Candida
is a live organism (plant) and regulates the body's cravings for
foods that will feed it. The cravings addictive similar to
a drug addiction. Candida fools the mind to believing just a little
sugar or chocolate or a soft drink won't make a difference and fools
the mind to feed it. Candida turns all sugar and carbohydrates
into alcohol affecting the frontal lobe of the brain imparing judgment.
One of the myths of Candida concerns sugar free foods. They feed
Candida just as bad as foods with sugar and often worse because
because they also contain harmful additives such as aspartame.
Foods recommended in
the following chart are a composite from many sites. Several foods
are listed twice some sites say do not eat them and others recommend
them such as sauerkraut.
Foods to Avoid
Good Foods
Sugar,
honey, fructose, maple syrup, brown sugar
Fruits, most are very high
in sugar Avoid grapes, raisins, dates, prunes and figs
Sugar Free foods such as
soft drinks, corn syrup
Vitamins or herbal preparations
that are not yeast free (several
sites claim B vitamins aid yeast growth and some claim
it inhibits yeast growth) B-comples thiamine, niacin
and riboflavin are usually yeast-grown, although it
is possible to obtain them with a brown rice base (1) Vinegar
is used as a preservative for mustard, catsup, olives,
mayonnaise, many dressings, salad dressing, pickles,
horseradish, spices, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce
and dried fruits, pickled vega tables, relishes, tamari,
and miso
Breads, pastries and even
crackers: unless they are yeast and sugar free
Mushrooms
Sauerkraut Some sites
recommend eating sauerkraut
Fermented products including
soy sauce (tamari) and tofu.
Nuts: dry roasted or coated
most nuts and seeds especially peanuts and peanut products,
pistachios
Potato Chips especially
barbecued chips
Most commercial soups
Apple cider and natural
root beer
White flour breads, muffins,
cakes, baked goods
Bacon and other pork, which
often contain molds.
Corn and potatoes
Grains: wheat, oats, rye
and barley, which contain gluten. brown rice, millet,
buckwheat, cornmeal, except a little rice and millet
Fruit and diluted fruit juices,
high in fructose (fruit sugar) (canned, bottled, or
frozen) containing citric acid
Herb teas and spices, which
may contain molds.
Beans and other legumes
starchy vegetables
Dried meat and smoked meat,
fish of poultry, including sausage,hot dogs, luncheon
meats, smoked turkey, and smoked salmon
Aged cheeses
Acohol, beer and wine
Chocolate
Tobacco
Melons
Brewers yeast although not harmful
they do not colonize in the intestines
Olives
Herbs and teas may be moldy
Malt or foods containing malt
Canned or prepared tomatoes (fresh
tomatoes are fine)
Dried fruits
Fructose corn syrup glucose, lactose,
maltose, mannitol, sorbitol, and sucrose
Coffee and tea
Yogurt apart from live yogurt
Milk and milk products
Eggs
Fish: shellfish
Beef
Chicken
Turkey
Seafood
Lamb
Veal
Washed Vegetables raw garlic
(1 clove every day), onions, cabbage, broccoli, turnip,
kale.(except corn and potatoes) Bake, broil
or steam your vegetables. Include more vegetables in
your diet - vegetables of all kinds. be sure to include
dark green leafy vegetables. (beware of carrot juice
it contains a lot of sugar)
Nuts Unprocessed:
except peanuts, pistachios, and processed nuts, Almonds
Brazil Chestnuts Hazelnuts Macadamia Pecans Pumpkin
seeds Sunflower Seeds Walnut Sesame seeds freshly cracked
nuts, seeds
Grains: Rice
and Millet
Rice Cake oat cakes (unmalted)
,Ryvita, sesame and original only
Live yogurt cultures (both
dairy and non-dairy
Fruit: Granny Smith Apple,
Berries of all kinds Blueberries, Grapefruit Lemons
& Limes. Avoid grapes, raisins, dates, prunes and
figs. Another site says grapes, watermelon and mango)
are OK.
Grains: millet, rice, rice
bran and oat bran. Grain alternatives amaranth, quinoa
and buckwheat, :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, 15 grams
per meal maximum. brown rice and flours, use for cakes
and pastry etc.
oats lentils, peas and beans
raw cottage cheese
Milk: soy, almond, goat,
sheep milk
Pepper
Spices without additives
Beans & Legumes avoid
fermented soy i.e., miso, tepeh (these are also
on the do not eat list.)
Coconut or coconut oil: Many
sites recommend coconut as a cure all by itself.
Sweeteners: Stevia, xylitol
Carob-unsweetened Salsa
(fresh w/ no vinegar or suga
Oils: Unrefined olive,
sesame, safflower and corn oils (be sure to keep them
in the refrigerator after opening to prevent spoiling.
Two tablespoons of olive oil ea. day is claimed to cure
Candida. cold pressed oils
Garlic & onions: One
clove of garlic a day is claimed to cure Candida
Lemon juice with oil for
salad dressing avoid processed with vinegar
"Chile peppers are a food item found nearly ubiquitously
in many Mesoamerican cultures (44). Their use may reflect
more than a desire to flavor foods. Many essential nutrients,
such as vitamin C, provitamins A and E, and several
B vitamins, are found in chiles (27). A terpenoid constituent,
capsaicin, has a wide range of biological activities
in humans, affecting the nervous, cardiovascular, and
digestive systems (236) as well as finding use as an
analgesic (47). The evidence for its antimicrobial activity
is mixed. Recently, Cichewicz and Thorpe (42) found
that capsaicin might enhance the growth of Candida albicans
but that it clearly inhibited various bacteria to differing
extents. Although possibly detrimental to the human
gastric mucosa, capsaicin is also bactericidal to Helicobacter
pylori (106). Another hot-tasting diterpene, aframodial,
from a Cameroonian spice, is a broad-spectrum antifungal."(5)
"Sauerkraut is a very healthy food for several
reasons. Cabbage is very high in calcium and boron which
acts synergistically with calcium. So it's very assimilable.
It also has lactobacillus bifidus and acidophilus which
help to replenish the friendly flora in the intestines.
Overall, it's excellent for the digestive system and
helpful for candida, too."(5)
"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." (3)
"There's not much to explain about the Candida diet. It's very
simple. Yeast eats sugar. Therefore, if you don't want to feed your
Candida don't eat sugar. But there's one complication. Carbohydrates
-- which are the starches like potatoes, pasta, breads, and so on
-- are converted directly into sugar in the digestion process...So
if you eat a Big Mac and fries, the hamburger bun and potatoes are
feeding your yeast just as certainly as if you ate a Snickers Bar...Keep
in mind that a low-carb diet is still feeding your yeast, and so,
ideally, every Candida sufferer would follow a strict zero-carb diet
until the infection is overcome. But don't delude yourself into thinking
that you are starving your Candida no matter which diet you are on.
You just aren't giving them extra food. They still are sucking sugar
(glucose) out of your blood, and there will always be an unlimited
supply of that as long as you are alive." (4)