Allowable Foods for a Candida Diet

Vegetables:

All vegetables except mushrooms and all potatoes (1-2x/wk, all skins should be scrubbed and them removed before cooking)

Scrub all vegetables before use.   Also peel or skin when possible.

Meats:

Beef (small amounts 1x/wk)      Chicken                       Fish                           Lobster

Lamb                                                 Turkey                        Crab                          Salmon

Tuna                                                  Shrimp                        Veal              

Dairy:

Butter                                               Eggs                            Raw Cottage Cheese

Soy Milk                                            Tofu

Condiments:

Apple Cider Vinegar (raw & unfiltered-refrigerate)                                   

Fresh Herbs (i.e. basil, parsley, etc.)

Sea salt                                           Pepper             Spices (without additives, MSG, etc.)

Homemade mayonnaise (recipe)                                                

Beans & Legumes:

 All (except fermented soy products, i.e., miso, tepeh).  Good to eliminate this group for the first month- then eat only 3x/wk.

Fruits (one per day):

Apples (granny smith-peeled)    Blueberries                    Coconut

Grapefruit                                         Lemons & Limes         

Oils:

Flaxseed, Sesame oil, Sunflower oil  (not for cooking, just flavoring)

Olive oil (good for cooking)

Drinks:

Water-filtered & Mineral              Herbal Teas (in moderation)                   

Nuts & Seeds:

Almonds                                          Brazil                                 Chestnuts

Hazelnuts                                       Macadamia                       Pecans

Pumpkin seeds                              Sunflower Seeds              Walnut

Sesame seeds

Sweeteners:

Stevia                                             xylitol                

Grains:

Amaranth                                       Barley*                               Brown rice

Buckwheat                                     Millet                                   Oats*

Pasta (whole grains that are not wheat)                             quinoa

Rye*                                                Wild rice                              Sourdough Bread (recipe)

Pizza Crust (100%wheat and yeast free)    

* (If gluten intolerant stay away from barley, oats, rye, and spelt)

Miscellaneous:

Carob-unsweetened                   Salsa (fresh w/ no vinegar or sugar)

Please adhere to the diet as closely as possible.  Candida fungus grows on sugar, starch and high carbohydrate foods.  It is also fed by gluten-containing grains.  Gluten-containing grains include wheat, oats, rye, and barley.  Candida is also fed by the other yeast molds that are contained in many foods.  Please read labels and check for ingredients that are on the avoid list. 

If you have to cheat, do so sparingly.  Your cravings will slowly dissipate once that Candida is leaving the body.  slowly introduce foods back into your diet after a month that are on the avoids list.  You will be able to tell which foods you will be able to tolerate.  You will notice which foods will agree with your system.

foods to avoid

Vegetables:

Corn                                          Mushrooms

Meats:

Processed & packaged meats (all)                               Hamburger

Hot dogs                                   Sausage                          

Dairy:

All cheeses including Cottage Cheese                          Buttermilk

Cow & goat milk                        Ice Cream                      Margarine

Sour Cream                                Yogurt           

Condiments:

All vinegars (except apple cider & raw unfiltered)

Catsup                                        Gravy                            Mustard

Jams & jellies                            Pickles                          Relish

Sauces                                        Soy Oil                           Tamari

Worcestershire                         Spices with yeast, sugar or additives

Dried Herbs (mold collects on leaves during drying process)

Salad Dressing (unless no added sugar and only raw apple cider vinegar is added)                  

Beans & Legumes:

Peas                                            No Fermented Soy Products

Fruits:

Apricots                                      Berries                             Bananas

Cherries                                      Currants                          Dates

Dried fruits                                  Figs                                 Grapes

Kiwi                                               Mangos                          Melons

Nectarines                                   Oranges                         Papayas

Pears                                            Peaches                          Pineapple

Plums                                           Pomegranates              Tangerines

Oils:

Peanut oils                                  Processed Oils              Hydrogenated Oils

Drinks:

Alcohol                                          Coffee                             Fruit Juices

Soda (diet & regular)                  Tea (all caffeinated and decaffe-except herbal)

Nuts & Seeds:

Cashews                                       Peanuts                          Pistachios

Sweeteners:

Aspartame                                    Barley Malt                    Brown Rice Syrup

Brown Sugar                                 Corn Syrup                      Dextrose

Fructose                                        Honey                              Maltodextrin

Maple Syrup                                  Molasses                        Sorbitol

White Sugar                                  Raw Cane                         Juice Crystals

Sucralose

Grains:

Breads (unless wheat, dairy, yeast and sugar free)    

Cereals (unless wheat, dairy and sugar free)

Corn                                                 Kamut                             Pastries

Spelt                                               White Rice                        Wheat

White flour

Miscellaneous:

Candy                                              Cookies                            Chocolate

Coffee                                              Donuts                             Gelatin

Gum                                                  Fried Foods                     Muffins

Pastry                                              Pizza                               

Processed foods-all smoked, dried, pickled or cured foods

Remember to stay away from these foods for at least the first month.  Then slowly introduce each food at a time back into your diet and watch for a reaction.  You should be able to tell what your body will except at this time.  If you do get a reaction, don't fret, try again at a later date.  Soon you will be able to enjoy the foods that you miss.

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