THE ANTI- CANDIDA PROGRAM: LIST OF DON’TS
1. Don’t attempt this program if you are not guaranteed ninety uninterrupted days. Breaking it will enable Nystatin and garlic resistant Candida colonies to grow back. Birthdays, weddings, house guests, business trips, holidays, moving house and home renovations disrupt your routine, causing an unplanned breaking of the diet. Plan these out of your ninety days. This program works best the first time around.
2. Don’t overdo it. Rest is needed for any treatment regime to work, be it antibiotics for pneumonia or a strep throat, acupuncture for headaches or diet for Candida infection. Nothing works without adequate rest.
3. Don’t buy fruit or garden salads ready made from take-away outlets. Invariably they have been sprinkled with MSG or metabisulphite to prevent discolouration and loss of flavour. Often these salads have been made early that morning or even the night before. Be very careful in restaurants for the same reason. Quiz the waiter/waitress.
4. Don’t eat Chinese or Italian food unless the restaurant owner guarantees it’s free of MSG and metabisulphite.
5. Don’t eat sauces and gravies in restaurants—the risk is just too great. Eat only the sauces and gravies recommended in this book. Pre-cooked meals, such as roasts, are usually sprinkled with MSG and metabisulphite—be careful.
6. Don’t eat chips or potato balls in restaurants. They have been delivered in large plastic bags with toxic chemicals to prevent them sticking together and discolouring. Eat only whole or halved fresh potato. Home-made chips are OK, cooked in oil you are not allergic to.
7. Don’t drink any alcohol whatsoever,
8. Don’t take the contraceptive pill for the duration of the program. The program won’t work if you do. Oestrogen replacement therapy for those at the menopause is OK. Progesterone is the hormone that encourages Candida.
9. Don’t use toothpaste. They all contain sugar. Use a mixture of bicarbonate of soda and sea salt crystals. Don’t use your old toothbrush. Buy a new one and hang it up so that it drips dry. Wet toothbrushes grow mould.
10. Don’t do anything to increase the chances of catching a cold or ‘flu while on this program. Antibiotics will send you back to square one.
11. Don’t buy cut meat from the deli—it will have MSG and/or metabisulphite or nitrates on it.
12. Don’t buy frozen, pre-cooked meals, especially Chinese or Italian. They contain MSG and/or metabisulphite. Buy all meats fresh from the butcher and all fruits and vegetables fresh from the greengrocer or supermarket.
13. Don’t take gelatin capsules if you are allergic to beef. Slit them or pull them apart and empty their contents onto a spoon.
14. Don’t eat leftovers. Leftovers grow mould very quickly, even when left in the fridge. Eat only those foods that are cooked or prepared that day. The exception to this rule is frozen food. Leftovers may be put in several small plastic containers (soup, casserole, etc.) and taken out one serve at a time to eat. Cuts off the roast may be wrapped in greaseproof paper and taken out to thaw one serve at a time.
15. Don’t buy unleavened breads from the local baker. Invariably, these breads are made with yeast or from sour dough.
16. Don’t have any tofu or miso—these are fermented foods. Have homous if you like. Add it to any lunch/main meal option.
17. Don’t go on this program until your baby is weaned from your breast (10-12 months)—(a) because of the reduced spectrum of nutrients, and (b) because the kill-off could turn the baby off also.
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