Greetings.
Eric Bakker naturopath.
Thank you for coming back to my channel.
I get questions, as you can imagine.
Questions, questions all the time.
Some questions are good, some, a bit funny, some intelligent, some well, let's leave it
there.
This is one I get all the time.
Can you eat beans on the Candida Cleanse?
So if you've got Candida, can you eat beans?
Well, I just spent five, ten minutes on Google, and I've found some interesting stuff.
I found lots of parrots out there like I usually do.
Sites that copy other sites and regurgitate the same information.
Parrots are good at regurgitating.
I've got one, but they're also good at listening and then saying the same stuff.
My Parrot will say stuff over and again.
Stuff that I tell him, and he repeats it, repeat it to my wife, repeat it to my daughter,
and lots of people like that on Google.
They go onto social media.
They just go blah, blah, blah of what they've read.
So the point I'm making here is don't believe a lot of stuff that you read online, 'cause
it's junk.
Okay?
It really is.
And a very interesting site of a doctor, who will remain nameless, said, "Avoid all beans
on Candida diet.
You must go through a strict three week detoxification before you can reintroduce those foods."
How the hell does that person know what your microbiome's like?
How does that person even know you've got Candida to start with?
Now remember, if you'd been watching my channel, you'll know that over half the people I see
who swear they have Candida, in fact, have got no yeast problem in their gut at all.
They've got a problem with a lack of beneficial bacteria, or they'll have a problem with an
overgrowth of bacteria in the small bowel or in the colon in different areas.
They could [inaudible] of bacteria there.
They could have Gingivitis putting bacteria in their throat and their gut.
They're could be all kinds of things going on.
Alright?
That's what I want you to bear in mind.
A, we don't know if you've got Candida or not.
And B, we don't know how the beans are gonna react in your gut or not.
So to make a blanket statement that everybody with Candida, assuming you've got it, needs
to avoid beans, is a dumb statement.
It's not based on any fact.
It's suspicion.
Alright?
We've all got opinions and opinions.
Think carefully about this.
Lots of people I see can perfectly tolerate Adzuki beans, Chickpeas, Pinto beans, Black
Eyed beans, many different types of beans when they've got a dodgy stomach, or if their
stomach's not too good.
So how do you work around a poor digestion in beans?
Well to start with, you need to understand how to prepare beans properly.
And I don't mean just get a can of baked beans from Heins, from Costco, open it up, and then
eat it like a can of spaghetti like Popeye does.
It doesn't work like that.
Alright?
Get really good quality beans from your organic shop, soak them, prepare them properly, go
to Google and look how to prepare legumes and beans properly, cook them properly.
Start with a very small amount, and generally you'll get away with it.
It all depends on the state of your gut bacteria.
That's the point I'm trying to make.
And because no two people have the same microbiome, no two people are gonna react to Chickpeas
or Adzuki beans alike.
Some patients I see perfectly tolerate beans with Candida, even with diagnosed Candida.
Other people can't tolerate any legumes whatsoever in their diet with Candida, and there's a
lot of in between.
And a three week avoidance, and then you can introduce it?
Get out of here.
How can your gut in 21 days all of the sudden go from a state where it's cracked out on
Candida to accepting an introduction on a bean that was aggravating you previously?
That doesn't make sense to me at all.
It's just madness.
So what am I trying to say?
What I'm trying to say is if you're eating beans currently, and you've a lot of gas and
bloating, back off.
Okay?
See if they were the culprit.
If you reduce, obviously, those beans, and they were causing your problem, there'll be
some type of improvement in a G.I. symptom.
If you're currently not eating beans, and you would like to, and your gut is very bad,
you may want to wait a little while and then do a small introduction, and I mean a small.
Maybe a tablespoon, for example, of Chickpeas or Adzuki beans that are well prepared and
well cooked.
Okay?
And maybe blend it with some other foods, with some vegetables, or some seeds, or things
like that.
And you chew them very, very well, and you'll likely not gonna have a problem.
I don't fall for the hype, folks.
I've heard it all before.
There are some many experts out there.
The only expert with your gut is you.
Think about it.
It's trial and error.
Watch out for the bean police.
Thanks for tuning in.