Candida and Mucous Quality For Fertility.

Enhancing Fertility

4 Sept

Written By Rhonda e Campbell

Image reflecting Candida which can change Mucous Quality and Fertility.

The Candida diet can improve mucous quality and Fertility.

The Anti-Candida diet is for every women who goes on the Liz Lalor fertility programme.

Introduction

It is vital for every woman to go on the Anti-Candida Diet for 6-8 weeks for the following reasons:

Mucous Quality: Healthy mucus should be noticeable and thick enough to leave a mark on your undergarments. Many women recall having such mucus during their teenage years and early twenties, but it often changes over time.

Sperm's Path: Sperm rely on climbing through healthy, stringy, and slimy mucus to reach their destination.

During ovulation, mucus should resemble the thick, slimy mucus one might experience with a bad head cold.

Red Flags: Poor mucus quality may signal issues like Candida infection and an acidic vagina, sometimes referred to as a 'hostile vagina.' A Candida diet is recommended in such cases. Candida can directly affect the consistency of vaginal mucus, making it difficult for sperm to travel.

Culprit: Candida can be triggered by the use of the Oral Contraceptive Pill.

Fragrance-Free Zone: Avoid using perfumed products or deodorant sprays in the vaginal area, as they can disrupt vaginal pH balance. Even perfumed toilet paper can be problematic.

Candida's Many Faces: Candida isn't just about recurring thrush. Symptoms may include acrid, poor-quality watery mucus during ovulation or premenstrual vaginal itching, tenderness after intercourse, or insufficient lubrication during sex.

Emotional Factors: Emotional anxiety can impact lubrication, as can a lack of sexual foreplay. Anxiety in the male partner can also contribute to the woman's anxiety.

Herbal Support: Consider incorporating soothing herbs like Chamomile into your routine to help with anxiety and stress.

Recommended Suggestions

Anti-Candida Diet: This diet spans six to eight weeks. It can take time to grasp all the changes.
Common queries include whether milk, pasta, rice, coconut milk, and all vegetables are allowed, The answer is yes.
Sauce Dilemma: When it comes to pasta sauce, mayonnaise, and sweet satay sauces, the answer is no unless they are sugar-free.
Some find the Candida diet challenging.
The Anti-Candida Diet
Bakery
Forbidden:
- Commercial breads and biscuits with wheat.
- Oats (for the first three weeks).
- Commercial muffins, cakes, and pastries.
- Wheat or semolina-based pasta.
- All foods containing yeast.
Alternatives:
- Rice, corn, buckwheat, millet.
- Rice or corn crackers.
- Puffed millet and rice flake cereal.
- Rice, corn, millet, or buckwheat pasta.
Beverages
Forbidden:
- Alcohol, fruit juice, soft drink, cordials, tea, coffee, dairy milk.
- Soymilk with malt or sugar.
Alternatives:
- Pau d’arco tea.
- Dandelion root.
- Filtered water with a squeeze of lemon juice.
- Diluted vegetable juices (no carrot).
Condiments, Oils, and Spreads
Forbidden:
- Sugar, artificial sweeteners, malt, honey, fructose, lactose.
- Vinegar, salt, pepper, soy sauce, tamari, shoyu, Worcestershire sauce, etc.
- Margarine, butter, and all commercial spreads.
- Vegemite, jam.
Alternatives:
- Make your own dressing with cold-pressed linseed oil, olive oil, and lemon juice. Add garlic and herbs if desired.
- Use tahini or avocado as a spread.
- Homemade Hummus: cooked chickpeas blended with garlic, lemon juice, and tahini.
Dairy Products
All forbidden as they contain milk sugar:
- Ice cream, cheese, milk, yogurt, cream, butter, milk powders, whey, buttermilk.
Allowed:
- Soy milk with no sugar or malt.
Fruit
All forbidden for the first few weeks.
Candida will live with even the smallest amount of sugar, so it is imperative to avoid this at all costs.
Allowed only small amounts 5th-8th week
During the 5th to the 8th weeks, you are allowed small amounts of pawpaw, pineapple, banana, and kiwi fruit.
Meats
Avoid:
- Shellfish, sausage, salami, ham, and other processed and/or preserved meats.
Can have:
- Lean beef, skinless chicken, lamb, and fresh fish.
- Try to obtain all meat as organic and free-range as possible.
Nuts and Seeds
Avoid:
- Peanuts, coconut, old nuts, and seeds.
Preferred:
- Fresh nuts and seeds.
Vegetables
Avoid for the first three weeks:
- Sweet corn, sweet potato, potato, beans, squash.
- Mushrooms and other fungi.
- Fermented foods, including tofu, miso, and tempeh.
Allowed after week three:
- All other fresh vegetables.
Anti Candida Diet Suggestions:
Breakfast:
- Rice flakes, corn puffs, millet flake cereal with malt-free, sugar-free soymilk or fresh almond milk. (Avoid excessive consumption of puffed products)
- Note: Use a maximum of three grains in cereals for optimal digestion.
- Tahini on rice toast, topped with linseeds, pepitas, or sunflower seeds.
- Poached egg* on yeast-free cornbread.
- Leftover vegetables mashed and made into patties, lightly fried, on yeast-free corn toast.
Morning Break:
- Avocado and grated carrot on rice or corn crispbread.
- Handful of fresh nuts and seeds, lightly grilled for flavor (sesame seeds, pepitas, sunflower seeds, and almonds).
- Almond or other nut (not peanut butter) paste on rice toast or crispbread.
Lunch:
- Stir-fry with onions, garlic, vegetables, and buckwheat pasta.
- Salad with fresh herbs, olive oil, and garlic dressing, topped with lightly toasted seeds.
- Salad with chicken breast (free-range or organic) and rice.
- Salad sandwich with homemade hummus (cooked chickpea, lemon juice, garlic, and tahini).
- Chicken burger (free-range or organic) with salad on yeast-free bread spread with avocado.
- Stir-fried vegetables with lean mince or lamb (free-range or organic) and rice noodles.
Afternoon Break:
- Red Clover or Dandelion tea or Dandelion coffee with rice flour muffin (add grated carrot or zucchini for flavour).
- Tahini or avocado on rice toast or crisp bread sprinkled with seeds.
- Tuna in spring water with salt, hummus, or avocado on crackers.
- Homemade hummus dip with carrot and celery sticks.
Dinner:
- Brown rice and split pea vegetable soup.
- Baked chicken (free-range or organic) and vegetables.
- Burger or mince patties on rice bread with salad. Avocado/hummus spread.
- Garlic, onion, fresh coriander or basil, vegetable stir-fry with basmati or jasmine rice.
- Veggie burger (mashed vegetables combined with cooked rice and an egg to form patties) with salad, on yeast-free bread.
- Fillet of fresh fish with salt (linseed oil and lemon juice dressing) or vegetables.
- Poached mackerel fillet in coconut cream. Serve on a bed of rice with salad.
  Conclusion
  The Candida diet can improve mucous quality and Fertility.
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