Ugh! Feeling a bit frustrated today. I had to abandon the Raw Milk Diet and not only that, but all of my raw milk products which I love to make. I obviously still have yeast (candida) issues, which I was hoping I had taken care of. Unfortunately, I didn't do an anticandida diet long enough and with strict enforcement enough to really kill the candida off. You never kill it completely, but it needs to be under control before indulging in such things as fruit, milk, and other foods that have sugar in them naturally. So where did I decide to turn for more info? I found a website with great info and it even has some homemade supplements you can take in order to combat the yeast beast. http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/index.php Contains a great deal of information, most of which I knew already, but some new stuff as well. I have already started because most of the knowledge is not new since I did something similar for about 4 weeks before. I now know that I need to hit it harder and longer for my relief from infestation. Soooo Gross. So my Raw Milk Blog Has turned into an anticandida blog for those still interested.

The reason I know that I still have issues with Candida is the symptoms that I was having from drinking the Raw milk. Some of them could be considered detox symptoms, but with the completely coated white tongue, I knew that it was once again Candida. So what did I do. I already eat an almost exclusively organic diet so I simply started by eliminating all foods with sugar, including my beloved milk. That means no fruit, except lemons and limes (and those in moderation). All starchy vegetables, grains, and molds or fungi. I will eat no milk products for a total of three months minimum. I don't want to do this, but I have to. I also started immediately with a few things that I hadn't done the last time. One was to take my krill and cod liver oil like I was on the milk diet, but in addition, I am taking a crushed clove of garlic 3-5 times a day to kill the candida off. I am also eating coconut oil as a supplement in addition to cooking with it.  To combat the die off reaction, I will take some Vitamin C in high doses and do some other recomendations like, enemas. This should help my constipation as well.

The rest of my family will be joining me on this endevor as they most likely have issues still. My husband never did the previous diet, so this is totally new for him, but he is on board. God give us the strength, wisdom and resolve to complete this task. Help us to be st

Why the Fast?

A Raw Milk Fast consists of Consuming nothing except raw unalduterated milk from grass fed cows. The idea comes from a book written by Charles Sanford Porter in the early 1900s. A copy can be found at the following site and is available in multiple formats for free http://www.archive.org/details/milkdietasremedy00portiala.  What intrigued me the most about this is that he was using if for multiple ailments. Two of particular interest are mercury poisioning and rheumatiod artheritis. Since reading so many benefits of raw milk and reading this Dr.s account, I thought I'd be a fool not to give it a try. I have changed my family's diet drastically over the course of the past two years in order to effectively treat my son with Autism. He has improved drastically, but I believe he still has some mercury toxicity that if removed could greatly increase his progress. Since I am an RN, I decided to use myself as the guinea pig prior to treating him with it. He is still doing a GAPs type diet and only has fermented milk products at this point so he wouldn't even be ready, but  by the time I'm done he could be.

A brief preparation:

I spent the past couple of days eating light. Made sure I had some prunes and dates in case I get bound up prior to starting this morning. I cannot follow all the suggestions as I am a mom of two little ones, a college student, work full time, and have a life to live. What I have resolved to do is the following. Whenever possible drink the milk as suggested, every half hour during the waking hours. I will also consume nothing else, except the 'laxative' fruits when needed. I will also continue my cod liver oil which I try to take everyday. In all my goal is to consume 5 qts of milk per day. And of course I will take a full day of rest one day per week. I will also try to rest for a period each day. Today I was only able to rest for about 1/2 an hour. I do not know if this will be as effective for me as we live in very different times from when the book was written, but I am optomistic that I will see some benefits. I resolve to give it at least a three week trial. After the better part of one day, I find that I have some aches and pains that I haven't experienced before and some that are familiar. In addition, I have a headache and foul body odor, which I usually only experience after eating non-organic food and/or sugar. I cannot attribute it to anything other that perhaps I am already detoxing?