The diet should consist primarily of meat and low carb vegetables. Meat should be the largest portion of the meal. Eggs are good too. However, eggs shouldn’t be eaten every day or you may develop a food sensitivity to them. You can eat chicken breast, turkey, buffalo, beef etc. with steamed vegetables for breakfast.

Each meal should consist of meat and vegetables. A small amount of fruit, nuts and seeds are acceptable, if tolerated.

You can read this page for more on Candida breakfast foods.

Soy should not be part of the diet, it has naturally occurring substances that are destructive to the pancreas, GI tract, and thyroid. It disrupts digestion and inhibits absorption of nutrients. It’s also high in phytoestrogens which upsets the level of estrogen in the body, leading to or aggravating estrogen dominance.

Grains should not be part of the diet, or at least very restricted. Especially wheat and others with gluten. They destroy the GI tract and feed Candida. However a little brown rice now and then is not too bad. But it shouldn’t be eaten every day.

If tuna weren’t contaminated with mercury it would be healthy. However, most fish, including tuna have very high levels of mercury. Mercury in the body aggravates the Candida condition.

Vinegar should be avoided, it aggravates Candida.

The diet I recommend is a slightly modified version of the Paleolithic diet. I encourage you to read more about it.

Nothing wrong with herbal tea, but caffeine should be avoided.

Best
Cynthia

Breakfast: 2 eggs and cup of hot water with lemon

Snack: Soya Yoghurt and green tea

Lunch: Tuna and 50g brown rice salad (cucumber, tomatoes, onion, grated garlic and grated ginger) tblsp olive oil or balsamic vinegar

3pm: cup of fennel tea

Dinner: Meat/chicken/fish with brocolli, asparagus and peppers.

8pm: fennel tea

How does this sound?? Any advice would really help! Regards – Caroline

Well in my opinion that is way too high in carbohydrates. It contains all the foods that Candida loves. An effective Candida diet eliminates almost all carbohydrates and consists of meat and vegetables.

If I ate that before going to bed I would be awake all night with Candida symptoms like anxiety, heart pounding and hyperactivity in my brain. Then I’d fell like crap in the morning.

Typically a meal like that is a prime source of food for Candida. All those carbohydrates break down into sugar in the body and feed yeast. As a general rule, most people would be symptomatic with a meal that high in carbohydrates.

However, everyone is different. The level of yeast overgrowth, the strain of Candida, the gut integrity, metabolism, digestion, genetics etc. will all impact how one responds to foods. Some people can eat more carbohydrates than others.

You gauge what you should eat and shouldn’t eat by how your body responds to each food or foods. If you don’t have an increase in symptoms when you eat that many carbohydrates, then perhaps your body can process it. If you’re not noticing an improvement in Candida, then adjustments would have to be made.

I eat meat, like chicken breast, buffalo patty, ground beef or turkey and steamed vegetables before I go to bed. This helps me sleep and keeps my blood sugar stable.

I’m a male with candida and would really appreciate your advice on:

OATS, I make my own porridge from oats, nuts, berries and coconut milk and eat this every night before bed. If I don’t, I get very hungry and have trouble getting to sleep. I’m naturally slim with a fast metabolism. I have tried eating protein instead – such as egg or just the nuts etc but nuts by themselves are not filling and the eggs were too heavy I found. I can’t eat dairy so it doesn’t leave me with many choices!

You can find a lot of information about anti-fungals in this section of my site

http://www.holistichelp.net/candida.html

and you can learn about die off on this page

http://www.holistichelp.net/candida-die-off.html

Best
Cynthia

Although diet, probiotics and exercise can help reduce symptoms of Candida overgrowth drastically, it usually isn’t possible to eliminate it completely without also using antifungals.

Some people who have a very mild case, may be able to do so, but not most people.

Best
Cynthia

Is it possible to rid yourself of the fungus without taking any antifungal preparation?-Like through probiotics, the diet and perhaps exercise.