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Hi Bee,

I am new to the group after recently having found your site. I

am familiar with Weston A. Price's work and like to think I have been

on a healthy diet for at least the last 12 years, when I read

Nourishing Traditions and switched from a vegetarian diet to one

including lots of good animal protein and fats, soaked grains, etc.

I was a vegetarian from the ages of 19-28. I had a miscarriage at 10

weeks (empty sac) at age 26 and had a healthy baby boy (born

naturally) at age 28. I then went on to have another boy two years

later, another miscarriage after that and then a baby girl.

While I was pregnant for the fifth time (with my girl) I began having

headaches and they have continued ever since, usually the day before I

start my period, but not always related to my period (usually once or

twice a month). That was a stressful time of my life, as we moved away

from our family to another state and my life continued to be stressful

within my marriage, as I was the one working and taking care of the

kids primarily, and being in a new town.

The headaches are relieved by taking aspirin or ibuprofen, but I don't

usually like to take drugs at all. If I don't take anything, then I

can end up throwing up and then feel better - so they are somewhat

like migraines I guess and with bad neck tension/pain/stiffness up

into the back of my heads on one side at a time. Sometimes I might

have a headache on one side one day and the other side the next day.

I took the Candida questionnaire and scored 47 or 8 percent, so I

don't know whether or not I might have candida and should follow the

candida diet or maybe should just up my fat intake and cut out grains

or sugar. My current symptoms are Athlete's foot (off and on for

years), headaches (once or twice per month - also stress-related since

I just got divorced this past year and that was stressful), and

premenstrual tension/irritability.

Also, about two years ago now I started experiencing pulsatile

tinnitus in my left ear. I have seen the doctor twice with no other

diagnosis and the next step would be to see an ENT and do an MRI or

whatever, but I don't really feel like it. It sometimes goes away for

short periods at a time, but then returns.

I started doing the Candida Diet and taking the supplements and would

love to get rid of headaches and the tinnitus, as those are the most

troublesome health issues - I'd also like to lose about 15 pounds. I

weigh 157 at 5'6.5 " and would like to weight more like 140. I just

turned 40 in December.

Does it sound to you like following the Candida Diet and supplements

would be the thing I need to be doing in order to heal?

Thanks. You're website is very educational and wonderful! Thanks for

sharing.

Port Townsend, WA