Q. ive been told that my body is highly acidic by sev. (medical) drs and evn homeopaths. also in large part due 2 my severe compulsive binge eating disorder, I have chronic candida albicans, a yeast overgrowth in my intestines. im not using a fast as a way 2 lose weight, but could stand 2 lose weight. Well, thats just a TINY bit of background, I don't want to bore you all to death by sounding like my grandparents ranting and raving about all of their ongoing health issues!!
A. If you are acidic, try a vegetable juice fast instead of a water fast and also add pre- and pro-biotics to your diet. Your candida should also improve by this. Avoid all simple sugars in your diet. If you want to know more about the acidity and alkalinity of your diet, pl. go to http://swamyreviews.blogspot.com/search?q=Alkaline
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and read the review of a good book. If needed, buy that book and follow the advice. Best wishes for your speedy recovery.
please please give me advice.. on foggy brain/candida/anxiety/bingeing??
Q. Hey guys, I need some advice cause i dont know what to do.
I have been suffering with generally feeling unwell for the past 4 years... pressure headache on my eyes and temples, spacey, dreamy feelings, tiredness, heavy head.. and 2 health shops did a test and said i was a candida overgrowth.. i did the diet for 2 months with no change so gave up..
Howver, I have been feeling really down recently.. im quite big and binge eat.. and went to see my DR. He said the symptoms are more likely to be stress related and that Candida is not the cause of this all.. the problems is I worry cause I have felt like this every day since I was 17 and it's so bad how can it all be in my head??? It started about a year after a family member of mine died and i started binge eating and feeling bad.
I had blood tests and they are fine, just a slightly underactive thyroid. Should I be on the candida diet?? Im going well at Weight watchers but I dont think its goin to help and im scared to eat some stuff!
I have been suffering with generally feeling unwell for the past 4 years... pressure headache on my eyes and temples, spacey, dreamy feelings, tiredness, heavy head.. and 2 health shops did a test and said i was a candida overgrowth.. i did the diet for 2 months with no change so gave up..
Howver, I have been feeling really down recently.. im quite big and binge eat.. and went to see my DR. He said the symptoms are more likely to be stress related and that Candida is not the cause of this all.. the problems is I worry cause I have felt like this every day since I was 17 and it's so bad how can it all be in my head??? It started about a year after a family member of mine died and i started binge eating and feeling bad.
I had blood tests and they are fine, just a slightly underactive thyroid. Should I be on the candida diet?? Im going well at Weight watchers but I dont think its goin to help and im scared to eat some stuff!
A. I'm not too familiar with the 'candida diet' nor do I give much credence to it :) It seems that mostly 'doctors' or holistic health (or 'naturopathic physicians') or even health stores where they want to sell their products talk about that sort of thing ;) And especially since you tried that 'candida diet' for two months with no resolve, I would be really skeptical of it. Please talk with another dr and perhaps he can get a new panel of tests including routine bloodwork/blood count and even a cat (computerized axial tomography) scan of the head to rule things out.
Someone who binges on food is most likely an compulsive/emotional eater, stuffing their feelings instead of dealing with various emotions. I'm an emotional eater myself albeit somewhat overweight and at times, a stomach/belly ache helps to 'numb out' from feeling the emotional pain otherwise. Stress can certainly be a trigger for binge eating as well as causing various physical problems. Please do consider talking with a licensed therapist who treats those with food addiction and eating disorders especially since you noticed the behavior after the loss of a loved one. I'm so sorry for your loss.
Please do get an updated physical, and try to get to the bottom of your symptoms. If have an underactive thyroid, perhaps an endocrinologist can advise if needing medication. I believe that those with hypothyroidism ('hypo' means 'under') can cause tiredness, sleepiness and headaches.
For resources on eating disorders: http://www.something-fishy.org
Someone who binges on food is most likely an compulsive/emotional eater, stuffing their feelings instead of dealing with various emotions. I'm an emotional eater myself albeit somewhat overweight and at times, a stomach/belly ache helps to 'numb out' from feeling the emotional pain otherwise. Stress can certainly be a trigger for binge eating as well as causing various physical problems. Please do consider talking with a licensed therapist who treats those with food addiction and eating disorders especially since you noticed the behavior after the loss of a loved one. I'm so sorry for your loss.
Please do get an updated physical, and try to get to the bottom of your symptoms. If have an underactive thyroid, perhaps an endocrinologist can advise if needing medication. I believe that those with hypothyroidism ('hypo' means 'under') can cause tiredness, sleepiness and headaches.
For resources on eating disorders: http://www.something-fishy.org
How do you stop yourself from binge eating?
Q. I used to have an eating disorder. I was able to control my intake of food so well and got really thin and then gradually it became better whereby I began to eat well and exercise well etc so I became healthy. Over time this then turned into binge eating and then starving and I cant seem to stop it. I am totally sickend by my inability to control myself and although I am not 'obese' I feel very overweight and my weight fluctuates but within a reasonable range I am told. Part of me knows I am not too fat in the sense that I starve myself to get back to a normalish weight but I cant seem to have the control to maintain a weight I am comfortable with and can happyily stay on. I lost this power to control my intake and so I binge eat and then panic and starve myself until I see a result.
I cant keep living like this. How has anyone got over this cycle? Does anyone understand this and have any advice for me? Thanks
I cant keep living like this. How has anyone got over this cycle? Does anyone understand this and have any advice for me? Thanks
A. There are three things I want you to consider....
First, you may not be eating enough food. And (or) you may not be eating foods that really nourish you. And (or) your inner ecosystem may be lacking in a FULL range of probiotics and enzymes. And no, even the best yogurt on the shelf at the grocery does not have them all, (and only those marked "LIVE cultures can be expected to have any live cultures at all). It is part of modern life, and some of us are more susceptible to imbalances than others.
If your body isn't extracting enough nutrition from food, whether because you aren't eating enough, you aren't eating enough really nutritious food, or you aren't digesting/absorbing it properly, you will experience cravings at a very deep level. If this is happening, your body is actually trying to save your life by these cravings. But before you try to binge again, think about learning how easy it is to provide your body with good-tasting, healing and satisfying foods, and everything they need for proper digestion and assimilation. It is a bit of a learning curve, but taken step-by-step, you can make significant changes.
You can eat foods that are rich in enzymes and healthy biotics (bacteria and other microbes). You can use regular foods and superfoods. You can use helpful supplements to help you as you learn to eat a little differently. There are two aerobic yeasts that are hugely important to the body (one helps us make vitamin B-12. The other thing it does is it kills the bad overgrowth of Candida yeast...this will make you ravenous all the time. So will parasites, by the way.) See www.bodyecologydiet.com to start. I also recommended a book, below, called "Green for Life." The delicious solution to eating more greens that Victoria Boutenko came up with provides such deeply satisfying nutrition that most people find their hunger/cravings disappear and a wonderfully feeling of peace and satisfaction seems to go hand in hand with increasing minerals, phytonutrients and chlorophyll in her delicious smoothies.
Second, there is an organization called the Pfeiffer Treatment Center that has had some success dealing with anorexia/eating disorders. Apparently, there may be an underlying biochemical imbalance that is driving your symptoms. I've done extensive reading on various researchers in the area of metabolic imbalances, and some people simply need to eat in certain ways, and take certain supplements, in order to keep their body and mind on an even keel. Yes, the mind!
Interestingly, some people's bodies fluctuate in and out of different ends of the imbalance spectrum over their monthly cycles and some even vary throughout the day. Improved mental and physical health - sometimes dramatic - can be achieved by identifying your imbalance, if you have one, and eating and supplementing at the right times to correct it.
Third, though I'm not sure that this is all there is to your cravings, any kind of addictive behavior may have its roots in and/OR be nurtured by feelings of lack of control in some area of your life. When people engage in addictive behaviors (eating, purging, shopping, sex, drugs, etc) it may be a way of gaining control or distracting away from something too painful to look at. Dealing with things directly is an important part of releasing yourself from psychologically-driven behaviors. That said, though, there are accounts and case studies of people whose addictions ceased when their metabolic imbalances were dealt with. So try to look at both the physical and the psychological areas, to make sure you don't leave any stones unturned.
Imbalances - what causes them? I'm not sure of all the possible causes, but I do know that our environment and food supply are often culprits when we are sick. I think it is important to everyone to find ways to get rid of toxins like heavy metals and pesticides/herbicides that have entered your body through various routes. Including foods like miso soup, cilantro, homemade sauerkrauts and pickles is one way to help pull out toxins. Raw animal fat is said to be a very, very safe way to accomplish this, especially when combined with raw honey, which is rich in enzymes and is able to release sugars slowly into the body, keeping your blood sugar stable and your cravings at a minimum. Think honey and butter, ceviche, steak tartare. It is easy to buy raw butter in California, I believe, from Organic Pastures. It is very expensive to have them ship it. You should be able to find local sources of raw milk at the references below. It is easy to buy a gallon of raw milk, let the cream rise to the top for a day or so, suck it out of the jug with a nice turkey baster (Walmart has one that comes with two tips and a "bottle" brush), and put the cream in a blender to churn it into butter. Once it gets big lumps, strain it through thin muslin (unbleached fabric or special "butter muslin" from an online cheesemaking company), c
First, you may not be eating enough food. And (or) you may not be eating foods that really nourish you. And (or) your inner ecosystem may be lacking in a FULL range of probiotics and enzymes. And no, even the best yogurt on the shelf at the grocery does not have them all, (and only those marked "LIVE cultures can be expected to have any live cultures at all). It is part of modern life, and some of us are more susceptible to imbalances than others.
If your body isn't extracting enough nutrition from food, whether because you aren't eating enough, you aren't eating enough really nutritious food, or you aren't digesting/absorbing it properly, you will experience cravings at a very deep level. If this is happening, your body is actually trying to save your life by these cravings. But before you try to binge again, think about learning how easy it is to provide your body with good-tasting, healing and satisfying foods, and everything they need for proper digestion and assimilation. It is a bit of a learning curve, but taken step-by-step, you can make significant changes.
You can eat foods that are rich in enzymes and healthy biotics (bacteria and other microbes). You can use regular foods and superfoods. You can use helpful supplements to help you as you learn to eat a little differently. There are two aerobic yeasts that are hugely important to the body (one helps us make vitamin B-12. The other thing it does is it kills the bad overgrowth of Candida yeast...this will make you ravenous all the time. So will parasites, by the way.) See www.bodyecologydiet.com to start. I also recommended a book, below, called "Green for Life." The delicious solution to eating more greens that Victoria Boutenko came up with provides such deeply satisfying nutrition that most people find their hunger/cravings disappear and a wonderfully feeling of peace and satisfaction seems to go hand in hand with increasing minerals, phytonutrients and chlorophyll in her delicious smoothies.
Second, there is an organization called the Pfeiffer Treatment Center that has had some success dealing with anorexia/eating disorders. Apparently, there may be an underlying biochemical imbalance that is driving your symptoms. I've done extensive reading on various researchers in the area of metabolic imbalances, and some people simply need to eat in certain ways, and take certain supplements, in order to keep their body and mind on an even keel. Yes, the mind!
Interestingly, some people's bodies fluctuate in and out of different ends of the imbalance spectrum over their monthly cycles and some even vary throughout the day. Improved mental and physical health - sometimes dramatic - can be achieved by identifying your imbalance, if you have one, and eating and supplementing at the right times to correct it.
Third, though I'm not sure that this is all there is to your cravings, any kind of addictive behavior may have its roots in and/OR be nurtured by feelings of lack of control in some area of your life. When people engage in addictive behaviors (eating, purging, shopping, sex, drugs, etc) it may be a way of gaining control or distracting away from something too painful to look at. Dealing with things directly is an important part of releasing yourself from psychologically-driven behaviors. That said, though, there are accounts and case studies of people whose addictions ceased when their metabolic imbalances were dealt with. So try to look at both the physical and the psychological areas, to make sure you don't leave any stones unturned.
Imbalances - what causes them? I'm not sure of all the possible causes, but I do know that our environment and food supply are often culprits when we are sick. I think it is important to everyone to find ways to get rid of toxins like heavy metals and pesticides/herbicides that have entered your body through various routes. Including foods like miso soup, cilantro, homemade sauerkrauts and pickles is one way to help pull out toxins. Raw animal fat is said to be a very, very safe way to accomplish this, especially when combined with raw honey, which is rich in enzymes and is able to release sugars slowly into the body, keeping your blood sugar stable and your cravings at a minimum. Think honey and butter, ceviche, steak tartare. It is easy to buy raw butter in California, I believe, from Organic Pastures. It is very expensive to have them ship it. You should be able to find local sources of raw milk at the references below. It is easy to buy a gallon of raw milk, let the cream rise to the top for a day or so, suck it out of the jug with a nice turkey baster (Walmart has one that comes with two tips and a "bottle" brush), and put the cream in a blender to churn it into butter. Once it gets big lumps, strain it through thin muslin (unbleached fabric or special "butter muslin" from an online cheesemaking company), c
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