Here’s a list of all foods to avoid if you follow the Candida Diet

No sugar on the Candida Diet!

Key of this diet is to help your body heal.

The following foods unfortunately don’t fall into this category as they feed yeast in one form or another.

They either contain sugar which is not allowed on the Anti Candida Diet.

Or they contain fermented produce which you should step away from, too, if you want to succeed with this diet.

Another reason why the food mentioned here is not recommended for Candida sufferers is that it creates an acidic environment that promotes inflammations.

List of Sweet Foods to Avoid

You guessed it all the usual goodies that taste sweet and scrumptious are heading up our list of foods to avoid – what a shame!

1. Sugar
2. Honey
3. Fresh Fruit and Dried Fruit
4. Chocolate & sweets
5. Cakes, biscuits & other sweet bakery treats

Sounds madness, doesn’t it. Our whole culture is built around “sandwhich brakes” and snacks. Just before you click off this page in sheer bewilderment and horror please take a look at the candida diet foods you are allowed to eat. Hopefully that brings back a bit of life into your cheeks my friend.

Other Carbohydrates that are not allowed on the Candida Diet

1. White flour (also white pasta) – the body breaks it down into sugar
2. Mushy starchy/ sweet vegetables (potato mash, beetroot, sweet potato, parsnip – not completely forbidden but better not eaten before Phase 3 of the Candida Diet as they provide quick release energy for the yeast)

Typical Dietary Mistakes That Feed Candida

When it finally dawned on me that I had yeast related health issues I turned into a health freak. I knew sugar was bad so I banned all cakes and chocolates. I bought only organic food and cooked fresh all the time. The following is a list of foods to avoid for candida sufferers.

Candida No-go Foods from my experience

• Muesli with Dried Fruit – hard to digest and full of sugar
• Honey -needless to say honey contains sugar
• Porridge or Shreddies/ Wheat Flakes with Milk

Milk contains lactose, a form of sugar. Also many people have a food intolerance to oats and/ or wheat. I would have never admitted it myself because I loved eating this convenience food too much. Not to mention Bagels and cheesy toasted sandwiches! That aside every cereal packet under the sun has added sugar in one form or another (disguised as Fructose, Malt, Dextrose, syrup…)

Drinks that are not Permitted on the Candida Diet

1. Coffee (stimulants make the body release sugar reserves into the blood stream as readily available energy – the dirty little scoundrels can even feed on that, unbelievable)
2. Alcohol
3. Milk (contains milk sugars and is mucous producing)
4. Fruit Juices (even freshly squeezed!) & Smoothies – Uh uh, bad choice, makes it worse.
5. Lemonade, energy drinks…

Watch out – Produce containing yeast & Fermented foods to avoid!

1. Cheese
2. Mushrooms (watch out for quorn, made from fungus)
3. Bread & bakery products
4. Battered food including scotch eggs, fish or sausages
5. Anything containing fermented food like soya sauce, vinegar or (exception apple cider vinegar)
6. Stock Cubes with yeast-free
7. Nuts (unless freshly cracked, apparently the shelled ones they contain unseen mould)

More Foods to avoid as they are a No-Go-area during the Candida Diet

1. Canned foods with citric acid e.g. tomatoes
2. Hot spicy sauces (kill all bacteria in your gut, even the good ones, also highly acidic and oily foods in particular are difficult to digest)
3. Deep fried food (many free radicals – vitamin depleting)
4. Red Meats (sits in your intestines for a long, long time as it is so hard to break down – the longer it sits the more chance to putrefy which we’re desperately trying to avoid here as you need as much energy as possible to fight Candida.

I know what you’re thinking right now – That this diet is impossible. Demoralising. And sheer horror.

You might have a point. I admit, it’s not for the faint-hearted. But we’re not doing this for fun, right. We’re doing this because we have to.

There’s no easy way out. If you don’t follow the diet you’ll stay ill. If you do follow the diet you’ll have to develop a cleansing regime that unfortunately is not pleasant and that does mean sticking to this list of foods to avoid!