Anti Candida Diet Recipes - Tips, Guidelines, Foods to Eat

What foods can be eaten as part of anti candida diet recipes?

The anti candida diet requires individuals to eliminate many commonly consumed items from the diet, at least temporarily, until the candida albicans infection can be brought under control. Thus, recipes employed during the candida diet period will naturally be simplistic, with a small number of ingredients at any given time.

A quality diet recipe against candida allows you to have options for a full and healthy meal, yet at the same time ensures that the attacking yeast cannot be fed with the ingredients that sustain it. This becomes a delicate balance in which the body remains properly fed but in essence the yeast begins to starve.

Candida diet recipes strictly control on sugar, carbohydrate and gluten intake. Foods like aerated soft drinks, alcohol, beer, black tea, breads, burgers, cakes, chocolate, coffee, corn products, honey, pastries, pizzas, and wheat products must all be eliminated.

Even though it may seem counter-intuitive to a healthy diet, certain fruits and vegetables high in sugar and carbohydrates too must be avoided while meal planning. These produce include bananas, mangos, grapes, potatoes, beets, and sweet potatoes.

While limiting certain foods, a candida diet recipe also helps you to re-establish the proper beneficial microbial balance in the body with the careful reintroduction of beneficial bacteria. These "good" bacteria help the immune system fight the infection. So, many recipes include a generous helping of probiotic yogurt or kefir (cultured milk). Most recipes call for animal protein sources like chicken, beef patties, and a good deal of green leafy vegetables.

Meal portions should be smaller and taken more frequently throughout the day, and at regular designated periods. Snacks should be avoided unless they consist of generous helpings of nuts and vegetables.

When creating an anti candida diet recipe, begin with larger portions of protein, add in vegetables, and use only a small portion of complex carbohydrates to round up the meal. During some meals, carbohydrates can be skipped entirely.

However, carbohydrates should never be eliminated entirely, as they constitute an important energy source for the body - approximately six to eight ounces should remain in the daily diet. Good sources of carbohydrates include kamut whole grain unprocessed bread, spelt bread, or brown rice bread.

Most anti candida diet recipes call for steaming technique for both vegetables and lean meats, so that essential nutrients can be retained. Use steaming methods especially to cook vegetables, which leach nutrients more quickly than meat. Better still, have the vegetables raw.

Try to use stainless steel or glass when you cook, so as to eliminate chemical residues on the food. For the same reason, microwaving should be avoided, and especially never employing plastic containers, as the microwaves release harmful chemicals present in the plastic into the food.

Use the following listing when creating your own anti candida diet recipes, so that you can follow some favorite recipes while making appropriate substitutions. As with any natural diet, buy local and organic whenever possible.

• All Natural Deli Meats - no preservatives, sugars or artificial ingredients.
  
  
• Coconut Milk, Coconut Cream, fresh coconut - unsweetened and organic.
  
  
• Cold Pressed Organic Flax Seed Oil.
  
  
• Creamed Coconut, Dried Shredded Coconut, Coconut Flakes Canned or Jarred Sauerkraut Vegetables - onions, asparagus, green beans, broccoli, peppers, spinach, collards, chopped fresh herbs.
  
  
• Dried / dehydrated Vegetables can be used as part of anti candida diet recipes.
  
  
• Dried Beans and Legumes.
  
  
• Dried Herbs and Spices - buy organic.
  
  
• Dried Seaweeds - a wide variety will be available through a Chinese, Japanese or Oriental market grocer.
  
  
• Virgin Coconut Oil, Virgin Palm Oil, Cold Pressed Olive Oil, Cold Pressed Sesame Oil, Macadamia Oil, Almond Oil.
  
  
• Sea Salt.
  
  
• Fish and Seafood.
  
  
• Free Roaming or Pastured Chicken and other poultries.
  
  
• Fresh Garlic and Ginger.
  
  
• Fresh Herbs - basil, cilantro, chervil, dill, lemongrass, mint, oregano, parsley, sage, thyme, rosemary, tarragon.
  
  
• Fresh Lemons and Limes.
  
  
• Grass-Fed Pastured Beef, Bison, Buffalo, Venison, Lamb, Pork, and so forth.
  
  
• Limited amounts of Whole Grains (non gluten grains only) to be used in anti candida diet recipes.
  
  
• Pure Extract Flavorings - vanilla, almond, lemon, etc.
  
  
• Thai Chili Paste.
  
  
• Mineral Water.
  
  
• Nuts & Seeds.
  
  
• Organic Eggs from Free Roaming Hens with access to the outdoors can be used in your anti candida diet recipes.
  
  
• Organic Herbal Teas, Yerba Mate Tea or Green Tea.
  
  
• Organic Tofu.
  
  
• Prepared Horseradish - look for a brand with no sugars, natural flavors or preservatives added.
  
  
• Pure Spring Water.
  
  
• Raw Butter from Pastured Cows, or Organic Butter, Ghee and / or Clarified Butter.
  
  
• Raw Coconut Butter.
  
  
• Raw Lacto-fermented Pickles and veggies - available through Indian or Far Eastern grocers (check labels).
  
  
• Salt Free Tomato Juice or Tomato Vegetable Blend (in small portions, as carbohydrates can be concentrated in these drinks).
  
  
• Sodium Free Seltzer Water - plain or with flavor essences (no sugars).
  
  
• Sprouts - broccoli sprouts, clover sprouts, lentil sprouts, mung bean sprouts, pea sprouts, radish sprouts, sunflower sprouts, sprouted legumes.
  
  
• Vegetables of low carbohydrate content can be added to anti candida diet recipes - these include arugula, asparagus, beet greens, bok choy, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, chard, cucumber, endive, fennel bulb, lettuce, mustard greens, radish, salad greens, spinach, tomato, watercress.
  
  
• Vegetables of medium carbohydrate content can also be added to anti candida diet recipes - these include artichoke, avocadoes, Brussels sprouts, burdock root, chives, coconuts, collards, dandelion greens, eggplant, green beans, green summer squash, horseradish root, kale, leek, okra, onions, parsley, peppers (e.g. green), rutabaga, snow pea pods, spaghetti squash, turnip, yellow wax beans, yellow summer squash, and zucchini.

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