Confusing and frustrating are two words commonly associated with an anti Candida diet.
So many people start the diet eager and willing then see how little the diet allows them to eat and become despondent.
You may find that there are several programs to follow but they have differing opinions as to what you may or may not include in your diet e.g. carbohydrates, dairy and nightshade fruitscould or could not be acceptable.
This is because there is no such thing as a defined ‘Anti Candida Diet’. All we have is a way of eating that has removed the foods that the Candida fungus lives on.
There are some diets that eliminate all the foods we could be sensitive to and by doing so greatly enhance your degree of sucess – it just depends on how far you are wanting to go.
Tip 1 – Stage one of an anti Candida diet
Phase One is the first two to four weeks of the diet and it is this part that gets everyone in a spin. Here all foods containing sugar, mold, wheat, gluten, carbohydrates, dairy, starches and preservatives are removed.
Well what can you eat?. Only the following can be part of your diet – broccoli, cucumber, peppers, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, leafy green vegetables, silverbeet, zucchini, nuts, seeds, omega oils, chicken and fish.
Tip 2 – Maybe foods for an anti Candida diet
This is where some confusion comes in because some plans say that it is OK to eat foods like low sugar fruit, cottage cheese and whole-grains right from the start.
The best advice that I can give here is to do your best to leave out everything, but I really don’t think that having small amounts of any of these will affect the end result.
Tip 3 – Start to use a diary
A lot of emphasis in an anti Candida diet is put on how we react to certain foods when we reintroduce them, so it really helps to keep a food diary – this can outline which foods you have tried, when, if there was any reaction etc. You will also find that you need to take a few supplements while on the diet and these also need to be taken at certain times of the day, so a food diary helps to keep a record of this.
Tip 4 – Reintroducing foods
The trick here is to do it really slowly – one serving of one food once a day. Note any reaction – even a raised heart rate counts as a negative – and remove any food that you react to. These can be tried again in another two weeks.
Tip 5 – Cravings on an anti Candida diet
Food cravings are caused by many factors – emotional issues, mineral levels, blood sugar levels and hormones just to name a few. Often a sugar craving can be caused by Candida.
The best idea here to distinguish between a need and a want is to wait five minutes before indulging in the food that you want. By holding off for a few minutes you will find that you get distracted with other things.
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