Whate recipes do you use? Re: Diets, Energy, Self-discipline, Etc.....

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It is hard to follow the candida diet when you were use to eating

bad. But it can be done and needs to be done. I have Candida

problems and realize it has been from a lifetime of bad eating and it

is no ones fault but my own. I thank you for your letter and would

love to know what recipes you use. I can use some good recipes that

I can use with the Candida diet.

Thanks

Theresa

> Hi,

>

> I did not deliberately choose the diet plan described in the

Candida

> Support group, but that is pretty much how I eat anyway. Perhaps

it has a

> lot to do with the way my mother did things from the time I was a

> baby. She did not use a lot of prepared foods. Although

convenient, the

> cost was high and they didn't really suit what she wanted for her

family,

> so she made our meals " from scratch " and taught her daughters to do

the

> same. Just to let you know, I am 58. My Mom became employed full

time

> outside of her home after Dad was nearly killed in an auto accident

and

> could not work for awhile. She went to work full time.... There

was no

> such thing then as " disability insurance " . By that time that

happened, she

> pretty well had me trained to do the food preparation, so Dad and I

would

> cook and she would come home to great dinners.

>

> Okay, so what's that mean for us today? By the time I

reached junior high

> school, I was very involved in church, after school clubs, my

friends,

> etc. So I didn't have a lot of time to cook and Dad had recovered

enough

> to be working again. I was still expected to get a nice dinner on

the

> table for the family. What Mom had taught me to do by cooking from

scratch

> still worked even when I was working full time and going to

college. I

> typically find, even now, that what is a so-called " convenience "

really

> isn't and does not really save time either.

>

> If I know that I will be away from home, but still need to

get a meal

> ready, I do the prep ahead of time and store the things in the

> refrigerator. It only takes a few minutes the night before to do

the

> prep. I just keep everything in one place in the refrigerator (I

use

> trays), then pull it out and start cooking when I get home. The

cleanup

> after dinner is easier, too. I make more than enough for the

meals, then

> either freeze or refrigerate the extra portions as microwaveable

meals that

> can be used whenever they are needed/wanted.

>

> Even appliances are inconvenient if they are not used for the

right

> reasons. I do use dried spices and herbs quite often, but fresh is

not

> always available where I live. I adjust recipes. I leave some

things out

> of the recipe in favor of more healthful choices. I use foods that

are

> lower on the glycemic index because they work better for me -- I am

used to

> doing that, but it can also be learned.

>

> Overall, our society has gotten into the habit of using

starches and

> sugars to satisfy hunger because they are something that can just

be

> grabbed off the grocery shelf. People today do not have the sense

to

> understand that their lives are filled with stress because they

will not

> say " No " to themselves, their children, or anyone else most of the

> time. At the end of a too-long day, the complaint is that they are

too

> tired to cook. They grab some kind of frozen thing at the grocery

and nuke

> it when they get it home. It is typically loaded with chemicals to

> preserve it, and other chemicals to make it taste good, preserve

colors, etc.

>

> What does that tell the children? First it tells them that

they are

> regarded as less important because mom and dad won't take the time

to cook

> for them, instead using their energy to chase the money. Second,

it

> teaches them to eat poorly, which sets them up for things like

Candida and

> various infections. Their immune systems haven't worked right for

years

> and things only get worse after that. The human body has

difficulty

> fighting off the things that it has be setup to acquire. A person

who was

> raised for 21 years on high sugar and starch convenience foods has

become

> pre-disposed to acquire things like Candida. Candida is not an

inherited

> problem, it is an acquired problem. Getting things back to normal

takes

> something no one wants to hear about, much less do..... Self-

discipline....

>

> Sorry! That was sort of a rant. I just get really tired of

hearing and

> reading complaints about what is wrong in life that is correctable

if only

> we would stop and think, then apply some self-discipline to make

our lives

> what they could be, rather than settling for much less.

>

> Dianne