Sample Diet Plan

Think of this Diet Plan as the End Result. That of which you want to transition toward. 

Weekdays:

Mornings: Prepare 1 cup of Whole Grains in a rice cooker while you get ready for work. Choose from Quinoa, Oats, Brown Rice, Millet, Buckwheat, or Amaranth and combine with Cinnamon, Cardamom, Ginger, and Nut Meg. Alternatively, Popped Quinoa and Amaranth are good substitutes for cereal and go well with milk. 

Commute:  Eat one large or two small pieces of fruit with your breakfast or as a snack on the subway, in the car, on the train, or as a mid-morning snack at work. Experiment with different kinds of fruit.

Lunch: Bringing your own lunch to work will reduce the temptation to go out or order delivery. Pack steamed veggies like kale, broccoli, collard greens, or green beans in a tupperware container. Some rice cookers double as a vegetable steamer, which is very helpful to expedite your morning routine. Also try packing a small salad with olive oil and raw and unfiltered apple cider vinegar, baby carrots, nuts and seeds,a boiled egg, plain yogurt, and the any leftover whole grains or fruit from breakfast. Great additions like avocado, grapes, and cucumber are quick and easy choices.

After Work Snack:  Try having a snack right after work to curb hunger while you are cooking dinner. This can be the remainder of your lunch or more steamed veggies, a salad, or a piece of fruit if you are craving sugar or refined carbs. This is a good time to work in your daily bowl of yogurt with some flax seed if you didn't get a chance to eat it at lunch.

Dinner: This can be any meat combined with a vegetable, potato, salad, or rice. Home made Chili is a tasty dinner option, as is Stir Fry, Taco Salad or Burritos made with Ezekiel Tortillas. Salmon and Summer Salad's are great choices in good weather, while home made Soup

is a great choice in winter. Anything that can be cooked in slow cooker works well. Try to experiment adding different kinds of Veggies and Spices to all of your dishes.

Tea Time: Even if you're American, try incorporating caffeine-free green tea in the early evening an hour or so after dinner, or any other time throughout the day. 

Keep in mind that this diet plan replaces refined carbohydrates with complex carbohydrates, which is the key to overcoming Candida and many other disease states. It also adds foods to boost immunity and general health. Unlike Candida diet plans, it does not cut out fruit or whole grains, so is therefore more sustainable over the long-term.  

Candida Symptoms and Cures

Since the beginning of my blog, I have focused mainly on  Candida Trigger Foods like Refined Carbohydrates, Fast Food, Pre-Packaged foods, and Foods High in Sugar, and how to transition away from these foods.

For this post, I want to shed light on some possible signs and symptoms of a Candida Infection that can be the underlying cause of your sugar and refined carbohydrate cravings. 

All of these "Cures" are more effective with a transition towards a diet high in Whole Grains (Quinoa, Oatmeal, Amaranth, Millet, Buckwheat, and Brown Rice), fruits and vegetables, Organic Meats and Dairy, Nuts, Legumes (Beans and Lentils), Oils (Olive and Coconut), and Teas (Any Herbal Tea).

Here is a List of the Following Symptoms and how to Treat them:

White Tongue: A white or yellow film on your tongue that appears worse upon waking. 
Cure:  Eat Plain Yogurt regularly that is high in Probiotic CFU's.  Eating yogurt, rather than taking supplements, is necessary to directly target the Candida in your mouth and throat.  When switching from a diet high in refined carbohydrates to one that is full of whole foods, the film will become thicker as yeast cells die and are flushed from the body through mucous membranes.


Itchy Ears: When your Ear Canals Itch, become Inflamed, and Produce a yellow fluid that has an Odor.
Cure #1: Eat Plain Yogurt regularly as Detailed Above. Introducing Probiotics into your mouth and throat directly will allow good bacteria to multiply in your Eustachian Tubes and then into your Ear Canal.
Cure #2: Mix a mild white vinegar solution (1 parts Vinegar to 3 parts water) and wet the tip of a Q-tip and apply to your ear canal.  Try a pre-made vinegar spray that you can also use to clean with.

Increased Sweating: Sweat that has an odor and stains the underarms of your White T-shirts Yellow.
Cure #1: Replace sugary drinks with water and Eat plenty of Chlorophyll-containing Green Vegetables (Spinach, Kale, Broccoli, Cilantro, Parsley, Collard Greens). Chlorophyll tablets are a quick solution, but not a long-term solution.
Cure#2:  Increase sweating through exercise, sauna’s, and warm baths. Drink plenty of water. If you are embarrassed by the smell of your sweat, try exercising in nature. Not only is there hardly anyone around, but you get a good dose of fresh air. Try to go without deodorant while  exercising or sweating to help eliminate many of the toxins.

Severe Dandruff: A condition that can cause severe dandruff is called Seborrheic Dermatitis.  Dandruff is an inflammation of the skin that creates flaking and  redness of the scalp caused by a fungus like Candida that is called Malasseizia (1).
Cure #1:  Fill a new plastic condiment bottle with an equal parts Apple Cider Vinegar and water mixture and apply directly to the scalp while showering. Let sit and rinse. You can also apply it before you shower and let it soak in to the scalp. Apple Cider Vinegar is beneficial here because it is great for your hair and makes it shine.
Cure#2: Boil Fennel Seeds in a sauce pan to create a dark tea and then allow to cool. Strain the seeds and add the solution to a condiment bottle. Apply the solution to your scalp in the shower before you shampoo. (Other antifungal teas like Pau d’Arco are just as effective.
Cure #3: Melt and cool Coconut Oil, apply to the scalp and then shampoo. It is best to do this on the weekend because it will make your hair a little bit oily for a day or so.
Cure #4: Dandruff Shampoos containing Zinc Oxide or Selenium Sulfide as well as zinc and selenium supplements.
Cure #5: 
Foods high in Zinc: Lamb, Beef, Scallops, Sesame Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds, Oats, Yogurt and Turkey.
Foods high in Selenium: Brazil Nuts, Sunflower Seeds, Fish, Shellfish, Meat, Eggs, Whole Grains and Onions.

Skin Rashes: Rashes on the Skin or around Mucous Membranes that Itch and Burn.
Cure #1: Soak the affected area or apply equal parts white vinegar and water solution, you can also try a baking soda and water solution.
Cure #2: Keep the affected area clean, cool and dry. Fungus loves moisture and warmth, robbing it of its needs helps eliminate it. Not covering the rash and exposing it to sunlight helps too.

Athlete’s Foot and Yellow Toenails:  Inflammation, Itching and Burning of the Feet.
Cure #1: Soak your feet in a bowl of vinegar water with one part vinegar and one part water. You can also try Baking Soda solution instead.
Cure #2: Apply liquified and cooled coconut oil to your feet and cover with cotton socks.
Cure #3: Expose your feet to the sun.
Cure #4: Go barefoot as often as possible.

Digestive Problems: Constipation, Dehydration, Blood in Stool, Pain and Bloating.
Cure #1: Eat plenty of plain yogurt and drink plenty of water.
Cure#2: Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables to help with digestion
Cure#3: Ingest Plenty of Spices and Natural Antifungals: Cayenne Pepper, Garlic, Onion, Oregano Oil, Capryllic Acid, Pau D'Arco, Black Walnut, Cinnamon, Nut Meg, Worm Wood.    

Yeast Infections of the Reproductive Organs: General itching, pain and redness; cottage cheese-like  and odorless discharge; and a pH that is normal or acidic.
Cure #1: Add a generous amount of White Vinegar to your Bath Water, or apply one parts vinegar and 2 parts water solution to the affected area.
Cure #2: Inserting Acidophilus Capsules (supplements) to the affected area introduces probiotics directly to the source.

1) http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/dandruff/DS00456/DSECTION=causes