The Candida Diet

I covered briefly that the Candida diet is a rigid one. Just how rigid is it?

Foods to avoid:

-Sugars (Honey,Sugar,Cane Sugar,Syrup,Chocolate, Molasses, Rice syrup and artificial sweeteners)

-Alcohol (Wine,Beer,Spirits,Liquors,Cider)

-Grains and Glutinous Food (Corn by products, like popcorn, Anything made with Wheat, Rye, Oats, Barley, White bread, Rye Bread, Pasta, Spelt products, Corn and Corn by products.

-Fruit (Fresh fruit,Dried fruit, Canned fruit, Fruit juice)

-Vegetables (Potatoes, Carrots, Sweet Potatoes, Yams, Beets, Peas, Parsnips)

-Meats (All pork products, Cured meats, Processed meats, Smoked or Vacuum packed meats)

-Fish (all fish except for wild salmon, sardines and shellfish)

-Dairy Product (Cheese, Milk, Cream, Whey products)

-Additives and Preservatives (Citric acid, anything you don't know or Can't pronounce)

-Other beverages (Coffee, black and green tea, diet and regular soda, energy drinks, fruit juices)

-Nuts- (Cashews, Peanuts, Pistachios)

Beans- (Beans and other legumes, chickpeas, Tofu, Soy Cheese, Soy Milk, All soy products)

-Mushrooms- (Mushrooms and Truffles)

-Condiments- (Ketchup, Mayo, Mustard, relsih, Horse Radish, Soy sauce) (Tomato sauce and tomato paste can contain hidden sugars)

-Vinegar- (All vinegar besides apple cider vinegar)

-Fats and oils- (Peanut oil, Corn oil, Canola oil, Soy oil)

With a list like this, one wonders what is there left to eat?

-Vegetables- Artichokes, Asparagus, Avocado, Broccoli, Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage, Celery, Cucumber, Eggplant, raw Garlic, Kale, Olives, Onions, Rutabaga, Spinach, Tomatoes, Zucchini (Eat them fresh and raw, steamed or grilled)

-Live Yogurt Cultures- Probiotic, Yogurt, Kefir

-Meat and Eggs- Beef, Chicken, Lamb, Turkey, Eggs

-Fish- Anchovies, Herring, Sardines, Wild Salmon

-Nuts and Seeds- Almonds, Coconut Meat, Flax seed, Hazlenuts, Pecans, Sunflower seeds, walnuts

-Non Glutinous Grains- Buckwheat, Millet, Oat Bran, Quinoa

-Herbs and Spices- Basil, Black pepper, Cinnamon, Cloves, dill, Garlic, Oregano, Paprika, Rosemary, Thyme, Turmeric

-Oils- Virgin Coconut oil, Olive oil, Sesame Oil, Flax Oil, Coconut Oil, Red Palm Oil

-Seasoning- Black Pepper, Sea Salt, Lemon juice, Cocnut, Aminos, Apple Cider Vinegar,

Beverages-Chicory root coffee, Cinnamon Tea, Peppermint tea, Ginger Tea, licorice Tea

-Sweeteners- Stevia, Xylitol

I did notice that there was nothing about brown rice, which I use at times, and plan to use.

If anyone has any recipe ideas, for either this or the Lyme diet, please feel free to post them. I'd love to hear them and desperately need ideas.