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Why Can Some People Cheat on Their Anti-Candida Diet, While Others Can’t?

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cheating on a candida diet

It happens every holiday season: I hear from dozens of my coaching clients, people in the Candida Kick-Start program or Sweet Life Club, worried about whether or not they’ll fall off the wagon during the holidays this year. I can totally understand how they’re feeling, too: for most of my life, I dieted like a […]

Filed Under: accountability, ACD Maintenance, ACD Stage One, ACD Stage Three, ACD Stage Two, anti candida diet, blog event, Candida Corner, Candida Q & A, Diet Rules, Goals, holidays, Living Candida-Free, motivation, self-examination, sugar-free, Uncategorized, vegan, video

How Long Does It Take To Get Better?

by Ricki Heller 4 Comments

Candida diet how long to get better

One of the questions I get asked often is, “How long will it take me to get better?” Like you, when I was first diagnosed with candida, I was eager to find out the answer to that question. I wanted my symptoms to be gone, like, yesterday, so I could finally get back to living […]

Filed Under: ACD Maintenance, ACD Stage One, ACD Stage Three, ACD Stage Two, Anti Candida Crusader Success Stories, anti candida diet, Candida Corner, Candida Q & A, candida symptoms, Diet Rules, expert advice, Goals, healing, strategies, stress, Uncategorized, vegan, video

Breakfast Carrot Cake

by Ricki Heller 75 Comments

[This post is part of an ongoing series of interviews with cookbook authors, bloggers, women entrepreneurs and home chefs whose work I enjoy and admire. If you’ve got someone in mind you’d like me to approach for an interview, please shoot me an email at dietdessertdogsATgmailDOTcom, or leave a comment here and let me know! […]

Filed Under: ACD Maintenance, ACD Stage Three, ACD Stage Two, breakfast, candy, childhood memory, chocolate addiction, condiments and sauces, cupcakes, dieting, flash in the pan, food articles, Goals, nag diet, nut-free, overindulging, silly, stress, Uncategorized, vegan

Living with Candida, Twenty Two Months Later: The Ugly, the Bad–and the Good

by Ricki Heller 112 Comments

Are you ready to start an anti-candida diet? The Candida Kick-Start can help! Kickstart your diet and pave the way for success on your anti-candida journey! Find more information here.   Grrrr! Candida can be pretty scary.] The Ugly: The Monster Returns Here it is, 2011, and it’s already time for a confession (don’t worry, […]

Filed Under: accountability, anti candida diet, binge eating, cravings, Diet Rules, dieting, Goals, holidays, motivation, nag diet, overindulging, self-examination, strategies, stress, Uncategorized

My Way of Eating*

by Ricki Heller 68 Comments

*[Not to be confused with Morris Dithers’ answer in this classic SCTV skit.] [The main course table from my recent holiday potluck with nutritionist friends, clockwise from top left: [out of the photo–Balsamic Glazed Brussels Sprouts]; Southwest Brown Rice Casserole with Beans [white bowl behind cutlery]; Tempeh-Brown Rice Curry and Vegetables; Baby Spinach Salad; Rutabaga […]

Filed Under: anti candida diet, binge eating, body image, cravings, Diet Rules, dieting, food articles, Goals, holidays, motivation, nutrition info, overindulging, portion control, reminiscences, self-examination, social eating, strategies, stress, Uncategorized

ACD Update: A Return to Sweetness

by Ricki Heller 40 Comments

[Recent ACD-friendly dinner:  Gena’s Raw Cream of Zucchini Soup]. It’s now been over ten years since I began this round of the ACD. These days, I no longer even think about my food as “different,” and never worry about what I can or can’t eat. But it wasn’t always that way. It took a series […]

Filed Under: anti candida diet, blogging, chocolate addiction, cookbook, dieting, dogs, Goals, motivation, nag diet, raw, reminiscences, self-examination, silly, strategies, stress, Sweet Freedom, Uncategorized

Updates: Diet and Dessert*

by Ricki Heller 34 Comments

*  Or, Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad (sorry, Girls) [Soy-Free, Sugar-Free, Gluten-Free Chocolate Buttercream Frosting from Sweet Freedom] Okay, let’s get to the dessert first (really, we should all eat a meal that way at least once):  I received my cookbook’s (paper) proof in the mail today (the sample that I must approve before […]

Filed Under: accountability, anti candida diet, chocolate addiction, cookbook, cravings, Diet Rules, dieting, dogs, expert advice, Goals, motivation, nag diet, overindulging, self-examination, strategies, Sweet Freedom, Uncategorized

A Bowl Lotta Love

by Ricki Heller 60 Comments

[Thanks to everyone who left such sweet comments and encouragement for the hellish week of marking!  (And I know I still owe some of you emails. . . coming soon!) Some of you who are students noted that you’d be doing as much work on the other side of the red pen. Whether students, parents, […]

Filed Under: accountability, beans and legumes, blogging, body image, cravings, dieting, entrees, gluten free, Goals, grains, motivation, nag diet, nuts, overindulging, raw, recipes, salads, self-examination, strategies, tofu and tempeh, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetables

Lucky Comestible III (4): Lentil Pistachio Patties

by Ricki Heller 18 Comments

[I thought it would be fun to run a little series over here at DDD: I’ll profile one one of my favorite foods, or a food that I’ve recently discovered and enjoyed, over several days.  For this third entry, I’m focusing on Avocados. The series is presented on an occasional (and entirely arbitrary) basis, before I move on to the next lucky […]

Filed Under: beans and legumes, dieting, entrees, exercise, fruit, gluten free, Goals, grains, lucky comestibles, motivation, recipes, reminiscences, self-examination, Uncategorized, vegan

The Dirt on Cleansing

by Ricki Heller 15 Comments

Please note: I provide this material for informational purposes only. I am not a doctor, naturopath, or other medical professional and cannot tell you what to do with your health; please always consult with your own healthcare practitioner before embarking on anything like a cleanse or detox, and before making any changes to your health […]

Filed Under: ACD Maintenance, ACD Stage One, ACD Stage Three, ACD Stage Two, anti candida diet, Candida Q & A, candida symptoms, cookbook, dieting, expert advice, food articles, Goals, healing, health information, holistic treatments, Living Candida-Free, nag diet, nutrition info, raw, strategies, Uncategorized
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