STEP 4: MAINTENANCE
Congratulations! Now you've really done your homework and you know what you can and cannot eat. No doubt, you are feeling vastly better than you felt just a few short weeks ago. Although this wasn't the primary purpose, you've likely dropped a few pounds, too. That's a welcome bonus for many of us! You've also made the anti-yeast diet a part of your life.
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So you can loosen your grip from time to time. Eat a slice of birthday cake on your birthday. Sip a glass of red wine once a week or so. You may be able to get away with it, or you may not. Continue to monitor your progress and if you have a setback, look at what you ate and take corrective measures.
Your doctor may keep you on antifungal medications indefinitely or may discover that you need them from time to time if you slip off the anti-yeast diet.
Sadly, for most of my patients, simply eliminating the yeast overgrowth does not seem to "cure" the problem. It may be that the immure system is deeply affected, or it may be that you are particularly prone to imbalances in the digestive tract that promote yeast overgrowth.
Whatever the reason, it is usually necessary to remain on the maintenance diet indefinitely to maintain your newfound sense of well-being.
Every person is unique. In following the anti-candida diet, use a trial-and-error approach. Most of my patients with candida-related illnesses can follow a less-rigid diet as they improve, especially if they're following other measures to regain their health. You need to include nutritional supplements, exercise, stress reduction and avoid exposure to environmental chemicals and mold spores.
Meal Suggestions After Step 1
Breakfast
- Ground beef patty, scrambled eggs, grits with butter, applesauce muffin.
- Pork chop, steamed Brussels sprouts, whole wheat biscuit, grapefruit.
- Toasted rice cakes with peanut butter, sliced banana, turkey burger.
- Brown rice with butter and chopped almonds, tuna (water-packed), fresh pineapple.
- Well-cooked eggs, any style; pancakes made with teff, spelt, kamut; freshly squeezed orange juice.
- Barley cereal with banana and pecans, milk, fish (baked or broiled).
- Hot oatmeal with cashews, milk and fresh or frozen peaches.
- Chili, corn bread, coleslaw, orange.
- Tuna salad on lettuce, whole-gram flat bread, fresh pineapple.
- Fruit salad and yogurt.
- Chicken salad, rice cakes, apple.
- Chef salad, whole wheat crackers, apple.
- Hamburger patty, raw celery and carrots, whole wheat biscuits, pear.
- Sauteed liver, lima beans, baked acorn squash, sliced tomato, banana oat cake.
- Broiled fish, cabbage and carrot slaw, wax beans, whole wheat popovers, baked banana.
- Broiled lamb chops, steamed cauliflower, steamed broccoli, boiled potatoes, baked apple.
- Rock Cornish hen, steamed carrots and peas, wild rice, rice crackers.
- Roast duck, kale, barley soup, sweet potato, steamed green beans, corn bread.
- Broiled steak, baked potato, lettuce, tomato, cucumber salad with freshly squeezed lemon juice and safflower or linseed oil dressing, mixed greens, fresh strawberries.
- Chicken and rice, steamed artichoke, turnip greens, corn bread, pear.
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