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New to the diet and need help! Candida anxiety, low bood sugar

2018-03-15T15:40:14.000Z

I have candida and tried the high protein/fat diet. It works okay, but not 100%. I tried to convert over to this by doing low/no fats for a few days and then I switched over and on that day I ate greens for breakfast, 4 bananas for lunch, and greens for dinner. I was afraid to load up on fruit right away and I am glad I didn't. What I experienced was a major yeast outbreak and even felt it in my head/ears. I also had extreme anxiety and moodiness to the point I couldn't be at work. I saw a bunch of yeast in my stool which normally I do not. When I took out the fruit the next day everything settled.

What happened? I am not sure I can handle that experience again.

Also, as much as I would love to make this my lifestyle, I have severe reflux and gastritis. Unfortunately, fruit tends to irritate my esophagus/stomach. I understand this may be the best way to eliminate candida imbalance, but am not sure I can do it beyond a month or so because of the other issues. I also get low blood sugar very easily. If I get to a point where I can't eat so much fruit, can I switch over to low fat grains for a carb source and lower the fruit and sustain my results?

Please Help!? blood sugar issues and weight gain

2017-03-10T18:22:40.000Z

I don't know if this diet is right for me... I really want to stick to it, but I keep having blood sugar swings and It's causing me to eat so much. I started at 126 pounds and I am now 136. I have gained 10 pounds. I start to feel weird if I don't eat every few hours, even if I eat 800 calorie meals. My blood sugar gets to the 300's and drops to the 50's. I don't know what to do.

"Too much sugar" in fruitarian diet

2016-09-17T15:56:22.000Z

Hey everyone,

I am new to the HCLF lifestyle and am worried about the consumption of 'too much' fructose/sugar. I know this statement is debunked. I am currently trying to eat a diet of mostly banana's but after a few of them I can't eat any more of them because of the high sugar content. Is there anything I can do about this? I try to eat bananas ripe, because I am trying to heal myself from UC.

Would appreciate any help! Thanks in advance!

How To Make Best Organic Coconut Flour

2016-04-20T11:41:16.000Z

Coconut flour is made from ground and dried coconut meat. Once the outer green husk of a coconut is removed, what remains inside is the rich, inner white lining which is the coconut meat. Coconut flour is not actually “flour” in the way we normally think of it; it contains zero grains, zero nuts, and is made completely of pure coconut.

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Almond Butter? Brown bread? Pasta? Some guidance required!

2016-02-14T00:41:10.000Z

Hello everyone! Any help would be much appreciated!

I'm trying out a HCLF vegan lifestyle, and I'm excited to start the journey, but I'm confused about a few things!

Firstly- Almond butter- yes or no? I usually have it on brown bread, which leads me to my next question- is brown bread good or not so much?

And pasta- I bought some gluten free pasta today, is that the best pasta I can be eating on this lifestyle?

I also eat granola and porridge (with almond milk), the granola has sugar added and the porridge sometimes does too, depending on what flavour I choose, any advice on this? Are these foods recommended or should I cut back? What's the deal with refined sugar- a no go or not as bad as people think?

Thank you to anyone who takes time out to give me some much needed guidance and advice! You have my utmost gratitude!

Robyn

BANANAS NOT SWEET ENOUGH :'(

2016-01-31T15:15:24.000Z

What is happening? Bananas just dont taste sweet to me, but they are so easy to buy and accessible living in Canada, I can sweeten them with coconut sugar but even then its just the coconut sugar really making them sweet. Is there any way to make them sweeter, and yes I am eating them very ripe! (sometimes they look black lol)

My teeth are turning brown!

2016-01-30T15:23:02.000Z

Hi guys!

I'm RT4, been several months. Recently I have seen there's brown stains on my teeth. I brush twice a day with fluoride-free toothpaste and floss once a day. Always flush my mouth with water after eating too. I think they are from dates, I eat them pretty much every day but I have done so for about a year so I don't know what is going on. I've tried to brush the stains more and even scratch them but only some of them have lighten. I feel like there's more every day.

I'm going to dentist soon but they would probably blame all the sugar, so do you have any ideas what's happening?

I also don't drink coffee or anything like that.

Thankss.

white sugar?

2016-01-06T17:59:56.000Z

ok so as much as i love coconut sugar as freelee reccomends but any opinions on white cane sugar since it is refined however it is much more cheaper and readily availble to me than cocnut sugar, any opinions?

Headache from coconut sugar?

2015-12-16T18:21:02.000Z

Hey, I was just wondering why this might have happened? I am fully hydrated :/ so annoying!

Expired Coconut Sugar

2015-09-21T22:14:32.000Z

Hey Everyone!

Is it ok to use coconut sugar if it is past the used by date/is expired??

Thank you!!!

SUGAR instead of SALT in my dinner?!

2015-07-23T05:17:41.000Z

Hey, guys! Got a question for my cooked dinner:

Is it ok (good for me?) to use Sugar (organic coconut sugar or cane sugar) in my dinner instead of salt to add flavor to my dinner?

For example in homemade tomato sauce or other sauces to top my rice/pasta/potato ... ?

Or even on my sweet potato with some fresh lemon juice?

Just not sure if this is ok on cooked food.

Thanks!!

Jolien

Elephant in the room -- Liver Health

2015-07-20T12:52:00.000Z

Hey everyone!

I went to see a naturopath recently, and she was alarmed at the amount of sugar I was consuming and claimed it was wearing out my liver. I went online and did some research, and the general consensus is that fructose is hard on the liver because it can only be processed by the liver. I also looked around the 30Bad website for some advice, but no one has produced good reasons for why smashing in fruit sugar does not harm the liver. PLEASE if anyone has some science-based, logical evidence for why fruit doesn't harm the liver, I would love to see it!

Thanks, much appreciated!

Too much sugar???

2015-07-11T04:51:20.000Z

The past few days I have been in between ripe fruit so I got a big bag of organic vegan brown sugar to eat for energy before biking but its so yummy I've been eating it by the spoonful. It seems like a good solution for when there's not a ton of fruit in the winter too. Will this be detrimental to my health in any way? Is this something I can do regularly for a long period of time?

Coconut sugar is good for health purpose.

2015-07-06T07:47:11.000Z

Our organic coconut sugar is 100% organic and non GMO, which means there is no chemicals and no genetic modification. Organic coconut sugar looks and tastes great! It has a slight hint of caramel which enhances and accentuates the smooth flavor curve.

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Starch and CANDIDA

2015-05-17T00:29:01.000Z

So I just watched a youtube video (won't mention name), but I really enjoy this persons account and believe they are following a raw food diet, specifically 80/10/10. The video I watched entailed that in order to clear candida and parasites, either a high fat (die off) diet should be used (not recommended by this person) or a high fruit diet (in order to get sugar into cells, rather than just in the bloodstream). They also mentioned that any starch eaten will just cause to worsening and maintenance of candida, and that you could only decide between the two (high fruit or high fat). Please let me know as I want to clear my body of any parasites and candida, I want to do it high carb so if this means I have to eat just raw high fruit, how long should I do this for and when will I be able to reintroduce starches again?

EXTREMELY LOW BLOOD SUGAR!!!

2015-03-24T15:45:08.000Z

I have been eating high carb low fat high raw vegan whole foods plant based as much organic as possible for about 6 months now and I just got a blood test done and my blood sugar is extremely low and they didn't even have me fast! About an hour or two before they drew the blood I had had 6 oranges 2 grapefruits and a beet, kale, and apple juice so I was super concerned my glucose would be too HIGH but they called back worried and telling me my blood sugar was 44 when it's supposed to be above 80!!! I felt absolutely fine during and after the blood draw so I have no idea, hopefully it was a mess up in the reading or something!!! This is super concerning! Does anyone know what could be causing this, and how to solve it?? Thanks so much!!!

Sugar cures acne: heres why

2015-03-19T22:02:13.000Z

Sugar! What no! bad bad bad white sugar ahhh so bad get it away from me blah blah blah

give me some chicken thighs with some grass fed butter rah rah rah

SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP

(what is going on in my head when I hear this crazy nonsense)

Sugar heals acne, if you get rid of the other stuff: be it animal meats and products, DAIRY (MAJOR), oils, fatty fats, limit yourself to just some nuts a day and start carbing the *&^% up with sugars baby!

Then tell me what happens: to be honest , fastest way is to get rid of all fats, start drinking water, and get in the sugars!

Whenever I feel my skin getting oily from a most probably oily dish, I CRAVE sugars...

and when I eat them, my skin feels more firm, supple and almost as if I rinsed my face with fresh water.

Get in those juicy melons, I swear even white refined sugar is better than nothing!

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Need clarification about blood sugar spikes and high glycemic index fruit

2015-01-12T17:54:20.000Z

Question: In regards to bananas and other high glycemic fruit and would like to know if adding greens to my morning sugars allows the sugar from the banana to go into my blood stream slower if I add say lettuce to my banana smoothie. I am concerned about spiking my blood sugar in the morning. Also my mother is in her 80's with a borderline diabetic condition and wondering how I should make the smoothie in the morning for her to not spike the blood sugar levels. Any insight or references would be much appreciated. Thank you for your help.

Coconut Sugar in Europe

2015-01-10T21:40:26.000Z

Hey everyone!

So I'm a quite new raw-till-4er. Been vegan for nearly 2 years now :)

I've just started up a little organic coconut sugar business in Paris, namely because I love coconut sugar in my banana smoothies and it was getting too expensive!

So, sorry to advertise a bit but it's cheaper than what you'll find in the stores or online in France and that could be interesting to a number of you!

Also ship to other places in the EU : https://www.etsy.com/shop/BlackMarketBIO

Here's my facebook page :

https://www.facebook.com/blackmarketbio

It's in French, so if you need help understanding anything just let me know :)

I wish you all the best for the New Year and hopefully see you all soon!

Emily

Fasting Blood Sugar 231 after 5K Race

2014-12-07T19:56:06.000Z

Okay, 4 weeks ago I participated in a 5K race. After the race they were offering free blood glucose testing, and so I asked them to test me. The result was a worrying 231 especially since I had not eaten for about 11 hours, my last meal being 5lbs. of diced watermelon at 10 pm the night before.

In fact watermelon had been my staple food leading up to the race. Also, I maybe had 2 avocados and a couple of handfuls of brazil nuts during that week, but the previous week I might have eating 10 avocados.

They called over a doctor who asked me a few questions, and told me I most likely had diabetes, but said that I should go to a medical clinic sometime that week and have them do some tests.

Instead of getting tested right away I decided to get Dr. Barnard's book on reversing diabetes and switched my diet to more of what Dr. Barnard recommends: Vegan, no overt fats, and eating foods which are low to medium on the glycemic index, especially legumes. I'm still eating fruits like apples, oranges, grapes, but I'm not eating huge fruit meals like I was before. I'm also restricting my watermelon intake, although yesterday I had some.

So after 3 weeks on the diet, I tested myself again after fasting for 12 hours, and got a reading of 82. The following day it was 85, and today (one week later) it was 85 again.

So what happened? Did eating all that watermelon spike my blood sugar so high that it affected my insulin resistance? Or could just having completed some intense cardio raised my blood sugar because my muscles needed energy and that my glycogen stores were releasing glucose into my veins for my muscles to use.

How to scientifically debunk the "Sugar makes you fat! right?"?

2014-11-23T09:31:08.000Z

Hi,

just a quick few words about myself. I am a HCLF vegan who really wants to help his family and especially his Mother that constantly falls in the "fitness promoter" crap trap where she hurts her morality, wallet and especially health. I've always wanted to have a lap report of document in which it scientifically proves that excess intake of carbohydrates leads to minimal increase of fat or the intake or just animal products turn to fat.

Any support or shared links are greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

Patrik

PS. Just Carb the Fuck Up!

Sugar Free Diet, Tofu Pudding

2014-09-22T22:30:28.000Z

Hello everyone !I have a big sweet tooth and today I tried making Tofu Chocolate Mousse/Pudding.I used raw cacao powder and the pudding was just not great. I think the agave didn't work well with cacao powder either.Question: Should I use cocoa powder ? AND Is there a sugar that's healthy that I can use other than agave (agave made the tofu too liquidy, milled chia seeds didn't help either :( ) ? All Tips welcomedThank you :)

Anyone know any fruit subsitutes for dates and bananas?

2014-07-20T21:12:13.000Z

I don't like the taste of them and am trying to look for any high carb alternatives. This will probably be helpful for a lot of other people who aren't that into bananas and dates as-well. :)

Help a Health Condition where sugar and fibre don't work

2014-07-18T16:50:35.000Z

I know someone who is concerned about their health and wants some advice and I am at a loss of what she can do and would really appreciate your thoughts.

As a baby my friend was very premature, sick and has basically had half her stomach removed. All food she eats passes through her system much quicker than normal and it is worse when she consumes sugary or fibourous foods. She is underweight because food passes so quickly and has to eat fatty foods to try and maintain a decent weight. She knows that not be able to eat fruit and veg isn't very healthy but she would end up visiting the toilet at least 10 times a day and even rice, pasta and potatoes aren't much better. Because its so bad it restricts her socially aswell.Avoiding these foods was advised by doctors and dietitians and seems to be the best thing that works for her but at the same time she must be missing nutrients. She doesn't eat a great deal of meat and in general appears healthy and is rarely sick.

Any ideas please will be gratefully received.

Sugar for weight loss??

2014-06-06T13:13:55.000Z

Does anybody know why sugar doesn't actually make you fat but FAT makes you fat?

The actual science of it? Because I've started HCLF vegan lifestyle 3 months ago and I'm still packing on weight (although I come from a background of restricting calories a lot). And recently I've been putting around 200g of sugar in my smoothies daily, since the fruit here is not sweet at all and it's what I can afford at the moment, and I'm wondering if it's too much sugar (that doesn't come from fruit). Help?

Who doesn't love a funny Robert Lustig video!?

2014-05-28T20:31:57.000Z

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm8gbvAVnsc

Diabetic Getting High Numbers on RT4

2014-05-22T16:43:32.000Z

My mother started on RT4 a month ago and she is feeling great, it seems to be helping with some intense pain she was having, and she is finding it pretty easy to stick to. However she is concerned about her blood sugar numbers because she is diabetic (Type II). Her numbers are around 200 or higher (and doctors tell her 90 - 120 is ideal). Now are the ranges that are typically considered ideal incorrect? Anyone have any idea what blood sugar range is normal on RT4?

The only thing she is doing that *might* be problematic is she is drinking a lot of freshly made orange juice which I know is not a completely "whole" food. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. She is doing great but I would really like to either allay her concerns or figure out how to get the numbers under control.

Bananas and hypoglycemic episode??? HELP!!! (please)

2014-05-13T16:38:29.000Z

Okay so I'm very used to having about 5 bananas in one go, and i've never had any blood sugar or hypoglycemia problems in the past, but yesterday I had 9 bananas in a smoothie, and 2 or 3 hours later I had a blood sugar drop and started shaking and almost passed out. This never happened in the past, especially not with fruit. I love eating a whole melon or pineapple or 5-6 mangoes in one sitting. Why is this happening with bananas?? Is it too much sugar? I thought maybe it spiked my blood sugar and then caused it to crash but I have no clue.... anyone have this happen?

Fruit Juice + Lettuce for fiber?

2014-05-09T16:39:57.000Z

Hi guys, i bought grapes and they have very bitter seed and skin, i really want to juice them to get the calories, but i'm worried about the fiber and sugar absorption.

I though on add some lettuce and cucumber mixed with the juice and throw everything on the blender... do you think this solves any of that 'problem' about juicing? or is it still not enough to make a fiber-sugar meal just like whole fruit?

Thanks guys!

Doctors Are Bananas?

2014-05-08T19:26:26.000Z

Hi,

I am so excited about finding this lifestyle. I've been eating 80/10/10RV (raw till 4) for about 2 weeks now, and I'm loving it. My energy is great, my attitude is positive, but one thing is really pissing me off...

I went to the doctor this morning to make a note of my diet change, and I was extremely disappointed at her reaction. When I said the word "vegan" her eyebrows shot up, and then when I said "carbohydrates" she started shaking her head.

This is what she told me: "Carbohydrates are bad, bad, bad. Everybody knows these days if you eat to many carbohydrates you will get fat. And also they have so much sugar, you will get diabetes."

I tried to explain how this isn't possible on a low fat diet, and she said diabetes has nothing to do with fat. I know she is wrong, but I can't help but feel so discouraged that my own doctor doesn't understand!

Why aren't more people educated? How can I share my excitement and discoveries with people who are so brainwashed and close-minded? Any support would be appreciated..

Thanks,

Hovey