Re: War on Candida!

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My first suggestion Marie would be to leave it until after Christmas

as this time of the year can be stressful enough without putting any

added strain on yourself/your adrenals.

And also, of course, there is more of the naughty food around to

tempt us and it can feel particularly hard not to be able to join in

with what everyone else is eating.

My second suggestion would be to ease off the forbidden foods come

January and cut them right down to zero and then take the Fluconazole

(sp?) so that way your candida levels will be quite low and there

will be less die-off as a consequence.

Get thee some Milk Thistle if you do not have any already as this

herb is wonderful for the liver and your liver will be overloaded

once the candida starts to die and it is this that causes of the

feelings of grottiness so if you can help the liver along in this

detoxification process then you will feel less burdened by the

effects of the die-off.

I have molybdenum which is good for die-off too.

You may find the die-off is not that bad as it varies from person to

person.

Remind me Marie, what did your candida test results show?

Mo

>

> For those of you who have undergone an anti-candida protocol, can

you

> tell me how you got on?

>

> I'm about to start one and am a bit concerned about the side effects

> of die-off on top of the adrenal/thyroid issues and how nasty it

might

> be.

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Hi

Marie

Go to

our website www.tpa-uk.org.uk and click

on Hypothyroidism - then Associated Conditions - and then Candida. Read

everything we have there. Also read everything in the FILES which you can

access from the Home Page of this forum web site.

luv -

Sheila

Were there any supplements you found particularly beneficial? I'm

looking at Threelac and an Oxygen product and of course, they're all

so expensive! I also read about taking some sodium bicarb (ie baking

soda) in water each day because it help alkalinise the body which

makes it hard for candida to survive.

Any tips gratefully received.

thanks, Marie

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thanks Sheila - thats very helpful info.

[Guest guest]

Hi Mo

Thanks for the advice; its very sensible. You're probably right in

saying I should leave it till after Xmas. Xmas is going to be

stressful enough so it'd be more sensible to wait until its over and

done with.

I'll stock up on the milk thistle in advance. I didnt do a test yet;

I did the spit test, and the questionnaire in the Files section. Its

been in the back of my mind for a while that I may have it so at the

moment I'm working on the assumption that I probably do. £££ is tight

and I'm loathe to spend money confirming what I'm already pretty sure

of.

Just another thing to factor in eh?

thanks again for the tips

Marie

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Hi Marie,

I did the Candida protocol for three weeks. It was not that bad apart

from I really craved fruit juice the first week or so. I was

apprehensive about taking the Fluconazole but it just gave me a bit

of a headache.

To be honest because I was off t4 for 10 days previous I don't know

if some of my symptoms were due to that or Candida die off.

You may find things a bit tasteless as I did for example porridge

with oat milk for breakfast, you would be surprised it does taste

almost sweet after a few weeks. Try plenty of fresh herbs for flavour

such as basil and olive oil, with salads etc. Get as much garlic down

you as you can thats very good, try with salad with toasted pumpkin

seeds and olive oil (quite tasty!)

Soft boiled egg with ryvitas spread with vegan margarine for brekkie

is good. Some people do think you need to avoid milk products with

the anti Candida diet.

Watch ingredients, sugar creeps into so many things, as does wheat.

Eating out can be difficult. If you are avoiding yeast most stock is

out of the question.

Good luck HOn, read the Candida file on here.

Ali xx

<mariebishop@...> wrote:

> For those of you who have undergone an anti-candida protocol, can

> you tell me how you got on?

> I'm about to start one and am a bit concerned about the side effects

> of die-off on top of the adrenal/thyroid issues and how nasty it

> migh be. As it is I'm barely keeping my head above water on the

> fatigue, although I accept that candida may also be causing fatigue.

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