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Posted 6/24/2017 7:33 PM (GMT -5)
Hey hey! So my Dr has me on a low carb diet to help with my Candida and it stinks! Does anyone know if I can drink protein shakes on the Candida diet? The shake is low carb (1 gram of sugar) and if like to add some peanut butter to it. Thanx in advance!
Posted 6/24/2017 8:30 PM (GMT -5)
It kind of depends on them ingredients in the shake. What is the sweeter used? Whey is technically dairy, and sometimes that's an issue. I drink dairy kekir on my low Candida diet and mix it with protein essential powder and a veggie organic mix and almond milk, with a little flax seed for good measure 😋
Posted 6/24/2017 8:42 PM (GMT -5)
Oh wow ok. I think I have to study this diet more. I'm assuming we aren't allowed dairy? I thought dairy was like yogurt was good? Lol. This diet is just not for me haha
Posted 6/25/2017 11:35 AM (GMT -5)
Dairy can cause inflammation. There are many topics on candida diets. I lost alot of weight sticking to candida and lyme diets which is not good for some of us. I am too thin at the moment. I am eating almond butter by the spoonfuls to try to gain weight. I found Naturally More almond butter with probiotics and flax in Weis Market. Adding coconut oil in cooking and on foods is good for yeast infections and has quite a few calories. Making a good chicken/vegetable soup is nutritious. Making bone broth helps heal the gut and if you do a google search at the top of the page you will find recipes on how to make it. Make sure you type the word 'lyme' first. For instance 'lyme recipe for bone broth'. Oil of oregano, caprylic acid capsules, garlic and Nystatin are used to try to keep candida at bay. They should be rotated weekly. Dr S has me on A.D.P. 2tabs daily to help prevent yeast infections. You need his code to order it. Even with these things in place I still got a yeast infection from the antibiotics. Diet is imperative!

Patty
Posted 6/25/2017 11:50 AM (GMT -5)
Regular yogurt is high in sugar, so it's not good for us - but if you wish to eat yogurt, buy the unsweetened, unflavored yogurt, take it home and add stevia and berries and you have a much better tasting yogurt anyway! I prefer to use Greek yogurt when I do this.

But I do drink kefir, which is also a dairy product, but it's full of probiotics (more strains than you can get in one or two pills). Again, I buy the unsweetened, unflavored stuff, bring it home and add stevia and sometimes some flavoring (berries/vanilla extract) and enjoy it that way.

And as PK said, check the ingredients of the protein shake - you want to be sure you aren't getting things you don't need in that either. I prefer to use either a brown rice protein shake or pea protein shake. It keeps the protein high without the aid of whey powders.
Posted 6/25/2017 3:40 PM (GMT -5)
Thanx for all the info!! I've been eating very well and I looked up candida friendly recipes so I'm trying a few this week. I found this muesli that I'm gonna make tonight and eat it with coconut milk. I'm not gonna be able to eat eggs everyday for breakfast, I'll go nuts lol. I went to a party yesterday and I wanted to eat the cake soooooo bad!!! But I didn't tongue
Posted 6/25/2017 3:49 PM (GMT -5)
Why can't you eat eggs?
Posted 6/25/2017 4:10 PM (GMT -5)
I'm gonna eat them like 3 days a week. Just eating them everyday I'll get sick of them. I'm usually eat oatmeal with peanut butter and banana and I don't think I can eat that anymore right?
Posted 6/25/2017 4:59 PM (GMT -5)

physedgirl09 said...
I'm gonna eat them like 3 days a week. Just eating them everyday I'll get sick of them. I'm usually eat oatmeal with peanut butter and banana and I don't think I can eat that anymore right?

Ah..I see now - lol.

No peanut butter with banana and oatmeal won't be good.

Although if you get some nut butters from the health food store without sugar - maybe that would be fine but bananas are quite high in sugar.
Berries are lower in sugar and higher in fibre than most fruit - they'd be better choice on Candida diet.
Posted 6/25/2017 6:11 PM (GMT -5)
Oh ok yeah I figured no bananas. The peanut butter I eat is natural sugar free. That keeps me sane on this diet. Haha. Pats are a no no also right?
Posted 6/25/2017 6:12 PM (GMT -5)
Oats not pats lol
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