The Candida Diet For Cleansing Yeast Overgrowth

Is It Possible To Cure Or Cleanse Candida Yeast Overgrowth Naturally?

If you feel like you might have candida symptoms in your body such as chronic fatigue, low energy, constipation, bloating, stomach discomfort, food allergies, ibs or other problems, making changes in your diet may be the most important step to help your body treat Candida symptoms naturally and quickly. A anti-candida diet to help remedy yeast and fungal overgrowth is not just about what you should eat, but also about what NOT to eat to avoid adding any further to symptoms.

Below are various categories of Food and Drink that contain items you may want to consider avoiding in the Candida diet. The main concern when it comes to trying to eliminate intestinal fungus infection seems to be controlling sugars of various types to help boost your health and flush out the bowels.

You may want to use the information below to remove the possible offending foods for 2-3 weeks from your diet. Paying particular attention to eliminating refined carbohydrates and sugars of different kinds may provide the most benefit in helping to cleanse the candida yeast overgrowth. After a period of around 3 weeks you may want to slowly add in more carbohydrates of the right kind to give you more choice. Simply click into each category to get more information about what you could remove from your diet.

Alcoholic Drinks

Beers, cider, wine, spirits. Alcohol contains sugars that may potentially encourage and feed the Candida. It may also increase the stress on your immune system and organs which is not something you may want to do during a detox.

Sugars and Carbohydrates

Refined sugars, honey, syrups including glucose and fructose, artificial sweeteners. You may want to try stevia as a healthier alternative for other sweeteners. Always check the ingredients of anything you eat and take refined sugars into special consideration as this may be the most important change in helping your body to fight the intestinal overgrowth.

Fruit

The high sugar content in fruit may feed the candida. You may want to avoid all fruit particularly during the first 3 weeks. Lemons may be beneficial. After week 3, you can introduce low sugar fruits such as berries and apples into your diet.

Meats

Processed meats including packed and smoked meat, all pork products, cured meats such as hot dogs or pepperoni. Meats like these may contain fillers and sugars. Avoiding pork based products during the detox may help to boost your immune system which is vital.

Vegetables

Carrots, peas, potatoes, yucca, sweet potatoes, parsnips. These may be added in one at a time after 2-3 weeks so that your candida starts to get under more control.

Grains, Wheat & Gluten

Refined wheat, white bread, white rice, corn or corn by products such as popcorn, non-whole wheat pasta. Lowering the amount of gluten based foods may help towards a better detox particularly during the first few weeks.

FIsh

All shelfish, All fish apart from Salmon, sockeye and sardine. Avoiding the wrong types of fish in your cleansing diet may help decrease your bodys exposure to heavy metals which can increase toxicity. Your body may be able to naturally remove heavy metals from your system if you avoid eating the wrong kind of fish during this phase.

Drinks & Beverages

Coffee, regular & diet soda, green tea, energy drinks, coconut water, fruit juices. Coffee is said to contain mold which is something you want to avoid so it doesn’t encourage candida overgrowth. Avoiding caffeine for a few weeks may also help strengthen your adrenal glands and help support your immune system. You may want to consider drinking herbal tea as a healthier alternative while your detoxing your body.

Citric Acid & Vinegar

Manufactured citric acid, vinegar. You may want to consider avoiding citric acid and vinegar as they may inflame the colon further and also can be harmful for healthy intestinal bacteria in the gut. You may want to consider natural Apple Cider Vinegar as a healthier alternative which may help detox your body further.

Oils & Fats

Canola, soy, rapeseed oil, peanut, corn & cottonseed oil are said to be mold contaminated. Margerine and shortening should also be avoided as they contain trans fats which may be toxic.

Soy

Soy products should be avoided as most Soy tends to be genetically modified. Organic foods on the candida diet are highly recommended to help your body recover properly.

Dairy Products

Milk, cheese, buttermilk, cream should be avoided as they contain sugars. Healthy derivatives such as Ghee, butter, yogurt and kefir should be fine. A bowl of natural yogurt daily may be beneficial to help increase healthy intestinal flora which may help fight against bad bacteria. Organic cheeses such as Mozzarella and Goats cheese may be added in after week 3 to help increase variety in your diet.