The Candida Diet Part II
91The Candida Diet Cookbook
The Allowable List
This will take a little time so will be updating this list as time permits. This is a big list and is great to print off and take to the store to use as a shopping list. You will be surprised how good you can eat and you will lose weight at the same time. I have many people that have followed this diet and have had great weight lose success. One woman lost a total of 87lbs. by following this diet and taking Aqua Flora within 4 months.
Allowable Foods on a Candida Diet
Foods that are Allowed and not Allowed on a Candida Diet
There is a lot of controversity of what foods are allowed on a Candida Control Diet. I have done extensive research to find the right diet. Here I will be publishing a list of foods that are allowed on the diet and also a list of foods that are not allowed.
Vegetables
Allowable Vegetables
Vegatables:
Artichoke
Arugula
Asparagus
Bamboo shoots
Beet greens
Bok choy
Broccoli
Brussel sprouts
Burdock root
Cabbage
Carrots (cooked)
Cauliflower
Celeriac
Celery
Chives
Collard greens
Cucumber
Dandelion greens
Endive
Escarole
Fennel
Garlic
Jicama
Kale
Kohlrabi
Leeks
Lettuces
Mustard greens
Okra
Onions
Parsley
Radishes
Rutabaga
Scallions
Shallots
Spaghetti squash
Spinach
Sprouts (mold free)
Swiss chard
Turnips
Watercress
Zucchini
Bell peppers
Cayanne
Chili pepper
Eggplant
Ground cherry
Pepino
Paprika
Pimento
Tomato
Tamatillo
Fruits
Allowed Fruits
Fruits
Avocado
Lemons
Limes
Carnberries (sugar & sulphite-free)
Meats
Allowable Meats
Meats
Antelope
Beef
Buffalo
Chicken
Cornish hen
Duck
Elk
Goose
Game birds
Lamb
Rabbit
Veal
Venison
Fish
Allowable Fish
Fish
All organically farmed fish
Herring
Kippers
Pilchards
Sardines
Sprat
Whitebait
Anchovies
Carp
Mussels
White bass
Cod
Sole
Halibut
Mullet
Prawns
Tilapia
Turbot
Shrimp
Scallops
Eggs-Organic Please
Eggs
Eggs are allowed but try to get organic. Chickens that do not lay organic eggs have been fed antibiotics and this is carried through to the eggs. Antibiotics are one of the gretest contributors to Candida.
Tea
Allowable Beverges
Beverages
Purified water
Lemon or lime water (may be sweetened with stevia)
Kolorex tea
Pau D'Arco tea
Roobios rea
Daily detox tea
All natural herbal teas
Sparkling water
Soda water
Fresh non-sweetened veggie juices
Nut milks
Stevia Plant
Allowable Sweetners
Sweetners
Stevia extract-now available in many flavors.
Chicolin Natural chicory extract.
Xylitol is also an allowable sweetner on the Candida diet.
Spices
Allowable Spices
Spices and Herbs
All organically grown fresh herbs.
All dried and fresh spices.
Nuts and Seeds
Allowable Nuts and Seeds
Nuts and Seeds
Almonds-raw
Brazil nuts
Filberts
Macadamia nuts
Pine nuts
Seeds:
Pumpkin
Sesame
Sunflower (shelled)
Hemp (shelled)
Almond Butter
Allowed Nut and Seed Butters
Nut and Seed Butters
Almond
Macadamia
Hemp nut
Pumpkin seed
Sesame (tahini)
Sunflower
Flax Oil
Allowable Fats and Oils
Fats and Oils
High quality, cold-pressed oils stored in dark container (may need refigeration)
Flax (raw only)
Pumpkin
Hemp
Sesame
Extra Virgin olive
For Cooking:
Ghee
Organic Cocnut butter
Palm oil
Olive oil
Legumes
Allowable Legumes
Legumes
Aduki beans
Black beans
Brown Lentils
Chick peas
Green beans
Green lentils
Kidney beans
Lupini beans
Mung beans
Navy beans
Snow peas
String beans
These in moderation:
Pinto
Romano
Black eyed peas
grains
Allowable Grains
Allowable Grains:
Buckwheat
Millet
All rices except white rice
Amaranth
Quinoa
Teff
Wild rice
Rye
Spelt
Whole grain pastas except for wheat
Oats if not gluten intolerant
List of Flours that can be Subsituted on a Candida Diet
If you are Gluten intolerant, please stay away from the flours with a (G).
Almond-flour and meal
Amaranth-whole (as hot cereal). flour, puffed
Barley (G)_whole, hulled, flakes, flour
Buckwheat-whole, cereal, flour (raw or roasted)
Cassava-flour
Chestnut-flour
Flaxseed- whole and mealed
Hazelnut-flour and mealed
Jerusalem artichoke-flour
Kamut (G)-bran whole grains, flaked, flour, pasta
Kuzu (also called Kudzu)-starch
Legume Flours-yellow and green pea, red and green
lentil, white, lima and pinto bean
Malanga-flour
Millet-whole grain, flour
Milo/sorghum-flour
Oat (G)-scotch style, flour, oat bran, rolled flakes
Pearled millet-whole flour
Poo (dehydrated)-starch and flour
Potato, white-flour and starch
Quinoa-whole, flour, puffed
Rice (short, medium, long grain)-whole, flour, pasta, puffed, cakes, crackers
Rye (G)-flakes, flour
Soy-flakes, grits, flour
Spelt (G)-whole grains, flakes, flour, pasta
Tapioca-starch flour
Teff-whole (for hot cereals), flour
Water chestnut-flour
White sweet potato-flour
Wild rice-whole
Yam (true yam)-flour
Lotus-flour, pasta
FOODS NOT ALLOWED ON A CANDIDA DIET
Here is the list of foods that are NOT ALLOWED on the Candida diet.
Vegetables:
Any vegetables that are pickled in vinegar
Beverages:
Fruit juices
Soda Pop
Alcoholic beverages
Coffee (due to the fungicide that is used to kill a bore that afflicts the coffee plant, this is used for organically grown coffee too)
Black tea
Meat, fish and eggs:
Smoked to processed meats
Smoked fish
Pickled meat
Sausage
Hot dogs
Corned beef
Pastrami
Ham
Nuts and Seeds:
Peanuts
Roasted, salted nuts
Pistachios
Pecans
Walnuts
Cashew
Peanut Butter
Fruits:
Dried or candied fruits
Grains and Seeds:
Wheat
Organic wheat
Cous cous
Bulgar wheat
Semolina wheat
Durham wheat
Malto-dextrim
Dairy:
Oleo or margarines
Butter (clarified only)
Milk
Cream
Yogurt
Ice Cream
Sour Cream
Whipped cream
Cow cheeses
Miscellaneous:
All yeast products including vitamins (read labels)
Caffeine (including chocolate)
Mushrooms
Condiments that contain additives, sugar, vinegar
Food additives
Refined, cooked, hydrated, fractionated or superheated oils
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You are very welcome. Please keep a close eye on your new baby. My Grandson developed thrush 4 times in the first 2 months after he was born. The doctor kept putting him on antibiotics and it kept coming back. The only thing that got rid of it is a product called Aqua Flora. He has never gotten it back.
Thankyou Jesus for you, I started my diet yesterday and am starving today.
I know, it really is hard at the beganing, but hang in there, it gets better. Your cravings will go away once the Candida starts to get starved out. Good Luck!!!
Looks nutritious. Makes me feel like eating now.
I would like to know if you are smart to consume honey as it is a single sacharide. Is that alright?
Sorry, but honey is not allowed. It still turns into sugar in the body and feeds the yeast. Yeast grows 200 times faster in the body when fed by sugars.
Wooo time to lose some weight.
Great list and pretty photos, too. I love it.
My understanding is that raw honey fights yeast and fungus. Bees nests are made moist dark areas and would succumb to molds and fungus if honey promoted yeast/fungal growth.
Raw honey can be used to get rid of a sinus infection which is almost always the result of yeast over growth.
The best to you.
Kelley
Kelley,
Thank you for the information. I will have to do some research, I was informed that all sugars feed yeast. Hope that you are right because I love honey. Dr. William Crook and the people that I work for put the original diet together, but I have researched and added to the diet. I would guess that you are familiar with Dr. Crook. Please let me know if there is anything else that I can add to help all the suffers out there. Is it true that cancer is actually a fungus?
Thank you so much for your input!
Doc Kelley,
After further investigation, I would say that pure, natural honey would be good in moderation. I am finding conflicting info, but tend to lean more towards what you are saying. Thanks for the info!!!
This is a very comprehensive list. I applaud you. I had to be on a candida diet for quite awhile and it is very difficult. Starving out candida and getting the body back on track needs to be done. I was very sick with candida to the point where it was eating my skin and other organs. I needed medication to help as well as the diet and you really don't want to get candida that bad in your system. Once you know what you can eat is a great way to plan your meals. Any food culprit can fuel candida. Thank you for posting a list of foods that helps people know what is okay to eat.
Thanks, I hope to help people out with this epidemic. Hope you are doing much better. It can really be bad.
To really do the candida diet there should be no consumption of grains (carbs) in the first 2-3 weeks at least. These should be limited to 1/2 to 1 serving a day for the remaining 2+ months until symptoms clear completely.
Thanks for the info. I do agree with this, especially if you are gluten intolerant.
Cool find. Thanks for the health information.
No problem
Is plain tofu okay?
JenJen,
Yes plain tofu is just fine.
I've been on the diet for a year and the culture showed no yeast so I put tomatoes, bread, and dairy back into my diet but my symptoms came back this morning. Does anyone have any ideas? Anyone know if there is something that mimics candida?
Am really confused as a complete novice - one day only - trying to sort this out one site says porridge for breakfast is fantastic another site says absolutley no. I am dairy intolerant so make it with water and oat 'milk', I have been pouring maple syrup on thinking that was a good option! If I leave off the maple syrup is porridge good or bad, what alternatives are there left for breakfast???
orz1,
You will always have Candida in your body, even if the test show that there is nothing there. Did you add everything back at once? I would suggest that you cut out the tomatoes, bread and dairy, then add one back at a time for a week and see how you do. This will cut your symptoms back and then you will be able to tell what is making the symptoms come back. You maybe intolerant to dairy products or it may be the gluten in the bread. But just add one back at a time, this will tell you what is making your symptoms come back. Good luck and let us know if this helps. Also you may want to check out a product called Aqua Flora. It is a homeopathic product with a unique frequency added that teaches your body to fight off the Candida. It is really a unique product, it works along the lines of quantum physics, which is something new. Check out their website at www.aquaflorainc.com There is a full explantion on how it works, it is the only thing that worked for me. Again good luck and hope this helps out
Smch,
The porridge is fine as long as you use organic oats. Do not add the syrup, this is sugar and it feeds the yeast. Yeast grows 200 times faster in the presece of sugar. Add stevia if you need to sweeten it up. Use rice milk to nut milk instead of water. This will help with the flavor also. Here is a good recipe for a make ahead cereal that is food on the diet, just have not got it posted yet, but will try to soon.
A good breakfast cereal I use is: (buy ingredients at the bulk food store) 4 cups rolled oats 2 cups oatbran 1 cup ground raw almonds 1 cup ground raw sunflower seeds 1 cup gr. flax seeds 1 cup dried fruit Mix dried ingredients-store in cool,dark place. At night you take 1/2 c and soak in water. In a.m. warm up and add rice/or nut milk, stevia (sugar substitute) and applesauce (if wanted). OR just add rice/nut milk to dry ingredients in a.m.
Hope this helps. Good luck, I know how hard Candida can be to fight!!
Great article! As acceptance of the Yeast Syndrome grows, it's good to see a practical guide to living a candida-free lifestyle. This is a great interest of mine, and you might want to check out a recent article I wrote entitled "Got Allergies? A Sinister But Rarely Acknowledged Cause". Keep up the good, informative work!!!
Thanks Tracii,
By studing I have come to the conclusion that a lot a alergies are yeast. I will check out your hub.
Thanks so much for your prompt help. Little confused about the addition of dried fruit as I thought that was on the banned list.
Sorry, forgot to ask, is it OK to use oat milk to make the porridge or is rice milk better. I am allergic to all dairy and really cannot cope with anything which tastes like milk so have problems with eating cereal with anything other than juice which I now realise is a no-no. Any other suggestions?
SMCH,
You are right, sorry about the dried fruit, the dried fruit is allowed after the frist month or two if you can tolerate. I was in a hurry to answer you and meant to take it out before posting. As for the rice milk, you can use that. Another suggestion would be to beat egg whites until creamy and then a small amount of water to a thick milk consistancy. Then add a flavoring to it with stevia, orange peel, usae your imagination.
Thanks, really do appreciate your time and commitment.
S
Thanks, really do appreciate your time and commitment.
S
A friend was infected by a doctor doing srgery, back then there was no name. they figured it out just last summer.so she has gone 24 yrs not knowing what to do.now the more i talk to her i am thinking me too.Iam diabetic so i have to watch my carbs to begin with.I am wondering how that will affect my blood sugars and medication?and where do i start to see if i am affected?
I was also wondering about Lactobacillus Acidophilus made by Jamieson does it help or not?
Pam,
You can get a blood test to check for Candida, but there is a home test that you can also take, but is not 100%. Spit in a glass of water before you go to bed at night. Check in the morning to see if there are strings coming off of the original spit. If so, this usually is a sign of Candida. There are also questionaire tests on the internet, a good one of is at http://www.aquaflorainc.com/take_the_test.htm
This is a free calculated test that is very easy to do. Many times Candida is associated with diabetes, by following. As for the Jamieson product, all probiotics are great when following a Candida diet. Just make sure to check the labels to make sure there is no sugars or yeast products added. Some are very high in sugars and yeast which defeat the prupose of fighting Candida. If you have anymore questions, don't hesitate to ask. Good Luck!
Is agave nectar an allowable food on the candida diet?
Tammy,
No agave nectar is not allowed on a candida diet, use 100% pure vegetable glycerine or stevia.
Thanks! How about Bragg's Liquid Aminos? (I have a few questions actually.) Rice cakes--lightly salted Quaker variety, or brown rice cakes? Stevia makes a product that is cut with something so that it isn't bitter. (Sorry, I didn't write it down while at the market.) Is that product ok? (If you need the name, I'll write it down the next time I go.) Thanks for your time. I want to make sure I fully understand this before I start it.
The Aquaflora list says that xylitol is an acceptable sweetener. Is tis ok?
Yes, xylitol is acceptable as a sweetner, will add to the list.
Tammy,
Yes, you can use the Bragg's. Also the brown rice cakes are the best and so is the stevia. Look in the health food store for bread by Fresh Meadows, they have a bread that is dairy, sugar, gluten, and yeast free. I had them one of my other pages and I go flagged so I took it off. You can find a store near you by going to their website at http://www.frenchmeadow.com/ they also have a spelt bread that works too. Bread was my biggest thing that I miss on the diet but it does get better.
Thanks for answering all of my questions. One more--on that muesli recipe that you listed above, when you take 1/2 cup of the mixture and soak it in water overnight, how much water do you use. (I know that I can't eat this at the start, but I love muesli and this sounds great for later.)
Okay, I discovered that I have even more questions. (I hope that I am not annoying.) What about raw dairy? Specifically, if I got raw milk and made unsweetened, plain yogurt with it at home, would that be allowed? What about rice or soy or almond cheese (store bought)? I have read conflicting information about eating grapefruit, Granny Smith apples, blue and raspberries, and coconut. What do you suggest about these? Once again, many thanks for your time and answers.
Tammy,
You can add plenty of water and then drain the excess off. I ususally add 2 cups of water, just guessing as I just put in plenty and then drain it. As for the yougurt, you can use stor bought but check that label to make sure there is no added sugars, I do not know if you can use raw dairy or not to make your own. As for the cheeses, they still have casein in them and this made from milk. The only cheese that is allowed is raw cottage cheese. I also have read conflicting information about the fruits. I would suggest to use what is listed above. You may eat the apple, grapefruit, couconut and blueberries, but only one of these per day and make sure that you scrub them very good and peel if possible. Hope this helps.
Many thanks! You are a tremendous help!!
Hi, thank you for such a detailed list. My query is about fruits, other places say that no fruit is allowed (especially in the first 3 months) due to their high sugar content.
There is a big debate about this, but I have done a lot of research. If you must have fruit, use ones that I originally listed, but use only sparingly for added flavoring. The reason for the apple and grapefruit is because their sugars work differently in the body and are a good source of vitamins but is best if you can do without them for the first month.
Hi! Does no wheat include sprouted, as well?
hi, many thanks for the reply. I would also like to know if chickpea flour (gram flour) is ok to use?
HELP! I AM VERY NEW TO THIS. I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS FOR MONTHS AND A FRIEND SUGGESTED THIS AS MY PROBLEM. A LOT FITS. MY BIGGEST DELIMA TO START IS BREAKFAST. I THOUGHT I READ ONE PLACE THAT YOU COULD EAT OATS(AS IN OATMEAL) AND ANOTHER THAT YOU COULD NOT. ALSO, THOUGHT I READ THAT BARLEY WAS ACCEPTABLE....QUAKER QUICK BARLEY?....THIS IS REALLY GIVING ME A PROBLEM WRAPPING MY BRAIN AROUND SO MUCH INITIALLY. TOO MANY UNFIMILIAR TERMS. IN THE BEGINNING, IT APPEARS THAT THE SIMPLER THE DIET CAN BE KEPT THE BETTER. PLEASE BABYSIT AND GET ME STARTED
Candi, no wheat until around the 3rd month.
Maz, checkpea flour is allowed.
Lyn3556, Oats are allowed and so are barely, but use only organic if possible and use sparingly. Look in your local health food store. Usually they have fresh grains that are organic in large containers that you can buy by the weight. This is a very rigorous diet and does take time to get the hang of it. I try to help you the best I can.
So glad I found this page. I've been doing some research on the yeast-free diet over the past couple of days and have been sticking to it pretty well so far. I suffer with ulcerative colitis/diarrhea and when I read that candida could be a major cause of that, it seemed to make sense. Also made sense that antibiotics make colitis worse - probably because they increase yeast. I came across a story about a woman who had colitis for 60 years, did the yeast-free thing and was completely healed in a couple of weeks. I can tell I already feel a difference. It's kind of amazing and kind of angering that, after all the pain I've been through with it and all the medications and the steroids which caused even more problems, all I really probably needed to do the whole time is just go yeast-free.
Thanks so much for your information.
There is no mention of goat milk or cheeses - are these allowed? I have read that goat milk is a better alternative to cow's milk as it is closer to human enzyme structure than cow's milk. Is it allowable? Do you know byy chance?
Jeanette,
I would suggest raw goat milk and soft goat cheeses. Please use sparingly. I have studied and found that some professionals agree and disagree with this statement. But I tend to lean towards allowing them because of the structure of the milk.
Hi I am new to this diet and found your web sites to be extremely helpful! I don't feel so alone! I have a few questions I was hoping you could help me out; Can you have Erthritol for a sweetner? Also I have been eating a lot of corn(organic) in pastas and flours. I have a moderate gluten intolerance so I try to avoid wheat. is corn OK to eat regularly?
Thank you so much for time, I am sure you are extremely busy!
Fourleafcloverjm,
Erthritol is a is a low calorie sweetner which is incompletely absorbed in the small intestine. They tend to have a laxative effect and can cause stomach cramps, gas and diarrhoea, They can also cause undesirable bactria that tends to make yeast problems worse. Corn pastas and flours are fine on the diet, just eat in moderation. Hope this helps.
Hi, first Thank You for a terrific site & info...it is so very much apprectiated :-) You're work is a Blessing!
for now I have a quick question (really need to get out the door to work but I'll be back)...I noticed it mentioned that raw honey is ok - what about Royal Jelly?
Thanks, Laurie
Laurie, Royal jelly is great but use in moderation!!
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candy says:
2 months ago
Thank you sooooo much for this list. I used a control diet when I was pregnant but I lost it and now that I am affected again I was starting to starve, I'll print it and go shopping inmeiately.