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Hi Kimmie:

Ask your questions! That's what this group is for! It's good to search Bee's

site and also the member questions first because so many questions have been

asked before and you can often find your answers right away and in depth.

Regarding veggies: Bee does recommend cooked vegetables because cooking breaks

down the cell walls of the veggies and makes the nutrients more available and

easier to digest. This is so important for Candida folks because we--as a

group-- are usually undernourished since we can't assimilate all the nutrition

in our food because the Candida prevents all the nutrients from being used by

our bodies and because we often have poor digestion. But lettuce is a good way

to wrap sandwiches instead of bread. And we all crave a little crunch now and

then and cucumbers can provide that. You won't go wrong by cooking most of your

vegetables, and you can cook lettuce and cucumbers as well if that appeals to

you.

In the starting out info Bee emailed you, she has some recommendations on how to

transition to this diet. But it's a guideline, since so many of us have

different needs for making the transition. It's really important to get your

supplements and coconut oil so you can take all the supps daily and work on

increasing your coconut oil intake. I also found that eliminating sugars was a

tough step, so I did that more slowly than others. I found that getting my fat

levels up and getting my ratios in line with Bee's recommendations was really

key. But adding fats into your diet has the wonderful effect of helping curb

your sugar cravings. I didn't realize at first just how much fat I needed to

consume to fall in line with the optimal levels Bee has outlined. So, I found

that using the calculator Bee has on her website was really useful to get a

clearer sense of where I was at versus where I was heading. Personally, I use

two egg drinks a day to insure that my fat intake is where it needed to be.

You may have read that we are trying to get our bodies to run on fats for fuel

rather than sugar and that transition will take some time, I believe Bee says it

will probably take at least 3 to 4 months. So just keep plugging away and

you'll get there.

I hope this is helpful to you. Basically, transitioning to this diet is

somewhat individual, just do what you can because each person's die-off is

something they need to live with. You can't prevent all die-off nor do you want

to, but you have to manage it so that you can still function. I was able to

live with die-off that made me feel like I had a low-grade cold, but I didn't

need to stay in bed. And as I felt my energy increase, I was encouraged to get

more fully on the diet.

You can do this!

All the best,

Marissa

>

> As I read the information on Bee's site I come up with other questions that I

can't find. What confused me is the food list. It lists things like lettuce,

cucumbers etc. but I thought we were only suppose to have cooked vegetables? I

haven't started the program yet but when I do I was wondering how long do I stay

on each phase?

>    Kimmie

[Guest guest]

>

> As I read the information on Bee's site I come up with other questions that I

can't find. What confused me is the food list. It lists things like lettuce,

cucumbers etc. but I thought we were only suppose to have cooked vegetables? I

haven't started the program yet but when I do I was wondering how long do I stay

on each phase? I realize I start by eliminating the bad foods and start with

some supplements but is there somwhere on the site that has a step by step -

like what things to incorporate and at what time frame? Thanks and sorry if I'm

asking things that are posted - just couldn't find when doing a search!

>  

+++Hi Kimmie. " IF " you have digestive problems you should only have cooked

vegetables and of course cooking helps you get more nutrients from them too.

However I'm not going to deny people salads if they want them and sometimes it

is necessary to have raw foods. Some people can have many other health issues

but their digestion is okay. By the way you can also cook lettuce and

cucumbers.

There is no timing of the phases since each person has to go by their own

healing/die-off/detoxifying symptoms as to when they are able to go to the next

step. But don't be concerned about the steps since I am revising the program to

eliminate the 2nd antifungal step and probiotics.

In any case it takes 1 month of natural healing for every year you've been

unhealthy.

Cheers, Bee

[Guest guest]

Thanks Bee and everyone who responded - this really helps! You are revising it

so will there be a notification of some kind to let us know when it's completed?

Or is it already posted and I just missed it? Thanks again! (I've printed off

mostly everything so I'm just wanting to make sure I do everything right).

 

   Kimmie

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>

> Bee - where you said:

> " But don't be concerned about the steps since I am revising the program to

> eliminate the 2nd antifungal step and probiotics. "

+++Hi Kimmie. I see - please leave enough of the post you are replying to so we

understand what you are talking about.

Bee