Yay! Half way through stage one of the Candida Diet......
So in week one we just got ourselves used to the Candida diet and in stage two we have started adding anti-fungals and fiber shakes to the process.
Candida Diet;
We are well into the swing of the diet and are managing to stick to it really well - in fact even our portion sizes are getting smaller. We are sticking to the stir fry/salad rotation for lunch and dinner, with two scrambled eggs each for breakfast.
We have a container full of mixed nuts and seeds with a small percentage of the oh-so-bad, but oh-so-make-the-nuts-digestible dried berries for when we get really grotty!
At supper we have a rice wafer with cottage cheese and a sprinkling of cinnamon and a handful of said nut mix.
Our supplements for the week;
- Our anti-fungals for the week are garlic and grape seed extract
- We started taking probiotics
- Our fiber shake is a psyllium enzyme mix
- Because of my high hair analysis reading I have started on my Heavy Metal Detox using a prepared solution of chlorella and cilantro (actually it was recommended by my naturopath)
On Saturday night we went to my Moms place - bless her, she know that we are on this Candida diet, and boy did she make an effort for the dinner. Lean fillet steak, veges that were so tasty with the only hint of starch or extra carbo being the kumara...yum!
And then it happened, just as we were settled back chillaxing with the kids, out comes the cup of tea and baked berry cheesecake!
Whataya do? Of course we ate it!
I tell you what though - about 5 minutes after eating my heart rate went through the roof and I am pretty sure that I'm not supposed to be eating that much sugar in one hit just yet!
Oh well, lesson learned - moving on.....
Comments;
"Hell yuck!" For the week has to be psyllium husks.
God, you spend all day getting the suckers out of your teeth, gums, tonsils and cheeks! I can't wait for this bottle to be finished so we can maybe move onto Flaxseed or something a little less offensive at 5am.
As far as die off symptoms from the Candida diet?
Me - indigestion, bloating. But these only lasted maybe 3 days. Oh and a sore back up around the right kidney - lasted a few days but is fine now.
Phil - not so bad this week he's just recovering from the cold that he got last week.
I don't know if this is a die off symptom or what, but both Phil and I got really bizarre dreams for a couple of nights about a week into the diet.......don't know the significance there - weird :o)
Improvements;
- Both Phil and I have noticed that our sense of taste is returning. Cottage cheese actually tastes cheesy!
- My acne has noticeably cleared and I didn't have a massive premenstrual flare up this month either!
- Phil has always had a large patch of bumpy skin on the backs of his arms - it felt like sandpaper. Well, overnight it disappeared.
- We have both lost another kg this week - Which seems to have settled to a steady kilogram a week - all good!
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