The Anti-Candida Diet: The Strongest Candida Killers (Version 2)

If you struggle with Candida — or have stubborn and recurring Candida overgrowth – you’ve probably tried the Candida diet. I bet it worked, too. However, people often finish the Candida diet and then go back to eating the way they did before.

The Candida Diet

The Candida diet is a low-sugar, anti-inflammatory diet intended to eliminate the sugars that feed Candida overgrowth. It focuses on non-starchy vegetables such as asparagus, bean sprouts, beets, cruciferous vegetables (broccoli and cauliflower), leafy greens… the list goes on. However, there are a few foods allowed on the Candida diet that can be problematic for some people, such as nightshade vegetables, legumes, and corn. This is why I created the anti-Candida diet.

I’m going to tell you what foods are the strongest candida killers in the anti-Candida diet, why you should avoid some foods that are allowed on the traditional Candida diet, and tell you about my all-in-one, step-by-step solution, for tackling Candida overgrowth. Before I do that, let’s have a quick review of Candida overgrowth.

What is Candida Overgrowth?

Candida is a fungus, a form of yeast that lives in your mouth and gut in small amounts. Its job is to aid with digestion and nutrient absorption. It is a part of your body’s normal microflora — the microorganisms that live in a delicate balance in your mouth, throat, gut, vagina in women, and on your skin.

Ideally, your good bacteria, bad bacteria, and Candida (among other forms of yeast, viruses, and even mites) that make up your gut microbiome exist in a balanced state. In fact, I like to think of your gut microbiome as a rainforest, with many different species living together in harmony. When one species gets out of balance in your rainforest, everything gets out of control. When this balance is tipped between Candida and other microorganisms, Candida overgrowth occurs.

Candidiasis, or yeast overgrowth, is very common and causes Candida overgrowth symptoms such as bloating, constipation, rashes, fungal infections, fatigue, brain fog, and mood swings. Candida can overgrow in your mouth, however, it more commonly overgrows in your intestines. When it’s overproduced there, it breaks down the wall of your intestines, causing leaky gut.

If you have a leaky gut, Candida, and other toxins including food particles, can then directly enter your bloodstream. Once in the bloodstream, these particles can reach any part of your body. Your immune system tags them as invaders and attacks them, causing your inflammatory response — including the production of white blood cells — to kick into high gear. Your body is great at dealing with acute inflammation.1

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Candida overgrowth is one of the most common conditions I saw in my clinic, especially among autoimmune patients. I’ve seen thousands of people with digestive issues, fatigue, brain fog, recurring fungal infections, skin problems, mood swings, and more – all caused by Candida overgrowth.

If you have been diagnosed with an autoimmune or thyroid condition, or experience any of the following symptoms, chances are you have some degree of Candida overgrowth.

How to Treat Candida Overgrowth Using the Anti-Candida Diet

Treating Candida overgrowth doesn’t just involve stopping the growth with the anti-Candida diet. It also means restoring the friendly bacteria that usually keep them in check so that it doesn’t return. I’ll talk more about the Candida diet in just a moment. Following the anti-Candida diet, along with my proven three-step approach can help repair your gut so that the overgrowth can no longer enter your bloodstream.

1. Starve the Yeast

First, you want to starve the Candida, which feeds off of sugar,2 refined carbohydrates, and yeast-containing foods. For this reason, you’ll remove all gluten, sugar, refined carbohydrates, alcohol, dried fruit, fruit juices, and fermented foods as part of your anti-Candida diet. Fermented foods not only feed good bacteria, they also feed Candida. I also recommend limiting legumes and grains to 1 cup a day or eliminating them from your diet completely.

2. Attack the Candida

Once you’ve eliminated toxic and inflammatory foods from your anti-Candida diet, next, you’ll want to attack the Candida by taking supplements that help break down the cell wall of yeast cells. I use Candifense® as well as Caprylic Acid. Candifense® supports microbe balance in the GI tract and discourages the growth of yeast while Caprylic Acid helps penetrate intestinal mucosal cells to exert the effect of yeast. Both Candifense® and Caprylic Acid are excellent at helping to break down the walls of Candida cells, and are the strongest candida killers I have on hand.

3. Repopulate the Gut

The final step to the anti-Candida diet is to repopulate your gut with good bacteria using a high-potency probiotic to keep Candida under control. While battling Candida overgrowth, I recommend a probiotic supplement containing 100 billion colony-forming units (CFUs) to restore your gut’s healthy microbial balance.

Now let’s discuss the 10 strongest Candida killers in the anti-Candida diet.

The Strongest Candida Killers in the Anti-Candida Diet

In addition to removing toxic and inflammatory foods, an anti-Candida diet focuses on increasing your intake of foods known to be strong candida killers, minimizing the growth of Candida. Here are the 10 foods I recommend to fight Candida overgrowth and restore the balance between the good and bad bacteria in your gut microbiome.

FAQs About Autoimmunity

Can my autoimmune disease be reversed?

The truth about autoimmunity is that it can be reversed through optimizing your diet, healing your gut, reducing your toxic burden, healing infections, and relieving your stress, you can instruct your problematic genes to turn off again, thereby restoring your immune system to optimal health.