The Candida Detox Diet

Candida is a fungus that normally lives in healthy balance with other bacteria and yeast in the body, but certain conditions create an overgrowth, causing an infection known as candidiasis. To kill the overgrowth and restore the body to a healthy bacterial balance, a detox program is used.

Significance

• Mild cases can use herbal teas. Pau d'arco and clover teas have a bitter taste but contain beneficial antibacterial and antifungal agents, so using herbal sweetener Stevia helps with the taste. Kombucha tea boosts energy and improves the immune response while detoxing.

Solution

• Herbal products must be taken to kill candidiasis. Products are available at a health-food store for persistent or resistant strains. Candistroy, a product by Natren, comes in a box with two parts. Part one is the killer, and part two is the probiotic. AF (antifungal), a product from rain-tree.com, is a stronger product, but you must purchase an additional live probiotic to go with it.

Function

• Do not eat anything containing sugar, yeast and vinegar, including sugar, corn syrup, white bread and other white flour products, soda, ready-to-eat cereals and all the sweet, fat snack foods, processed and prepared junk foods that have hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated fats, with food coloring and additives. No aged cheeses, alcohol, baked goods, chocolate, dried fruits, fermented foods, grains containing gluten (wheat, oats, rye and barley), ham, honey, nut butters, pickles, potatoes, raw mushrooms, soy sauce, sprouts and vinegar.

  Eat fresh or steamed vegetables, any kind of fish (not fried) and gluten-free grains such as short grain brown rice. Candida thrives in a sugary environment, so a diet should be low in carbohydrates and contain no yeast products or sugar in any form or anything that turns into sugar in the body.

Warning

• Some of the possible die-off symptoms you could experience during the detoxification are extreme fatigue the first week, headaches, nausea, brain fog, dizziness, sugar cravings and minor skin breakouts. Symptoms are good; it means you are detoxing.

Expert Insight

• Bowel movements should be two to four times a day to eliminate die off. Sweating using hot soak baths, a steam room, sauna or exercise to eliminate through the skin is important. Drink 64 ounces of pure water daily.