Treating Candidiasis with Diet

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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:59 am

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Treating Candidiasis

 

" In order to overcome candidiasis, sugar must be avoided in all its

various forms. "

 

 

 

In order to overcome candidiasis, sugar must be avoided in all its

various forms. These include: sucrose, dextrose, fructose, fruit

juices, honey, maple syrup, molasses, milk products (which contain

lactose), most fruit (except berries), and potatoes (whose starch

converts into sugar). Dr. Black says, " In treating candida, my basic

dietary taboos are sweets, alcohol, and refined carbohydrates. "

 

Many candidiasis sufferers also have allergies and sensitivity to

various foods.

 

Although Candida albicansyeast is not synonymous to yeast in foods,

such as bread, have a cross-reaction between food yeast

and candida frequently occurs.

 

As a result, foods containing or promoting yeast, such as baked

goods, Dairy (yes there is yeast in dairy) alcohol, and vinegar

(even apple cider vinegar),

should be avoided until possible sensitivities are clearly

diagnosed.

 

DIAGNOSING CANDIDIASIS

 

 

 

Dr. Black states that some of her patients are very sensitive to

yeast and do better staying away from yeast-containing foods.

 

To test for such sensitivity, she takes patients off all yeast-

containing foods for a week.

 

Then she adds such foods back in the diet, one at a time. If the

symptoms reappear, then clearly yeast-

containing foods should be avoided.

 

Similarly, Dr. Braly employs a " rotation " diet when he suspects food

allergies. On this regimen, patients avoid certain suspected

allergic foods and rotate nonallergic food every four or more days.

 

They are then later reintroduced to the suspected foods after three

to six months to see if symptoms are provoked. Other foods which may

have an allergic potential are also rotated, that is, eaten only

every four days, in order to avoid further allergic developments. As

a result, a greater variety of food is eaten and more nutrients

absorbed, while possible allergic reactions are avoided.

 

Molds are another aspect of candida sensitivity, according to Dr.

Susser.

These include food molds (found in cheeses, grapes, mushrooms, and

fermented foods), and environmental molds (found in

wet climates, in damp basements, in plants, and outdoors).

 

Mold and yeast can also exchange forms. Therefore, the ingestible

molds of

cheeses and fermented foods should be avoided. Avoiding food yeast

and mold does not attack the candida yeast itself, but is an attempt

to ease stress on the immune system caused by substances which can

trigger allergies.10

 

Even so, food yeast and mold avoidance should be considered case by

case for each individual as, in some cases, it may not be necessary.

As Dr. Susser says, " My personal opinion is that most anticandida

diets are too strict. It is unnecessary to take candida patients off

of vinegar and mushrooms unless they are allergic to these things. "

 

Dr. Susser also advises patients to avoid yogurt because of its high

sugar content, despite its high concentration of lactobacilli, which

suppress " bad " bacteria and keep other organisms under control. He

finds that freeze-dried acidophilus supplements in capsule form are

more effective in combating bacteria than even unsweetened raw

yogurt.

 

Candida growth can also be fostered in the diet through consumption

of meat, dairy, and poultry products due to the heavy use of

antibiotics. Traces of antibiotics given to dairy cows can later

show up in milk. Meat eaters should make sure that meat is free of

antibiotic contamination. Organic (hormone and antibiotic-free) meat

and poultry should be consumed whenever possible. For candidiasis

patients, seafood (free of mercury toxins) and vegetable protein are

preferable, since they are not only antibiotic-free, but lower in

fat.

 

Diet, Probiotics (in Appendix).

 

 

According to Dr. Chaitow, both bifidobacteria and acidophilus should

be supplemented during candidiasis treatment to help repopulate the

bowel, and for antifungal activity. This " good " bacteria

supplementation is called probiotics. Dr. Chaitow also recommends

that other probiotic products, such as Lactobacillus bulgaricus, be

used to assist the colonizing activities of bifidobacteria and

acidophilus.

 

When symptoms are chronic rather than acute or sudden, Leon Chaitow,

N.D., D.O., of London, England, has found that a yeast infection is

often to blame. Additionally, if specific symptoms have been treated

with little or no success, the diagnosis usually suggests candida.

Many physicians have pointed to blood tests showing elevated candida

antibodies. However, since most people have candida organisms in

their systems, tests will usually show an antibody presence even if

the patient is not suffering from candidiasis.9 Stool specimens and

physical examinations are clearly in order, but since there is no

single diagnostic test, the individual's complete medical history

and response to treatment is the key to proper diagnosis.

 

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