Candida Diet
Without strict adherence to the following diet, no anti-candida drug or treatment will succeed.
(1) Avoid added sugars (including fructose, honey, molasses, fruit-juice sweeteners, etc.) and all sugar-sweet foods and snacks, including cakes, cookies, candies, desserts, sodas, fruit-juice and ice-cream, unless they are made with sugar-substitutes like saccharine or aspartame (these substances may cause problems for some people who are allergic or sensitive to them but, by and large, they are not as harmful as sugars); or stevia extract, which is a natural sweetener, available at health food stores. If you can cut out sugars for 3 days, their 'spell' will be broken and you will be able to resist them quite easily, especially once any thyroid, chromium and/ or manganese deficiencies are corrected. 1-2 servings of whole-fruits per day (except the very sweetest kinds, like grapes, watermelon and mango) are OK.
(2) Avoid white-starch foods, like white bread, cakes, cookies, white pasta, white rice, potatoes w/o their skins, and all refined flours, etc.. Whole-grain flour, in moderation, is acceptable to me, unless you are a 'carbohydrate addict'; also potatoes with their peels, whole-grain brown or wild rice, whole-grain pasta (usually available in the deli section of supermarkets), etc. I see no reason to avoid other yeasts - they could help to contain candida yeast. Nor to avoid dairy products, unless you are allergic to them. I believe some of the prohibitions bandied around are "old wives' tales" with no scientific evidence to support them. Avoiding them puts an unnecessary burden on the patient, discouraging adherence to any form of anti-candida diet and derailing the whole treatment-effort.
(3) Increase your intake of essential oils, esp. omega-3 oils, which are very lacking in the Western World's diet. These include: Fish oils, and oily fish, like salmon, mackerel, tuna-in-oil, sardines-in-oil, etc.; Flax-seed, borage and evening primrose oils. One tablespoon or three capsules of any of these, twice daily, should do the trick. Some of these oils can be used as salad-dressing, instead of olive or canola oil, or on whole-grain breads or baked potato, instead of butter. Avocadoes, nuts, olives and olive-oil, canola and other vegetable oils are mostly omega-6, which are also good but not as lacking in our diets.
(4) Avoid antibiotics and cortisone-type prescriptions if at all possible.
Yeast Elimination Diet: Adapted from Trowbridge, John Parks, MD: The Yeast Syndrome, Bantam Books, 1986 by Miryam Williamson
Note: The first phase of this diet is designed to starve the yeast in your body. You may need to stay on it for two months or more. You can eat as much as you wish as long as you choose from the Phase 1 list.
When you are satisfied that you have eliminated yeast overgrowth -- that is, when you have had no symptoms for at least a week or 10 days -- add foods in the second phase. Wait a week or two. If no symptoms reappear, move on to the third phase, and then to the fourth. If symptoms appear at any point, go back to Phase One and start over.
PHASE ONE
Phase 1 Vegetables
Alfalfa sprouts Artichoke, Chinese
Asparagus Bamboo sprouts
Banana pepper Bavarian endive (escarole, chicory escarole)
Bean sprouts Beet greens
Bell pepper (sweet green) Cabbages
Bok choy Broccoli
Cabbage kraut Cauliflower
Celery cabbage Chinese cabbage (PeTsai)
Collard greens Head (green, red)
Kale Kohlrabi
Savoy Cardoon
Carrot Chayote
Celeriac (celery root, knob celery) Cucurnber
Curly cress Curly endive (chicory)
Dandelion greens Dulse
Eggplant Garden cress
Garlic Gherkin
Jalapeno pepper Jicama
Kelp (seaweed) Lamb's quarters
Leek Lettuces
Butterhead Bibb
Boston Butterscotch
Celtuce (stem) Iceberg (crisphead)
Loose-Leaf Lamb's
Matchless Oakleaf (green, bronze)
Prizehead Salad bowl
Red-leaf chicory (Arugula) Romaine (cos)
Roguette Mung bean sprouts
Onion Okra
Parsnip Pumpkin
Radish Red sweet pepper
Sea kale Shallot
Spinach Squashes
Acorn Alligator
Banana Boston marrow
Bush Buttercup
Butternut Caserta
Cheese Cocozelle
Connecticut field Crookneck
Cushaw Delicious
Golden nugget Hubbard varieties
Mammoth Melopepo
Mirliton Pattypam
Pumpkin Quaker pie
Queensland blue Small sugar
Spaghetti Straightneck
Table queen Turban
Vegetable spaghetti Virginia mammoth
Whitebush scallop Zucchini
String bean Swiss chard
Tomatillo Tomato
Turnip greens Upland cress
Water celery Watercress
Whitloof chicory (Belgian or French endive) Yucca
Phase 1 Herbs and Spices Allspice
Althea root (tea) Angelica
Anise Apple mint
Balm Basil
Bergamot Boneset (tea)
Borage Burdock root (tea)
Burnet (cucumber flavor) Caraway
Cardamom Cassia
Celery seed Chamomile (tea)
Chervil Chicory (in coffee, tea)
Chive Clove
Comfrey (tea) Coriander
Cumin Dill
Dittany East Indian arrowroot
Fenugreek Ginger
Ginseng (tea) Goldenrod (tea)
Hibiscus (roselle) (tea) Horehound
Horseradish Lavender
Lemon balm (melissa) Licorice
Lovage Mace
Marjoram Menthol
Mint Nutmeg
Oregano Paprika
Parsley Peppercorns (black, white)
Peppermint Pimiento
Rosemary Saffron
Sage Savory
Sorrel (dock) Spearmint
Tarragon Thyme
Tumeric Vanilla (bean, extract)
Phase 1 Miscellaneous
Agar-agar Aloe Vera
Carrageen (Irish moss) Green tea
Ground cherry Guava
Herbal teas Pepino (melon pear)
Rhubarb Safflower oil
Salt (table salt, sea salt) Sunflower (seed, oil, meal)
Tamarind
Phase 1 Animal Products
Any variety of :
Fish Shellfish
Amphibian Beef
Pork Lamb
Mutton Game
Poultry Eggs
Milk products Butter
Casein (protein) Yogurt (live culture, no fruit)
PHASE TWO
Phase 2 Vegetables
Artichoke, globe Artichoke, Jerusalem (sunchoke)
Artichoke flour Avocado
Brussel sprouts Chinese water chestnuts
Chufa (groundnut) Mustard greens
Peas Black-eyed (cowpea)
Chickpea (garbanzo) Cream
Field Green
Purple-hull Split peas
Potato (waxy white, waxy, red, mealy) Rutabaga
Satisfy (oyster plane) Soy products
Soybean Soy Flour
Soy mink Soy oil
Tofu Turnip
Phase 2 Fruits
Melons Canang
Casaba Cassabanana
Christmas Crenshaw
Honeydew Muskmelon
Persian Santa Claus
Spanish Watermelon
Phase 2 Grains
Cornmeal Corn oil
Corn starch Popped corn
Rice Triticale
Wheat germ Wild rice
Phase 2 Animal Products
Cheese Soft
American (white, yellow) Cream cheese
Neufchatel Hard
Colby Edam
Gouda Monterey Jack
Whey Cheese Gyelost
Mysost Primost
Ricotta Sapsago
Honey bee pollen
Phase 2 Miscellaneous
Bay leaf Capers
Cayenne pepper Cinnamon
Mustard seed Nasturtium (leaves, flowers, seeds)
Olives (black, green, ripe) Olive oil
Red pepper Sassafras
Sesame (seed, oil) Tabasco sauce
Tahini
PHASE THREE
Phase 3 Vegetables
Beans Aduki
Black Turtle Fava
Great Northern Green
Jack Kidney
Lima Mung
Navy Pinto
Beet Snap Carob
Hearts of palm Lentil (plain, pink)
Masur bean Palm cabbage
Sago palm (starch) Sugar beet
Swamp cabbage Sweet corn (immature)
Phase 3 Grains Barley
Barley malt Buckwheat
Grits (hominy) Kafir
Maltose Millet
Oats Rye
Sorghum syrup Wheat
Bran (fanna) Bulgur
Flour Gluten
Graham Patent
Whole wheat
Phase 3 Nuts
Almond Beechnut
Chestnut Chinquapin
Filbert Hazelnut
Peanut Peanut oil
Pine nut Pinyon (pinon)
Phase 3 Fruits
Apple Bearberry
Blackberry Blueberry
Boysenberry Cherry, West Indian (Barbados, acerola)
Citron Crabapple
Cranberry Dewberry
Elderberry Gooseberry
Huckleberry Kumquat
Lemon Lime
Longberry Loquat May apple
Murcot Papaya
Pawpaw (custard apple) Peach
Pineapple Pomegranate
Rosehips Sapota
Saskatoon Sloe plum
Strawberry Tangelo
Ugli fruit Wineberry
Youngberry
Phase 3 Miscellaneous
Angostura (bitters) Apple pectin
Arrowroot Coffee
Juniper berry Mate
Wintergreen
Phase 3 Animal Products
Cheese Soft
Cottage Cheese Cheddar
Cheddars Cheshire
Granular Grana
Parmesan Reggiana
Romano Sardo
Stretched curd Caciocavallo
Mozzarella Provolone
String Cheese
PHASE FOUR
Phase 4 Fruits
Apricot Banana
Breadfruit Cantaloupe
Cherry (sour, sweet) Coconut (oil, meal, milk, meat)
Currant (red, black, white) Date
Date plum Fig (all varieties)
Grape (all varieties) Grapefruit (all varieties)
Kiwi fruit Loganberry
Mango Mulberry
Muscadine Nectarine
Orange (all varieties) Pear
Persimmon (American, Japanese) Plum
Pomelo Prune
Quince Raisin (all varieties)
Raspberry (black, purple, red)
Phase 4 Vegetables
Agave Castor bean and oil
Chinese yam (potato) Dasheen
Malanga Manioc
Morel Mushroom
Name (yampi) Plantain
Poi Prickly pear
Tapioca Taro (root)
Truffle Yam (sweet potato)
Yautia
Phase 4 Nuts
Brazil nut Butternut
Cashew Cola nut (cola, kola)
Heartnut Hickory nut
Litchi nut Macadamia nut
Pecan Pistachio
Walnut (black, Engish)
Phase 4 Sugars
Beet sugar Cane sugar (turbinado)
Corn sugar ("Cerelose," dextrose, "Dyno") Corn syrup ("Cartose," glucose, "Sweetose")
Honey and related products Honey (commercial blended, raw, Tupelo)
Honeycomb Beeswax
Maple Syrup, sugar Molasses
Phase 4 Miscellaneous
Apple cider Black tea
Brewer's yeast (nutritional yeast) Blackthorn (tea)
Cocoa Cocoa butter
Cream of tartar Hops (alcohol)
Pickles (cucumber, gherkin) Vinegar (cider, wine)
Phase 4 Animal Products
Cheese (bacteria-, mold-, or yeast ripened) Asiago
Bel Passe Bleu/blue
Brick Brie Camembert
Emmental Gorgonzola
Gruyere Limburger
Muenster Port de salut
Roquefort Stilton
Swiss