What does everyone else do to stop the sweets cravings? Is there anything we can eat that is sweet? (Maybe everyone else has stronger will power than me.)

A lot of the low-carb recipes for desserts I have read should not be eaten by those of us with candida.

Any ideas?

Would like to hear from others. Thanks!!!

For both sweets cravings and glutathione support (helpful as Candida thrashes these things and this is NOT helpful to the liver and immune system and brain function), I recommend L-Glutamine, a readily available supplement and amino acid.

I asked some questions about candida on the Atkins help line on his website. They said stevia is okay to use.

If you are not familiar with stevia, do a search here and you will find lots of information. It's great stuff.

Thanks for your replies.

Kay: I will go to the health food store and get some!

IslandGirl: What is "glutathione support?"
Are you saying that L=Glutamine is harmful to the liver??? What are Candida thrashes? Thanks.

LBG

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What is "glutathione support?" Are you saying that L=Glutamine is harmful to the liver??? What are Candida thrashes?

Hi, LBG!

Actually, I'm saying that taking L-glutamine supplements is helpful to or supporting glutathione production, which is GOOD for the liver that does ALL the hard work of metabolizing and is badly affected by Candida. So L-Glutamine is good.

When something 'thrashes' the Candida, that's just a weird (Canadian maybe?) way of saying something beats up the Candida. That's good, too.

So L-Glutamine not only eases cravings, it helps boost glutathione production. For lots of technical info about glutathione, do a websearch and you will be amazed... I was.

Stevia is an herbal-based sweetener product, get the white stevia extract not the green stuff (awfully strong aftertaste).