Aaaargh! I need help.

[Guest guest]

Hello all,

My name is Donna. I have been lurking for awhile and trying to steel my

resolve to plunge into really doing this diet the right way. I even

purchased the FitDay software which allow you to track everything. I am

5'1 " and weigh 146 pounds, which is at least 25 pounds more than I need

to be weighing. I have battled candida for many years, taking

prescription antifungals from nystatin to Nizoral, most recently with a

holistically oriented doctor who put me on Armour thyroid, a bunch of

expensive supplements, and performed some very expensive tests to

measure the levels of candida antibodies in my blood, not to mention the

horrifically expensive allergy tests.

He also put me on 200 mg a day of Diflucan which is supposed to be the

big freaking gun. Whoa! My original blood antibody level was 230.

(Normal is 0 to 130.) At the end of 3 months the antibody level had

dropped to 150. At the end of 6 months, the antibody level had gone back

up to 250! So apparently the candida I have is resistant to the most

potent prescription antifungals on the market. I did lose 20 pounds, but

promptly gained it all back after I quit seeing him in disgust at the

amount of money I was spending with no results. (We will not speak of

all the rocky road ice cream I ate to console myself....)

So I know in my heart that for me that diet is the only answer. I have

the oregano oil, which I can take in full capsules without having any

die-off whatsoever. I'm doing the lemon juice and celtic sea salt. I use

massive quantities of garlic. I take olive leaf extract. I get nauseous

if I take too much VCO (Tropical Traditions) and get violent stomach

cramps. I take Jarro-dolphilus+FOS and I make my own kefir from living

grains, of which I take maybe 6 ounces a day.

According to my height I was told that I should be taking 55 grams of

protein, 138 to 193 grams of fat, and 44 grams of carbs. Well, I

exceeded my protein grams in two meals (3 scrambled eggs in VCO for

breakfast and an 8.3 ounce lean ground sirloin patty for lunch). Even

though I ate salad I haven't nearly met my carb requirement for the day,

and not even close to meeting my fat requirements. Metabolically I am a

protein type, (fast oxidizer) and a recent hair analysis showed that I

need to be consuming even more protein than I am already consuming.

So how can I get more fat other than the olive oil and VCO and butter I

already consume?

Are the figures I was given for the fat, carb, protein ratios correct?

Is it vital to take ONLY 55 grams of protein even though I don't feel

well unless I consume larger quantities of protein?

I know that my chronic sinusitus is fungal as in my head is full of

candida. I itch all the time. I also crave carbs, and can gain 5 pounds

by even THINKING about a piece of bread.

I feel totally overwhelmed and wonder if someone who has approximately

the same ratios as I do could tell me what they eat on a given day meet

those ratios. All this math is not my long suit. Mumble, mumble.

Thanks, Donna Overall

[Guest guest]

Hi Donna,

I'm working on figuring it all out too so I can't answer most of your

questions. A couple of things come to mind though. Are you taking

fish oil? One teaspoon would be somewhere aroun 14 grams, depending

what type, so 3 teaspoons a day will increase your fat intake. I

think you mentioned you were having troube with the VCO, how about

trying another brand?

As for your chronic sinusitis, a neti pot is very helpful. There is

a file in the archives called sinus treatments.

elyse

On 14-Jun-06, at 5:09 PM, Donna Overall wrote:

> So how can I get more fat other than the olive oil and VCO and

> butter I

> already consume?