Meal Planning for the Candida Diet

Finding the right recipes to help you meal plan on the yeast free Candida Diet can help you save time, energy and money on the candida cleanse.  Investing a couple extra dollars on the front end for a good Candida Diet Cookbook will pay dividends as you jump into a new and limited eating schedule.

Here are the top things I do to prepare whenever I am planning to do the yeast free candida diet cleanse:

Clear the cabinets – getting rid of all the sugary and yeasty foods BEFORE starting your diet cleanse will help keep you from having a weak moment with a sugary treat.  Remove the temptations including all dairy, anything with sugar, fruit, and all products that contain yeast.

Make a list – write out your grocery list before heading to the store.  Focus on fresh vegetables and lean (organic) meats as your staples.  Most prepackaged foods contain preservatives that you will need to avoid on this diet so plan ahead.  List out your meals for each day on paper and use that meal plan when you shop to ensure you are not stuck without a key ingredient during the diet.

Meal preparation – food items like vegetables can be prepped in advance to save you some cooking time later on.  In addition, making a double portion that can be eaten at a later meal will save you valuable time over cooking something new for every single meal.  If I write down which recipes I am going to use for each meal it helps me plan for leftovers and meal preparations in advance.

Order supplements – the diet by itself won’t do much long term good without some good supplements to help clear out the yeast overgrowth and rebuild the body’s natural defenses.  Learn about several different types of supplements and where to find them here:  http://www.theyeastdiet.com/candida-diet-supplements.html

Find a baseline – I find it motivating when I can see actual progress when I am on the diet.  To do that I take the online candida test to get an idea how I would rate my symptoms at the beginning of the diet before I start.  I can then go back throughout the diet and take it again to see if my symptoms have improved based on my score each time.  Sometimes it is little things like that that make you realize how far you have come.

Find some support – it is tough to feel like you are doing something alone.  The fact is that there are thousands of other people who have used this diet and found relief from aggravating symptoms like gas and bloating, recurring yeast infections, brain fog, joint pain, depression, irritability, ongoing sugar cravings, headaches and recurring illness.  If you have a supportive spouse or significant other that will do the diet along with you that is a great start.

You can also find a supportive forum online at our Facebook page where thousands of others ask questions, share advice and provide support or on our G+ community for topic specific discussions and sharing.

The first time I tried the yeast free diet I remember going to the grocery store and spending a couple hours reading labels!  I filled my cart with all the yeast free items I could find without much thought about what specific meals I was going to make with all the ingredients I had purchased, but I felt excited to start the cleanse.

It wasn’t long before I started to get behind.  Cooking for the whole family and thinking through all the candida diet restrictions was literally taking me hours each day.  I found a couple recipes that were easy and I got into a rut making the same thing each day.

The extra work of cooking from scratch along with not feeling very good and being without some of my favorite comfort foods was too much for me and I ended up calling it quits before I should have.  I thought I had planned and knew what I was doing but the reality of it was that I hadn’t thought through what meals I would make, what ingredients I needed for those meals and I hadn’t done any preparation to make it easier on myself.

After that first failure I began compiling a list of recipes into a Candida Diet cookbook that I use as a reference and meal planning guide whenever I do the candida diet cleanse.  It is something that has been an invaluable resource for me and I wouldn’t think of tackling this diet without it ever again.

I hope you can take advantage of the resources on this site and our Facebook page and G+ community to realize success and health with the yeast free candida diet.

Blessings,

Whitney Frazier