How To Have Fruit on a Low Carb and Anti-Candida Diet

[IgoByIsa]

I thought you could not eat fermented things on a candida diet?

[thallious9876]

hey georgeous! in ur WATER kefir vid u mentioned they eat glucose an leave the fructose. Is this different for WHEY? does WHEY eat the fructose an glucose?? lov ur vid. : )

[Monkeyland03]

I was told to stay away from all sugar, dairy and honey and only get your sugars from fruits. Also I read you should mostly eat foods on the low and middle of the glycemic index. Some say also you should eat fruits 1-2 hours before or after a meal because it could potentially feed yeast. I followed all this and my acne that plagued me for years cleared up! Some diets are so strict where patients also stays away from carbs such as pasta and legumes.

[richedie]

But you don't want fermented foods if you are fighting candida.

[vicky1220]

This is a great tip!!! I found out that eating fruits was contributing to my bad acne...I have candida issues too :( I am gonna try this now since i have stop eating fruit.

[quakerlyster]

Will that produce some alcohol if some yeast is in there too?

[baum7des7lebens7]

Long time ago I suffered from candida for years and medication always failed. Low carb helped only shortterm. I freed myself in eating loads of food that will leave the body fast again, which cleanses the intestine. That food is FRUIT!!! (and greens)! Fresh and raw. I even eat bread sometimes. No symptoms anymore since 2003. Fruit is our natural staple food. Trust me. And forget shower gel (in case your skin is affected)...

[babystinky]

I wouldn't be afraid of eating fruit with the imbalances that are talked about. If you head over to most low carb forums, you will quickly see people time and time again struggling with some gut-flora imbalance, something they get over and keeps recurring. The reason is that when you starve 'sugar' you basically kill of a lot of candida but make the issue more difficult because it will always come back stronger. Xylitol which is basically a fruit sugar "kills" candida and bad bacteria.

[babystinky]

Just to add: One could look at the research that went into the Specific Carb Diet, which actually allows honey. The diet is for more then just this type of gut flora problem but the main point is there.

-all one has to do is do a modified Specific Carb diet, or if you want to remain 'low carb' that is fine, but add Pink Grapefruits.

The only caution is that Grapefruits being so powerful will interfer with certain medications.

and you can google the issues with that.

[Faithangel377]

Interesting information.....thanks so much...this is worth saving in my favorites. Can anyone suggest any books on this or other youtube links?

[healthyfitmom]

Good books on fermentation are Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig

and

Wild Fermentation by Sandor Katz

[unaPatrol]

what is whey? where to get? thanks

[healthyfitmom]

If you put plain natural yogurt in a cloth or cheesecloth you will start to get water dripping. This water is whey. You can place the cloth with yogurt on a strainer over a bowl to collect all your whey. Let the yogurt sit like this for a few hours. After it has finished dripping, the yogurt will have a cream cheese texture. Use they whey to make your ferments or to preserve food.

[HomesteadProvocateur]

I do this too! I just made some lacto-fermented apple sauce. YUM.

[justsayingnoTV]

Do you drain off the liquid before eating?

[healthyfitmom]

No, the liquid from the fruit would contain probiotics for healing the gut.

[tiggie1975]

How long does the fermenting process take?

[healthyfitmom]

Two days.

[4evasugarfree]

I have never heard of this before.What does it tast like?

[healthyfitmom]

It tastes sour. There is a very mild sweetness. But I compare it to the sweetness of a lemon. I added some stevia to a small bowl of it today.