Re: Diet issues, v pain, etc.

[Guest guest]

Moderation.

YOu can't eat Mcs and cookie all day and expect to be healthy.

Diet does play a role in health.

BUt i don't think an occasional cheat is going to ruin it all.Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year.

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

You say in your post that you're almost positive that your pain has

nothing to do with diet. My question then is, why restrict yourself?

I simiarly had one terrible yeast infection after a course of

antibiotics which I am convinced triggered my pain. I went through all

the diets, and stuck to them strictly. Honestly, I didn't notice much

of a difference in my pain, and in fact, I think it was perhaps to my

detriment (in the sense that I was depriving my body from a number of

nutrients, as well as producing more stress from being paranoid about

what I ate). Today, I am 99% pain free. I have a pretty healthy diet,

lots of organic food, and very little refined/sugar, etc. But I still

have an ocassional cookie, and I really love wine. I feel that

sometimes, this pain takes so much out of our lives, that it is stupid

to take more pleasures away by depriving ourselves from the good things

in life (e.g. food). I'm also confused about your post that corn and

potatoes have a negative impact on insulin. They are both incredibly

healthy carbs, and I would think, they would only be a problem if you

have insuline issues or diabetes. I would say to you to eat what you

like if it makes you feel good and if you don't notice any connection

to your symptoms. It's not like eating certain foods will predispose

you to yeast infections. It really doesn't work that way: I think

certain foods might worsen your symptoms once you already have a yeast

infection. And if you lead a generally unhealthy diet, it might weaken

your body's immune system and make you more susceptible to infection.

But if you have no food intolerances or food allergies, why be so

restrictive to yourself? Anyway, these are my thoughts. And as a

sidenote, I haven't had a yeast infection since that one episode, and

that was four years ago.

m.

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Mara Fortes

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