneself or not being able to think properly is

caused by high blood sugar and also toxins being released, or neurotoxic

substances added to foods, like nitrates, sulphites, MSG, etc. High-carbs also

increases blood sugar so you get that sugar rush into your system.

> My feeling is, that it gets better with time, but I also have the feeling,

that I didn't find out what it is, that triggers those symptoms. Sometimes they

seem to be more intensive and sometimes I think they are gone completely, but it

varies, and i try to find out why. That's why I'm so interested in why you

restrict some food I am basing my diet on (and hardly can go without, because

otherwise my diet would get way too expensive).

>

> I understand, that you removed all of the food containing some carbs. But what

is it about the no-carb-food, which also is on your No-No-list? In particular

I'm asking because of the cheese, (roasted) Peanuts and the processed meats. It

is for example nearly impossible to get sausages without " Pökelsalz " here (which

contains salt and sodium nitrite, nitrate or potassium nitrate). I understand,

that this stuff isn't good for my health, but is it really necessary to live

completely without them in order to solve my problems? Or will it just make the

period to getting healthy make longer?

+++I did not remove all the foods containing some carbs. Carbs are all plant

foods, including grains, nuts, seeds, legumes, fruits, vegetables, spices,

herbs, etc. In other words they are any foods not classified as protein or fat.

+++I removed all of the foods that are unhealthy for anyone, along with

high-carb foods and all dairy except for butter because of the lactose/sugars in

them. Here's another article you might want to read which is for people who do

not have candida, Foods That Damage, Foods That Heal:

http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/heal13.php

+++Nitrate, sulphites, MSG and other additives are neurotoxic to anyone, which

affects the nervous system and the brain, and they make you feel dizzy and have

the symptoms you describe above.

+++People who get healthy whether they have candida nor not, do it by

eliminating those foods, and the only foods they add later is cheese which

contains plenty of butterfat, no additives and dyes, etc.

> I am asking because I want to make sure to invest my money in food as

efficient as possible to get healthy. I'm willing to spend much more than normal

people are (even non-students), but my budget is limited. It is important for

me, to get my brain to work perfect as soon as possible, because everything i

don't get in my head now, I have to learn later to pass the exams.

> So I really want to weigh the importance of in what to invest, as you said.

Either more meat or more organic, but with more cheese and stuff that is

pasteurized. At the moment I'm trying to eat organic meat and MSC fish wherever

possible but most of the time eat conventional eggs, cheese and cream (all with

a lot of butter, cocoa oil or ghee, for sure).

+++Like I wrote before I don't think it is that important to have organic meats

and it is false that fish contain bad mercury - I posted a message about that

this week.

All the best, Bee