The Candida Directory: The Comprehensive Guidebook to Yeast-Free Living [Paperback]

Helen Gustafson (Author), Maureen O'Shea (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Celestial Arts; 3rd Printing edition (December 15, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890877149
• ISBN-13: 978-0890877142
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #509,443 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #27 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Disorders & Diseases > Candida

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally!, May 26, 2007

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L. Wolfe "Healthy and loving it" (Cedar Rapids, IA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Candida Directory: The Comprehensive Guidebook to Yeast-Free Living (Paperback)

Finally someone has figured out that depression, fatigue, lack of motivation, confusion, headaches, yeast infections, PMS, cramps, and everything else that ails ya can be attributed to this biological event. I was so tired of being misdiagnosed. I went into a doctor's office looking for nutritional information 4 years ago, and all I got was a diagnosis of anxiety and a prescription for prozac. It took me two years to get rid of its side effects. I only took it for 5 months before I decided it was very wrong for me to be taking this drug as I realized that my problem wasn't starting in my brain chemicals as is the latest theory.
The body fuels the mind, so I started paying attention, about 3 years ago, to the way my body reacted to soda pop. Since then I have changed my sugar intake and thus eliminated my depression, aches and pains, headaches, colds and flu, lost weight, gained energy and motivation...everything is different for the first time in my life. The first time!
I was searching for a way to explain my recently frequent yeast infections and stumbled upon this book at a local drug store. I have had them since I started menstruating, and thus started experiencing fluctuating hormones. This book shows a lot about how my lower-middle class American diet of processed foods has certainly attributed to the problem as well! At 35 I am healthier than I have ever been and going through stage 1 to get my balance in check, so that I can control the infections, eliminate the candida growth, then progress through stages 2,3 to bring my diet and biology back into harmony.
I am so excited about finallly finding a "cure". So far, the only difficulty here in the Midwest is finding the stage 1 foods in my city (pop. 300,000). The nearest organic/health food store that carries antibiotic, and growth hormone-free meat is about 35 minutes away. And I spent 3 hours with this book in hand at the main grocery chain trying to find sugar and yeast-free foods. It is everywhere in everything! I am not surprised at America's obesity problem anymore now that I am an avid label reader. especially since eating healthy is 2 to 3 times more costly!
I highly recommend this book for anyone who is intuitive and perceptive about their bodies' behaviors, and for those who are tired of being told that it's all in their heads. Chemically imbalanced yes, but not in the brain.
The real imbalance(and injustice) is the way we have been forced to eat and live in this country. While I got a fatter waistline, those who process the crappy food I ate got fatter wallets. So did the pharmaceutical companies, the "specialists", the "doctors", the clothing companies where I had to keep buying clothes that fit, the cold drug manufacturers, and everyone else who made money from my illnesses. This book is freedom and control in your life if candida is your problem. Buy one, buy many, and share them with everyone you know.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive and very well put together., March 25, 2005

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This review is from: The Candida Directory: The Comprehensive Guidebook to Yeast-Free Living (Paperback)

I've read many books on this subject. The best thing about this book is that it gives you hope. 3 stages to this diet and easily explained with common sense and science. The recipes are easy and wonderful. There are appropriate lists of foods that help you see how to plan. This is not a "fad book" but brilliantly put together by women who know the subject and have lived the misery. There is simply not one negative I could say about this. It is the only book I've seen that gives a person a complete understanding of what is going on within the body, the consequences, and a way out that leaves you with a positive outlook. Gone are the absolutes of a bland menu. The ideas are new and undated. Everyone has their own version of things, as is said, but this is a plan that is possible to follow and also enjoy at the same time. Not kidding. The recipes are good enough for someone not suffering the condition also. Good for guys too. We can get this imbalance also. You can't lose.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not the book I thought it would be..., March 4, 2009

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Bookcat "Bookcat" (Shelby Township, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Candida Directory: The Comprehensive Guidebook to Yeast-Free Living (Paperback)

There are many columns and lists of foods that are either good or bad but the layout often makes it difficult to interpret and some of the lists need far more clarification. Many of the recipes were just not things the average person needing to make a dietary transition would want to try. I found the Complete Candida Yeast Guidebook to be far more readable, user friendly, informative and a better bang for the buck.