Re: Fermented drinks/foods okay?

[Guest guest]

I have been ingesting a fermented drink (Rejuvelac) for my acid reflux/heartburn

condition & it has helped tremendously. It is Rejuvelac made from wheat berries.

Before that I tried commerical Kefir made from milk. But I'm allergic to milk &

dairy products so I switched to making the wheat berry Rejuvelac myself & it's

working for the heartburn/reflux.

However I'm now concerned whether its okay to keep drinking or eating fermented

foods such as homemade sauerkraut & other fermented veggies or waters when one

has Candida. What about wheat gluten in the wheat berries? Is that still a

problem within Rejuvelac made from wheat berries?

I also took the Candida questionnaire test & it said I might possibly have it.

My score was rather low....347 total. I used to have it badly & one of the diets

suggested to treat it at that time, years ago, was to drink the Rejuvelac & eat

sprouted seeds & mostly raw foods, no starches or carbs, no processed foods,

only organic, but no meats at all, not even organic. Just raw veggies mostly &

lots of salads with lemon juice, olive oil & sea salt.

I did well on that diet years ago & thought my Candida was gone. Now I'm

wondering if it's back even though I don't have the same symptoms, only the acid

reflux/heartburn which is now gone due to ingesting Rejuvelac daily. But what

about wheat gluten in the wheat berries?

I also have hypothyroidism, chronic fatigue due to that, scleroderma & other

related diseases plus severe spinal deterioration/chronic pain & fatigue. So it

gets very complicated when one has so many health problems knowing what's right

to take or eat & what not to.

I also know that medications aggravate some of my digestive conditions but I

must take pain pills or I just cannot function at all, due to the back/spinal

pain. I don't take any other Rx meds, tho doctors have recommended several

including anti-depressants, except the natural thyroid which isn't doctor

prescribed. It's porcine natural thyroid I get from Thailand or Africa &

self-dose on.

So I cannot exercise as others can due to the severe spinal/back chronic pain,

cannot take long walks, cannot jump on a trampoline. I do some specified

exercises for the spinal pain only & even those aren't curing it because it's so

far advanced. Probably due to my age (68 yo) I'm also not producing enough HCL

so I need to have that extra with meals tho the Rejuvelac seems to be helping

with that, even though it contains yeast, acids & probiotics.

Currently I'm fasting on liquids to relieve my system of some of the yeast

overgrowth. So I'm extremely tired right now. This morning I vomited all the

liquids I drank. I've been mostly sleeping the days & nights away the past few

days, not doing much else.

I also cannot do the coffee enemas anymore because I cannot get into a

non-painful position to do them anymore.

Tho I used to do them years ago when treating for Candida.

There used to be a Whole Foods natural organic food store in the town I used

to live in but now in this rural area there is only one Sunflower health food

store in a town up the highway from me. It has NO organic meats in it, just some

organic veggies & fruits. I have no idea where I could find organic meats around

here or even where to know to go to start looking.

Also organic foods are up to four times more expensive than others & I am on a

very limited income on social security only.

I also smoke 3-4 natural tobacco, additive-free, cigarettes per day & can't seem

to stop that, tho I realize it likely aggravates my health conditions. I just

have no motivation or will power left to even do that, let alone much else.

Mostly because I'm very lonely without any family or friends & no social life in

this new area I was forced to move to 3 years ago after my husband died due to

circumstances beyond my control.

So these are my problems I've yet to find a way to resolve, especially limited

finances, no help, no loved ones, lonliness, lack of will-to-live & applying

self-discipline which I sadly lack but which I used to have an abundance of.

[Guest guest]

Dear Caroline,

Would you please break up your long message into smaller ones for

me? A very long one is very difficult to answer. I will answer your

first question however.

> I have been ingesting a fermented drink (Rejuvelac) for my acid

reflux/heartburn condition & it has helped tremendously. It is

Rejuvelac made from wheat berries. Before that I tried commerical

Kefir made from milk. But I'm allergic to milk & dairy products so I

switched to making the wheat berry Rejuvelac myself & it's working

for the heartburn/reflux.

> However I'm now concerned whether its okay to keep drinking or

eating fermented foods such as homemade sauerkraut & other fermented

veggies or waters when one has Candida. What about wheat gluten in

the wheat berries? Is that still a problem within Rejuvelac made from

wheat berries?

==>It is okay to keep have lacto-fermented foods and drinks. Most

candida sufferers do well on sauerkraut and cabbage rejuvelac. I

think cabbage rejuvelac is excellent, and much better than wheat

berry rejuvelac. Some candida sufferers do not do well on wheat

berry rejuvelac, so I think it is safer to recommend cabbage

rejuvelac.

I hope that helps,

Bee