Watermelon

[Mari]

I was getting better on the gluten-free/df diet when about 2 years ago I took antibiotics for a tooth infection. Over the next year I lost weight and went back to a very limited diet. The SCD helped but eventually I realized I had intestinal overgrowths of Candida and several bacteria. I was able to reduce the overgrowth problems but my digestion did not improve evry much. I remembered that one food I could eat when I would had problems before I was diagnosed was watermelon. So I began eating about 1/2 watermelon a day and over the past several months my digestive problems have improved and I've been able to gain about 10 lbs. so I have gone from gaunt, emaciated to just rather thin. I ate as much as I could of my regular diet amd used goat milk kefir for probiotics.

There is a weight loss Watermelon diet that seems to work well for many people.

[burdee]

I was getting better on the gluten-free/df diet when about 2 years ago I took antibiotics for a tooth infection. Over the next year I lost weight and went back to a very limited diet. The SCD helped but eventually I realized I had intestinal overgrowths of Candida and several bacteria. I was able to reduce the overgrowth problems but my digestion did not improve evry much. I remembered that one food I could eat when I would had problems before I was diagnosed was watermelon. So I began eating about 1/2 watermelon a day and over the past several months my digestive problems have improved and I've been able to gain about 10 lbs. so I have gone from gaunt, emaciated to just rather thin. I ate as much as I could of my regular diet amd used goat milk kefir for probiotics.

There is a weight loss Watermelon diet that seems to work well for many people.

Which bacterial infections did you develop after taking the antibiotics? I also had Candida (which I successfully treated with Nystatin) and 5 different bacterial (overgrowth) infections including Klebsiella, Enterobacter Cloaecae, Clostridium difficile (C-diff), Achromobacter and H. Pylori. I've successfully eliminated all of those with various drug or botanical treatments.

Were your infections diagnosed by stool test? Have you retested recently?