Candida albicans lives naturally in and on your body. Candida is a type of beneficial yeast fungus, that is typically found in small amounts on your mouth, skin and in your intestines.
Healthy bacteria in your body control the balance of Candida. When Candida albicans is off-balance, the yeast overgrows and causes an infection called candidiasis (too much yeast in the body). Symptoms vary from bloating to itching, along with fatigue and generally feeling unwell.
Candida Albicans – Fungi
Anti-Candida Diet = Yeast Free Diet
FOODS TO EAT:
– Fruit: Pears, apples, occasional bananas, always wash fruit thoroughly or peel to avoid fungus on skin. Try not to eat more than two pieces of fruit a day.
– Fish/chicken/turkey, make sure you get free range or organic.
– A little red meat.
– Alternative milk products.
– Almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, Brazil nuts, walnut, pumpkin, sunflower and linseeds.
– Live natural yogurt, organic or free range eggs.
– Oats, rye, barley, millet and buckwheat.
– Fresh herbs: Thyme, marjoram, oregano, parsley, basil, chives, rosemary, garlic.
– Yeast free gravy and stock cubes.
– Porridge, oat bran.
– Lentils, rice and beans.
– Low-salt or herbal salt.
– Wholemeal soda bread, or rye bread, crisp breads – spelt, corn, oat, rice cakes.
– Sugar free jams and spreads.
– All fresh vegetables.
FOODS TO AVOID:
(Do the best you can – some change is better than none.)
– Sugar and other quick acting carbohydrates – honey, molasses, malt, glucose, sucrose, maltose, sorbitol, dates and corn syrup. (Note: Sugar is in most tinned foods and many processed foods as well as confectionery, sweets, cakes, biscuits and jams)
– Condiments, sauces and vinegar – mustard, ketchup, Worchester, soya and tamari sauces, pickles, relishes, mayonnaise, vinegar and ready made salad dressings
– Processed and smoked meats and fish – sausages, hot dogs, corned beef, smoked salmon, trout and mackerel
– Gravy cubes
– Tea and coffee, use herbal tea instead
– Fruit juices (except freshly prepared juices)
– Monosodium Glutamate, E621 or MSG. (Chinese dishes, crisps, processed foods)
– Peanuts and pistachio nuts
– Mushrooms (fungus)
– White flour products – Breads, pastas and pastry
– Fizzy drinks
– Fermented alcohol like cider, wine & beers
– Yeast extract – Marmite, yeast bread and brewers yeast
– Most commercial breakfast cereals (fortified with B vitamins from yeast source).
Remedies to help against Candida over-growth:
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PROBIOTICS: essential to replace good bacteria
– Oil of Oregano
– Paracress
– DIDA supplement (to eliminate fungus)
– A daily bath using 12-20 drops of anti-fungal tea tree oil in a full bath of water.