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Hi all!
I am so fed up today. I recently posted a mail about colonics and enema the reason being, that after seeing a Naturopath who basically put me on a sugar, yeast free diet (obviously suspecting I have a Candida overgrowth- she said she could see it by the coating on my tongue - anyone else have that?) which means absolutely no breads, limited fruit, only barley bran- no rice or other grain). Needless to say I came away feeling thoroughly depressed and frustrated seen that my greatest problem with IBS is that I can't put on weight and am currently about 40.5kg (165cm). I have real trouble with digesting fat (due to a period of rapid weight loss and anorexia in my late teens/ early twenties when I followed the Rosemary Conley diet which was a fat-free diet).
Since this consultation, I have felt dirty and 'infested' with horrible bacteria inside and so having read about enema through my ayurvedic studies (it is reccommended for constipation, though my problem is alternating constipation/diarrhea) I decided to go ahead.
I decided to do 3 consecutive early morning ones and I must say, I did feel better after the first two and certain skin poblems cleared up (psoriasis - anyone else get this?). I continued the diet too of loads of veggies and flaxseed sprinkled in and lo and behold, today after a squash/broccoli/garlic/leef and flaxseed soup with some Rice bran sprinkled in, hey presto, HUGE cramping.
I suppose you will all say I should stick with Heather's program and I think I really could (previously, I have always faltered on omitting the dairy products but now love soya milk) but I can't stop that niggling feeling that I have a candida overgrowth and am 'dirty' inside and that adding fibre will just be feeding the candida and causing more 'sludge'.
I desperately must put on weight as I have an eighteenth month old daughter who I am presently with all day on my own (am on holiday in Australia house-sitting for 3 weeks before my husband arrives). She is demanding energy all day which I just don't have. If I am to give up fat, sugar, yeast (therfore bread), gluten grains and most fruit, how am I ever going to put on weight?
So sorry this is so long but I would so much appreciate some help.
Thanks,
Claire

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