Greens

Leafy green foods are an important part of healing candida, but apparently it can be overdone.  Hopefully, we all know that anything can be overdone.  Drinking tons and tons of green smoothies can eventually devastate the body's health says Sarah, the Healthy Home Economist.  The oxalate in the greens can create stones in tissue and that can only end badly.  Yes, leafy greens are foods and even candida sufferers should have their share of leafy green food, however, I believe in this case moderation is key.  Preparing lots of cultured food is important and at a certain point in the diet, eating lots of whole cultured greens is fine.  What I learned from Sarah's article is that even a shot of wheat grass juice is fine (because of the low levels of oxalate).

To be clear, I'm not saying to stay away from leafy greens and I don't believe that Sarah is saying that either. I believe that she is mostly warning not to overdo this green drink/smoothie business.  Leafy greens are magnificent and very, very healthy; but if you have candida or other problems that Sarah mentioned and you're OD-ing on the green juice, THEN you're heading for disaster.