FOOD FOR RESTORATION
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of
life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me
shall never thirst.
John 6:35
Jesus is the bread that
nourishes and supports our spiritual life. Our bodies could better live without food than our souls without
Jesus. I know this sounds like a given
to most Christians. Yet, as we have
adapted the following changes to our diet, we have realized how important food
was to us (not to survive, but how much we just enjoyed and depended on the
abundance available!) It is a good
reminder that nothing is more sumptuous, nothing can add more flavor, nothing
can satisfy our hunger more than Jesus, the Bread of Life!
We eat the majority of our vegetables raw,
and spontaneously make salads with whatever vegetables God has placed on our
shelves. We drink distilled water, and
rice milk, which I use in place of milk when called for in a recipe. We cook without yeast and without sugar,
occasionally honey. We use sea salt and
bake with baking powder that does not contain sodium aluminum sulfate. To read more on sodium aluminum sulfate in
your diet check the following link:
http://waltonfeed.com/rumford.html
.
We use cold pressed oils. *Just for your information: The normal methods
of producing oils and fats involve either heat treatment - producing oils of a
'saturated' type - or chemicals - producing oils containing harmful chemical
residues. Saturated fats are difficult for the body to digest. 'Cold pressing' extracts oil without using
heat or chemicals, producing an unsaturated fat, which is easier to digest.
I do add apples, raisins, and dates for sweetening a recipe for
my family and my husband uses organic cane sugar in his tea.
I am trying to learn what I can about every
item that we use in preparation of our dishes and each is chosen with
purpose. I have so much to learn, but
isn’t that what a lifestyle of learning is all about? This is a new adventure for us; eating whole foods, processed as
little as possible, without artificial preservatives, and grown without
dangerous sprays or chemicals.
The following is a list of foods that have been eliminated in my diet
due to the Candida. It has been a
difficult diet to follow, but the rewards have been tremendous. My family eats pretty much the same diet,
except they do have fruit, maple syrup on our soy pancakes, and one or two
other items now and then.
FOODS TO
ELIMINATE
No Dairy Products (My family
does enjoy rice ice-cream and we make Sorbet by freezing fruit and using a
special attachment on our juicer)
No Red Meat, Smoked Meats, or Lunch Meats (lots of preservatives)
ONLY Organic or Free-Range Meat and Eggs (I know this may sound
extremely unreasonable, but non-organic meat will pass along to you the
antibiotics and hormones the animals are given and also the chemicals that have
been absorbed via their feed.
No Yeast (No Brewers Yeast either)
No Sugar (Artificial or Otherwise –
though my husband will use Cane Sugar for tea and on top of cereal)
No Gluten (which means no wheat, refined, oat, rye, or
barley flour)
No Canned Food (processed foods often
contain hidden ingredients - yeast or refined sugar - and also lack in vitamins
and minerals in comparison to whole foods)
No Vinegar (which means no soy sauce,
salad dressings…)
No Dried Fruit or Melons (molds)
No Fruit (for the time being, the
sugar just feeds the fungus/yeast)
No Starchy Vegetables and watch the
Sweet Vegetables like carrots
No Mushrooms (their a fungi)
No Peanuts or Pistachios (they usually
have some mold on them)
No Preservatives
No White Rice
No Tea or Coffee (except Pau D’ Arco tea)
*Note – when I cook beans or rice I will drop in a few drops of
Grapefruit Seed Extract to kill any mold that may or may not be on the beans
and grains.
This diet really serves to ‘starve’ the Candida. Many of the foods I stay off of ALL the
time. Others I find I can now have in
moderation.
WHAT CAN I
EAT????
Lots of whole simple foods. There are a
number of grains considered non-gluten or gluten free. Grains like spelt, quinoa, millet, and
amaranth. Quinoa is a wonderful
alternative also!
I recently was blessed by the discovery of a
wonderful cookbook full of ideas that utilize wonderful raw vegetables, seeds,
and nuts. As far as the grains I have
been playing with non-gluten grains in place of the grains in the recipe book
that have gluten…
Rejuvenate Your Life Recipes for
Energy by Serene Allison
You can find this treasure at Above Rubies
It
has been a number of years now since I first started this site. It really does get easier and as my body has
seemed to heal I am able to eat things my body would not tolerate before. I still stay off of gluten and have very
little sugar. Much on the ‘starve off’
list above I still continue not to have.
I have been blessed to find so many wonderful combinations of just the
raw whole foods and also continue to purchase organic meat. We do lots of juicing and our dehydrator is
often at work in our kitchen.
The following is a mix that
can replace wheat in your recipe.
Please note*the Xanthan Gum that I have on my shelf is from a company
called NOW. It contains no sugar, salt,
starch, yeast, wheat, gluten, corn, soy or milk. Some Xanthan Gum uses corn as a medium to grow, others
cabbage-like plants. Please only
prayerfully use as the process of fermentation produces it and that sends up a
red flag in relation to the ‘stare off’ period for Candida. I share this recipe more for those who are
trying to eat gluten free than those who are attacking Candida. The gluten remains an issue in my diet as do
a number of other foods. The author
kindly agreed to allow me to post this recipe.
I eat more crackers than any bread making my own flaxseed crackers in my
dehydrator.
Rita's Gluten Free Baking Mix *Adding extra protein in the form of eggs helps producea lighter product. 3 c. brown rice flour1 c. tapioca flour2/3 c. corn flour2 t. xanthan gum1 1/2 c. potato starch flour1 c. pinto bean flour From Country Beans by Rita Bingham pg. 6 * Pinto Bean Flour can be made by placing beans in agrinder - set grinder to mill on medium-fine. I use a coffeegrinder to grind mine. I also use Bean Flour to make gravies and rice and eggs in place of crust for pizzas (of course without the cheese). The following is a wonderful site that is an online database that people have contributed to help those who are following a gluten free diet make safe choices at the grocery store. Well worth a look! Gluten-Free Foods Database The following site is full of wonderful, valuable information! Real Food Living
THE
SOY CONTROVERSY
There is great debate over the goods and evils of soy. Maybe it is a blessing that I can tolerate
soy only in little amounts. That makes
my decision in relation to this food very simple. I encourage each family to seek the Lord for His will for them
with this issue. As always I would
encourage one to stay away from food processed and as with everything consider
moderation. The following are some
articles to get you thinking and praying.
Please continue to research on your own!
THE JOY OF SOY AND THE DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN
John Robbins
I hope this at least gets you jumpstarted. A huge change in diet as suggested here could seem a bit
overwhelming at first. Please feel free
to write and please do share any great sites or ideas that would help the rest
of us in our journey!
No information on this site is meant as medical advice,
and it is not given from a medical professional. I am simply sharing my
journey. I recommend that you seek
professional counsel regarding any specifics and concerns.