Re: Candida/eczema wasTaking Nystatin?

February 24, 2004

Leann wrote:>>

Do you react to xylitol as well? This is a birch syrup based sweetener, and has

Sheryl wrote:> You know I have chewed some gum I bought at the Health Food

Store that contained xyliol. I didn't know that he antibacterial benefits. I

will definitely check into that.

Leann>> In _Nourishing Traditions_ she gets into this, how soaking breaks

down different stuff, there are many folks on this list way more

knowledgeable than I am who could tell you clearly what it does, why

it's good, so I'll leave that up to them!

We are pretty busy people, so when we soak we soak for maybe 8

hours, never more than that because I am not that together! ;0)

Also, sometimes I am flat out lazy and don't do it.

Usually I put the grains in a bowl of water on the counter, or in

the pan they will cook in, with or without a cloth over the top. We

live in the NW US so our climate doesn't get terribly hot.

But, lets say if I have to leave at 8am, won't be back until 5pm, I

put rice in a pan of water on the stove, lid on or off, sometimes

with or without the added lemon juice or dairy whey, then simply

cook it when I return.

Also, soaking wheat did nothing for us, we just have a sensitivity,

or else our gut flora is still so messed up we can't process it.

Sheryl> I bet it cuts the cooking time down when you soak the grains too.

Hey you live in the NW US! Where? I used to live in the NW for 30 years. My

parents still live there.

Leann wrote>>By the way--I am talking about BROWN RICE! If I cook white rice we

all have that addictive response, could eat bowls and bowls of it--since there

is no nutritional value, of course, the body continues to say, " Better have

more, I haven't received enough nutrients yet-

Better have more, I haven't received enough nutrients yet " . I have

this same response to denatured flours, I could eat 10 white flour

biscuits if left to my own devices, but when I eat a _Nourishing

Traditions_ soured whole grain biscuit--I can barely finish one.

Sheryl> Leann you hit it right on the head. People eat because they are hungry.

They they try to fill up on thing that have no nutritional value and their body

keeps saying " Hey Feed me more I am not satisfied yet. " That is brilliant!

Leann>>However, I don't have the Candida thing going on as bad as you

might, there is always the Candida's desire to be fed that you have to contend

with!

Sheryl> That is also profound. Wow you hit it right on the head. I do eat the

stuff and crave the stuff and want to eat tons of the stuff that the Candida

loves and needs to breed.

I am going to win this battle. . .It is time.

Leann>>Under the " cultured foods & pregnancy " thread (or something like that)

another woman shared her experience with leaky gut/Candida/eczema. Her solution

involved eating raw. I'm not saying you should try that, but just each person is

different, some aspects of your experience sound similar to hers, you might want

to read what she has written recently.

Sheryl> I will go and look at the archives and see what I can find out.

I have been reading a lot more about eating raw and find it fascinating. I have

been trying to incorporate more raw in my diet. I do love raw. . .but I love

cooked also.

Today for lunch I ate a yummy lunch of a breast of chicken and lightly steam

Brussels sprouts and organic butter. . . .YUMMY!

Sheryl

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http://dovedesignsrus.com

February 24, 2004

Hey ya'll Eating raw carbohydrates instead of cooked pretty much starves

the yeast, kind of like the SCD(specific carbohydrate diet). It's also

fabulous for blood sugar. I've added back a little starch in the form of

yucca/plantains/taro, so I'll see if that affects me candida-wise. I am

doing WD, and it has somehow allowed me to level my blood sugar, even with

the starch. I'm my own guinea pig.

take care,