Re: My Early Progress

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Jen wrote:

>

> Hi Group Well, I got myself organised and started weaning myself on

to this diet several weeks ago (I should have diarised it but I

didn't, as it was a gradual thing)! Ugh! This really has been a HUGE

step for me to take because I have been a bad eater for a long time -

just NOT eating much of anything. I'm so glad to have found this

group! Thanks everyone, I've been reading every post since I joined.

==>I'm glad you found this group too Jen!

>

> I started by gradually removing bread/wheat/gluten products, sugar,

> caffeine, milk, cheese and processed lunch meats from my diet. I

> don't have a sweet tooth, so sugar was easy, as I really didn't

have much in my diet anyway. I gave up my favourite savoury biscuits

(sob sob).

==>Well done Jen! I understand about giving up your biscuits.

>

> My next step was to introduce the new foods including raw eggs,

> coconut oil, stevia (not for taste but for health benefits for me),

> the lemon/sea salt drink, a nice cut of red meat with fat attached

> (I used to always worry about added fat - not anymore!), couple of

> different vegies and salad variety.

>

> My typical day now is:

> - lemon/sea salt drink (up to 6 a day)

> - modified egg drink (3 eggs, tablespoon of coconut oil, few drops

> of stevia, lemon juice, sea salt and a banana (I know, no fruit,

but I am just starting out)

> - bacon and egg omlette for lunch, cooked with coconut oil and

> butter, sprinkled with sea salt (sometimes I skip lunch and have a

> nap with my 2 year old)

> - steak with fat attached cooked in coconut oil, butter and I just

> added garlic, served with broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage, sea

> salt on top (sometimes a salad instead or chicken breast cooked the

> same way)

> - I drink loads of plain water during the day

==>Only one note about drinking loads of plain water - even though

drinking loads of water is pushed at us, it is not necessarily good -

see the Water file. It is best to drink when you are thirsty and to

mix water with lemon juice and ocean sea salt. Two things help your

body utilize water: 1) minerals (ocean sea salt), and 2) good

saturated fats.

> Of course, this can vary from day to day, but this is a good

> indication of what I am doing right now.

>

> Now, I think I am approaching this the right way BUT my bowel

> movements wax and wane between constipation and having the runs,

> more of the runs. The last few days or so I have been feeling

> quite 'off colour' and very tired. I have read that this is normal

> but do you think this has been caused by me changing things too

> quickly?

==>Your reactions are normal, but making changes more gradually helps

minimize reactions.

Tonight I went out for dinner and had a 'normal' meal just

> to try and get my bowel movements back to a state of semi-normality

> at least. Not sure if this was the right thing to do, but it seemed

> that was what my body was crying out for. I had a veal schnitzel

> with salad (and snuck a few of my boys chips too!) Aggh!

==>That's not a bad thing when you still trying to change your diet.

>

> Just as a side note, I am trying this diet to cure Candida and to

> control cea. I must say, as soon as I cut bread etc out of my

> diet, my face cleared up like you wouldn't believe! Fantastic!

==>Wow! That's impressive! I'm so happy for you.

> I was on antibiotics but weaned myself slowly off them and stopped

on 3rd May. My understanding is that going 'cold turkey' with

antibiotics can be worse for the face (cea). Anyway, besides

the 'off colour' feeling and the runs I have had the last few days or

so, everything else is going great guns.

==>Good for you for getting off the antibiotics!

>

> I didn't think I had Candida down below but now I know I DID as it

> is sooo much better down there! I actually thought that I had a

> problem after giving birth to my youngest son and needed to get the

> tear, from giving birth, re-stiched. It was flipping Candida but I

> didn't know - 2 years later I figure it out! Ugh!

==>That's a new revelation eh?

>

> Oh, yesterday I started taking Calcium/Magnesium, Vitamin A,

Vitamin E, Zinc plus Milk Thistle and " Forbiotic " (the last two were

added by my Naturopath to target my liver issues and to 'attack' the

> Candida to give it a good chance to get going on the healing

process.

>

> So, to cut a very long story short, my questions:

> 1. Should I slow down on the changes I am making (to help stop the

> runs)? 2. Any comments on the Milk Thistle and " Forbiotic " I am

taking?

==>Forbiotic only contains one strain of Lactobacillus, which is a

new patented strain, and this product also contains:

INGREDIENTS

Lactobacillus reuteri, mannitol, xylitol, lactulose, mono- and

diglycerides, malic acid, natural lemon flavor, zein (corn protein),

riboflavin phosphate (for color).

==>As you can see it contains many different sugars, so I don't

recommend taking it. Also taking probiotics is the last step in the

Candida Program, because taking it too early is ineffective. After

you've started on antifungals and get through most of the die-off

symptoms you start on probiotics. When you do get a probiotic that

contains many different strains of lactobacillus which is free of

sugar, gluten, wheat, yeast, dairy, soy, etc. per my article. But

the best probiotic is cabbage rejuvelac - in my article too.

==>About the Zinc with Milk Thistle. Zinc is not one of the

macrominerals required by the body, so it is only needed in trace

amounts which are contained in the ocean sea salt and foods. Taking

the Milk Thistle without zinc would be okay.

> 3. I'm 5' 6 " tall, same as Bee. I'm not sure how to measure the

> actual food for protein(64gms)/fats(169gms)/carbs(54gms) - do I do

> this via fitday?

==>Yes, go to www.fitday.com and sign up (without obligation), and

then enter the foods you eat. Be sure to change the serving size and

quantities, and then click Refresh Nutrients button. It takes a

little getting used to. I made up a spreadsheet listing the foods I

eat with the smallest serving size so I can combine foods easily to

create a list of what I'm eating that day.

> 4. Does what I am eating look ok?

==>Looks good so far Jen. You go girl!

>

> Thanks for any input. I'm in this for the long haul.

==>Good for you. You will not regret it.

Hugs, Bee

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Thanks for your support and info Bee.

Bee wrote:

==>Only one note about drinking loads of plain water - even though

drinking loads of water is pushed at us, it is not necessarily good -

see the Water file. It is best to drink when you are thirsty and to

mix water with lemon juice and ocean sea salt. Two things help your

body utilize water: 1) minerals (ocean sea salt), and 2) good

saturated fats.

I thought that it would be necessary to drink more water (also

recommended for cea) for the added salt in my diet. Will check

out the water file now. Thanks.

....

I didn't think I had Candida down below but now I know I DID as it

is sooo much better down there! I actually thought that I had a

problem after giving birth to my youngest son and needed to get the

tear, from giving birth, re-stiched. It was flipping Candida but I

didn't know - 2 years later I figure it out! Ugh!

==>That's a new revelation eh?

I've had vaginal thrush many times in the past but thought it had

all cleared up. Silly me! Since starting this diet it has made such

a different 'down there'! Sooo glad I don't have to go back and get

re-stiched! Ouch!

Thanks again Bee. I know I am heading in the right direction and

have been sprouting to fellow ceans about this diet. Hopefully

they also come on board and benefit like I have done in a short

amount of time...and things will get even better...I know it! I

spent from 10am to 6pm outdoors building my new chicken pen and will

get some chickens tommorrow (fresh eggs, yum!). Then I will start on

my veggie patch. It is a standard NO NO for ceans to be out in

the sun but I feel fabulous and am now enjoying the sun again. So

much has changed and improved. I can eat things like tomatoes again

without my face flaring up. I used tomatoes as a 'test' on my new

tolerance levels. I used to have lots of 'spots' on my face but not

anymore. One came up a few days ago and went away quickly. It

normally takes several months for pustules to clear for me. It's all

good news! Yeay!

Jen )

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> ==>Only one note about drinking loads of plain water - even though

> drinking loads of water is pushed at us, it is not necessarily

good - see the Water file. It is best to drink when you are thirsty

and to mix water with lemon juice and ocean sea salt. Two things

help your body utilize water: 1) minerals (ocean sea salt), and 2)

good saturated fats.

>

> I thought that it would be necessary to drink more water (also

> recommended for cea) for the added salt in my diet. Will check

> out the water file now. Thanks.

+++Jen, if you drink the lemon and ocean sea salt drinks that's 6

glasses of 6 fluid ounces a day which is enough water, in addition to

water you get in foods, unless you are particularly active and get

thirsty.

> I didn't think I had Candida down below but now I know I DID as it

> is sooo much better down there! I actually thought that I had a

> problem after giving birth to my youngest son and needed to get the

> tear, from giving birth, re-stiched. It was flipping Candida but I

> didn't know - 2 years later I figure it out! Ugh!

>

> ==>That's a new revelation eh?

>

> I've had vaginal thrush many times in the past but thought it had

> all cleared up. Silly me! Since starting this diet it has made such

> a different 'down there'! Sooo glad I don't have to go back and get

> re-stiched! Ouch!

==>That's fabulous Jen!!

>

> Thanks again Bee. I know I am heading in the right direction and

> have been sprouting to fellow ceans about this diet. Hopefully

> they also come on board and benefit like I have done in a short

> amount of time...and things will get even better...I know it! I

> spent from 10am to 6pm outdoors building my new chicken pen and

will get some chickens tommorrow (fresh eggs, yum!). Then I will

start on my veggie patch.

+++Wow! I'm coming to your house to eat! lol! It's great that you

are so very ambitious and industrious! Way to go girl!

>It is a standard NO NO for ceans to be out in the sun but I feel

fabulous and am now enjoying the sun again. So much has changed and

improved. I can eat things like tomatoes again without my face

flaring up. I used tomatoes as a 'test' on my new tolerance levels. I

used to have lots of 'spots' on my face but not anymore. One came up

a few days ago and went away quickly. It normally takes several

months for pustules to clear for me. It's all good news! Yeay!

+++Yippee for you Jen! I didn't know that the sun is not recommended

for rosaceans - I highly recommend it for rosacea or any other skin

problems! Nature is wonderful isn't it?

+++Jen, may I post parts of your posts in our Success Stories file?

Hugs, Bee

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Bee wrote:

I didn't know that the sun is not recommended for rosaceans - I highly recommend

it for rosacea or any other skin

problems! Nature is wonderful isn't it?

---> I've been testing the standard NO NO's for cea and sun is one of them.

Convincing others is a lot harder though! Thinking outside the square is not for

everyone! By the way, cea is not actually considered a " skin problem " per

say. What we see on our faces are the symptoms of what is going on internally.

That's what all of my research has lead me to believe anyway. Hence why the

Candida Diet is doing so well for me. )

+++Jen, may I post parts of your posts in our Success Stories file?

---> Sure Bee, no worries. Hope it helps another cean, many who also have

Candida, even if they don't know it!

Jen )