Anti-Candida Diet

I’ve been faced with a rather interesting challenge and have needed to truly take stock of my diet and just what kind of vegetarian I am. Okay, I’ll admit it, I’m a junk food vegetarian. I love comfort foods and snacks – I love foods as part of a routine – and apparently that is what has gotten me into this mess.

I went to the allergist the other day and made a discovery. Aside form being allergic to pretty much every plant I was pricked with and a few animals, I am allergic to molds. One mold/yeast in particular is causing me trouble – candida.

I have been dealing with a lot of health issues over the last couple years, mostly sinus issues and colds but I couldn’t figure out what was causing it. When I found out I was allergic to dust and dust mites, I did what I could to alleviate the situation but I still didn’t get any better. Well with the main culprit being candida and me continuing to eat sugar and all kinds of unhealthy and fermented foods, no wonder I’m not feeling so great!

I don’t mean to sound like a complete junkie – I do try to eat right, I just happen to eat more than my fair share of donuts and wheat thins. Now I am on the anti-candida diet. Basically I have to starve the candida of what it feeds on – sugar – and anything else than can supply it to my body – fermented foods and other things you wouldn’t expect. I also now get to be gluten free! Oh yay…I mean geez.

This has been really tough the last couple of days but I am trying to figure it out. My sweet tooth is mad at me and the halloween candy at the store just about made me cry. I love my candy corn. They don’t sell that in the summer!

I have a large list of foods I can eat and which I can’t. It’s a little bit of a challenge trying to stay veg, find things for me to eat and feed my family things I can’t. I’ll try to update with menus or interesting sites I’ve come across. I’m not sure how long I’ll be doing this for but I know it’s going to be more than a few months.