Friday, September 3, 2010

The Candida Diet Broke Down...

Improving health is what everyone is striving for, but most people fall short in the simplest place, their eating habits. Alright, perhaps it's not simple to choose the nutritional foods over the dessert or fries, but your body will thank you for it! If you're not fueling yourself with high quality ingredients, you're not going to feel the best you can. The candida diet works but starving the yeast of their food source, thus making them die off and allowing your body to get back into its normal balance that was wrecked by things such as antibiotics and birth control pills. This won't be easy...it's an extremely hard diet, and most people feel a "die off" response that may make them feel nauseous or sick when they first start. Don't be discouraged, this is normal, but worth it in the end!
What can you eat on the candida diet?

Eat as much as you want of the following foods:
Fresh Vegetables-The opportunities are limitless!
Meat-Anything but processed, smoked, packaged, lunch meat
Eggs
Seafood
Nuts-almonds, brazil buts, cashews, filberts, flaxseeds, pecans, pumpkin seeds
Oil
Butter allowed in moderation

Eat High-Carbohydrate Foods in Moderation
Vegetables
Artichoke
Avocado
Fennel
Beets
Beans, peas and other legumes
Breadfruit
Winter, acorn or butternut squash

Whole grains
Barley
Corn
Kamut
Millet
Oats
Brown Rice
Spelt
Teff
Wheat

Eat Sparingly-Yogurt (unsweetened)

Foods that should be avoided:
ALL Sugar (honey, syrup, sucrose), Yeast, Alcohol, Chocolate, Dried Fruits, Vinegar, Fermented Foods, Cheeses, Moldy Foods, Mushrooms, Gluten, melons, peanuts, etc...make sure to READ LABELS!!!

You should take supplements with this diet to aid your body in finding balance and wellness again.
Probiotics
The following can be found at Standard Process:
Zymex
Spanish Black Radish 
Cal Amo
Garlic

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