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Q: HI. I have had symptoms of a fungal overgrowth for about 2 or 3 years. Athletes foot, chronic fatigue and a intolerance to alcohol. I also have been diagnosed with a inflamatory auto-immune disease which leaves me with spinal arthritis, which has been become chronic for about the same amount of time. (I had already been following a No Starch Diet for this disease for 6 months, before I started the candida diet).

A: Sounds like “no starch” isn’t quite enough for you because your immune system needs some SERIOUS support. This means that you’ve got to provide it an abundance of the vital nutrients it needs to heal. The great news is that you’ve found us, and we can help with that.

I have arthritis in my lower spine and pelvis, so I understand your struggle. Fortunately for me, when I eat cleanly and take my supplements, when I get good rest, and when I move my body, I hardly notice the arthritis. (I’m only 30! I’m not supposed to have arthritis yet! *grin*)

Q: A few months ago I had a cortisone injection in my sacrum, which caused a major candida overgrowth within 30 hours, with many symptoms  ncluding Inflamed colon – painful bowel movement followed by constipation. Vaginal burning. Inflamation of the joints - foot joint pain, leg muscle pain and cramping. Cold feet. Fatigue. It was after this happened that I heard of candida and starting tyring to cure the fungas.

A: When I first tried to get treatment for my back pain (I didn’t know it was arthritis at the time), I went to see an orthopedic guy. (I’d been seeing a chiropractor for a long while, and he’d been helping, but it just wasn’t enough.) Anyway, he diagnosed the arthritis and put me on a prescription NSAID. The med worked at first, but pretty soon the pain was awful again, so I went back. He offered either PT or cortisone injections in my spine,
and fortunately I knew enough to know there was NO WAY I was letting someone inject me with steroids! I know how it is to be desperate, but the
problem with cortisone is that it suppresses the immune system. (That’s how it works. If it can suppress the immune system, then the auto-immune
issue will supposedly get better. Well, as we all realize now, suppressing the immune system just makes EVERYTHING worse!)

Q: I have been following the candida diet and taking the supplements and doing all the other treatments recommended and am doing great. Except when I go off and decide to introduce coffee, alcohol, dairy or fruit back into my diet. My symptoms return, then I get strick again. Its a horrible cycle. I’m getting tired of it. I just want to get better. I think a support group is going to help address those issue……the reality of daily life. I know what I need to do to heal, I just don’t always have the will to do it. I look forward to the sharing of everyone’s experiences. It’s very hard to do this alone.

A: I think we all struggle with this at one point or another. I know I get a little down sometimes thinking, “Poor me. It’s just not fair that I can’t eat whatever I want and still be healthy.” The fact is though, I’d rather restrict my diet than continue to feel SO bad. When you put it in that kind of perspective, it makes things a LITTLE easier.

I find that when I’m most tempted to eat off plan, it’s either an emotional need (like seeing my son’s birthday cake this weekend that was just SCREAMING to me), or I’ve unintentionally introduced something to which I’m reacting. For instance, last year I was having a lot of cravings and I wasn’t losing weight. (I’m obese, and my goal is to cure my candida and get to a healthy weight.) Anyway, I’d switched brands of magnesium citrate, and it turned out that the new brand had rice powder in it. You wouldn’t think rice powder would make that much of a difference, but my problems went away and the weight started to come off again after I eliminated that brand of Mg citrate.

Sometimes we have to be SO careful!