I understand the sugar cravings. I don't have a candida problem, but my biochemsitry is out of whack in other ways and this is causing cravings.

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but is there anything you are eating that could be causing the cravings? Too much fruit can do this, including fruit juice. Also, grains of any kind. (You said you don't eat those, yes?) It's also quite common to crave if your body is not getting enough healthy fat. I've been advised to try drinking some olive oil when I am craving, yucky as it sounds, and I find it sometimes helps.

As for breakfast, you can have anything you want. Most people who eat SAD (the standard American diet) seem to think that a proper breakfast has to be a carb feast. But you can have your favourite lunch or dinner food for breakfast, why not? Leftovers from the night before? Personally I am quite happy with routine and every morning I have a pile of veg either steamed or raw, plus a little chicken cooked in butter, Tamari soy sauce and a dash of white wine. I also add walnuts, thankfully I'm OK with nuts. I eat a lot of chicken because it is cheap, unfortunately -- I'd love to be able to afford free range. I cook a batch and keep it in the fridge, then take a little out here and there when I want it.

If your stomach turns at the thought of these foods in the morning, maybe you could investigate having some kind of smoothie. Often they are yogurt-based, do you eat yogurt? There might be other things you could use instead. I'm not the one to ask there because I'm not very keen on smoothies.

Eating this way, in my experience, is only hard when the cravings get a grip on you. If you can weather them (and I struggle with this myself, I'm far from perfect), then at some point when the cravings lessen you will find that your body thanks you immensely for taking care of it in this way.

I know what you mean about getting sick of a certain food. Ditch the eggs for a while. I actually tried having pureed raw liver for a few days because it is so very good for you. Unfortunately my drive to be healthy met an equal drive to resist hideously awful-tasting food and I haven't had any liver of any kind in months LOL. I think I'll survive though.

Linda.