Honey, ah sugar sugar

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That's right, I'm your candy girl.

I really really really like my sugar. My favorite breakfast is Dr. Pepper and Reese's Peanut Butter cups. I'll settle for waffles and bacon smothered in buttery syrup. I do not have a little sensor that goes off telling me I'm full. If it's dessert....I could keep going till the whole cake was gone (provided it had frosting because really, cake is just an excuse for eating frosting.)

I started a sugar fast 3 days ago. Our whole house is actually on a sugar fast. This is something I wanted to do for our whole family's physical health. Lent is something I had been contemplating already and the two decisions coincided. I read something yesterday that strongly spoke to me. MFS of the WTM board said "Lent isn't passing on M&Ms; it's remembering Christ -- it's listening for his voice above the call of old habits, cravings, bad thinking, and all the rest." This was the most difficult thing for me to give up, and I want to use this time to focus on Christ. The whole family is grudgingly joining me because it is healthy. I'm pretty sure everyone in this house is suffering from a yeast imbalance.

There is so much information about yeast imbalance out there, and much of it is contradictory, but I will VERY BRIEFLY sum up for anyone interested. Basically, yeast is a normal little thing and it's in your gut. There are lots of other little thingies in your gut and they maintain a nice little ecology there and everyone is happy...as long as it is all in balance. When you take antibiotics, your good buggies/thingies/flora/fauna are killed as well as the regular bacteria you were aiming for. This flora is what keeps yeast in check. Without it, yeast kind of takes over and damages your gut and lots of other things. God has blessed our bodies with the ability to heal themselves, but we sure make it hard on ourselves sometimes. If you build this good flora back up, you're good to go. Flora kills yeast. On the same token, Sugar feeds yeast. If you have ever been on antibiotics, you most likely have experienced an imbalance.

Here is a short quote from an interesting article on yeast/fungus:

"Additional neurological fallout from Y/F includes ailments such as mood swings, headaches, migraines, that fogged-in-feeling, inability to concentrate, poor memory, confusion, dizziness, and even MS-like symptoms such as slurred speech and muscular incoordination."

I've had two kiddos on more than their share of antibiotics and they are my sugar-addicts. I can see some of these symptoms and others that I'm hoping to overcome for them by healing up their guts. Allergies and eczema are two other very common symptoms. An unhealthy gut can cause tears in the intestinal lining through which food particles can pass, causing a reaction from your body just doing it's job, leading to allergies and food reactions and even Crohn's disease. Eczema can benefit from extra B-vitamins, particularly Pantothenic (B5) and B6. Yeast robs your body of these vitamins, so it really only helps as long as you continue to take the extra b-vits...unless you get rid of the yeast. Anger problems, migraines, and recurring athletes foot can also be symptoms of a yeast imbalance.

The book SuperImmunity for Kids covers some of this. A google search for "yeast imbalance" will give you more than you ever wanted to know.

Word to the wise....don't even ask your doctor about this. They will raise their eyebrows and ask questions like "I bet you homeschool, too, don't you?" or "Let me guess, next you're not going to vaccinate?" BUT, I did ask if there was anything WRONG with treating an imaginary-yeast-imbalance-that-couldn't-be-real-but-what-if-ya-know? And they told me it couldn't hurt anything. So, while some doctors might think it's silly, at least they say it's safe to treat.

How's that for a gross post?

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