My path to wellness from candida overgrowth.
If you’ve found this site, you’re probably suffering from symptoms related to Candida, a disease caused by a yeast overgrowth. You may have yeast infections, digestive problems, anxiety, irritability, feel tired all of the time, depression, PMS, allergies, sugar and simple carb cravings, or any number of other symptoms. Because of the wide range of things that don’t feel right with you, your doctor may think that it’s “all in your head,” especially when you notice the symptoms getting worse under stressful situations or in situations where your body’s reactions seem completely irrational.
I have been there. In fact, I’m working toward healing, and I feel much better after years of suffering. I changed some things about my life, I’m following a strict Candida diet, and I’m taking herbs to manage the yeast in my body. I hope that my experiences can help you since I had trouble figuring out what was wrong with me. I don’t want to be held back by my health any longer, and I want to start a new life full of positive experiences and rich relationships. I don’t want my embarrassment about the things my body does to keep me from moving forward. If my experiences can help you feel better, too, please let me know.
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After 11 years of suffering, I think I’ve finally found the answers to my problem. I’ve had this noisy, embarrassing, gurgly, gassy, bloated stomach, and nothing I have tried has helped enough to where I think I’m “normal” again. The prescriptions, homeopathy, hypnotism, nutritional supplements and special diets didn’t help. Or rather, they helped but not satisfactorily.
Because my son’s daycare was closed for the week, I decided that the middle of July would be a great time for a trip to Disneyland in Anaheim. I’ll never do that again.
I used to make smoothies with fruit juice and various kinds of frozen fruit. Because only frozen berries are safe on the candida diet, I can still have my smoothies, but I now use almond milk to thin it out.
Two things drive Candida: sugar or anything that turns to sugar, and mold or anything containing mold or fungus. These things need to be avoided during the cleanse.
While on the restrictive Candida Diet, I’ve had to create a few recipes to keep me from straying. I hope the recipes don’t seem too much like Taco Bell’s format of combining the same 7 ingredients. Try some of the recipes and let me know how you like them.
To help regain the balance of Candida yeast in my body, I’ve taken several herbal supplements and other products that have greatly sped up the process. I want to share the products that helped me feel better.
There is no “cure” to Candida. Once you have it, you have to live with it for life. Here are my posts on what I’m doing to get better and to have fewer symptoms. I’ll share the ups and downs, setbacks and high points on my path to feel “normal” again.
If you search on the web or read a few books on Candida, you’ll find that there are differing opinions on how to treat the yeast overgrowth. I won’t claim to have all the answers, but I can tell you what I do to manage my symptoms and heal by getting to the root of the disease.
I started the Candida Clear on Sunday night when I made the yummy stir-fry with almond butter sauce. It’s now Wednesday, and the die-off is hitting me pretty hard. I’m irritable, and I had headaches off and on today, even though I drank a lot of water. I’ve also had my favorite smoothie for breakfast and lunch the past three days. Today, I just wanted to chew something. I was tired of drinking my meals. I almost had some leftover chili, but I wanted to save it for dinner. I’m hoping that I get over this hump soon.
The Nature’s Sunshine Candida cleanse contains herbs to kill off the candida overgrowth and enzyme packets to help with the die-off and break down the dead yeast. This is the first time I’m using this cleansing program. I took some Adaptamax and Mineral Chi Tonic to see if that would help my energy, but it didn’t help. Those are the products I normally take when my energy is low, especially in the afternoon.
I’ll post more on how the cleanse is going. I hope it works as well as the other protocol I did. The good thing is that it’s a 14-day cleanse, whereas the two boxes of Para-Cleanse took 30 days to complete. I hope that I feel better soon!
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I admit it. I got weak. I was feeling good again and thought that it wouldn’t hurt if I ate some of my favorite foods. Then I ate more of those things and added more and more of the bad things. Before I knew it, I was off my Candida diet and back feeling horrible.
I’ve been feeling horrible for several months now. I’m more irritable, stressed, my skin breaks out often, I have low energy, I gained a few pounds, and I don’t sleep well. I finally said that I’ve had enough and made a commitment to going back on the strict diet that made me feel like my old self again. I ordered the Candida Clear 14-day cleanse from Nature’s Sunshine and started it last night. I’m going to try my hardest to stick to the plan: no gluten, limited brown rice, lots of veggies, no fruit except lemons and frozen berries, no vinegar or mushrooms, and no bread. I know that it’ll make me feel better, and I have to do it, even though I’m doing it during the holidays. My first meal on the diet last night was a little brown basmati rice, and I made a stir fry with firm tofu fried in coconut oil, Japanese eggplant, garlic, ginger, green onions, cilantro, baby bok choy and yellow bell pepper with the almond butter sauce. It was delicious! My four-and-a-half-year-old son loved it, too!
As a divorced mom, I’m on a limited budget. The Candida Clear is more than my previous candida protocol (2 boxes of Para-Cleanse), but I wanted to try it out. If it works, it’s worth the money. When I think about lost productivity due to feeling stressed or tired, paying for a product that will support my health just seems like a no-brainer. I’ll let you know how this product works for me.
