I feel like Crap!

I am proud to be 2 days yeast free again and but I feel like crap. I got a ticket for talking on my cell phone while driving and I am just not pleasant to be around right now. I am proud that I did resisted the urge to grab some yeast-laden comfort food in my time of distress but I assure you it was not easy. I did a lot of laying around today in order to not get too stressed and end up eating emotionally. I was really supposed to be working. I could not help but think that this initial process of eliminating large numbers of the candida must be similar to drug or alcohol rehabilitation. I am fortunate to not have experienced a substance abuse problem but I have heard how difficult it is I am an emotional mess, I feel achy everywhere and a desperately want to just eat a piece of candy.

This is the part I can’t stand. I have to remember that things usually get worse before they get better. This period is called die-off or Herxheimer Reaction and can last a few days to a few weeks. By cutting off the food supply to the candida they begin to die-off rather rapidly. More rapidly than your body can remove all of the toxins that are released from these dieing organisms. This causes an exacerbation of symptoms and is a big detterent to really committing to going through with the diet. My only advice for this stage is drink lots of water, get plenty of rest and