No Milk? No Bread? No Fruit? Really?

We all know that sugar eats holes in the hardest part of our bodies, the enamel of our teeth, but do we ever wonder what it is doing to the soft tissues? The lining of the stomach? Intestines? So many people have digestive problems, food allergies and sensitivities but I bet not many people connect it to sugar. Yeast is naturally on the skin, in the intestines and in our mouths but when we eat a poor diet including too much sugar, we feed the yeast and cause an overgrowth or infection in our bodies. When that happens the yeast bore themselves into mucosal linings of our stomachs, nose/sinuses, intestines, etc... Ever heard of "leaky gut syndrome"? This diet is intended to heal the gut. When the gut is leaky, it lets undigested proteins like the casein in milk and gluten from flours into the blood stream before they are fully digested. The blood doesn't like that and can react causing gluten and lactose intolerance, among other things. Parents may be causing their child's food allergies without even knowing it. It's worth investigating further if you have some of those problems. I haven't noticed any issues with intolerance (sometimes churning in my stomach when I eat toast or cereal) so when I am finished with the diet in 3+ months which is intended to kill off the excess yeast, I will reintroduce fruit sugars (yep, I am not eating fruit either), some dairy products and a small amount of wheat flour back into my diet. I haven't completely given up flour products yet because I am no expert at baking with the 4 grains that are allowed on the diet. I am eating one dairy product, kefir cheese, because when it ferments, the lactose in the milk is gone and when the whey separates from the solids, the milk protein does too! In a future post I will add photos and instructions on making kefir cheese. It's delicious!