Re-learning how to eat.

For quite a while, I’ve had an itchy, scaly patch in my ear, which got worse after I had a course of antibiotics for a bad tooth. I suspect I have a systemic candida infestation, so on March 1st, 2016, I started a candida cleanse and diet, hoping to heal the cause of my ear trouble rather than just treating the symptoms.

The first day was broth only. Days two through six – only vegetables. On day seven, I’ll start the diet, which is consuming absolutely NO sugar, grains, yeast, or alcohol. I’m going to do it for at least the month of March, and longer if I feel I’m not healed of the infection.

I’ve been logging my food intake for the last three days, and I see how this way of eating can greatly contribute to health. Plenty of fiber, not too many calories, and the veggies are packed with nutrition. If I can keep eating like this and add in protein, I should be all set. I’m hoping to make this a permanent change to my eating habits – mostly things on the shopping list linked below, with occasional stuff that isn’t on the list.

Here are the pages I’ve found most useful when planning this diet:

• Dr. Axe Candida Diet – How to do it.
• Healing Food Shopping List – Foods to eat after the initial diet.
• Candida Symptoms Questionnaire – To help measure progress.
• Candida Spit Test – For initial diagnosis and to monitor progress.

Sometime I’ll write more about why I’m doing this.

In the meantime, below is my three day food log. This is during step 2 of the cleanse – and if you looked at the Dr. Axe page, you might notice I’m not following it strictly. I’m adding a little fat and nuts because I can’t seem to eat enough vegetables to prevent being hungry and headachy, and that has been a good solution. I figure as long as I don’t consume any sugar, I’m OK, right? :)

March 3, 2016

March 4, 2016

March 5, 2016