Carbohydrates

[J F]

Yes, in fact it was you, Shelley, who explained the bread thing to me awhile back. I took a cue from you and stuck with sourdough and french bread, and it's great! I can always tell when I've had too much of it, though. Usually if I've had it for a number of days straight (so bad). My digestion goes off balance immediately, I get gas and bloating, I suddenly add a couple of extra pounds around my belly and to the scale and I get some old aches and pains back. LOL If that isn't a sign, I don't know what is.

[Treader]

Shelley,

Do you think that's it's ok to have 2 pieces of Ezekial bread on a daily basis? I like to make french toast with them. I use 1 free range egg and 1/3 cp of organic half and half to coat them...cook them in butter, and then use butter and lots of cinnamon on top...nothing else.

I also like to have a muffin everyday. They're made out of freshly ground soaked and dried almonds, mixed with an equal amount of grated carrotts, 3 eggs, 1/2 cp yogurt, and a heaping tblspn of cinnamon. Sometimes with blueberries mixed in. No flour at all.

I really don't get how complex cabs prepared properly can feed yeast anymore than a plate of green beans would after it has been broken down? I eat a ton of cooked veggies everyday along with free range (abx free) chickens. I have 3 large BM's evryday...360 days a yr, but I have only been adding the Ezekial bread and muffins for the last 2 weeks. I just don't want to strenthen any yeast that is there. Do you think that this will?

[shelley]

there really isn't much that you should be eating on a daily basis. All of your foods without fail should be cycled out of your diet every now and again, particularly when dealing with allergies and leaky gut syndrome. Try having just rice pilaf or kichadi on some days.

almonds have tons of phosphorus, more than meat, so yep, cycle those out occasionally too.

complex carbs don't feed yeast IF they are digested completely, efficiently and quickly. Yeasties like simple sugars. If the foods are also heavily spiced or eaten with something pungent, the yeasties can't even get to them.

That's why my guidelines allow for sweet potatoes and berries after the first month. Of course, your results may vary, but I found that they didn't increase my candida symptoms at all.

[michael515]

[shelley]

Thanks for bringing that up, Michael! It seems I was refreshing my memory that day with an Internet text that was incorrect. So I went back to my school books and brushed up yet again and the small intestine does like mono sugars, using salt as the transport molecule. Okay, now I have to rethink things! LOL!