Candida Diet Recommendations

When paired with the right remedies, a commitment to the basic principles of the candida diet will yield good results in a short space of time. Some recommendations are strict AND there is lots of room to be optional, also.

 

DO NOT EAT:   SUGAR of any description, including in fruit juices.

WHEAT or YEAST products, e.g. bread, cake, pies, pastries, biscuits, cereal, flour, bran, semolina

FERMENTED FOOD STUFFS, e.g. alcohol, vinegar, pickles, condiments, soya sauce, mature cheeses

 

GOOD TO EAT

 

All vegetables (potato in moderation)

All salad greens

Fresh herbs in abundance

Herbs and spices

Avocado

The following FRUITS ONLY:

Pawpaw, grapefruit, green apples, lemon

100% sourdough rye bread

Ryvita biscuits

Oats (rolled oats, oat cakes, OatsoEasy plain)

Maltabella (sorghum) porridge

Corn (popcorn, mielies, mielie meal, maizena)

Millet

Tapioca

Sago

Quinoa

Rice (incl. rice cakes, rice pasta)

Olive oil

BRAGGS unfermented soya sauce‘

‘White’ cheeses: ricotta, goat’s cheese,

mozzarella, feta

Yoghurt (‘white’ = unsweetened, natural)

low fat dairy products

Legumes

Sea vegetables: Nori, Wakame, Dulse

Almonds (vacuum-packed)

Hummus (chickpea pate)

Organic meat, free-range chicken

Fish (uncrumbed)

Eggs

Potato crisps (lightly salted)

Green Tea

Herb Teas

Rooibos Tea

Xylitol and Stevia as sweeteners

 

 

 

ABSOLUTELY AVOID

 

Mushrooms

Fruit juice

Fruit (other than allowed items)

Jams

Sweets & chocolate

Ice-cream

Cakes and biscuits

Muffins

Flour

Bran

Semolina

Muesli

Dried fruit

Cornflakes

Cereals

Pasta

Marmite and Bovril

Pizza

Mayonnaise

Condiments

Tomato sauce

Chutney

Mustard

Basting

Marinade

Salad dressing

Soya sauce

Worcestershire sauce

Nuts

Olives

All cheeses (other than allowed items)

Instant coffee (limit filter to 2 cups a day)

Sucrose

Alcohol

Soft drinks Smoked/ pickled meats (sausage, corned beef)