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ORIGINAL: Harvie
And you can have pork rinds instead of chips or popcorn.

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ORIGINAL: Miss Giggles

Did you get tested for diabetes? multiple yeast infections can mean high blood sugar levels and can be some women's only symptom.

Did you try diflucan from your doctor?

That is an extremely restrictive diet (the candida diet) and I have heard that it doesn't always work. Because yeast overgrowth means something in your immune system is not working, so when you reintroduce the foods back into your diet you'll get it again.

The only thing I can think of is vegan. That's no grains, and no dairy, but no meat either.

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ORIGINAL: Covaan_Meshuga

Can you have agave?

In case you don't know what it is, it can be purchased at health food stores and grocery stores with a health food sections. It is made from the same cactus that tequila is made from. It is sweeter (in my opinion) than honey, and it does not have that fake taste that artificial sweeteners have -- probably because it is real. Agave nectar is a natural sweetener with the lowest glycemic index (glycemic index of only 27 - 31; 90-percent fructose sugars and 10-percent glucose sugars respectively).

There are usually two kinds sold: a light-colored agave and a dark agave. Re the light agave, it tastes like sugar; the dark has a lite flavor. I use the lite only occasionally, because I like the dark for most things. I use it mainly for tea, homemade root beer," and making ice cream, sorbet, and sherbet.

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ORIGINAL: agapetos

Is this 'diet' something that your doctor has told you to follow?

If so, you need to go back and find get a diet plan of foods you can eat, not just the foods you can't eat. I agree that it sound incredibly restrictive and while you may treat the yeast overgrowth, you're going to be setting yourself up for other health problems.

It can be very difficult to think of ideas when people list only the foods they can't eat. You may want to list foods that you can eat too.

For instance, can you eat any fruit?

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ORIGINAL: monamie

Once you find your way around, it's not that difficult to do. Tonight I had a lasagne made with strips of zucchini instead of pasta, and homemade sauce (to avoid the high fructose corn syrup). You can also use long strips of zucchini or eggplant instead of crust to make pizza. Just brush it with garlic infused olive oil and broil it until almost crispy, turn and broil the other side, then top and heat until the cheese is hot and melted.

Tomorrow for lunch I'm taking chicken salad with lettuce leaves for a roll-up and some carrots and cucumbers as a side dish.

Just be creative with foods that are already your favorites. You can pm or e-mail me and I can help you modify recipes if you want.

Also taking a good garlic supplement and an oil of oregano supplement will help speed the long tedious process. Our office also carries a produce called "Candaclear" that you may google and find a source. Your local health food stores will probably have several choices of products to help kill candida overgrowth (which is waaaaaaaay more extensive than I would have imagined!!!). Oh, and kefir is great too.

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ORIGINAL: Harvie

You can make all sorts of great meat dishes, of course.

And all sorts of great egg dishes ... with cheese and veggies.

And some fabulous stir fry dishes with fresh veggies.

And some awesome salads.

And you can have pork rinds instead of chips or popcorn.

And some great veggie soups and stews. And pot roast in the crock pot.

Can you have sprouted grain breads? (No yeast?) Can you have whole grains?

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ORIGINAL: monamie

Okay, just two more things then I really have to log off and be at the office at 6.

Take a high quality pro-biotic. That will replenish the good organisms in your gut.

And you do know you may experience some "die-off" side effects as you kill the yucky stuff, right? It may be unpleasant but not for long, then you'll begin to enjoy the benefits of true health!! The major part of your immune system is in your gut and when you get this under control you'll be sick a lot less often.

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ORIGINAL: Auben

Just no starch, right? Not no or low carbohydrate?

My son is on the Ketogenic diet. Basically a high fat, very very low carbohydrate/protein diet.

You can have pesto.
You can have something called Miracle Noodles (look it up), so you can have spaghetti, mac n cheese, etc. Or you can make noodles from squash (zucchini or winter).
You can bake with almond or another nut meal to make crusts, cookies, muffins.
You can have yogurt (Dannon Light&Fit Carb and Sugar control). You can make a granola out of nuts and seeds to go in it. It can be very similar to cereal.
You can have cheesecake.
You can have bacon, eggs, and sausage.

If you're only no-starch there are a ton of things you can eat. Get a GI chart and see what fruits and veggies work for you.

There's also a book called Recipes for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet by Raman Prasad. It's a diet for GI suffers and a host of other problems. I found the recipes to be very easy to adapt (they do use honey and limit dairy a bit) and better still many of them are things people would like to eat. Some Indian food as well.

Good luck.

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ORIGINAL: dozermom67
I've never heard of agave, but I bought some Stevia and I like it a lot more than artificial sweeteners.