Candida, Parasites, and More Changes

"Don't Look Back"

Inspirational Picture by Mary Engelbreit

Yep, I'm going at it again. Something has to work, right! I must say frustration is high as I look into another diet with different restrictions and get sick trying some of the ingredients.  I haven't gotten to fully participate in anyone's birthday or good time out in so many years and I'm really ready for that to change.

But I have a post-card on my refrigerator that keeps it in perspective. It has a fork in the road. One side says "Your Life", the other says "No Longer an Option". I can't whine or say poor me, I'm a 31 year old woman that has been sick for twelve years and be irritated by the continual vitality of others that make poor lifestyle choices. I have to deal this package of cards and be grateful for the experience, despite my tendency towards bitterness.

So I haven't blogged much, but I'm working on a graduate degree, so my time is limited. I do have a desire to give back to those seeking information as I have gotten so much information from others that took the time to blog it. As well, I selfishly want a database of all my recipes and ideas, so I'm trying to make that happen.

I've been on the SCD/GAPs diet since October 2011, so almost 2 full years now. I'm still stuck in some of the beginning stages and enough is enough already. While it remedies my symptoms, it's not healing the problem. So I looked further.

I started with a parasite cleanse. I have done this for a full month now. I saw many a worm of different shape and color come out of me, and am very glad I did it. In the meantime, I had cranberries and pineapples, both which are supposed to help get rid of parasites. I'm sure they do.

However, when I started spiraling into depression on my third week and feeling like an irritated monster, I then asked the question I do each time this happens. Where's the sugar? Oh yea, that pineapple and cranberry daily juice. That did it. Open mouth, stick out tongue, yep, there's the oral thrush, brilliant!

So now I've decided to do an elimination of candida while still staying true to a lot of the SCD/GAPS principles. I guess the lesson being, just because you're attacking one species of pathogen, does not mean others aren't lurking in their wake, ready to copulate and take over.

I bought an E-book, Yeast No More. The adverstising is a little much. I  wanted to poke both of my eyes out, it was so much infomercial, so little information. Also, if you try and look for someone who says something bad about it, not to be found. I was suspicious. But at the end of the day, I thought, whatever, if it's a 40 dollar mistake, so be it. Well, I don't think it was. I haven't started the protocol yet. I have just tried to piece it together and try some different food combos. There's a lot of information, so it takes a good amount of time with a notebook jotting notes and putting things together to understand the order of everything. I also received an email from Linda Allen, asking if I had any questions. If you know me, you know I always have a question ;) She wrote me back within 24 hours. I am impressed. I've been really alone during my journey of figuring things out. Of course, there is my husband, and my physician, but when it's come to making decisions and food choices, I've had to research and experiment alone. So the recipes I blog from this point until I say differently (please no!) are going to be YEAST FREE recipes. Because I not only follow copyright law, but ethically feel it's the right thing to do, I will not be giving away the books instructions. So if it interests you, take a chance on a $40 mistake or just enjoy the recipes I come up with.  I just wanted to give a little intro into why many titles will now say YEAST FREE and what this new path is for me.

Wish me luck!
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