Thanks,

Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but early signs for me are bloating, gas, and heartburn.

If things get out of hand....this is the best elimination protocol around.

Candida elimination: http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/021412.html

frenchbraid

I never felt better being on that diet - but I am not very disciplined when it comes to nutrition and alas went off.

When following that diet I had more energy, less GI issues (heartburn, gas, bloating) and lost some weight (which I needed to do).

It is slightly different from the low-carb i.e. you can eat more grains.

It can be difficult to follow, though.

I posted about this topic on the general support board yesterday. I wanted to know how bad it was to have one glass of red wine a week?

Now, after doing more research, im reading that we have to stop eating carbs too? I live on bread, rice, pasta, potatoes and of course pizza!

How many of you actually follow a special diet and to what degree?

JB

I had been taking Culturelle, a really good probiotic, but only 2/day (as recommended by the company). Once I increased to 2 per meal, the bloating problems stopped.

I also understand that it's the carbohydrates that some way are turned into yeast. That's why you have to take it easy on the carbs.

In my basic understanding... most carbs end up turning into sugar and sugar feeds the yeast - just as lymewarrior stated.

Blue Bunny has a Lite yogurt that has less sugar [9grams?]and it's sweetened with Splenda...safer than the aspartame. However, I still reacted to the sugar in it.

Check the brands at your local health food store or look into making your own.

If you want to stay away from sugar and artificial sweeteners, go for plain yogurt. Most plain yogurt isn't sweetened. You can try adding stevia to sweeeten it, or a few berries. Berries are high in fiber, and many think it's ok to eat some while combatting yeast.

Hope you are doing okay and your LLMD visit went well.
Yeast can show up as a white coating on the tongue, git distress, itching down below etc.
As long as you are taking acidophilus and doing low carbs, and taking Nystatin, you really should be just fine.

Is this Nystatin over the counter?

dealing with yeast FOREVER. lyme doc
recently told me about Orithrush by ecological formulas. gargle with it. contains sorbic acid, chlorophyl, mint & h2o!

its workin!

ps. used to eat a gallon of plain yogurt a day didnt help. even in totally plain yogurt, there's enough sugar to feed yeast. was VERY sad to give it up but noticable difference once i did !