The Diet
I follow the guidelines that are wonderfully organized on the Whole Approach food lists. The lists are broken down into three categories: OK, Limit and Avoid. These lists really alleviated alot of confusion about what to eat for me. There is alot of conflicting information out there, but I feel that the Whole Approach food lists are well researched. The lists let you customize your own eating program based on what you can tolerate and what is more available in your area.
Food Tolerance is divided in four stages: Stage One, Two, Three and Maintenance. You determine your stage by filling out a questionnaire about certain symptoms you experience at the present time. It’s best to fill out this questionnaire if you suspect you are dealing with CRC, not sure if what you are dealing with is actually CRC, and before you began to make major dietary changes.
There will NOT be any recipes that have:
yeast
sugar (including honey, maple syrup, fruit juice or concentrate, cane juice, brown rice syrup)
vinegar
wheat
dairy (except for ghee)
alcohol
mushrooms
certain kinds of nuts: peanuts, cashews, pistachios, pecans, walnuts
artificial sweeteners
If you want to know more about why these foods are not used, visit the Whole Approach Forums.
I favor making smaller quantities (particularly for baked goods)for a few reasons. This is a new way of cooking for me and alot of other people. Sometimes things just don’t work out. It’s best to know that with a smaller quantity than a larger one. These ingredients can be hard to find and expensive, so if you don’t like what you made, you won’t feel so bad about it when you throw it out. I do my best to make recipes that can be doubled, but you can also use those cute small baking pans to make individual pies and cakes for other people.
Smaller quantities work out better for those of us following the diet because of the limits on the food lists. You can have one or two servings of certain grains per day and if you eat a particular grain, you should follow a 4 day rotation schedule. That’s hard to do when you have a big, scrumptious cake staring at you. We tend to consume too much anyway here in the U.S., and your just not likely to do that if you don’t have that much to deal with in the first place.
Hi Joi. The links on this page are no longer working. I get a 404 message. Can you please update the links? Thanks!
Hi Megan!
The links are now updated. Thanks for letting me know!
Hey again, keep peeking around. Apple Cider Vinegar (raw with mother) is actually very helpful in combating candida, a lot of people have the misconception that it is the same as other vinegars, but it is not. It kills yeast in the gut. Because it is a real naturally fermented raw vinegar it is alkaline in the body, while non-naturally fermented vinegars are acidic.
Also it would be really helpful to drink kefir. I eventually just worked up to making my own and seeking out kefir grains, but this is also tremendously helpful in overcoming candida and populating the gut with high quantities of good bacteria and safe yeasts that kill candida the bad yeast. Yogurt (real yogurt without sugar) is also anti-candida.
You can make kefir cheese (it’s like cream cheese) out of kefir by straining it in a cheese cloth over a bowl overnight, it is lovely!
A friend found this blog and passed it along. I am SO grateful as I’ve been more or less following the Anti-Candida Diet, with guidance from whole approach, for awhile and haven’t had many treats since starting. So excited to try some of your recipes. Just in time for my birthday! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Speaking of birthday, I see you have one cake recipe up. Have you any others?
Hi Sarah!
Welcome to the site! I hope you find lots of useful information here. Please excuse the mess! Some of the pics are being put up again, as I changed a few things and some pics got lost.
As far cake recipes, there are a few here on the site Let’s see….there are a few links I compiled that may lead you in the right direction.
I did a Sugar free Valentine’s post: http://justsayingno.com/2010/02/12/happy-sugar-free-valentines-day/
a no-sugar holiday season: http://justsayingno.com/2008/11/24/no-sugar-holiday-season/
a spiced Angel food cake: http://justsayingno.com/2009/12/21/spiced-angel-food-cake/
and I just love my Acorn Squash Olive Oil cake which I make in the summer with zucchini instead: http://justsayingno.com/2010/12/24/healthy-for-the-holidays-acorn-squash-olive-oil-cake/
You can also go to the right side bar and put in a search for cake.
Have fun and Happy Birthday!