Re: nuts and yeast/candida -- was almond butter

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Eileen

Your doctor is correct when telling you to limit the nuts you eat while dealing with candida/yeast. Doesn't matter if they're raw nuts, or roasted nuts. Nuts are one of the foods that the yeast/candida like, so if you're already dealing with an overgrowth, then you want to limit the amounts you eat.

Depending on your symptoms, and where you are in your elimination of yeast, you can possibly eat a nut flour muffin every other day or every few days, or perhaps a bit of nut butter every few days. But it is wise to avoid munching on whole nuts until you have your yeast levels under control.

When I was dealing with my candida overgrowth, I did eat one nut flour zucchini muffin (least sweet type of muffin I could make) every other day, but I didn't touch nut butters or whole nuts until I had things under control (2 years). I still don't eat whole nuts as a snack (can't digest them, which causes a yeast surge), but do use chopped nuts in my date bread sometimes.

Kim M.

SCD 5+ years

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I thank you - I was confused - I could have sworn my doc said once no raw nuts -that they feed yeast -but i must be mixing that up - ok so what I use and should is raw - thank you so mucheileen20 months scd

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Eileen,

I would have to say also that unless you have an SCD doctor, most doctors will

tell people with this condition to avoid nuts. I believe they do this because

it is assumed that most consumption of nuts are the whole nut meaning you pop

them in your mouth like a snack or have them chopped in baking/cooking. Nuts

this way are more difficult to digest generally speaking compared to the nut

butters or flours because the person themselves must chew the nut so thoroughly

and most of us don't. My husband eats nut flour muffins (I usually make the nut

flours into an almost butter when I make them) just about everyday. He has no

problems--but! if I put chopped nuts in something or he eats them whole like a

snack, he has terrible problems.

I don't know much about the nut/yeast effect, so I defer to Kim's knowledge on

that, but it does stand to reason that if the nuts are not ground fine enough

(either by teeth or machine!), it would not be digested properly and could

provide food for the bad bacteria just like the undigested grains we all used to

eat. I doesn't matter why the food isn't digested (whether because it is not

masticated enough or not broken down by enzymes), the fact remains that if it is

undigested, your body isn't getting it and the bad bacteria is. I think this is

why it is necessary to chew food so thoroughly. Digestion starts in the mouth

with the teeth grinding the food and the saliva starting the breakdown. To be

gross, if you can tell what you've eaten when you look in the toilet, you aren't

chewing your food well enough!

Amelia.

>

> Eileen

>

> Your doctor is correct when telling you to limit the nuts you eat while

dealing with candida/yeast. Doesn't matter if they're raw nuts, or roasted nuts.

Nuts are one of the foods that the yeast/candida like, so if you're already

dealing with an overgrowth, then you want to limit the amounts you eat.

>

> Depending on your symptoms, and where you are in your elimination of yeast,

you can possibly eat a nut flour muffin every other day or every few days, or

perhaps a bit of nut butter every few days. But it is wise to avoid munching on

whole nuts until you have your yeast levels under control.

>

> When I was dealing with my candida overgrowth, I did eat one nut flour

zucchini muffin (least sweet type of muffin I could make) every other day, but I

didn't touch nut butters or whole nuts until I had things under control (2

years). I still don't eat whole nuts as a snack (can't digest them, which

causes a yeast surge), but do use chopped nuts in my date bread sometimes.

>

> Kim M.

> SCD 5+ years

>

> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

> I thank you - I was confused - I could have sworn my doc said once no raw nuts

-that they feed yeast -but i must be mixing that up - ok so what I use and

should is raw - thank you so much

> eileen

> 20 months scd

>

[Guest guest]

Eileen,

I would have to say also that unless you have an SCD doctor, most doctors will

tell people with this condition to avoid nuts. I believe they do this because

it is assumed that most consumption of nuts are the whole nut meaning you pop

them in your mouth like a snack or have them chopped in baking/cooking. Nuts

this way are more difficult to digest generally speaking compared to the nut

butters or flours because the person themselves must chew the nut so thoroughly

and most of us don't. My husband eats nut flour muffins (I usually make the nut

flours into an almost butter when I make them) just about everyday. He has no

problems--but! if I put chopped nuts in something or he eats them whole like a

snack, he has terrible problems.

I don't know much about the nut/yeast effect, so I defer to Kim's knowledge on

that, but it does stand to reason that if the nuts are not ground fine enough

(either by teeth or machine!), it would not be digested properly and could

provide food for the bad bacteria just like the undigested grains we all used to

eat. I doesn't matter why the food isn't digested (whether because it is not

masticated enough or not broken down by enzymes), the fact remains that if it is

undigested, your body isn't getting it and the bad bacteria is. I think this is

why it is necessary to chew food so thoroughly. Digestion starts in the mouth

with the teeth grinding the food and the saliva starting the breakdown. To be

gross, if you can tell what you've eaten when you look in the toilet, you aren't

chewing your food well enough!

Amelia.

>

> Eileen

>

> Your doctor is correct when telling you to limit the nuts you eat while

dealing with candida/yeast. Doesn't matter if they're raw nuts, or roasted nuts.

Nuts are one of the foods that the yeast/candida like, so if you're already

dealing with an overgrowth, then you want to limit the amounts you eat.

>

> Depending on your symptoms, and where you are in your elimination of yeast,

you can possibly eat a nut flour muffin every other day or every few days, or

perhaps a bit of nut butter every few days. But it is wise to avoid munching on

whole nuts until you have your yeast levels under control.

>

> When I was dealing with my candida overgrowth, I did eat one nut flour

zucchini muffin (least sweet type of muffin I could make) every other day, but I

didn't touch nut butters or whole nuts until I had things under control (2

years). I still don't eat whole nuts as a snack (can't digest them, which

causes a yeast surge), but do use chopped nuts in my date bread sometimes.

>

> Kim M.

> SCD 5+ years

>

> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

> I thank you - I was confused - I could have sworn my doc said once no raw nuts

-that they feed yeast -but i must be mixing that up - ok so what I use and

should is raw - thank you so much

> eileen

> 20 months scd

>

[Guest guest]

Eileen,

I would have to say also that unless you have an SCD doctor, most doctors will

tell people with this condition to avoid nuts. I believe they do this because

it is assumed that most consumption of nuts are the whole nut meaning you pop

them in your mouth like a snack or have them chopped in baking/cooking. Nuts

this way are more difficult to digest generally speaking compared to the nut

butters or flours because the person themselves must chew the nut so thoroughly

and most of us don't. My husband eats nut flour muffins (I usually make the nut

flours into an almost butter when I make them) just about everyday. He has no

problems--but! if I put chopped nuts in something or he eats them whole like a

snack, he has terrible problems.

I don't know much about the nut/yeast effect, so I defer to Kim's knowledge on

that, but it does stand to reason that if the nuts are not ground fine enough

(either by teeth or machine!), it would not be digested properly and could

provide food for the bad bacteria just like the undigested grains we all used to

eat. I doesn't matter why the food isn't digested (whether because it is not

masticated enough or not broken down by enzymes), the fact remains that if it is

undigested, your body isn't getting it and the bad bacteria is. I think this is

why it is necessary to chew food so thoroughly. Digestion starts in the mouth

with the teeth grinding the food and the saliva starting the breakdown. To be

gross, if you can tell what you've eaten when you look in the toilet, you aren't

chewing your food well enough!

Amelia.

>

> Eileen

>

> Your doctor is correct when telling you to limit the nuts you eat while

dealing with candida/yeast. Doesn't matter if they're raw nuts, or roasted nuts.

Nuts are one of the foods that the yeast/candida like, so if you're already

dealing with an overgrowth, then you want to limit the amounts you eat.

>

> Depending on your symptoms, and where you are in your elimination of yeast,

you can possibly eat a nut flour muffin every other day or every few days, or

perhaps a bit of nut butter every few days. But it is wise to avoid munching on

whole nuts until you have your yeast levels under control.

>

> When I was dealing with my candida overgrowth, I did eat one nut flour

zucchini muffin (least sweet type of muffin I could make) every other day, but I

didn't touch nut butters or whole nuts until I had things under control (2

years). I still don't eat whole nuts as a snack (can't digest them, which

causes a yeast surge), but do use chopped nuts in my date bread sometimes.

>

> Kim M.

> SCD 5+ years

>

> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

> I thank you - I was confused - I could have sworn my doc said once no raw nuts

-that they feed yeast -but i must be mixing that up - ok so what I use and

should is raw - thank you so much

> eileen

> 20 months scd

>

[Guest guest]

thank you all - she is an scd doc but i thought she specified no cashew /no pb

and no raw for yeast - thank you Kim ,my breakfast everyday now is pecan butter

pancakes and i still have tons of yeast and new ones popping up - wonder why i

can't heal geez!!! thank you so much for this info

Eileen

20 months scd

> >

> > Eileen

> >

> > Your doctor is correct when telling you to limit the nuts you eat while

dealing with candida/yeast. Doesn't matter if they're raw nuts, or roasted nuts.

Nuts are one of the foods that the yeast/candida like, so if you're already

dealing with an overgrowth, then you want to limit the amounts you eat.

> >

> > Depending on your symptoms, and where you are in your elimination of yeast,

you can possibly eat a nut flour muffin every other day or every few days, or

perhaps a bit of nut butter every few days. But it is wise to avoid munching on

whole nuts until you have your yeast levels under control.

> >

> > When I was dealing with my candida overgrowth, I did eat one nut flour

zucchini muffin (least sweet type of muffin I could make) every other day, but I

didn't touch nut butters or whole nuts until I had things under control (2

years). I still don't eat whole nuts as a snack (can't digest them, which

causes a yeast surge), but do use chopped nuts in my date bread sometimes.

> >

> > Kim M.

> > SCD 5+ years

> >

> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

> > I thank you - I was confused - I could have sworn my doc said once no raw

nuts -that they feed yeast -but i must be mixing that up - ok so what I use and

should is raw - thank you so much

> > eileen

> > 20 months scd

> >

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