FOOD INTOLERANCE NETWORK
FACTSHEET
Candida, yeast, sugar,
hypoglycemia
* bakers' yeast is failsafe
* brewers yeast, sold as a supplement in health food stores, and used in
food products such as beer, wine and Vegemite, is not failsafe (contains
salicylates, amines and natural MSG)
It is counterproductive to try to combine failsafe eating with a candida
diet which excludes yeast and sugar. People who are failsafe 'but not 100%' and swear they react to sugar
have almost certainly failed to reduce their salicylate level enough.
Sugar and yeast free diets exclude so many processed foods and natural
foods high in salicylates or amines that most people improve when following
them. Unfortunately, though, they are very hard to follow and many people come
to us after months or years of a candida diet having failed to achieve the
improvements they wanted, still not knowing which food chemicals affect them,
and completely fed up with the idea of doing any diet. In our experience, it is
easier and more effective to go failsafe.
Contrary to popular belief, sugar does not cause children's behaviour
problems. If you have a look at the ingredients lists in confectionery
displays, you will find that at about 95 per cent of confectionery sold in
Australian supermarkets contains nasty additives such as artificial colours
(compared with the reverse in Italian supermarkets where the figure is more
like 5 per cent) and of the remaining 5 per cent, most contain salicylates
through mint or strong fruit flavours. Toffees, butterscotch, caramels, white
marshmallows and honeycomb can be failsafe when nasty additives and strong flavours
are not used, for example, Darryl Lea Butterscotch.
When mothers swear their children are "sugar addicts" whose
behaviour is affected by sugar, they are generally surprised on going failsafe
to find that their children are actually reacting to salicylates. Sugar craving
can be a salicylate-induced reaction.
Similarly, feeling tired, weak and shaky can be a delayed reaction to
food chemicals such as salicylates, rather than low blood sugar.
www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info
The information given is not intended as
medical advice. Always consult with your doctor for underlying illness. Before
beginning dietary investigation, consult a dietician with an interest in food
intolerance. You can find a supportive dietitian through the Dietitians
Association of
© Sue Dengate Update December 2005.
