Anti-Candida Diet

In my clinical experience, one of the major problems in Candida eradication is that people are too severe in their diet, forcing the yeast into its cyst form, in which it can survive for years, and it becomes virtually immune to anti-fungal medications. When a “normal” diet is reintroduced, the yeast spores blossom and the Candida overgrowth problems begin all over again. It is far better to keep the yeast in a weakened but budding state so that antimicrobial therapies can have their full effect as the yeast bud and grow. Only then are they easy to kill and eradicate once and for all. The diet usually lasts 2-4 weeks, after which a normal diet may resume.

This diet works only in conjunction with anti-fungal herbs. The specific herbs to take should be prescribed on an individual basis by a qualified health care provider.

Completely Eliminate for the Duration of the Treatment:

  • All sugar, sweets, honey, chocolate, sweetened fizzy drinks, colas, chocolate, ice cream, cakes, pies, beer.
  • All grains, bread, biscuits, pasta, rice, oats, buckwheat, barley, quinoia
  • Potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, winter squash
  • All fruit juice
  • Vitamin B6 (except P5P) and other types of yeast (Brewer’s and Baker’s yeast)

Eat unlimited quantities of very low and low carbohydrate vegetables:

Very Low Carbohydrate Vegetables

Lettuce

All varieties

 Spinach Bean, Seed, or Alfalfa Sprouts
Cabbage

All varieties

 Greens

Collards, Kale, Chard, etc.

 Mushrooms
Celery Radishes Bamboo shoots
Cauliflower Courgettes

Summer Squash
Asparagus Eggplant

Low Carbohydrate Vegetables

Artichoke Beets Broccoli Brussels sprouts
Carrot Celery Green Beans Onions & Leeks
Peppers

Green, Red, Yellow

 Snap Peas

Snow Peas

 Tomato

All varieties

 Turnips
Okra Olives Cucumber

Eat quality protein foods liberally

Pulses – Beans Fish Chicken Turkey
Lamb Beef Game Shellfish
Nuts Seeds Eggs Hard Cheese

Eat 3 servings of Moderate Glycemic Load Fruits

Whole Fruit Only – No Fruit Juice  – No bananas

Apple

Apricot

Avocado

Any Berries

Blackberries

Blueberries

Raspberries

Strawberries

Cantaloupe

 Cherries

Fresh Figs

Grapefruit

Grapes

Lemon

Lime

Mango

Melons

Nectarines

 Olives

Orange

Peaches

Pears

Pomegranate

Plums

Tangerines

Watermelon

Eating 3 servings of fruit is essential for the success of this treatment as it forces the yeast to work harder and raises its metabolic rate, making it easier to kill with anti-fungal herbs. If you do not eat the whole fruit the yeast will simply shut down its metabolism and wait until you eat some small bit of tasty carbohydrate and simply resume where it left off. If you eat more than 3 servings of fruit, it is likely too much carbohydrate and the yeast will thrive.

Miscellaneous

  • Condiments, herbs, and spices without added sugar should be fine to use.
  • Alcohol is not recommended during the eradication, but theoretically modest amounts of dry wine or spirits should be tolerated.
  • Diet or sugar-free beverages upset the body’s water balance and should be avoided.
  • Drink water or unsweetened coffee, tea, or herb teas.
  • Probiotics like lactobacillus and bifidobacteria are also helpful, taken away from the antimicrobial herbs, with or without food.

While you may eat as much food as you like, most people lose weight on this diet, and so do not be alarmed if you find yourself losing a few kilos.

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