Raw foods are great because most maintain their nutrients in their raw form. But some people just don’t like raw foods and, believe it or not, there are a few foods that actually release nutrients when they’re cooked. Here are some tips for preventing nutrient loss in the foods you do cook.

Vitamin C – The best way to ensure you don’t lose too much vitamin C is to use as little water and as little heat as possible. Light steaming or stir-frying is best, but most fruits and vegetables with a high vitamin C content are best eaten raw or partially raw. By not peeling vegetables, especially root vegetables when you cook them, you retain over half the vitamin C content in comparison to vegetables that have been peeled and then cooked. Serve promptly, and don’t reheat after keeping in the refrigerator, most of the vitamin C content will be lost from foods which are high in vitamin C and then re-heated.

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B Vitamins – It is the heat and water that affect B vitamins, and I find that slow cookers are best here, just keep the heat right down and cook for prolonged periods of time. You consume the liquid that way, which is richer in minerals and vitamins. Bone broths are an exceptionally good way to get an incredible amount of vitamins and especially minerals into your diet. Don’t rinse rice before you cook it, especially brown rice, because you may wash a lot of the thiamin (vitamin B1) away.

Fat-soluble Vitamins A, E and D – Try not to cook these foods in too much butter, fat, or oil because you will end up losing much of the valuable fat-soluble vitamins into the cooking medium. Baking, steaming or broiling are better options when it comes to foods high in the fat soluble vitamins.

Some Additional tips for maintaining nutritional value include:

• Never overcook fresh foods; excess nutrient loss is in direct proportion to how much heat was applied during the cooking stage.

• Eat red meat medium rare and not fully cooked, studies conducted by The National Cancer Institute have revealed a 30 percent less cancer risk in those who ate medium rare beef over those who consumed well-done beef.

• Cooking time and applied heat account for the two biggest factors when it comes to nutrient loss.

• Use very little water when cooking, steaming and stir-frying foods. It is the water that leaches the valuable vitamins and minerals from your foods.

• Avoid deep-frying and frying if at all possible.

• Cook vegetables as soon as you can after cutting them to prevent oxidation and nutrient loss.

• • Remember that the four biggest factors accounting for nutrient loss in your foods are air, fats used in cooking, water used in cooking and applied heat. The less you use of these four elements the better.

Do you need to drink alcohol several times a week to give you an escape from reality? Perhaps you require numerous mugs of caffeine a day to provide you with a boost, or depend on a typical chocolate bar? These are some of the addictive patterns I see which may lead you into a path of a reliance of uppers like caffeine and downers like alcohol, or even just those high carb foods in general that so many people love to eat day in and day out.

Your appetite may become disordered, your eating patterns erratic and before you know it you could easily develop a digestive problem. Some last resort patients may take 10, 20 or even 40 different dietary supplements in the belief they will conquer the bad symptoms inside, there will be a lot more on that topic in future articles.

And then candida comes along as an opportunistic infection and you develop a yeast infection and poor digestive health. And then you are off to visit the doctor looking for a solution that will generally come in the form of a five-minute visit and an antibiotic or an antidepressant. Problem solved, you think – but wait a minute, that’s when the fun begins. You keep the underlying dietary and lifestyle patterns going but now compound your addictions and compulsions with pharmaceutical drugs to conveniently switch off the problems. And you begin to feel worse, another trip to the doctor or naturopath and yet another drug or dietary supplement. And when you practitioner is finally sick and tired of you complaining about being sick and tired, you may be labeled as a difficult or non-compliant patient.

I had enough of working in medical clinics after more than ten years. That’s when I decided to once again set up my own clinic and work with chronically unwell patients who had enough of being bounced around, hopping from one doctor to another.

The Apple Picker

To be honest, I really don’t care if I upset a few people here or there. I have lost a few patients over the years but I have had good results with many seemingly hopeless cases which were long ago discarded by practitioners who go onto easier pickings, or what one doctor friend called the “low-hanging fruit.” You can’t achieve quality in a brief ten-minute consultation, and the more challenging patients require much more time, valuable time a medical professional simply hasn’t got.

The apples at the very top of an apple tree are the last resort patients. They are much more difficult to pick and win over than the apples at the bottom of the tree, and are probably the best apples when you finally can reach them. There is a risk of falling if you do try to reach out to them, but you get to be a skilled apple-picker after a while; and by falling I mean offending them with more direct talk, or potential strong aggravations they may receive during treatment, etc. These are often the last resort patients who end up in my clinic.

I have been known to be straight up with patients with addictive behaviors, there is no point beating around the bush. “Do you want to get well?” I ask them.

“Yes I do,” is the reply. “Are you willing to do what it takes to get well?” “Yes I am”. “Do you enjoy feeling this terrible, having headaches, bowel problems, fatigue, etc.”

“No, I don’t, I’ve had enough. I’m willing to do whatever it takes. I’ve spent thousands of dollars and really have had enough. I am ready to get well.”

I have often thought about calling my clinic The Last Resort because that is what some patients tell us as naturopaths: “You are my last resort”.

Many naturopathic doctors will have heard these very words, and the longer they practice and the more experience they gain, the more chronic and complex cases they tend to see. It is for these naturopaths that I have developed the Candida Crusher concept as well, for those who see the last resort patients.

Are you a looking at checking into the last resort hotel yourself with your chronic health problem? If you are a Baby Boomer like me, you may be familiar with a song from the American band The Eagles called “Hotel California.” Remember the line from Hotel California, “You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave?”

Some patients I have seen love being in the Last Resort Hotel. It almost suits a purpose of staying unwell, a kind of self-sabotage. Like the 27-year old patient I had who was abused as a girl and now feels comfortable at 220 pounds to avoid an intimate relationship. Like the 48-year-old work at home mother who goes to her refrigerator for ice cream a few times a day and has peanut butter sandwiches for lunch. “I can’t be bothered, I’ve been with my man for twelve years and we have kind of drifted apart. He does his thing and I do mine”. Yet another person who feels like she is permanently checked into the Last Resort Hotel.

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The crazy thing is you can check out of the Last Resort Hotel any time you like, and you can always leave. It’s your decision, and if you come to my clinic you will get your wake-up call, but a nice one though, unless you eat the chocolate from the mini-bar! The Candida Crusher Program contains many tricks and tips on how you can avoid becoming a last resort patient, and if you have living in this establishment, how you can check out for good.

For starters, you should have also mentioned what candida diet you are following? It’s crucial for you to adhere to one particular diet plan and abide by it until end before you decide to hop around to a different diet.

In my candida crusher diet I do allow pumpkin however not for the first two weeks of my program.

You have to avoid all foods with hidden sources of sugar and pumpkin falls in the same category. If you are following my candida crusher program you know what to do if you are on another candida diet then contact your naturopath or the person that came up with the diet and ask him what stages of diet he has.

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I hope this answers your question.

Fat. It’s a scary, three-letter word. Dieters tend to avoid it at all costs. The truth, though, is that your body does need some fat in order to function properly, but many of us are eating the wrong type of fat.

The Different Types of Fat

There are four main types of fat: trans fat, polyunsaturated fat, monounsaturated fat, and saturated fat. Saturated fat is typically described as the worst for you, because the carbon atoms bond themselves to hydrogen atoms instead of to more carbon. Monounsaturated fats are technically saturated fats, but they involve two carbon atoms bonded together with one hydrogen atom between.; they could technically split and bond with even more hydrogen. Polyunsaturated fats have at least two double bonds, and many times more. Trans fat is, believe it or not, the only kind of fat that is man-made.

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Hydrogenated fats contain a secondary type of fat, called trans fatty acid. They’re named this way because they literally “transport” the hydrogen atoms from the cells where they were created to a new location in your body. Hydrogenated fats, or trans fats, are as bad for you as all of the saturated fats.

The problem is that hydrogenated fat is created when manufacturers add hydrogen to the oils, allowing liquid fats to turn into solids. This gives the fats a longer shelf life. Hundreds and hundreds of the processed foods you eat contain hydrogenated fats.

The Side Effects of Hydrogenated Fats

Hydrogenated fats have a history of causing side effects that are detrimental to your health. Some of these include:

• Higher LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) levels,

• Lower HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol) levels,

• Decrease in anti-inflammatory response,

• An inability to eat or process the healthier fats your body needs,

• Interference in your metabolism,

• Decreased testosterone,

• Diabetes,

• Immune system depression, and

• Obesity

• Hydrogenated Fats and Candida

When it comes to fighting your Candida yeast infection, one of the key points above is the way hydrogenated fats can disrupt your immune function. The Candida organism is already depressing your immune system, and adding hydrogenated fats to the mix makes it even easier for the yeast to grow and thrive. As you work through the Candida Crusher diet, you’ll find yourself reducing hydrogenated fats as you learn to eat a healthier diet.

Alternatives to Hydrogenated Fats

You do need fat in your body, though, in order to function properly. Coconut oil, while considered a saturated fat, is not hydrogenated and actually has a ton of health benefits. Coconut oil helps to give your brain energy, which is especially important since you won’t be getting the ketones produced by glucose while you’re eating a strict no-sugar, no-carb diet.

Ghee is another great alternative and is often called a healing butter. Ghee is butter, which is actually a very natural food, but it is raw and organic and is obtained from the cleanest sources possible. Ghee is a great source of selenium, linoleic acid, vitamin D, and energy.

As you work through the Candida Crusher program, you’ll find that cutting hydrogenated fats is a bit difficult. Give it some time, and by the time you’re finished you’ll feel so good you’ll never even want to look back at packaged products and hydrogenated fats again.

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