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Firstly, it is essential to keep in mind that fatigue, bloating, recurrent thrush as well as urinary tract infections can all are the symptoms of candida. However, but changing your diet may help you a lot to fight the condition. Candida is a yeast that lives in the mouth, gut as well as vagina. keep in consideration that candida only causes problems if it grows out of control.

A lot of factors such as antibiotics, stress, the contraceptive pill, HRT as well as a diet high in sweet foods or drinks can all trigger it in order to grow out of hand by causing symptoms like persistent thrush, urinary tract infections as well as cystitis, fatigue, thinning hair or bloating.

How can diet fight candida?

The doctor may not diagnose candida, it’s only medically recognized in people along with compromised immune systems as well as those with HIV. However, if you have the symptoms listed above or they’re not clearing, there is great need to see a natural health expert who diagnoses candida with a saliva test.

It is essential to keep in mind that an anti-candida diet is considered the best way in order to tackle the condition. The Candida diet effectively starves the yeast by removing the foods that are responsible to help it thrive. However, be warn that the anti-candida diet is tough because there are lots of foods or drinks you have to avoid as well as there is also need to follow it for at least three months in order to stop the candida growing again.

Avoid sweet foods

As it’s described earlier, Candida feeds on sugar with having excess amounts in the diet may be one of the factors that may cause the yeast to thrive in the first place. In order to overcome this issue, there is great need to cut out cakes, biscuits as well as sweetened foods, from breakfast cereals to ready-made sauces.

Beware of natural sugars

It is not just added sugar you need to avoid but many fruits are also high in natural sugars, such as dried fruit, and these fruit sugars can encourage overgrowth. Along with this, fresh apples and pears are lower in sugar, they are fine to eat. However, it is recommended to always go for the whole fruit where the sugars are concentrated.

Stay away from fermented foods

Yeast in the diet also feed candida. However, it is suggested by the doctors to avoid fermented foods such as yeast extract, blue cheeses, bread, vinegar, soy sauce as well as ketchup. There fermented items are also restricted for the people following the Ketogenic diet.

Watch your drinks

Alcohol is fermented and it also contains sugar. So, there is need to avoid it. You should also stay away from all type of sweetened drinks such as smoothies, squashes, fruit juices, or soft drinks.

What to eat on the anti-candida diet?

While it sounds a long list of foods to avoid, there is a lot you can still eat while fighting candida.

• For breakfast, it is recommended to try a porridge made with water, as well as with chopped apple, seeds or sweet spices such as cinnamon
• You can eat soda bread, as it is not made with yeast, instead of jam or marmalade, try nut butters like almond butter
• Plain live yoghurt is, some dairy foods that is low in lactose as well as the friendly bacteria contains are beneficial for fighting candida
• Lean meat, eggs, lentils, fish, all vegetables, rice or rice cakes are also on the menu

It is essential to keep in mind that the Candida overgrowth can be the hidden culprit in several chronic health concerns.  It may build up over a long period of time as well as symptoms may not be obvious at first. However, most people, at some point in their life, do well to do a Candida cleanse as well as eliminate sugar and yeast by promoting foods from the diet for a certain period of time.

• Eliminates the foods that allow the yeast to grow
• Kills off the yeast
• Repopulates the intestines with healthy bacteria