Treating Candidiasis with Diet

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Treating Candidiasis with Diet

JoAnn Guest

Feb 09, 2004 12:19 PST

 

 

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

various forms. "

These include: sucrose, dextrose, fructose, pasteurized fruit

juices, pasteurized (heated) honey, maple syrup, molasses, milk and

dairy products (which all contain lactose), most fruit (except

berries), and potatoes and bread (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 albicans yeast is not synonymous to yeast in foods,

such as bread, 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.

Sprouted grain breads are usually not problematic.

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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 non-allergic 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

all 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.

 

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.

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.

 

Moderator's note: Plain organic yogurt is more effective in

eliminating candida than the traditional varieties that are

mentioned..

 

Candida growth can also be fostered in the diet through consumption

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

hormones and antibiotics in the animals.

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 and free range (hormone and antibiotic-free) meat and

poultry should be consumed whenever possible.

 

For candidiasis patients, cold water seafood (free of mercury

toxins, i.e. Alakan salmon, etc.) and vegetable protein ( cooked

dried beans, lentils,

legumes) are preferable, since they are not only hormone and

antibiotic-free, but lower in fat as well.

 

Diet, Probiotics:

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.

 

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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Overcoming Candida Albicans

by Lindsey Duncan, CN, Conscious Choice

Excerpt Contributed by: " Conscious Choice " Magazine

 

Note: The information on this website is not a substitute for

diagnosis and treatment by a qualified, licensed professional.

 

Candidiasis is a yeast/fungal infection caused by the *toxins* given

off by an abundance of the common yeast Candida Albicans.

 

Candida is an organism and, like all organisms, it has to eat and

then 'excrete' its waste.

 

It thrives on sugar, yeast, breads, alcohol, and food molds found in

cheese, grapes, mushrooms, and fermented foods (vinegar, tamari

sauce, tofu, etc.). It is believed that the organism's waste is the

cause of illness in humans.

 

http://www.garynull.com/Documents/ConsciousChoice/Overcoming_Candida_

Albicans.htm

 

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