Candida Free Diet Recipes

A candida free diet isn't really a complex one. What you may find as the most difficult aspect of it is just finding the proper recipes, especially ones that involve more of a selection of different ingredients, that you can follow. The candida in your body is normally kept in check by beneficial bacteria. When the beneficial bacteria in your body fails to do this, an intolerance to yeast can cause a number of medical conditions. You can overcome this problem however, using a proper candida diet.

The aim of this diet is to cut way back on your yeast intake, if not eliminate it entirely. This means no more bread products such as breads, rolls, pastries, cookies, and pretzels, as well as dairy products, and fermented foods. Vinegar is also to be avoided. This includes everything that has high amounts of vinegar as well, such as pickles, salad dressing, mayonnaise, mustard and barbecue sauce. Basically, in a nutshell, you would be eating more meats and vegetables instead. Another good thing to try to do if it is convenient is to try to eat four or five smaller meals a day instead of the more traditional three large ones.

This diet is pretty lenient when it comes to your selection of meats that are available to you. In fact, beef & beef patties, ground beef, chicken & chicken patties, chicken breasts, thighs, turkey & turkey patties, ground turkey, sardines, tuna, and even ground buffalo are all fine. Things to watch out for: Leave the buns off of your burgers, and avoid dried, smoked, or pickled meats and cured bacon. The largest portion of this diet should be consisting of you meats, with vegetables second.

When you are looking for a snack, there are also some things that are okay while others are to be avoided. Carrot & celery sticks, asparagus, green apples, raw broccoli, and nuts (but avoid nuts like peanuts & pistachios). Stay away from grapes, dates, citrus fruit, and raisins. Also to be avoided are things that are high in sugar, such as chocolate, soft drinks, honey and maple syrup.