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Meal Planning for the Candida Diet

Finding the right recipes to help you meal plan on the yeast free Candida Diet can help you save time, energy and money on the candida cleanse.  Investing a couple extra dollars on the front end for a good Candida Diet Cookbook will pay dividends as you jump into a new and limited eating schedule.

In addition to a Candida Diet cookbook, here are the top things I do to prepare whenever I am planning to do the yeast free candida diet cleanse:

Clear the cabinets – getting rid of all the sugary and yeasty foods BEFORE starting your diet cleanse will help keep you from having a weak moment with a sugary treat.  Remove the temptations including all dairy, anything with sugar, fruit, and all products that contain yeast.

Make a list – write out your grocery list before heading to the store.  Focus on fresh vegetables and lean (organic) meats as your staples.  Most prepackaged foods contain preservatives that you will need to avoid on this diet so plan ahead.  Look online at different yeast free recipe ideas or spend a few bucks for a candida diet cookbook and meal planning guide that you can use to help you shop.

Meal preparation – food items like vegetables can be prepped in advance to save you some cooking time later on.  In addition, making a double portion that can be eaten at a later meal will save you valuable time over cooking something new for every single meal.  If I write down which recipes I am going to use for each meal it helps me plan for leftovers and meal preparations in advance.

Get my baseline – I find it motivating when I can see actual progress when I am on the diet.  To do that I take the online candida test to get an idea how I would rate my symptoms at the beginning of the diet before I start.  I can then go back throughout the diet and take it again to see if my symptoms have improved based on my score each time.  Sometimes it is little things like that that make you realize how far you have come.

Find some support – it is tough to feel like you are doing something alone.  The fact is that there are thousands of other people who have used this diet and found relief from aggravating symptoms like gas and bloating, recurring yeast infections, brain fog, joint pain, depression, irritability, ongoing sugar cravings, headaches and recurring illness.  If you have a supportive spouse or significant other that will do the diet along with you that is a great start.  You can also find a supportive forum online at our Facebook page where thousands of others ask questions, share advice and provide support.

The first time I tried the yeast free diet I remember going to the grocery store and spending a couple hours reading labels.  I filled my cart with all the yeast free items I could find without much thought about what specific meals I was going to make with all the ingredients I had purchased, but I felt excited to start the cleanse.

It wasn’t long before I started to get behind.  Cooking for the whole family and thinking through all the candida diet restrictions was literally taking me hours each day.  I found a couple recipes that were easy and I got into a rut making the same thing each day.

The extra work of cooking from scratch along with not feeling very good and being without some of my favorite comfort foods was too much for me and I ended up calling it quits before I should have.  I thought I had planned and knew what I was doing but the reality of it was that I hadn’t thought through what meals I would make, what ingredients I needed for those meals and I hadn’t done any preparation to make it easier on myself.

After that first failure I began compiling a list of recipes into a Candida Diet cookbook that I use as a reference and meal planning guide whenever I do the candida diet cleanse.  It is something that has been an invaluable resource for me and I wouldn’t think of tackling this diet without it ever again.

I hope you can take advantage of the resources on this site and our Facebook page to realize success and health with the yeast free candida diet.

Blessings,

Whitney Frazier

Facebook Timeline Layout

Many of you who use Facebook regularly have probably already started using or have at least seen the new “Timeline” layout.  As of March 30, 2012 Facebook will be changing all business pages (including our yeast free recipes Candida Diet page) over to the new timeline format automatically.

I wanted to send out a quick note to let you know how this will affect you and change the way you find information on the Facebook page for those of you who use that resource.

Timeline Cover

The first thing you will notice is a new cover design as a header for the site.  Again, if you are using this feature on your personal page you are already aware of this feature.  A nice header will help spruce up the page a bit.

Top Level Information

Underneath the new cover (or page header) is the information about the company including links to the main site as well as recent images and the total number of page “Likes”.

The Share Status Box

The status share button where you can ask questions and post feedback is just underneath the “About” section in the “Highlights” portion of the timeline.  I want to make sure that everyone knows where this is as your continued sharing is what makes the community beneficial for so many people that are looking for advice.  I don’t want the layout changes to affect how you share or interact on the page and with others.

Finding Information on the Timeline

The information and individual posts will be consolidated into a box titled “Recent Posts by Others…”, also underneath the “Highlights section of the timeline.  This basically shows you the first sentence of the last 15 or so posts and if you see something that interests you you can click through to read the full post and see the comments or add your own.

When you click through it brings up the posts into a format that is similar to the old layout so you can still scroll down through old posts and comments like before.

Previous Posts

Outside of the sections above you can scroll through old posts and information all the way back to the beginning of the site.  The further you scroll down the older the posts with the most important posts from the past showing first.

The new layout can be a positive move for a site like ours in that it makes it easier in many ways to go back and look up previous information without having to scroll through pages and pages of content.  I think once you get used to the differences you will enjoy the layout.

March 30, 2012 is when the new site will go live unless I decide to go ahead and switch it over before then so everyone can get used to it.  I would love to hear your thoughts on the new timeline design!!!

~Whitney

Knowing how your symptoms line up with the most common symtoms associated with yeast overgrowth can give you a good idea whether what you are experiencing may be yeast related.

While it is not a replacement for medical advice the candida test is helpful for tracking your symptoms before and during your yeast cleanse.  After answering a series of questions you will receive your score and the average score of everyone who has taken the candida test.  You can use this number to track your progress.  You can retake the test as often as you like to watch your yeast number drop as your symptoms improve.

Take the Free Candida Test Here

Many times it is hard to feel like you are making progress and the candida test will give you a good way to see your results and stay motivated as you complete your yeast free diet cleanse.  This free online candida test will help you assess whether yeast may be your issue and allow you to track the progress of your results.

Take the Free Candida Test Here

I would love to hear what you think of the candida test or about the results you experienced on your yeast free cleanse.  Leave me your feedback at the link below:

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Blessings,

~Whitney Frazier