Take a look at this website. Candida Overgrowth Test
It shows you how to make the saliva test to see if you have a candida overgrowth. We all have yeast in our bodies and there is good yeast and bad yeast. When there is a bad candida overgrowth, then you start to feel side effects like fatigue, constipation, digestive problems, and many other things. the one symptom that caught my attention was SUGAR CRAVINGS! Yes, candida overgrowth can cause the dreaded sugar craving.
Here’s How To Take a Candida Infection Test
Reading Your Candida Home Test Results
There are many illnesses, diseases and health issues associated with a Candida Overgrowth Infection.
– To see more, click on this link.
UPDATE!!!! It has been 21 days and I made it through the detox! I feel better, even though I didn’t give up 100% sweeteners, just everything with refined/white/processed sugar.
I stopped having cravings, which was my strongest wake-up call to realize that cravings were a sign of candida overgrowth. I did find it very hard to socialize because I had to either ask if food had sugar in it or just avoid it completely. It was really hard when there was nothing I could eat (potluck-like events), but stayed strong and got through it.
I took the at-home candida overgrowth test again and it was a whole lot better than it was 24 days earlier! I was pleasantly surprised!
I had a dinner date with a girlfriend and that day, I realized that the dinner was after the detox was over (after 21 days!), so I did have coffee with sugar and had a dessert (chocolate molten cake, yum). Sugary stuff tasted different now. It felt like I could enjoy it, but I wasn’t a slave (or bound) to it anymore! I ate because I liked it, not because I had an insatiable craving for it. You know what I mean? I felt free.
I was a bit scared about having a sugar rush or going into a sugar comma, haha, but it didn’t happen. I did feel a bit of a buzz (which I had never noticed before (after eating sugary foods), but nothing major.
Honestly, I understand that it’ll be nearly impossible to adopt this detox permanently, but I will avoid refined/white/processed sugar at all costs. I will keep coconut sugar in a baggie in my purse (in case I need to sweeten something), but I won’t restrict myself when eating at an event. I think it is a good thing to want to be healthy, but I also think it is a good thing to be happy and enjoy life. Restricting myself 100% of the time would not be fun and I think I’d feel burned out after a while and quit trying altogether. As with everything, balance is key. Make sure that if you want to do something more permanent, that it is doable and that it is something that you can live with.
And about me, well, I will try to do the sugar detox every six months or so, unless I feel I need to (because of candida overgrowth symptoms).
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