Allergies and Yeast Infections

This is just a quick post, since I have to get ready for school. I have to print a couple of things for the kids and then we get started. This also isn't the post you think it is. It's about cleaning out our systems.

Our allergies have been going completely haywire. I'm not sure when it happened, it's been so long. When we were going to our chiropractor regularly, we rarely had issues. I am a firm believer that if you are straight, you're body will be healthy. Everything in it's place and a place for everything type of thing. We also have had a few more fast food and junk days than we normally do. All of that has contributed to out of whack systems. Now we need to put them back in place. Here's our quick plan.

Sometimes your allergies can get out of whack because of a discordance in the balance of candida yeast. We all have it, and it's essential to our overall intestinal health. The problem is that when you feed your body junk, it puts junk out. Too much junk, too much candida, too much ick floating through your body can cause an overabundance of cruddy allergies. It's your body fighting to right itself. Hubby, the boy and I are going to do a cleanse.

All that really means is that for two weeks we are going to eliminate all sugar, including fruit, and grains. We do have some red quinoa that we are going to use in place of grains. I am looking at some gluten free side options for the family. It's hard to make that decision since we have never been gluten free. I don't know if the taste is different or even good or bad. The grains aren't going to affect the boy, but the lack of fruit. The boy is my little fruit eater. If it belongs to that food group, he is all over it. We will focus primarily on eating chicken, meat, eggs, nuts and seeds, and vegetables. We will also be taking acidophilus. It's a probiotic that will encourage good bacteria growth instead of crazy bacteria growth. It's also great for upset tummies, or tummies that seem to stay upset. It works the same way as the yogurt they advertise on TV, only it's better for you and not as expensive per serving.

One of the major pros of this is the the boy needs to be eating more eggs anyway. He has a B complex deficiency that presents in his bug bites. When he gets a mosquito bite, they welt up pretty good then get bumpy and crusty. I thought he might be allergic to them until I started doing the research. Today I start making him scrambles eggs for breakfast every day. I wish he would eat them boiled since that is so much easier for me. Sometimes, it isn't about me, I know. Just for a little while, I sure would like it to be, though.

Good bye to candy, cup cakes, and all that tastes good but is horrible for you stuff. I'll miss my rice for a couple of weeks, but hopefully I can get back to it, just not as often. Once we get our bodies back where they need to be, I don't want to throw them too far out. It also means no more sugar in our coffee. I almost can't drink coffee without sugar. We'll see if we can get rid of our caffeine addiction, too. We start next week. I'll keep you posted.