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Sue, you wrote:
>In summary do you think the following is appropriate:-
soups, steamed, pressure cooked veggies with beans, seaweed.
Raw garlic, pau d'arco, ocassional brown rice, fish.
What about millet, is it not supposed to be more alkaline than brown rice? <
RC: Millet is more alkaline-forming than brown rice and therefore should be fine to use in addition to br. rice. The main problem is excess yeast, simple carbohydrates, and sugars so avoid these as much as you can. These foods fall into the macrobiotic category of yin dominance. Raw food is also more yin than cooked. The reason for cooking is not that it is more alkalizing but rather more yangizing ( and making food more digestable).
The soups and cooked veggies are fine -- the garlic in this case is specific as an anti-fungal (so is the Pau d'arco herb). Fish is OK, as it is yang but do not fry and try to avoid fish high in mercury as this also contributes to candidiasis. Buckwheat noodles on occassion is also good but I would stay away from the sauerkraut as it is a ferment. Acidophilus is a must -- any way you look at it it is a plant form that keeps candida from overblooming. I would not use flax seed oit as it is too yin -- better to use whole flax and grind with a little spirolina and garlic as a condiment -- very tasty. Good idea to stay away from nut butters and also good idea to eat more cooked seaweed. You don't need to eat the miso if you feel you don't need it, but good quality sea salt should be in your diet. Green plum extract is another way to alkalize the blood. You only need one drop in your cup of tea. Macrobiotic food supply companies will have this -- also called baniku-ekisu
in Japanese. I hope this answers your questions.
In peace, Roy
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