Total Yeast Infection Prevention

Any kind of disease should not be taken for granted, including yeast intolerance. If you already have the symptoms, then you should get yourself checked to get a formal diagnosis. Seek the advice of your doctor for the best treatment that suits you. You may have to make a lot of changes in your lifestyle to be able to start living life yeast free. You may have to take total yeast infection prevention measures to be able to live normal again.

Here are some tips: 

Stay away from medications that encourage yeast like oral contraceptives and antibiotics. Refrain from eating foods that have yeast in them, as well as foods that nurture yeast like food with too many sugars, wheat or carbohydrates. Always be careful of what you’re eating because there are certain foods that have hidden wheat in them (like sausages that have Butcher’s rusk, a food additive derived from grain.)

Turn to healthier alternatives like substituting with Stevia sweetener, wheat free flour or whole grain. It’s easier to find regular wheat flours and regular grains in the supermarket, but wheat-less flours and whole grains are also available out there; you just have to be more patient in searching.

Lastly, avoid stress and eat nutritious foods since Candidiasis is triggered by weak immunity.

Gluten Free Wheat Free Restaurants – Are There Really Such Things?

Are there really gluten free wheat free restaurants you can trust as one hundred percent gluten and wheat free? – Probably there are NONE, and here’s why.

When we say gluten free or wheat free, the main focus of our minds are breads, pastries, and other baked goodies. Restaurants who claim to be gluten free or wheat free are probably just gluten or wheat free only in their baked goods section. On the other hand, the ideal gluten and wheat free diet should exclude all baked items with wheat and gluten, as well as all other foods that have wheat flour in them.

Thus, you have to make sure that the custards, soups, sauces, gravies, and breading foods that you eat from restaurants are not made with the regular flour but instead with gluten free wheat free flour alternatives. Beware most especially because the foods that you eat from restaurants can be easily cross-contaminated by wheat ingredients and this in not good at all if you are gluten intolerant, have wheat allergy, or cannot eat wheat because you are yeast intolerant.

Wheat Free Flour Alternatives for the Yeast Intolerant

Do you know where regular flours come from? – Flours like all purpose flour, cake flour, etc. come from cereal grains, specifically from barley and rye. Barley and rye though have wheat in them; so if you’re allergic to wheat or avoiding high-carbohydrate wheat because you’re intolerant to yeast, then these common flours are not for you. Good to know though that there are many wheat free flour alternatives you can turn to.

Among the popular wheat-less flours are the following: rice flour, quinoa flour, corn flour, corn meal, flax seed meal, chia seed flour, oat flour, and buckwheat, millet, and potato flour. There are also tapioca flours and bean flours as well as pea flours you can buy from the market.

If you love eating baked goodies or just need to use flour in your cooking, then there’s no need to risk your health using wheat-based flours if you’re particularly intolerant to yeast, or wheat.

How to Make Yeast Free Pizza Dough

Besides bread, you should also go yeast-free on pastries and other bread-like foods like pizza dough. Yeast free pizza dough may not be easy to find in the markets, but you can always make one at home. Here’s how to make a homemade pizza dough (yeast-free):

Yeast Free Pizza Crust (from Food.com):
-    Mix ½ cup cornstarch, ½ cup rice flour [or other wheat free flour], 1 tsp salt, 1 tbsp Italian spices [optional], 1 dash garlic powder [or minced fresh garlic]. Add 2 eggs, and 2/3 cup low-fat milk [non dairy milk like soymilk]. Mix gently but do not overbeat. Place the dough in a greased pizza pan. Bake for 10 minutes at 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Remove from the oven and place your favorite sauce and toppings. Bake for 10 more minutes. *This recipe yields one pizza crust that serves 3 persons.
-    If you’re intolerant to yeast, don’t use cold cuts of smoked or other processed meats. Use cooked fresh meat instead. It’s also best to avoid cheese.

Yeast Free Bread - Would You Really Eat It?

Most people are the kinds who really love to eat bread – the softness and sweetness of bread keeps you satisfied for long. White bread is the best source of the carbohydrate you’re yearning for comfort. But what if one day you suddenly learn that you cannot eat the same bread you’re used to. If you’re yeast intolerant, you cannot eat the same bread with yeast and wheat in it. Would you replace it with yeast free bread whose texture isn’t quite the same?

Breads that are made with no yeast lack the softness and airiness of the regular white bread. But still it’s a healthier alternative; and it could still taste the way you want it.

Most yeast-less bread also use wheat-less flour hence they have lesser carbohydrates (thus lesser sugar). They are also not usually made with sugar since too much sweets is also bad for yeast intolerance. Still, yeast free pastries and breads can be made with Stevia natural sweetener; and of course you can always put in it your favorite fillings or spreads suitable to your palate.

How to Make Yeast Free Bread

It is a common misconception that yeast free breads aren’t delicious. However the presence of yeast in bread doesn’t add or take away from its taste, only to texture. Without using yeast as a leavening agent, the bread won’t “rise” and it won’t be soft or spongy after baking. Here’s how to make yeast free bread:

Yeast Free Whole-meal Bread (recipe from Food.com):

-    Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Combine 3 cups whole wheat flour, ¼ cup rolled oats, 1 tsp. baking soda, 1 tsp. baking powder, ½ tsp salt, and powdered Stevia sweetener. Mix in 1 ½ tbsp softened butter [or unrefined vegetable oil]. Add 2 cups of rice milk [or other non-dairy milk]. Mix well. Place mixture in a greased loaf tin, then bake for 50 minutes. Remove the bread from tin and leave to cool on a rack before slicing. [*Note 1 tbsp. sugar is replaced by Stevia sweetener because sugar is not good for people who are yeast intolerant.]

Wheat and Yeast Free Diet

Although wheat allergy and Candida disease are distinct from each other, those who are yeast intolerant usually go both on a wheat and yeast free diet (though not especially allergic to wheat) . The reason is because yeast sufferers can benefit from a wheat free diet as well. Here’s how:

Wheat products like white bread, white rice or other dough or pastries made with refined white flour are all bad for those suffering from yeast intolerance. Candida intolerant individuals don’t just need to stay away from foods with yeast; they also have to avoid foods that encourage yeast, and this includes high-carbohydrate wheat products. Sweets and sugary foods are what yeasts feed on, and high-carbohydrate foods mean they are also high in sugar. Thus, both sugars and carbohydrate rich foods (like wheat) are a major no-no.

To satisfy your craving for carbohydrates, you can substitute whole-wheat or whole-meal or whole-grain versions to your regular bread or rice.

What Does Yeast and Sugar Free Diet Mean?

The issue with Candida free diets is that they eliminate lots of sweets and sugary items in your diet. This is because yeast, the culprit, commonly feeds on sugar as well as carbohydrates. Thus it is very important to follow a totally yeast and sugar free diet. 

But what really constitutes a yeast / sugar free diet? Is it really possible to remove sugar and carbohydrates in your diet? – The answer is NO. 

The best thing you could do though is to substitute better alternatives like the use of Stevia natural sweetener. Stevia is an organic natural sweetener that comes from plant extracts, thus it is a healthier alternative to sugar most especially refined sugar. Don’t use molasses, maple syrup, or other forms of sugar or fructose.

What about honey? Raw honey comes from a natural source and it also has anti-viral / anti-bacterial properties. You can use honey but only in moderation. 

Limit intake of high carbohydrate foods because high-carbohydrate also means high in sugar.