webglider said:
1. We juice carrots, greens, and ginger. Will doing this intrfere with the protocol?
2. We also like crackers made from almonds or hazelnuts, and rice flour. Are those okay?
3. Also, bread made with flax seeds, and rye.
4. Are lemons okay? To use instead of vinegar?
5. Goat cheese? raw goat cheese?
6. Dark chocolate?
7. Is stevia the only sweetener allowed?
1. Ginger is great and is anti-viral, anti-fungal, anti-histamine and anti-bacterial. But if you are quite toxic and have a candida overgrowth, this may trigger a Herxheimer reaction. So be sparing in your use of this until later when not so toxic.
2. You might want to hold off on nuts as you may be allergic. You can test these later on when not so toxic. Rice flour, however, will usually be made from brown rice.
3. You need to find a bread that contains no wheat or gluten. Rye and flaxseed contain both.
4. You can use apple cider vinegar. But yes, lemon is good. Although acidic, when you have the juice it increases digestive secretions due to its bitterness and this effect actually alkalises the whole body.
5. As Mrs. Peel said, dairy is out. Goat's cheese is probably less harmful than say dairy milk, but you still should avoid this. At least while you have a candida overgrowth and/or toxicity problem to contend with.
6. Even if you make dark chocolate with stevia for example, the cacao contains some caffeine, albeit in small amounts. Highly fermented African cacao has the lowest amount of caffeine (below 0.1%) so try to go for those. Cacao also contains high amounts of theobromine (not sure if this is good or bad for detoxing, does anyone know?) Perhaps when you're not so toxic you can have some cacao.
7. Xylitol is another. It can easily be confused with white sugar in its appearance and works great for cooking, especially when you need that sugar granule consistency.
Also, and correct me if I'm wrong, but raw honey is good because it is an invert sugar and does not ferment in the stomach and intestines.
You probably already know this, but the water should be filtered either by reverse osmosis or distilled water. I ordered a distilled water filter the other day and the invoice email included some verses from the Bible. You know, to add to the water distillation experience ;)
To begin with, you should try to avoid all fruit (except berries) as the high levels of natural sugar can feed candida. I think you can relax with fruit later on, but eliminating sugar is very important.
As for soy, fermented soy is OK as the trypsin inhibitors and hemagglutinin are deactivated. Whereas just cooking soy does not. But it is not completely eliminated in tofu. Only after a LONG time of fermentation (much like miso or tempeh) are the phytate and antinutrient levels reduced. So I agree that tofu should be avoided.
Coconut oil is anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal. While coconut water does not contain as many goodies as the oil, I think this would be very beneficial in fighting candida. And it's also great for the intestines.