Candida Diet Food List

Revised August 23, 2010 to remove nuts and seeds; see Eliminate all grains, nuts, seeds, and legumes*.

1. Organ meats include heart, liver, kidneys, gizzards, sweetbread (pancreas), etc.



2. Fish and shellfish must not be "farmed"; canned fish should be packed in spring water or olive oil.



3. Canned tuna should be skipjack or albacore, and not bluefin or yellow fin nor any canned tuna that doesn't identify the kind of fish on the label. It should be packed in spring water or olive oil.



4. Butter should be "certified organic" or organic and unsalted. Raw unpasteurized butter is best, so check to see if it is legal in your area.



5. Use Extra Virgin Olive Oil, which is from the first pressing of the olives so it is high quality and contains more nutrients. It should be cold- or expeller-pressed, and only in very dark bottles which protects it from being damaged by light. Do not cook with olive oil since it is damaged by heat. Only use it unheated in salad dressing, mayonnaise, etc., or poured over foods after they are cooked. Only 2 weeks worth of olive oil should be kept unrefrigerated, since it can go rancid.



6. Bacon and ham must not contain nitrates, sulphites, salt, sugar, flavorings or spices, and they must be unsmoked (smoking meats creates nitrate-like substances). It is not necessary to cure bacon or ham. See the Note below.



7. Shrimp must be "fresh water" and not farmed, and they must not contain nitrates, sulphites, nor other preservatives, i.e. sodium phosphate, disodium phosphate, etc. See the Note below.



8. Butter Oil - Deep yellow butter oil is from cows eating rapidly growing green grass in the Springtime. It contains vitamins A and D and also the X Factor nutrient discovered by Dr. Weston A. Price. It can be used as a supplement to regular butter. Here's more information and where to buy Butter Oil.



9. Clarified Butter/Ghee - Some people are intolerate of milk protein, even in the smallest amounts, so they will want to clarify their butter, which is a process that removes the small amount of milk protein or casein contained in butterfat. Here's a great company who makes Grass- Fed Ghee. All of the products by this company are recommended, which are Ghee made from grass-fed butter, that are healthy and very nutritious! The company is located in Princeton Junction, New Jersey, U.S..

10. Swiss Water Processed decaf coffee is the only process that does not use chemicals to remove the caffeine. Remember that not all of the caffeine is removed, so it should be consumed in small amounts. Organic or "certified organic" is best.



11. The best water is regular tap water because it contains all of Nature's wonderful minerals. There is no processed mineral product that could possibly duplicate Mother Nature. Use a charcoal filter to get rid of the chlorine and other contaminants, i.e. Brita or PUR water filters. Do not be concerned about fluoride in water since you will be eliminating all other sources on this program. Fluoride is a heavy metal that is easily eliminated by the fats and other nutrients on this program. Do not drink distilled water, reverse osmosis water, softened water (contains too much salt), or bottled water that has fluoride or salt added, or is in unsafe plastic containers. Distilled and reverse osmosis water are devoid of minerals and actually leach minerals from the body. "True" Spring water is good too.



12. Only use mustard that doesn't contain vinegar, sugars and other additives.



13. Only use unpasteurized unfiltered apple cider vinegar, like Bragg's or Eden. Some candida sufferers do okay having it, while others cannot tolerate any kind of vinegar.



14. Not all squash is okay - Summer squash, spaghetti squash and zucchini are included, while acorn, hubbard, butternut and others are not since they are too high in starches and sugars.