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Hello,

I have followed the Candida diet in the past, and am baby stepping my way back onto it now (apparently that helps with the die-off symptoms - they aren't so strong like if you just do it cold-turkey).

Here's what I did - keep in mind I am a vegetarian as well so some of this won't apply to you - I ate of hard shelled nuts such as almonds, Brazil nuts, walnuts etc - avoid soft shell nuts (peanuts) as they have moulds in them. Don't buy things from the bulk section of your stores as again there can be moulds present as the flours/grains/ etc could have been in the barrel for a long time (especially at the bottom of the barrel) and do they let the barrel completely empty or do they refill it when it's a 1/4 full....

Avoid anything white, white rice, white potatoes, mushrooms (fungus). Peas actually have a lot of yeast in them so avoid those as well. White foods either convert to sugar really fast thus feeding the yeast, or in the case of mushrooms they are a fungus. Quinoa (keenwa) is of course an exception to the white rule as is amaranth.

READ YOUR LABELS. I was shocked to find out just HOW many seemingly innocent things have sugar in them! Pasta sauce for instance. Sugar is added to EVERYTHING it seems!

Try using a four day rotation diet with your grains. Some people with allergies have told me that they have to follow a rotation diet so that they don't over do it on certain foods. Otherwise if they over do it, they can develop an allergy/toxicity to these foods.

For instance, I have chosen my four grains, brown rice, quinoa, millet and buckwheat. So on rice day, I will eat rice cakes (brown rice flour) and then for my main meal use brown rice or brown rice pasta. I try not to eat my main grains two days in a row. I also have other grains that I will use such as spelt and kamut (however if you are gluten intolerant, they are off the menu!).

For fruit, granny smith apples are permitted as are WHITE grapefruit - these are the least sweet fruit. (SO I was told anyway.)

If you are using rice, soy, almond or oatmeal milk in place of cow's milk, READ the labels - sometimes there are added sugars in these products. As well, avoid ALL artificial sweeteners (even if you don't have Candida overgrowth it's best to avoid those).

Cooking with flavour: ginger, garlic, & fennel are all antifungal and tumeric is antibacterial. Fennel seeds are good to eat as they aid digestion and ginger tea is also good for digestion. Peppermint tea is good for digestion and is antifungal. It also happens to be anti-inflammatory, as does Licorice root tea, however, that can make your blood pressure go up so avoid that if you already have high blood pressure!

If you have wind/gas problems, 30 minutes before eating, drink a cup of peppermint tea, then eat your meal, and then 30 minutes after, drink another cup - that will help you gently pass any gas/wind.

My snack foods were roasted chick peas, and almonds and granny smith apples. I avoided carrots, and beets (beetroot) as they are naturally high in sugar.

The best thing do to is think in terms of what you CAN (MAY) eat and not about what is not allowed. If you take this attitude, that makes following the diet so much easier because then you don't feel you are depriving yourself.

For instance: I may have almonds, quinoa, green vegetables, sweet potatoes, millet, brown rice, etc rather than I can't have sugar (in all forms - fructose, dextrose, sucrose, glucose, lactose, maltose, maltodextrin etc), wheat, yeast, dairy, chocolate, fruit, tofu, carrots, beets, fermented products such as vinegar... see what I mean? It gets mind boggling to think in negative terms and you set yourself up for defeat in following the diet. Focus on the positives... I will feel better, I can eat wholesome, whole foods I get to experiment with different grains and foods I have never tried before...

I think that it is also recommended to eat free range or organic meats (don't know about that because I don't eat meat). Anyone else know about the meat factor? I think the same applies to eggs.

Keep in mind I am not a nutritionist and I don't have a degree in sciences. I also don't know anything about you or your circumstances (such as allergies/intolerances or history and symptoms etc). Anything I have shared is the result of my own experience and research. You may want to check with a qualified pracitioner before you go on the diet and have your stool tested. All I know is that my head was so clear when I stuck to the diet very strictly, at first it was really hard because the die off was so hard to get through but that was only a couple of days. I had a really bad headache. Oh yes, eat little amounts and often! Eat 6 small meals a day (3 meals and 3 snacks) and drink lots of fluids - not coffee and tea though, believe it or not caffeine has sugar in it! If you drink tap water, squeeze a bit of lemon into it, as that kills anything in the water.

Hope that this helps.

Sue

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