Day 61 of my Candida Cleanse, and ‘Embarking on a total and utter 360 degree change in your foodie lifestyle can be a challenge to say the least. Use your discomfort as motivation for why you are doing this. Attitude will go a long way towards feeling like you are either a victim in this challenge…’
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Candida Cleanse: Day 60 ‘Anti-Fungal, Anti-Viral, Anti-Bacterial’
Day 60 of my Candida Cleanse, and ‘Garlic is anti fungal, antiviral, antibacterial and anti social if you eat enough of it (grin) so make sure you aren’t the only one having some. Meanwhile roasted garlic is a staple in my cooking and gives a less intense, buttery flavour to everything I add it to (rather than raw garlic) …including the classic Guacamole that I am making as a snack food next…’
Candida Cleanse: Day 59 ‘Plan Ahead, Pack, Pack Pack’
Day 59 of my Candida Cleanse, and ‘If you don’t give yourself the option of eating what you CAN eat then you know damn well you will get hungry and fill your pie hole with whatever is around you. Let’s be honest. I do it. I know you’d do it too…’
Candida Cleanse: Day 57 ‘Coping With Roommates’
Day 57 of my Candida Cleanse, and ‘If you are embarking on a Candida cleanse and live with roommates (including family members) it will be a lot easier if they are willing to support you in your endeavors so you must ask for that help. Of course it is you who is on this cleanse, not them, so while we can’t expect everyone to participate to the same degree, it would simplify the grocery shopping and the meal planning if…’
Candida Cleanse: Day 56 ‘Killing Off Organisms, Death and Taxes’
Day 56 of my Candida Cleanse, and ‘The danger with stopping and starting again is that you’ve been killing off the weaker organisms. The ones that are left are the stronger little buggers so by falling off the wagon you’ve given them a good watering to proliferate. Now when you start cleansing again you are left with…’
Candida Cleanse: Day 55 ‘The Power of Enzymes, Pork Chops Disintegrated’
Day 55 of my Candida Cleanse, and ‘As they say on the East Coast of Canada…’Lord tunder’n Yesus boi’ –Last night my pork chops damn near disintegrated. Seriously I tossed fresh pineapple into a blender with a few Thai spices and poured the mixture over top the tray of pork chops to marinade them and guess wot?! They…’
Candida Cleanse: Day 54 ‘Survived All the Flying Chocolate’
Day 54 of my Candida Cleanse, and ‘Easter Monday. I have managed to elude all the chocolate flying around the house which says something. The cleanse is working. My cravings aren’t so bad anymore. It didn’t really bother me to break up the semi sweet bar into chunks (yes I actually touched it) in the bowl for the crew to partake of during ‘movie night’. Oddly enough …’
Candida Cleanse: Day 53 ‘Routine Has Gone AWOL’
Day 53 of my Candida Cleanse, and ‘Going away throws off the routines. Funny how we get into them. Stuff like when we go to bed and the little rituals around that. Being away from home has caused me to be off my routines and I’m forgetting to take my herbals at the right times. I’m trying to make sure that …’
Candida Cleanse: Day 52 ‘What You Wear Can Create Mold’
Day 52 of my Candida Cleanse, and ‘To quote directly from the book, “Overcoming Candida” by Xandra Willaims-Molds love warm, damp, dark spaces with limited airflow. If you are a woman you should stop wearing…’
Candida Cleanse: Day 51 ‘My Birthday, Smile Epidemic’
Day 51 of my Candida Cleanse, and ‘I challenge you to smile at 10 strangers today for no reason at all. It always has intrigued me how easily most people will respond to a smile with a smile so let’s start an epidemic today and infect everyone we see…….with a smile…’
Candida Cleanse: Day 50 ‘Happy Little Carnivore’
Day 50 of my Candida Cleanse, and ‘It’s the Easter Long Weekend so off I go to spend the long weekend with family and friends. The difficulty lies in that there is also two birthdays being celebrated together so I am mentally prepared to be surrounded’ by cake and booze without ‘going there’ myself…’