candida and raw food living
ok so i've stayed up late every night for like two weeks researching candida, it all started when i noticed i ate a whole tray of home made raw chocolates, which were so good, but i couldn't stop.. and then i listened to the matt monarch interview with Dr. Cousens.. and i was surpised to see that some of my raw guru's the Boutenko's don't really have a lot out there on the subject ( one of my guru's because i met them and am an aspiring raw family, but not quite there because my kids are still somewhat resistant to go all the way)
i've watched Dr gabriel cousens videos and his take on it, i have a lot of faith in him and respect what he says because of my yoga background and my having worked for folks who spent quite a lot of time at the tree, i feel this deep connection, he recomends water fasting and green juicing.. phasing etc. i don't have the rainbow book or any of his books but they are on my wish list.. I tried this and felt really weak, maybe not enough greens, or not enough money to keep the fridge packed, ..then confusion sets in.. who to turn to.. i get so confused because then i listen to the 80 10 10 work and Dr Graham is saying some fruit is ok, but its the low fats we need to watch out for, or what does he say because i got confused. and havn't read the book, i know silly me.
the internet is very helpful sometimes, and very confusing when you cross reference all these healthy folks
another thing is i have amalgum fillings and have researched that too, on this site people were talking about that.. i'm too broke to get them replaced at the moment (i'm half way there) and there is evidence suggesting that you need a certain level of candida becasue they are some how in balance with the amalgum.. which kind of confused me yet again, like is the candida killing me or the fillings....
then i read whole body ecology and she's saying its ok to eat unpasturized ferments, and cooked carrots... other sources say no ferments and no carrots, and i really got into ferments this year so that was exciting, but i am also reading no ferments because they can feed the buggers.. I really am confused because i want to be 100% raw, i believe in this for my body that i can be at optimal wellbeing and vibrancy, and have seen my energy levels and productivity skyrocket..what to speak of my very vigorous ashtanga practice.. and since i did green smoothie revolutionizing this summer i felt great, and the no oil cleanse was awesome but again i started eating a ton of fruit.. also i noticed i was starting to freak out on cocao and agave and dates and banana's at the raw food restaurant i was working at i had access to lots of heavy raw sweets and no self control, at all.. so i moved away..to the mountains to redefine my raw food diet, and am now really missing the place.. ( i think emotionally i have no self control because i ended an 8 year relationship this year and had a lot of life changes like moving, going 100% raw for the majority of summer, yoga school, starting a business and not being able to keep up with the demand for raw crackers and the unlimited ideas of good food offerings that are now flowing through my brainwaves to make for the masses)
so i find myself up late at night and I read and read and read online stuff about candida watched some videos and read some stuff by David wolfe, he suggests no sugars. .lots of healing superfoods, which i am taking some pau darco tea, psyllium, started bentonite clay today, grapefruit seed extract, olive leaf in powder form, love my greener grasses, e3live, Chagga mushroom from surthrival via Daniel Vitalis who i got to spend time with this year, and some garlic with some reishi and maitaki..i also indulge in macca every few days for a boost, but i see it's a root so not sure about that now either, cell food therapy is great, and vitamin d drops are a beacon of light in wintery canadian months....... because there are so many things i'm taking i'm not soo consistent with them.. . and also i'm drinking some low grade water right now-it's reverse osmosis from a store, ahhh... i unfrotunately don't have access to good spring water becasue i dont' have a car, and i just moved to a very small town, and my friends here think i'm already a little out there, car free with two kids raw food mama in small town i tried asking if they wanted to go find a spring, but it wasn't on the high prioritiy list.. i moved here assuming i could get an ionways machine running here, and it is a no go so far, the funds are not availalbe.. but i was on ionways filtered water and it was like incredible for months.. so maybe i'm going through some kind of imbalance with my water too..
my problem is that i practice the primary series and teach yoga and have two kids to feed and look after, and am trying to get my dehydrated cracker, treats, and raw desert food business going.... all the while doing a candida cleanse!!! I KNOW i have a candida imbalance, and i am trying to assure i get enough calories so i don't crash and freak out eatting coconut butter all night and running to the dried fruit or fresh fruit.. and the worst is going for caffeine- no not coffee- i have had to give up yerba mate this month and matcha green tea which was my passionate almost daily addiciton, i crashed two times giving in and felt aweful after..
urgh all the symptoms for candida imbalance are there, and i just want to stay raw but am confused about the diet (maybe you can tell by my writing) my serious symptoms include cloudy thought waves, hard time focusing, skin problems.. fungus in nails, mucus you know where etc etc. etc.. So i've been doing enema's and following the diet but every three days or so i crash and emotionally eat fruit or something cooked, like quinoa or veggie soup..or some kind of organic cereal i make in the dehydrater that is sweetened with dates mesquite, apples, almonds or agave for the kids with fresh almond milk, i know almond milk is said to be a no no for candida imbalance..but i am falling into some crash and burn patterns here.. anybody have any advice?? there are just too many candida diets to choose from..
Some of my friends who are on the candida busting band wagon say the chinese doctors are telling them that you should not eat raw and that steamed greens and grains are the way to go, they say no sprouts, no ferments, no a lot of things.. my gut is telling me raw is the way to go, and my mind is very confused.. any insight into candida ? i just need some support because i feel like i try so hard and fall flat.. like there is this hill i need to climb, and i don't know how long it's going to take and how to get to the top steadily..
i've watched Dr gabriel cousens videos and his take on it, i have a lot of faith in him and respect what he says because of my yoga background and my having worked for folks who spent quite a lot of time at the tree, i feel this deep connection, he recomends water fasting and green juicing.. phasing etc. i don't have the rainbow book or any of his books but they are on my wish list.. I tried this and felt really weak, maybe not enough greens, or not enough money to keep the fridge packed, ..then confusion sets in.. who to turn to.. i get so confused because then i listen to the 80 10 10 work and Dr Graham is saying some fruit is ok, but its the low fats we need to watch out for, or what does he say because i got confused. and havn't read the book, i know silly me.
the internet is very helpful sometimes, and very confusing when you cross reference all these healthy folks
another thing is i have amalgum fillings and have researched that too, on this site people were talking about that.. i'm too broke to get them replaced at the moment (i'm half way there) and there is evidence suggesting that you need a certain level of candida becasue they are some how in balance with the amalgum.. which kind of confused me yet again, like is the candida killing me or the fillings....
then i read whole body ecology and she's saying its ok to eat unpasturized ferments, and cooked carrots... other sources say no ferments and no carrots, and i really got into ferments this year so that was exciting, but i am also reading no ferments because they can feed the buggers.. I really am confused because i want to be 100% raw, i believe in this for my body that i can be at optimal wellbeing and vibrancy, and have seen my energy levels and productivity skyrocket..what to speak of my very vigorous ashtanga practice.. and since i did green smoothie revolutionizing this summer i felt great, and the no oil cleanse was awesome but again i started eating a ton of fruit.. also i noticed i was starting to freak out on cocao and agave and dates and banana's at the raw food restaurant i was working at i had access to lots of heavy raw sweets and no self control, at all.. so i moved away..to the mountains to redefine my raw food diet, and am now really missing the place.. ( i think emotionally i have no self control because i ended an 8 year relationship this year and had a lot of life changes like moving, going 100% raw for the majority of summer, yoga school, starting a business and not being able to keep up with the demand for raw crackers and the unlimited ideas of good food offerings that are now flowing through my brainwaves to make for the masses)
so i find myself up late at night and I read and read and read online stuff about candida watched some videos and read some stuff by David wolfe, he suggests no sugars. .lots of healing superfoods, which i am taking some pau darco tea, psyllium, started bentonite clay today, grapefruit seed extract, olive leaf in powder form, love my greener grasses, e3live, Chagga mushroom from surthrival via Daniel Vitalis who i got to spend time with this year, and some garlic with some reishi and maitaki..i also indulge in macca every few days for a boost, but i see it's a root so not sure about that now either, cell food therapy is great, and vitamin d drops are a beacon of light in wintery canadian months....... because there are so many things i'm taking i'm not soo consistent with them.. . and also i'm drinking some low grade water right now-it's reverse osmosis from a store, ahhh... i unfrotunately don't have access to good spring water becasue i dont' have a car, and i just moved to a very small town, and my friends here think i'm already a little out there, car free with two kids raw food mama in small town i tried asking if they wanted to go find a spring, but it wasn't on the high prioritiy list.. i moved here assuming i could get an ionways machine running here, and it is a no go so far, the funds are not availalbe.. but i was on ionways filtered water and it was like incredible for months.. so maybe i'm going through some kind of imbalance with my water too..
my problem is that i practice the primary series and teach yoga and have two kids to feed and look after, and am trying to get my dehydrated cracker, treats, and raw desert food business going.... all the while doing a candida cleanse!!! I KNOW i have a candida imbalance, and i am trying to assure i get enough calories so i don't crash and freak out eatting coconut butter all night and running to the dried fruit or fresh fruit.. and the worst is going for caffeine- no not coffee- i have had to give up yerba mate this month and matcha green tea which was my passionate almost daily addiciton, i crashed two times giving in and felt aweful after..
urgh all the symptoms for candida imbalance are there, and i just want to stay raw but am confused about the diet (maybe you can tell by my writing) my serious symptoms include cloudy thought waves, hard time focusing, skin problems.. fungus in nails, mucus you know where etc etc. etc.. So i've been doing enema's and following the diet but every three days or so i crash and emotionally eat fruit or something cooked, like quinoa or veggie soup..or some kind of organic cereal i make in the dehydrater that is sweetened with dates mesquite, apples, almonds or agave for the kids with fresh almond milk, i know almond milk is said to be a no no for candida imbalance..but i am falling into some crash and burn patterns here.. anybody have any advice?? there are just too many candida diets to choose from..
Some of my friends who are on the candida busting band wagon say the chinese doctors are telling them that you should not eat raw and that steamed greens and grains are the way to go, they say no sprouts, no ferments, no a lot of things.. my gut is telling me raw is the way to go, and my mind is very confused.. any insight into candida ? i just need some support because i feel like i try so hard and fall flat.. like there is this hill i need to climb, and i don't know how long it's going to take and how to get to the top steadily..
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Comment by Renee on November 8, 2009 at 10:39am - Awesome information Freelee! Thank you for all of your insight! So, for me, since I really love fruit so much...I'm going to go the route of bananas for 7-10 days! This seems to make the most sense to me - especially regarding the need for glucose by the brain as I'm in an anatomy and physiology class as we speak! Manaka and Nicole - like one of you said - why don't we choose our own "experiments" and see what works? I'm excited - I've started already today! Can't wait to see the results!! Good luck to you both as well and I'm so thankful we have so much support here! I ♥ GITMR!
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Comment by Rawgreengoddess on November 8, 2009 at 2:20am - stress is a shocker for health and peace of mind !
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Comment by Freelee on November 8, 2009 at 2:16am -
haha yeh Doug has many other factors influencing his appearance than just diet - he is faced with a lot of stress...the cooked vegans/vego's don't agree with him, the SAD eaters don't agree, the omni's don't agree, the raw gourmet's bag him...he is up against a lot of opposition as you can see on this blog and just because we follow an ideal diet doesn't mean we will be stress-free. When he was young he also abused his skin by constantly getting sunburnt (which is never good), throw a little 100% raw child in the mix and there we have a recipe to potentially destroy one's appearance.
My appearance has improved dramatically on 811, here is another 811 girl , 4years 100% - Matt & Angela interview her....
I know it can confusing, just trust nature and wholefoods has the answer for you X
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Comment by menaka dasi on November 8, 2009 at 1:34am - ok so i should maybe ishould do another no oil cleanse for a week, water fast to start, and green smothies, and just fruits and veggies, i did this in the summer and felt amazing.. ok going to bed.. thank you all, still confused but getting a clearere picture.. i must say though i watched a vid by doug graham the other day on youtube talking about candida and it looked like he had a huge growth out of his neck and freaked me out.. he was just here in victoira bc. and i missed the darn lecture because i was working a late shift at the raw food restaurant where we were selling his tickets!!!! anywho.. lots to digest, sweet dreams everyone.. don't let the sugar bugs bite
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Comment by Freelee on November 8, 2009 at 1:26am
- Oh haha! It is good wholesome info :)) Free to be used or abused!
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Comment by YogaBrudder on November 8, 2009 at 1:12am -
The Doctah is IN (the House!)
Good night, everybody.
Listen to Freelee. She's total!
Crazed Beatnik Mandolinist
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Comment by Freelee on November 8, 2009 at 1:04am
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Kell awesome advice. Try it and see Menaka. Here is Dr Doug on Candida :
I have candida or a yeast infection. How can I eat so much fruit?
Excess fat is the culprit in candida, not sugar, per se. When fat levels in the blood rise, so does blood sugar, because excess fat inhibits insulin from performing its function of escorting sugar out of the bloodstream. The excess fat lines the blood vessel walls, the cells, insulin receptor sites, the sugar molecules themselves, and the insulin with a thin coating of fat, thus blocking and inhibiting normal metabolic activity.
Too much sugar in the blood is as life threatening as too little and can result in serious illness or death. Yeast, or candida, is a constant presence in the blood; it serves as a life preservation mechanism, blooming when there is an excess of sugar in the blood stream to bring blood sugar down to a non-threatening level. When the sugar is distributed and used by the cells of the body, the yeast quickly dies off as it is supposed to.
If fat levels stay chronically high due to a poor diet, sugar will remain in the bloodstream and feed the large candida colonies instead of feeding the 18 trillion cells of your body. Starved for fuel, these cells can no longer metabolize energy, and you become tired, and feel rundown. Because all carbohydrate, fat, and protein that we eat is converted to simple sugar (glucose) if it is to be used by the cells for fuel, the way out of this cycle is not to eat less sugar, but to consume less fat. When fat levels drop, the sugar starts to get processed and distributed again, and the yeast levels drop because there is no longer excess sugar available.
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Comment by menaka dasi on November 7, 2009 at 10:47pm
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awe thanks yogabrudder, shanti shanti.. i waited a while to let it out and the floodgates of community poured out, oh my goddess my body is melting thinking off a thai massage for two hours, maybe i should book one in town here. . .. that could help with the cleansing..
i like to wake up at 4 am and do pranayama, any time is good, maybe you just reminded me to log off and do some now.. yes the theories are driving me nuts, and the being isolated, i have no home , only be breathe feels like home.. i am a nomad woman, not trying to be perfect, just trying to find some healing.. namaste
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Comment by YogaBrudder on November 7, 2009 at 10:41pm
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Wow, I didn't read the responses, but I did you thoughts.
How I wish I could soothe your troubled mind.
You know a lot, and have done so much.
I wish I could give you a two-hour thai massage and get you on inhale-suspend-exhale, as in pranayama.
Yah, relax, Baby. I do my pranayama, it's another world, I do it every day, teaching it. I love to do it when I wake up, makes the whole day better. If I wake at 3am, 4am, whenever.
And all these theories are driving you nuts - the conflicting ideas, and yur so hard on yourself that yur not "perfect", even though you are perfect. Wish I lived in your town.
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Comment by Rawzilla on November 7, 2009 at 10:41pm - *Hugs*
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