Diet and Fungus

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Thanks to all who responded:

I am lactose intolerant and have not eaten dairy for over 20 years. Yogurt

is okay though. I am wheat, oats and barley free. I feel way better that

way. I never drink coffee or refined foods, never eat sodas etc. I haven't

eaten cow products in over 15 years. Mostly eat chicken, occasional fish,

soy, corn, rice, salads, cooked vegies, occasional fruit, some honey on

things. For my big indulgence I do love chocolate, but need to have it

fruit sweetened or honey sweetened. I've been really trying to keep

chocolate to a minimum. Was checked in December and didn't have much yeast

but had gotton a weird fungus bigtime. The fungus had no sensitivity to

anything except garlic, which I haven't tried yet only because I've been on

so many pills that I hadn't gotton round to it. Since I've started the

minocin I've had a fungal rash on my back and now these cracks. I too have

been told that these are secondary infections and my gp just treats them

symptomatically.

Last month I tried, on a friend's recommendation, the Paleolithic Diet.

This consists of NO grains or dairy. Imagine what a hunter-gatherer might

eat. That is it. My friend has felt great on it so I tried it. I hated

it. Too much protein for me, and that was when the cracks began. I also

find that my joint achiness gets worse with foods like Lamb.

I will try and eat less carbos as a suggested.

My general impression after playing with diet for over the last 15 years in

relation to this disease is that, unless your symptoms are caused by an

allergy to a group of foods, that diet is not a cure. My old rheumy did say

that a very strict vegan diet has been known to keep the symptoms down, but

it ain't no cure.

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>>From: " " <veggie@...>

>><rheumaticonelist>, <leslie@...>

>>Subject: Re: rheumatic Fungus et al

>>Date: Fri, Feb 18, 2000, 7:46 PM

>>

>

>>Sounds to me like you have a yeast overgrowth problem. This would probably

>>block the effectivness if minocin.

>> Your killing the bacteria that kills yeast with minocin and you feed the

>>yeast creating a bigger problem with sugars.

>>Now let me ask why you are eating sugar at all? Isnt this mentioned in the

>>ap diet?

>> Now tell us what your diet consists of, do you eat dairy, drink soda or

>>coffee? Do you eat processed foods? refined wheat? Meat? Are you eating a

>>high percentage of alkaline vegetables steamed or raw?

>>

>>

>> rheumatic Fungus et al

>>

>>

>>> From: leslie@...

>>>

>>> Hi everyone,

>>> For the last 3 weeks I've been getting cracks at the corners

>>> of my mouth that are sore and painful. Finally I called my

>>> dr. and he said it was fungus. I keep having fungal infections

>>> crop up while taking the AP. Any suggestions. I took the olive

>>> leaf extract for a while at 6/day but didn't notice anything.

>>> Should I go back on? How about garlic tabs. I do take a good

>>> probiotic every day.

>>>

>>> So far after 5+ months on the AP I've still had no positive

>>> results. Still tired much more than usual. Also was wondering,

>>> I've noticed that my general level of stiffness is way higher

>>> on the AP. I can't eat sugar in general or my muscles react

>>> by getting stiff. But I used to occasionally sneak a bit in

>>> every so often. Now if I do that, I suffer a lot. Anyone have

>>> any thoughts. Is that from the AP working or just that my body

>>> is more imbalanced with fungus etc.

>>>

>>> One more thing. I notice that if I take Melatonin before bed (I

>>> take drops sublinguially so I can regulate it), I am way less stiff

>>> in the morning.

>>>

>>> (in California)

>>>

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