Re: Worse Daily

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> As I look back over the last couple of months, I think I have

gotten worse on this diet. Leaving out all carbs has robbed me of my

energy. I am running on empty. Now I am having trouble with low blood

sugar, and my pH level.

==>The very best source of energy for the body is " good " fats, not

carbs. In fact 58% of protein and 10% of fats are turned into

carbs/glucose to fulfill the body's requirements. So you could in

fact not eat any carbs and still get the benefit of carbs from good

fats and meats, eggs, etc. When you are low on energy have some

coconut oil.

>I have terrible wake ups feeling weak and lightheaded.

==>Weakness and lightheadedness are healing symptoms, and are also

caused by candida putting out toxins, which are mainly alcohol. You

cannot assume it is caused by a lack of carbs or sugars in your body

if you are eating plenty of proteins and good fats, like the diet

recommends.

> My natural doc tells me I am swimming in my own waste. My ammonia

level is higher than my protein absorbality. He has me on a bunch of

stuff and is working to get me better. He said I am between a rock

and a hard place. I need some simple sugars but the candida will

grow. He advises I eat some sugars because I am taking things to kill

the candida. We have to get the blood sugar back up.

==>Like I said above proteins and fats also provide the body with

glucose!! Your natural doctor doesn't understand foods. He should

never recommend eating sugars when you have candida. Maybe you need

to find another doctor.

>

> Also I have noticed a decline since going on the Cod Liver Oil. I

felt better on the Omega 3, and I can substitute some D with that.

==>Cod liver out will cause healing symptoms because your body really

needs them badly and it will use them to do repairs and rebuilding,

which are healing symptoms. So you may not feel better from taking

nutrients for awhile - it takes time. Read the files on Natural

Healing and Healing Reactions to understand how this work. You will

feel worse before feeling better when your body is healing naturally.

==>What do you mean about " feeling better on Omega 3 " - cod liver oil

(and fish oils) contain the type of omega 3s that don't require the

body to convert them to a useable form, like some types of omega 3

sources, i.e. flax oil. Most candida sufferers cannot do the

conversion required either.

==>What do you mean by substituting some D? During the winter the

very best source of vitamin D is cod liver oil, along with vitamin A -

both are very necessary for the body's health and are involved in

assimilating minerals, vitamins, etc.

I feel that everyone is different and we all can't adhere to such

strict diets. A high protein diet produces more acidity in the body

and I don't need that. And my cholesterol has gone sky high.

==>There are certain basics required by everyone's body just because

you are human. High protein does not produce more acidity - it may

do that in the laboratory, but not in the body. Please read

the " Acidity/Alkalinity File (after the folders), and also the Myths

About Eating Beef " in the files. Your body obviously needs

cholesterol for repair and protection or it wouldn't produce it.

Please re-read my article thoroughly because you have obviously

missed a lot of the information in it, particularly about cod liver

oil, vitamin A and D, and about the cholesterol myth.

>

> I am very sick right now.

==>There is a reason you are sick. You have not been following the

recommendations in my main article, so do re-read it for your own

health.

Bee

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In a message dated 1/15/2006 10:39:05 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

beeisbuzzing2003@... writes:

==>Weakness and lightheadedness are healing symptoms, and are also

caused by candida putting out toxins, which are mainly alcohol. You

cannot assume it is caused by a lack of carbs or sugars in your body

if you are eating plenty of proteins and good fats, like the diet

recommends.

Bee, I am having that low ebb 3AM wake up feeling some level in my body is

not right. I get up and I am off balance and my legs are stiff. To me this

sounds like low blood sugar, not healing. Do you think it is ok to take some

protein powder when this happens? How else do I pull out of it? My hubby made me

an egg and I felt better for about an hour and then it happened again. I

think it would be strange for healing symptoms to come every morning at 3 or

4am.

Faith

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In a message dated 1/15/2006 10:39:05 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

beeisbuzzing2003@... writes:

==>There is a reason you are sick. You have not been following the

recommendations in my main article, so do re-read it for your own

health.

Bee, I have been following your recommendations to the letter for some time

now. I have been eating the high protein diet, drinking the salt and lemon

water, I have been taking the cod liver oil, mag/cal, Vit E, coconut oil, Vit C,

all the things you suggest. I have just run into this terrible low blood

sugar problem. I have not eaten Carbs. So I feel I have been following

everything you say. But I am getting sicker and developing more problems. That

is all

I am saying.

Faith

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Amy, Thank you so much for your kind response to my post. I also feel better

in the evenings and hate to go to bed. Thank you for the diet suggestions.

You really do eat a lot of chicken. How do you cook it? I don't know if I

would be hungry enough to eat all that in a day. But if it is working for you

with the hypoglycemia then maybe I should try it. Your food bill must be very

high.

What are courgettes?

How can you fix yourself meat in the early morning hours when you have low

blood sugar. I don't know if I could stand up straight let alone fix a meal.

Any other suggestions?

could you tell me how your low blood sugar affected you before it was under

control?

Thanks so much,

Faith

I would suggest you try having several meals a day at the times I do

(unless you get up extra early). I find I feel better if I can have a

sleep in somewhere between 7.30-9am, then I feel more refreshed. I

have most energy after dinner in the evening but am usually ready for

bed by 10pm. I also have weak achy muscles, sometimes increasing my

salt helps.

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In a message dated 1/16/2006 7:58:03 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

candidahelp@... writes:

You can do it Faith!! I think I must be just a couple of weeks ahead

of you. Stick to the diet and have more snacks like me and you will

start to see a difference.

I am pretty much in bed it seems these last few weeks. I do get spurts of

energy in the afternoon and get some things done. But in general I feel horrible

and could never work. I am glad you are able to do all you do. Thanks again.

Faith

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Dear Faith,

Hello it's Amy, I had the same problems as you and still do although

they're under control... at the moment!! I've been on Bee's diet for

nearly a month and feel way better than when I was on less strict

diet (including a little brown rice). However you should do what you

feel is right, I think Bee's diet works, so poss hold out a little

longer. If I was feeling really weak in the middle of the night I

would need something else other than a boiled egg. Salt would help

plus a bit of meat and fat.

Are you eating enough? I have candida and my adrenals are worn out, I

eat a lot to keep my energy levels up. This is what I eat, the time

you eat can also help, people with candida and adrenal problems often

feel worse at certain times of the day. If I miss one of my snacks,

or don't get enough salt, it wears me out, of course I will be able

to increase the times between each snack as I get better, but for

now...

8:15am--- 1 mug of salt, lemon and warm water. 1 soft/hard boiled

egg, 1 chicken breast, 1 teaspoon coconut oil.

10:00am--- 1 glass of water, poss mug of salt, lemon juice water. 1

chicken breast, celery, roasted onions, salt

12:00pm---lunch - glass of lemon, salt and warm water, 1 1/2 chicken

breast, 1 hard boiled egg, cocounut oil, salt, cougettes, leeks.

2:00pm---1 hard boiled egg

4:30pm---glass of water, 1 chicken breast, salt, coconut oil, lemon

6:15pm---glass of water, roast lamb or beef steak, pork chops, with

olive oil or coconut oil, courgettes, leeks, turnips, lemon, salt

9:45pm---mug of lemon, salt and warm water, portion of chicken, beef

or lamb with coconut oil, celery, lemon, water

10:00pm---bed

I would suggest you try having several meals a day at the times I do

(unless you get up extra early). I find I feel better if I can have a

sleep in somewhere between 7.30-9am, then I feel more refreshed. I

have most energy after dinner in the evening but am usually ready for

bed by 10pm. I also have weak achy muscles, sometimes increasing my

salt helps.

Take care,

Amy

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>

> In a message dated 1/15/2006 10:39:05 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> beeisbuzzing2003@y... writes:

>

>

> ==>Weakness and lightheadedness are healing symptoms, and are also

> caused by candida putting out toxins, which are mainly alcohol.

You

> cannot assume it is caused by a lack of carbs or sugars in your

body

> if you are eating plenty of proteins and good fats, like the diet

> recommends.

>

>

>

> Bee, I am having that low ebb 3AM wake up feeling some level in my

body is

> not right. I get up and I am off balance and my legs are stiff. To

me this

> sounds like low blood sugar, not healing. Do you think it is ok to

take some

> protein powder when this happens? How else do I pull out of it? My

hubby made me

> an egg and I felt better for about an hour and then it happened

again. I

> think it would be strange for healing symptoms to come every

morning at 3 or 4am.

> Faith

>

>

>

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Hello Faith,

Yes I do eat a lot of chicken and my food bill is scary but at the

moment it's the only way I know how. I work 9-5.30pm 5 days a week,

travel by train and I have to have the energy, work are only going to

be sympathetic for so long. I've tried tinned sardines and pilchards

but my energy doesn't last half as long with fish. Red meat keeps me

going for the longest, but too much and I get really achy.

I may skip one of the chicken breasts every now and then but I always

make sure there is enough meat and eggs cooked or with me in my bag

just in case. I spend about an hour cooking every evening for the

next day and put it in lunch boxes in the fridge, then I can take it

out the next day, cook my dinner when I get home and start again that

evening. Steaming chicken, meat and veg is very quick and you can get

on with other things whilst it's on the hob. Roasting meats in their

own fat is very tasty and again, you can leave it to do it's own

thing.

Courgettes are like marrows (large cucumbers)

For me, when I have low blood sugar, salt perks me up. I kept a food

diary for a couple of weeks before I was on the diet. I looked back

at it yesterday and surprisingly I always had my best part of the day

after a pack of heavily salted potato crisps! ok so the potato was

naughty but the salt helped so much.

When hypoglycaemia takes over I am a zombie, can't have conversation,

moody, snappy, shaky, can't concentrate, panic attack, crying

uncontrollably, dizzy, faint, lightheaded, sick, pain in back of

neck/right shoulder, it's really horrible, people who have never

experienced it don't understand.

You can do it Faith!! I think I must be just a couple of weeks ahead

of you. Stick to the diet and have more snacks like me and you will

start to see a difference.

Love

Amy

>

>

> Amy, Thank you so much for your kind response to my post. I also

feel better

> in the evenings and hate to go to bed. Thank you for the diet

suggestions.

> You really do eat a lot of chicken. How do you cook it? I don't

know if I

> would be hungry enough to eat all that in a day. But if it is

working for you

> with the hypoglycemia then maybe I should try it. Your food bill

must be very

> high.

>

> What are courgettes?

>

> How can you fix yourself meat in the early morning hours when you

have low

> blood sugar. I don't know if I could stand up straight let alone

fix a meal.

> Any other suggestions?

>

> could you tell me how your low blood sugar affected you before it

was under

> control?

>

> Thanks so much,

> Faith

>

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>

> In a message dated 1/15/2006 10:39:05 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> beeisbuzzing2003@y... writes:

>

>

> ==>Weakness and lightheadedness are healing symptoms, and are also

> caused by candida putting out toxins, which are mainly alcohol.

You > cannot assume it is caused by a lack of carbs or sugars in your

body if you are eating plenty of proteins and good fats, like the

diet recommends.

>

> Bee, I am having that low ebb 3AM wake up feeling some level in my

body is not right. I get up and I am off balance and my legs are

stiff. To me this sounds like low blood sugar, not healing. Do you

think it is ok to take some protein powder when this happens? How

else do I pull out of it?

==>Believe me it is healing symptoms. Don't have any type of protein

powder - I don't have time to explain why, but it is damaging and not

helpful.

>My hubby made me an egg and I felt better for about an hour and

then it happened again. I think it would be strange for healing

symptoms to come every morning at 3 or 4am.

==>An egg is a very good idea, along with sea salt for the minerals,

in water, and a tbl of coconut oil. Healing at 3 or 4 am makes sense

because your body is using all of the nutrients it obtained during

the day. But, are you on a strict diet and also taking ALL of the

supplements recommended. Cal/mag is very important for muscles. If

your legs get stiff cal/mag helps, along with other minerals (sea

salt).

Bee

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Hi Faith,

I'll chime in here with Amy's really good questions and advice. I

have done what she describes, to help with similar symptoms as yours,

and it works. At times, I would be so hungry at night that even eggs

wouldn't do it; I needed heavy duty meat, so this is what I had and

still have if it happens (bison, deer, horse, lamb, pork, salmon).

Then I can go (back) to bed and sleep. Chewing very slowly and very

thoroughly really helps me to keep quantities down and my stomach to

feel fuller (it takes 20 minutes for the brain to register fullness,

so if I just inhale my food as I tend to do, by the time that signal

registers, I'll have eaten too much).

I eat everal portions of food during the day (usually 4 times,

sometimes more (5-6), depending on how hungry I get), as I wrote in a

previous posting.

I don't know at what time you go to bed, but I find that the earlier

I do, the less I am hungry in the evening and at night. If, like me,

your bedtime tends to be late, trying to go to bed at around 10:00

p.m. (recommended for adrenal health) might help?

Also, not having any of the no-no foods or drinks in Bee's diet

really make a difference (e.g.: because my candida is so high, eating

grains or a rice or soya milk would instantly trigger a low blood

sugar reaction, the same with any type of tea, etc.; still does, but

I don't eat and drink those anymore).

Also, candida causes (sometimes very pronounced) low blood sugar. The

body is not a separate entity; it is an organic whole. I am not

trying to be facetious, but rather found that out from observing

(closely now) my body's reactions for many years now and noticing

things. I.e.: The more candida there is, the more environmental

allergy reactions and food allergy reactions I have, and the more

pronounced the hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) is. The reverse is also

true. As a matter of fact, though I had to study the body out of

health necessity, I am in awe at how intricate and intelligent it is,

(as with nature). I never cease to be amazed; my body tells me

exactly what it needs, what goes on, etc. The only thing is, I have

had to stop long enough to be able to read the codes/signals (was

forced to do that because of ill health). Now that I am used to

these, when they happen, I say ok, what is this about, find out and

do something about it. E.g.: sometimes, I still get suddenly

fatigued, depressed, or whatever, out of nowhere; once I become aware

of it, I ask myself why is this happening? It is almost always

because I need to eat and forgot about it (yes it happens a lot... :-

D , or else because I react (much much less now) to an environmental

allergen - wood smoke, pesticides, formaldehyde, etc.

So whether you are having low blood sugar or healing symptoms, it is

all interdependent, and the solutions seem to be the same for both.

It can be very confusing and bewildering when we start with a new

diet and a new protocol. Especially here where there is so much

information. But it does get clearer and easier with time. I would

agree with Amy to continue with it at least for a while.

When I started to read Bee's files, I was so overwhelmed, though I

could see that it was very good. So I decided that the only way I

could absorb all this info was by starting with only one step and

forget about the rest until I understood that first step. For me,

that was eating well (eliminating the foods listed on the diet, and

eating the type of foods it recommends). Sometimes I would forget if

one food or the other was on Bee's list (e.g.: yams, or turnips), so

back to the files I went. I also regularly read one file or another

in order to absorb the info and be able to apply it. I was already

taking supplements and taking digestive enzymes and probiotics, so I

continued that. Now I am ready to apply the info on supplements. And

so on, one step at a time. Just doing that already makes a marked

difference in terms of the candida.

Even though we are eager to eliminate this predicatment, I sooo agree

with Bee that it is better to go slowly, one step at a time, as to

not overwhelm our body. The more compromised our health is, the more

gentle we have to be. This is also how good environmental and other

holistic MDs and naturopaths proceed. So I don't know how you proceed

with this, but maybe it could help to go back to the very basics, and

start again one step at a time? E.g.: following the files on How to

get started on the diet (starting with the easiest one), and the info

on supplements, since you are having such muscle stiffness, etc.

From someone who, at the beginning, was totally overwhelmed, and

confused, with the info, in the hope it helps. Keep asking questions,

dear Faith; best way to find your way in all this... so many good

people to share their info. Thankyou all of you, and thankyou Bee!

Fran

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Dear Faith,

That's great you are following all of the recommendations. Good for

you!

If you are eating the ratios of proteins to fats to carbs you would

not be having blood sugar problems. Like I said, please do not label

your symptoms incorrectly because you will end up trying to treat the

wrong thing. Please note that carbs are any foods not classified as

protein or fats, so when you eat veggies they are carbs too. You

should be eating the proper amount of carbs as well my friend.

Luv & Hugs, Bee

>

>> Bee, I have been following your recommendations to the letter for

some time now. I have been eating the high protein diet, drinking the

salt and lemon water, I have been taking the cod liver oil, mag/cal,

Vit E, coconut oil, Vit C, all the things you suggest. I have just

run into this terrible low blood sugar problem. I have not eaten

Carbs. So I feel I have been following everything you say. But I am

getting sicker and developing more problems.