The Yeast Diet (also known as the Candida Diet) has been used for years by naturalists as a way to detox the body of overstocks of yeast that can come from certain medications, processed foods or from exposure to others with yeast overgrowth. The food we eat plays a major role in our body's delicate balance between maintaining healthy levels of Candida yeast and prevention of harmful yeast overgrowth.
Eating plenty of yeast free foods in conjunction with a good probiotic is vital to the success of a yeast diet cleanse. Below is a listing of yeast free foods as a guideline for the Candida Diet. While we are continually adding to the list we can't cover every single food item however we do have a group of yeast fighters out on Facebook that love to share advice and their experiences with yeast free living. If you have a question related to yeast free foods, simply find our Facebook group and ask!
Yeast Free Foods List
It helps to plan out your yeast free foods ahead of time when preparing for the Yeast Diet. Mapping out meals for the week or at least for a couple days in advance will ensure that you won't have to cheat while on the diet. To help with the meal planning process check out our yeast free cookbook for full recipes of many delicious meals that you can enjoy while on the yeast free Candida Diet.
In general everyone has the following avoidances on a basic Candida Diet:
- Brewers Yeast
- Chocolate
- Coffee
- Go light on tea, except green tea.
- All sweeteners including sugar, honey, maple syrup, stevia, Equal, corn syrup, evaporated cane juice, Splenda, sucralose, etc.
- Fruit juice
- Dried fruit, mushrooms, peanuts (raisins are dried fruit).
- Citric Acid (like lemon, lime or orange).
- Vinegar and all vinegar products (mayo, mustard, salsa, dressings, etc).
- All dairy including milk, cheese, yogurt, ice cream, butter. Eggs are not dairy.
- Yeast in any form. Including most breads.
- Soy sauce and all fermented products like sauerkraut, and pickles.
- Processed meats that contain sodium nitrites. Eat only hormone free meats.
- Hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils. Use olive oil instead.
- Spicy seasonings such as chili, cinnamon, pepper. Some herbs are ok including basil, thyme, oregano, and parsley.
- No fruit in any form including fresh, canned, dried or frozen.
Eating out is not recommended while on the Candida Diet.
There are however a great variety of healthy, tasty foods left to choose from that do meet the Candida Diet criteria and these are listed below:
- Vegetables - especially dark green leafy ones.
- Beans of any variety.
- Meat protein, including beef, poultry, fish and shellfish, and fresh (uncured) pork.
- Eggs
- Whole grains, including rice, barley, millet, couscous, and buckwheat.
- Whole grain oatmeal and pasta; corn, rice or spelt pasta.
- Unprocessed seeds and nuts.
- Vegetable oils which are unrefined (the kind that must be refrigerated).
For delicious yeast killing recipes specifically designed to follow the rules of the Candida Diet visit the yeast free recipes page.
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