Saturday, June 1, 2013

Anti Candida Diet - DOs & DONTs

A really great list of foods for the Candida diet:

http://candyscooking.blogspot.com/2008/08/anti-candida-diet-dos-donts.html



FOODS YOU CAN EAT

Starches and Whole Grains:
  • Brown Rice
  • Quinoa
  • Millet
  • Amaranth

Fruit:
  • Papaya (one a day)
  • Avocados

Vegetables:
  1. (No tomato, potato, eggplant, bell peppers, corn, mushrooms, and soybeans)
  • Artichoke
  • Argula
  • Asparagus
  • Beans (except SOY)
  • Beet Greens
  • Beets
  • Bok Choy
  • Broccoli
  • Brussel Sproats
  • Cabbage
  • Carrots
  • Cauliflower
  • Celery
  • Chestnuts
  • Collard Greens
  • Cucumber
  • Dandelion Greens
  • Endive
  • Fennel
  • Garlic
  • Ginger
  • Kale
  • Leeks
  • Legumes
  • Lettuce (all varieties)
  • Mustard Cabbage
  • Okra
  • Ong Choy
  • Onions
  • Parsley
  • Parsnip
  • Peas
  • Radish
  • Rhubard
  • Seaweed
  • Spinach
  • Sproats
  • Squash (All Varities)
  • Swiss Chard
  • Taro/Poi
  • Turnip Greens
  • Watercress
  • Zucchini
  • Pumpkin
  • Breadfruit
  • Bamboo Shoots
  • Burdock (aka Gobo)
  • Kabocha
  • Nori (dried seaweed flake, no soy sauce)

High Proteins:
  1. (No pork, eggs, commercially grown chicken and beef)
  • Beans
  • Legumes
  • Turkey
  • Turkey Sausage
  • Turkey Bacon
  • Turkey Hot Dogs
  • Turkey Deli Slices
  • Fish
  • Shellfish (if not allergic)
  • Cornish Game Hen
  • Roast Duck (no skin)
  • Chicken (free range or hormone free ONLY)
  • Lamb
  • Buffalo
  • Beef (free range only)
  • Whole Grains (listed above)

Oils:
  1. (No canola, corn, soy, or safflower oils)
  • Olive Oil
  • Sesame Oil
  • Flaxseed Oil

Spices:
  • Almond Extract
  • Vanilla Extract
  • Fresh Herbs/Spices
  • Arrowroot Powder (gravy and thickner)
  • Braggs Liquid Aminos

Nuts and Seeds:
  1. (No peanuts, cashews, pistachio, walnut, and macadamia)
  • Almond
  • Filbert
  • Pecan
  • Pumpkin
  • Brazil
  • Flax
  • Pinenut
  • Sesame
  • Sunflower

Snacks:
  • Almond Butter
  • Dried Shrimp
  • Hummus
  • Taro Chips (1/2 bag per day)
  • Brown Rice Cakes
  • Lemon (1 per day)
  • Hazelnut Butter
  • Tahini (Sesame Seed Butter)

Drinks:
  1. (No milk, soda, diet soda, and juice of all types)
  • Almond Milk (1/2 cup per day)
  • Rice Milk (1/2 cup per day)
  • Club Soda
  • Perrier Water
  • Tea (green and black only)

Vitamins and Herbs:
  • Must be hypoallergenic
  • No Yeast
  • No Wheat
  • No Dairy
  • No Eggs
  • No Corn
  • No Soy
  • No Sugar

FOODS YOU CAN'T EATGluten and Casein (dairy products) Foods:
Wheat, barley, rye, oats, milk, butter, ice cream, yogurt, cheese, cottage cheese, eggs, sour cream

All Types of Sugar and Sugar Containing Foods:
All artificial sweetners, corn sweetner, fruit drinks, ice cream, pies, cakes, boxed cereals, corn syrup, fruit juices, jellies, jams, preservatives, sugar (beet, corn, brown, cane, fruit, white, turbinado), dates, galatose, koolaid, raisins, canned fruit, dried fruits, glucose, lactose, soda, cookies, fructose, honey, maple syrup, maltose, sucrose, maltodextrin, maltitol, sorbitol, xylitol, twinkies, nutrasweet, sucralose, fruit concentrate, ace k, chocolate, candy, hard candy, white rice, alcohol, stevia (*note to readers: I USE STEVIA because it's a non fermenting plant that is known not to feed yeast)

All Breads, Noodles, Pasta, Crackers and Pastry (All Flours)

Fermented, Moldy, and Malted Products:
Baker's Yeast, cornstarch, maled milk, soy sauce, tamari, truffles, brewer's yeast, all flours, mushrooms, kim chee, takuwan, yeast, shoyu, miso, natto, beer, wine, vinegar

Nuts and Seeds:
Peanut, Peanut Butter, Cashew, Pistachio, Macadamia Nuts, Walnut

Drinks:
Alcohol (beer, wine, liquor), coffee, fruit juice/drinks (can/bottle,frozen), soda

Vinegar Containing Foods, Condiments, and Sauces:
Catsup (Ketchup), mayonnaise, cocktail olives, sauces, chili, mince pie, pickles, sauerkraut, mustard, salad dressing, sushi, namasu

Food Preservative, Colorings, and Enhancers:
MSG, red dyes, yellow dyes, blue dyes, green dyes, aspartame, nutrasweet, saccharin, sucralose, BHT

Other Common Foods to Avoid:
Bell peppers (all colors), tomato, potato (sweet and white), corn, wheat, eggplant, soybean, mushroom, tofu, egg, pork, noodles (all types), crackers (all types), bread (all types), coffee, white rice, beer, wine, juice

All Antibiotic, Corticosteroid, and Estrogen Medications:
These medications can be used when necessary. Many infections are caused by virus and do not respond to antibiotic medications. If you have a cold or flu, call the doctor for alternative treatment first.