Fear and Bloating in San Diego (yeast infection, looking for a diet)

Are you sure it is a potassium supplement you need? It is probably just a
simple pH balance problem and paotassiom satisfies that somewhat. Have you
tried just taking 1/8 teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate at 10am, 4pm or right
before bed daily? It takes about a week. You may need to balance you
minerals better or just take bicarbonates and eat more fresh vegetables.


"dogsnus" wrote in message
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Taking vitamins _irregularly_ is one of the best things you can do.
Drug companies and vitamin sellers have plugged the "one a day" routine
forever. With some medications it makes sense. With vitamins, it does
not. We are designed to forage and eat different foods at different
times and different seasons. When our ancestors ate a cold water fish,
they loaded up on certain oils and vitamin D. They might not catch a
fish again for some time, but found some other food instead. Taking any
food or preparation every single day is one of the best ways to create a
sensitivity to that food that there is.

I'd like to discuss this part a bit more.
I'm a stickler for taking my daily vitamins for two reasons.
1)To help prevent osteoporisis and
2)To ward off lower leg cramps if I don't take them.(With me,it's the
potassium that's needed,which I can supply if I eat a banana,
but I don't always have them around.)

*I also lift weights to build bone density which helps with
osteoporosis.

So,if we ignore that vitamins create food sensitivities,would
you still say taking them irregularly is better,based on
my reasons for taking them,that is?

Hell,I'm probably not expressing myself very well here,
but I'm interested in hearing your opinion.

Terri

Do not take vitamins with B in them while you have a yeast infection and
stay away from any yeast products like breads/yeast donuts. It's possible
that I'm misunderstanding what you seem to have written he
"I've had an all-sugar/all-carb diet for quite a while"
-Maybe you mean you've been on a diet that was no sugar/low carb? But,
just in case, sugar is something to avoid when you have a yeast problem
anyway in your body. This is the first note I see in this thread, so I
probably missed something important you said earlier, so excuse anything I
said that just doesn't apply somehow.

"Office Drone" wrote in message
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"juliehh" wrote in message
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if you have bloating (along with slight nausea and slight diarrhea)
maybe
it's giardia not yeast.
julie

I have none of these sympthoms, but I'll look up the scary word you
used anyway.
I have an external outbreak of yeast fungus on my skin (dermathologist
confirmed) and I've had an all-sugar/all-carb diet for quite a while.

Are the vegetables raw though? Cooking a vegetable makes your body produce a
acidic response upon ingestion. Most raw vegetables produce a alkaline
effect in your system.

Eating unripe fruit produces a very acidic effect also whereas most vine
ripened fruit is alkaline. Freshly squeezed lemon juice produces a good
alkalinizing effect. (here comes the flames...LOL)

"dogsnus" wrote in message
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"Gymmy Bob" wrote in news:d76dnVJoe5eY_nrdRVn-
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Are you sure it is a potassium supplement you need?
Not entirely sure,but it does seem to indicate it if a banana alleviates
the leg cramps.
It is probably just a
simple pH balance problem and paotassiom satisfies that somewhat. Have
you
tried just taking 1/8 teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate at 10am, 4pm or
right
before bed daily? It takes about a week.
This is worth a try.

You may need to balance you
minerals better or just take bicarbonates and eat more fresh vegetables.

The latter isn't a problem.I'm a huge veggie eater and usually consume
some on a daily or twice daily basis.

Thanks for the bicarbonate tip!

Terri

Stay away from grain products whose carbohydrates are next to simple sugars
and will promote yeast growth very easily.

"cozyhomelife" wrote in message
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Do not take vitamins with B in them while you have a yeast infection and
stay away from any yeast products like breads/yeast donuts. It's
possible
that I'm misunderstanding what you seem to have written he
"I've had an all-sugar/all-carb diet for quite a while"
-Maybe you mean you've been on a diet that was no sugar/low carb? But,
just in case, sugar is something to avoid when you have a yeast problem
anyway in your body. This is the first note I see in this thread, so
I
probably missed something important you said earlier, so excuse anything I
said that just doesn't apply somehow.

"Office Drone" wrote in message
om...
"juliehh" wrote in message
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if you have bloating (along with slight nausea and slight diarrhea)
maybe
it's giardia not yeast.
julie

I have none of these sympthoms, but I'll look up the scary word you
used anyway.
I have an external outbreak of yeast fungus on my skin (dermathologist
confirmed) and I've had an all-sugar/all-carb diet for quite a while.

Gymmy Bob wrote:
Are the vegetables raw though? Cooking a vegetable makes your body produce a
acidic response upon ingestion. Most raw vegetables produce a alkaline
effect in your system.

Eating unripe fruit produces a very acidic effect also whereas most vine
ripened fruit is alkaline. Freshly squeezed lemon juice produces a good
alkalinizing effect. (here comes the flames...LOL)

There's a tremendous amount of fad-quack horse**** out now claiming
you can, or need to, alter the pH of your "system", tissues, or blood,
by eating different foods or taking supplements. This is complete
bull****. All you can alter is the pH of your urine, and to some
extent the acidity of your stomach. The pH of blood and tissues is
regulated by the body within an *extremely* small margin, outside of
which you can't live, and you can't change it by eating this veggie
or that supplement.

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

In article ,
cozyhomelife wrote:
Do not take vitamins with B in them while you have a yeast infection and
stay away from any yeast products like breads/yeast donuts.

The yeasts in yeast infections and the ones in baked goods have
nothing in common except the name.

-- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net
These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct.
"If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants
were standing on my shoulders." (Hal Abelson, MIT)

"jamie" wrote in message
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Gymmy Bob wrote:
Are the vegetables raw though? Cooking a vegetable makes your body
produce a
acidic response upon ingestion. Most raw vegetables produce a alkaline
effect in your system.

Eating unripe fruit produces a very acidic effect also whereas most vine
ripened fruit is alkaline. Freshly squeezed lemon juice produces a good
alkalinizing effect. (here comes the flames...LOL)

There's a tremendous amount of fad-quack horse**** out now claiming
you can, or need to, alter the pH of your "system", tissues, or blood,
by eating different foods or taking supplements. This is complete
bull****. All you can alter is the pH of your urine, and to some
extent the acidity of your stomach. The pH of blood and tissues is
regulated by the body within an *extremely* small margin, outside of
which you can't live, and you can't change it by eating this veggie
or that supplement.

Careful. You are crossposting to m.h.a. where you just uttered blasphemy.

I really don't know... I'm repeating what I've read in reports at sometime
in my life. At any rate, if someone is suffering it's worth giving it a
shot to do anything that might relieve the problem. Again, I have no
idea, since I missed the original post and only saw a small clip about the
problem, what the symptoms are that the original poster is actually
suffering.
Another idea, since I have no clue as to what they are eating... if
they have recently added a lot of fresh veggies to their diet, even cooked,
and are not used to fresh ones, maybe just canned or none at all, then that
can be hard on the stomach to adjust to. I have experienced this myself.
Before I began buying raw veggies and cooking them myself, I visited a
friends house he cooked everything from their garden. It was very
delicious, but my stomach went beserk. I began to slowly add fresh
veggies (raw or cooked) to my own diet and my stomach is now adjusted fine
to it. I am not speaking of salads. I mean, green beans, stuff like
that. Although certain conditions can bring a lot of pain from eating
salads, sometimes it's the fat in the dressing that things like irritable
can take.


"David Wright" wrote in message
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In article ,
cozyhomelife wrote:
Do not take vitamins with B in them while you have a yeast infection and
stay away from any yeast products like breads/yeast donuts.

The yeasts in yeast infections and the ones in baked goods have
nothing in common except the name.

-- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net
These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct.
"If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants
were standing on my shoulders." (Hal Abelson, MIT)

I am glad you agree. The small margin is correct. That is all it takes. The
rest is just unexperienced babble.

"jamie" wrote in message
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Gymmy Bob wrote:
Are the vegetables raw though? Cooking a vegetable makes your body
produce a
acidic response upon ingestion. Most raw vegetables produce a alkaline
effect in your system.

Eating unripe fruit produces a very acidic effect also whereas most vine
ripened fruit is alkaline. Freshly squeezed lemon juice produces a good
alkalinizing effect. (here comes the flames...LOL)

There's a tremendous amount of fad-quack horse**** out now claiming
you can, or need to, alter the pH of your "system", tissues, or blood,
by eating different foods or taking supplements. This is complete
bull****. All you can alter is the pH of your urine, and to some
extent the acidity of your stomach. The pH of blood and tissues is
regulated by the body within an *extremely* small margin, outside of
which you can't live, and you can't change it by eating this veggie
or that supplement.

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

"cozyhomelife" wrote in message ...
Do not take vitamins with B in them while you have a yeast infection and
stay away from any yeast products like breads/yeast donuts. It's possible
that I'm misunderstanding what you seem to have written he
"I've had an all-sugar/all-carb diet for quite a while"
-Maybe you mean you've been on a diet that was no sugar/low carb? But,
just in case, sugar is something to avoid when you have a yeast problem
anyway in your body. This is the first note I see in this thread, so I
probably missed something important you said earlier, so excuse anything I
said that just doesn't apply somehow.

You probably missed the beginning of the thread.
I was saying that I've lived on the sugar-and-carbs menu for years.
Which led me to conclusion that the resulting yeast overgrowth could
be responsible for the chronic fatigue, bloating, inability to lose
weight, and constant external fungal attacks.

So I switched to a no-sugar low-carb diet and stayed there for the
past two weeks.
So far, results are unclear: I lost only 4 lbs, fat on the waist is
still there, bloating diminished, but I now want to eat almost
constantly, energy loss got way worse. And the worst part is that with
that long list of products I can't eat, there's no variety in the menu
anymore - eggs, fish or meat with the same old salad or white cheese.
Plus every other day I discover that more products have to go, such as
raw cucumbers for instance, containing quite a bit of carbs.

And then while trying to add useful bacteria to replace the fungus
inside my stomach (via drinking yogurt & kefir) I overdid it and got a
resulting mild infection of the tonsils, which is gone now, luckily.

So it's been a hell of a miserable fortnight. It's even funny. But I
intend to give it two more weeks to see where it'll get me.