Candida Yeast Diet No 3: Severe Cases

Some people are debilitated by Candida and cannot function at work or can barely get through the day. If you were exposed to high levels of antibiotics as a child, or if you have had severe symptoms for more than four years, go directly to this diet.

If your symptoms did not clear up with Candida Yeast Diet No. 2, advance to this one until they diminish.

Candida Yeast Diet 3: Foods to Eliminate

Same as Candida Yeast Diet No. 2 + Plus:

1. Dried meat and smoked meat, fish of poultry, including sausage, hot dogs, luncheon meats, smoked turkey, and smoked salmon.
2. Nuts and seeds, which may contain mold.
3. All grains, except a little rice and millet.
4. Herb teas and spices.

Candida Yeast Diet 3: Supplements You Should Take

1. Yeast-free multi-vitamin/mineral.
2. Digestive enzymes with pancreatin after meals and before bed.
3. 1000 milligrams vitamin C an hour (up to 10 grams/day) for immune system.
4. Acidophilus in large quantities (some brands, Ultradophilus, Maxidophilus, and so on have approx. 2 billion organisms per gram) to repopulate the intestinal bacteria. Take 1/2 teaspoon morning and evening on an empty stomach.
5. 2 Teaspoons olive oil with 2 teaspoons oat bran, three times a day, to help keep fungus from crossing the intestinal barrier.
6. 100 micrograms selenium three times a day, for immune system.
7. 400 iu dry vitamin E two times a day for immune system.
8. 20,000 iu beta carotene, for immune system
9. Pau D'Arco tea (taheebo tea), an herb tea from South America, which kills fungus, one cup three times a day.
10. Candex to improve immune response and eliminate the fungus.
11. Nystatin in powder form, available by medical prescription.

As soon as you are free from symptoms, begin reintroducing a few foods slowly. The last ones to add would be yeast, vinegar, and mushrooms.

It may be necessary for you to stay on the Candida Yeast Diet for a number of months.

Doctors report a year or more is not unusual, but Fuchs has found by combining supplements with diet, it is often possible to go back to the Anti-Illness Diet more quickly.

The more thoroughly you are able to stay on these diets, the faster you can eliminate excess Candida. However, it is better to be on a modified diet than on no diet at all.

Candida Yeast Diet No 2: Moderate Cases

For chronic vaginal yeast infections, or additional symptoms which prevent you from feeling really good, begin with this diet. If Candida Yeast Diet No.1 did not clear up your symptoms, incorporate these suggestions into your program as well.

Candida Yeast Diet 2: Foods to Eliminate (Save for Reference for Diet 3):

Same as Candida Yeast Diet No.1 – Plus:

1. Wheat, oats, rye and barley, which contain gluten and can feed Candida.
2. Fruit and diluted fruit juices, high in fructose (fruit sugar).

Candida Yeast Diet 2: Foods You Should Reduce

Same as Candida Yeast Diet No.1, except for some whole grains:

1. Brown rice, millet, buckwheat, cornmeal
2. Herb teas and spices, which may contain molds

Candida Yeast Diet 2: Foods You Should Emphasize

Same as Candida Yeast Diet No.1

Candida Yeast Diet 2: Supplements You Should Take

Take the following for one month after symptoms stop.

1. Yeast-free multi-vitamin/mineral
2. 1000 milligrams vitamin C, four times a day
3. Lactobacilus acidophilus in large quantities (Ultradophilus, Maxidophilus, Superdophilus, and so on, with approx. 2 billion organisms per gram) to help repopulate the intestines. Take 1/2 teaspoon morning and evening on an empty stomach.
4. 2 teaspoons olive oil with 2 teaspoons oat bran, three times a day, to help keep fungus from crossing the intestinal barrier.
5. 100 micrograms selenium for immune system support.
6. 400 iu dry vitamin E for immune system support.
7. 20,000 iu beta carotene for immune system support.
8. Digestive enzymes, with pancreatin, after meals and before bed, to help digest the food you eat as well as undigested food particles in the bloodstream.
9. Candex to improve immune response and eliminate the fungus.

Candida Yeast Diet No 1: Mild Cases

I’ll tell you right now that the Candida Yeast Diet is no fun. But then again, having a Yeast Infection is no fun either. What follows is the best Candida Yeast Diet that I’ve come across. It was originally published in a book which, from what I understand, is no longer in print, by C. Orian Truss, M.D.

It describes a Candida Yeast diet for women with three different levels of Candida Yeast Infection: Mild, Moderate and Severe.

The following is excerpted from "The Nutrition Detective" by Nan Fuchs, Ph.D., pp. 125-129:

Just as there is no simple diagnosis or test for Candida, there is no simple treatment. Stopping the growth of the fungus and driving it out of the tissues are the goals of a multilevel treatment that includes:

1. Immediate elimination of antibiotics, birth control pills and other hormone-altering substances.
2. A diet designed to stop feeding the yeast.
3. Medical use of antifungal agents--such as Nystatin, or a homeopathic liquid, Candex--which permeate the intestines and help destroy Candida throughout the body. Strengthening of the immune system through supplementation.

The diets required to starve out Candida requires that you eliminate all sources of yeast and fungus and all sugars and sweets, including lactose-containing dairy products, except for butter.

Mild cases of Candida: (yeast infections and vague symptoms that are recent) will usually respond to the Candida Diet No. 1

Moderate cases of Candida: (chronic, severe yeast infections or definite, interfering symptoms) would best respond to the Candida Diet No. 2

Severe cases of Candida: which may have begun in early childhood or are debilitating (cannot work, difficulty functioning), would require the persistent efforts of the Candida Diet No. 3

Each diet is listed with foods to eliminate, to reduce, and to emphasize. In addition, each level has its recommended nutritional supplementation.


Candida Yeast Diet No. 1: Mild

For persistent vaginal yeast infections with no other symptoms. This diet will help you get the Candida under control and prevent recurrent outbreaks.

Candida Yeast Diet: Foods to Eliminate (Save for Reference for Diets 2 and 3):

1. Sugar in all forms, including honey, except occasional whole fresh fruit.
2. Fungus, molds, and yeast in all forms, including vitamins and minerals. Most B vitamins (unless label states otherwise).
3. Most breads and commercial baked goods.
4. All alcoholic beverages.
5. Mushrooms.
6. Vinegar and all foods containing vinegar, including salad dressing, sauerkraut, green olives, pickled vegetables, and relishes.
7. Some crackers (read labels carefully for yeast ingredients).
8. Fermented products including soy sauce (tamari) and tofu.
9. Dry roasted nuts.
10. Barbecued potato chips.
11. Most commercial soups.
12. Apple cider and natural root beer.
13. White flour.

Bacon and other pork, which often contain molds.

Candida Yeast Diet 1: Foods You Should Reduce

1. Whole grains and starchy vegetables until symptoms lessen.
2. Fruit and diluted fruit juices, which may cause yeast to grow.
3. Nuts and seeds (small amounts).
4. Beans and other legumes (small amounts).

Candida Yeast Diet 1: Foods You Should Emphasize

1. Eggs, fish, chicken, turkey, seafood, lamb, and veal.
2. Vegetables except corn and potatoes.
3. Vegetables that inhibit the growth of Candida: raw garlic, onions,
4. Cabbage, broccoli, turnip, kale.

Candida Yeast Diet 1: Supplements You Should Take

Take the following for one month after symptoms stop.

1. Yeast-free multi-vitamin/mineral
2. 1000 milligrams vitamin C, two times a day
3. Lactobacilus acidophilus tablets to increase intestinal bacteria