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I'd been just feeling generally crook for a couple of months: very frequent headaches and fevers, sudden bursts of runny nose and sneezing a couple of times a day, coughing, bad breath and just feeling blah. I'd also been buying candy every day though I know I shouldn't.
Wondered whether it might be due to one of those whole-body yeast infections the natural practitioner types talk about. Not sure I even accept that premise, but I decided that a week of a diet designed to starve any such infection - no yeast products, no processed sugars, etc - couldn't hurt. So for this week I decided to eat only fresh fruit and veg and drink only water. So the veg is raw or steamed or possibly roasted, and the fruit raw and unprocessed. No fruit juice or any other processed and concentrated foods. So the question is, basically, do I need a protein supplement of any kind? If I'm just doing it for a week? If I extend it longer? The family seems to think so, I don't really know. Maybe it's just a matter of adding some legumes to the mix? Surely there are medicos and vegans and vegan medicos here who know something useful... Thanks heaps. ________________________ differently mediated |
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Buy some edamame soy beans and munch on them. Or any soy bean source. Or nuts. Get a bag of mixed nuts (no salt) to munch on.
There's some complete protein dealie--like eat rice and beans together as a source of complete proteins and such--but honestly for a week I doubt it will be an issue. I've been a pescatarian (this is now apparently a real word, meaning I eat seafood too) for something like 25 years with no ill effects that I can see. I just make a point of having some nuts, some soy beans or rice & bean thing, or some sea food every day and it seems to be going fairly well. EDIT: Hopefully someone with more grounding in this than the habits they picked up from their parents as a kid will chime in, lol... |
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i'd wait and see how your body reacts. If you feel like you're dragging, check around for affordable soy protein supplements. I tend to eat a lot of rice and vegetables, though I'mnot a vegetarian. I find when I scrimp on protein, I really drag. One soy protein drink a day can solve that problem. Don't buy the major brand stuff. I buy the off-brand stuff at Whole Foods. It's super cheap compared to the brands that advertise a lot, and it's better as far as I'm concerned because it's not loaded up with sweeteners and body-builder alchemy.
Good luck; I hope it helps you feel better. I'm willing to bet it does. |
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Your symptoms sound more like a respiratory allergy. I'll bet actual money it has nothing to do with what you et. And if you convince yourself that diet fixes it, you may as well have worn a magnetic bracelet and eaten nothing but brots for a month.
See a doctor. Or try over-the-counter allergy meds. People's allergies change as they age. That, and you're shoving those spores and dust and shit further into your respiratory system by riding that goddam motorcycle. Serious about this: try riding with a surgical mask or some-such for a little while. If that fixes it, keep eating bread and brots. Many of us would be healthier and feel better if we lost a few pounds, me included. But a whole-body yeast infection? Fuck! Maybe you got abducted! |
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That's how I'm explaining my red itchy sore anus. |
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I feel the urge to add BlueShift's sig here.
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I actually had some bath soap that caused that. And no I never shoved it up my ass. I think it was Dial. Switched soaps and now my anus is happy as a... happy anus. |
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Okay once.
Shoved Dial soap up my ass once. Doesn't mean Ima bad person. |
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Kill the naturopaths and feast on their flesh. But that's just me. Sounds like you've got Allergic Rhinitis. Google it, then go eat some steak. ------------------------------------ Honestly, I can't think of a sig... ------------------------------- |
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Kill the naturopaths, regardless. Who else would claim you can starve yeast?
Fuck. Me. Yeast cannot be starved. It goes dormant, forms a capsule and can wait like that until some 10,000th century MarshDrifter digs it up looking for pot shards. |
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Yeast can however be killed. Chemically. With chemicals like those in your stomach.
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Bravus, because of my own run-ins with soy products based on my chemistry needs, I've run up against other news that soy is bad or detrimental for men, other than lowering the sperm count. I'd research soy [in all its forms: soybean oil, flour, lecithin and more...] and stick with the combining of the experts in legumes combos until you learn.
Here's to happy anuses too! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nurturing my inner clown. |
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That'd be good on Sesame Street!
"I am... The Count. The Sperm Count." |
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Indeed! Brilliant concept! Where do I donate my funding?
Real sex-ed by puppets. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nurturing my inner clown. |
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PBS, I think.
If Bush hasn't managed to obliterate them. |
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He tried.
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Imagine the description of impact and change of the egg...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nurturing my inner clown. |
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He and Colin's son most certainly did. Bastards. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nurturing my inner clown. |
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There is more and more evidence that soy products might be not so great for men. After a warning in early pregnancy about too many soy products possibly causing issues in male babies, I did quite a bit of research..
But, for women, soy products are VERY good.. Once Kradlet is here I plan on upping my soy intake considerably to help regulate wonky hormones. -------------- the future is nigh. with not much sleep |
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Avoiding the soy.
Googling the rhino-itis. Waiting for the veggies to roast. Hell, even if the yeast is a fable, I've also cut out the caffeine, way too much sugar and fat and all the bad shit - can't help but help me drop a few kilos for the job interview and just give the old bod a break... and perhaps establish some healthier habits in the future. The Master Cleanse sounds... good but perhaps a little xtreme for me. This message has been edited. Last edited by: Bravus, ________________________ differently mediated |
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