Ricki Heller - Living Candida-Free: 100 Recipes and a 3-Stage Program to Restore Your Health and Vitality

PRAISE FOR

Naturally Sweet and Gluten-Free

Naturally Sweet is not only a visual delight, its recipes are amazing, too! Ive come to rely on the fluffy pancakes and the oat muffins as staples, and plan to work my way through every healthy indulgence one goodie at a time.

Alisa Marie Fleming, author of Go Dairy Free

In this gorgeous book, Ricki Heller shows people with dietary concerns how they, too, can enjoy decadent desserts. It is solid proof that a seemingly restrictive style of eating can, in fact, be an absolute joy!

Allyson Kramer, author of Sweet Eats for All and Great Gluten-Free Vegan Eats

Talk about tempting! Chocolate Pecan Pie and ButterscotchChocolate Chip Cookies? Yes please!... This book needs to be on your shelf!

Kathy Patalsky, author of 365 Vegan Smoothies

Once in a while a cookbook comes along that is a game-changer. Opening its pages may introduce a new dietary approach or cuisine that forever shifts our food choices. Or, perhaps opening that book enables us to reintroduce foods we used to love, but we thought we could never delight in again because of dietary needs. Ricki Hellers newly released Naturally Sweet & Gluten-Free is exactly this kind of game-changing book. If you love to make sweets but want to bake cleaner, with whole-grains, no sugar, and also avoiding allergens like gluten and corn, this book will open a whole new world of baking for you. If you are already eating a plant-based/vegan/gluten-free/low-glycemic diet, you will think you are dreaming when you open this book! Ricki is making your dessert dreams come true! Go ahead and do your happy dance because you can have your gluten-free, vegan, and sugar-free cake... and eat it, too!

Dreena Burton, author of Let Them Eat Vegan!

ALSO BY RICKI HELLER

Naturally Sweet & Gluten-Free: Allergy-Friendly Vegan Desserts: 100 Recipes Without Gluten, Dairy, Eggs, or Refined Sugar

Sweet Freedom: Desserts Youll Love Without Wheat, Eggs, Dairy, or Refined Sugar

Copyright 2015 by Ricki Heller

Photos by Nicole Axworthy

Note that the following recipe was cocreated by Andrea Nakayama and chef Andrea Livingston for their TrulyFood Cleanse series. Used by permission.

Almost Instant Grain-Free Breakfast Porridge ()

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Heller, Ricki.

Living candida-free: 100 recipes and a 3-phase program to restore your health and vitality / Ricki Heller, PHD, RHN ; with Andrea Nakayama, CNC, CNE, CHHC.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-7382-1775-8 (e-book) 1. CandidiasisDiet therapyRecipes. 2. Yeast-free dietRecipes. I. Nakayama, Andrea. II. Title.

RC123.C3H47 2015

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First Da Capo Press edition 2015

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This book is dedicated to my mom, who would have benefited immensely from it.

CONTENTS

Once you choose hope, anythings possible.

CHRISTOPHER REEVE

Do you sometimes feel as if theres a war going on inside your body, andeven though you never enlistedyoure the one losing the battle? Your body is fighting a stealthy adversary that seems to be everywhere at once: you may be suffering from IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), get recurrent sinus infections, have chronic yeast infections or rashes, or experience general malaise. These are only some of the symptoms of candida. Or perhaps youve noticed what are the most common symptoms of candida: overwhelming cravings for sugars or carbs and a feeling of spaciness or fuzzy thinking, so that getting your mind to focus on a single thing can seem impossible.

No wonder so many people with candida-related complex (CRC, or, simply, candida) feel discouraged and may even begin to despair, when doctors cant seem to pinpoint whats wrong and nothing seems to make it better.

Well, Im here to tell you: there is hope, and you can heal. Yes, candida is a formidable opponent, but, with diligence and the right approach, its possible to get it under control and restore your health. In my case, I had an exceptionally severe and stubborn case of candida-related complex, and I was able to heal and get better. In fact, my health improved beyond what it was before the candida.

In this book, Im going to tell you how I did itand what you can do, too.

My Story

I found myself at the dermatologists office again, the fifth time in three months. The raw, raging rash on my torso wasnt getting any smaller; if anything, it was growing. Id been following a strict no-sugar, no-yeast diet for eight weeks, and Id tried every prescription cream the doctor could think of. Id just completed a two-week course of Diflucan, a powerful antifungal pill, which was the only thing that seemed to make any dent at all, helping reduce the unbearable itch that plagued me every waking moment. Now, the doctor was telling me she wouldnt prescribe a second course of the pills.

It cant be candida, she said, the way youd speak to a tourist asking for directions. It would be gone after two weeks with those pills if it were candida. Try alternating the Canesten cream with some zinc oxide ointment....

I began to sob inconsolably. Please, you have to help me. Its spreading, I insisted.

Diflucan is the only thing that had any effect at all. Just look at it. I pointed to the angry crimson splotch the size of a Stop sign. Blistering, crusty edges surrounded an amorphous red patch dotted with areas of tender pink flesh. The itching finally stopped when I took the Diflucan. All Im asking is two more weeks. One of the books that Ive been reading says

I will not give you more Diflucan, she barked, cutting me off. If the Diflucan didnt clear it up yet, its never going to clear it up. Okay, now. Just keep using the cream and the zinc oxide.... She turned toward the door. Come back in a few weeks and well take another look.