Ann Boroch > Quotes

“Not everyone has to follow this, but those with digestive and GI issues can find relief by following a few simple rules like eating proteins with vegetables and not starches, or eating starches with vegetables. Fruits are best eaten alone or with nuts. Fats do well with everything except fruit.”
― Ann Boroch, The Candida Cure: The 90-Day Program to Balance Your Gut, Beat Candida, and Restore Vibrant Health

“The United States is a nation addicted to sugar. In 1890, the average American ate 10 pounds of sugar a year. Today, that figure is between 170 and 200 pounds. Unfortunately, in our society sugar is not just something that tastes good. It has also become an emotional pacifier. Refined sugar may satisfy your psychological needs for a moment, but ultimately it will destroy your body.”
― Ann Boroch, The Candida Cure The 90-Day Program to Beat Candida & Restore Vibrant Health

“There are approximately seventy-nine different mycotoxins associated with C. albicans, all of which attack by weakening your immune system, causing inflammation in the body,9 and destroying vital tissues and organs. These include acetaldehyde and gliotoxin, which I’ll discuss more deeply in a bit, plus tyramine, canditoxin, polysaccharide proteins, histamine, and glycoprotein toxin.”
― Ann Boroch, The Candida Cure: The 90-Day Program to Balance Your Gut, Beat Candida, and Restore Vibrant Health

“Acetaldehyde also depletes niacin, or vitamin B3, which your cells need to burn fat and sugar for energy—and when your cells can’t burn fat stores, you gain weight and feel lethargic. Niacin also plays an important role in the production of serotonin, a neurotransmitter that affects mood and sleep, as well as the production of a coenzyme”
― Ann Boroch, The Candida Cure: The 90-Day Program to Balance Your Gut, Beat Candida, and Restore Vibrant Health

“what is a healthy diet? It’s one that consists of 60 percent organic vegetables; 20 percent meat and fish that are antibiotic- and hormone-free (meat from grass-fed animals); 15 percent gluten-free whole grains; and 5 percent organic fruits, nuts, seeds, beans/legumes (once or twice a week), and unrefined oils.”
― Ann Boroch, The Candida Cure The 90-Day Program to Beat Candida & Restore Vibrant Health

“of those in food to have optimal health. Most enzymes are destroyed in foods that are processed, refined, or cooked at temperatures above 118 degrees. Raw or lightly steamed foods, on the other hand, are rich in enzymes.”
― Ann Boroch, The Candida Cure The 90-Day Program to Beat Candida & Restore Vibrant Health