The 10 Strongest Antifungal Foods For Cleansing Candida

4. Asparagus, Broccoli, and Cruciferous Vegetables

This includes kale, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, boy choy, and many other vegetables.

All these foods are anti-fungal due to their beneficial effect on your gut environment.

Cruciferous vegetables are on this list because they contain glucosinolates. These are sulfur containing compounds that help to break down toxins in the body. They reduce inflammation, are great for liver detoxification, and reduce the risk of many different types of cancers in the body.

They also contain a certain type of fiber called indole-3-carbinol. This is a prebiotic (meaning it feeds your good bacteria) particularly good at building up your levels of lactobacillus.

Lactobacillus is one of the two most important strains of beneficial bacteria people with Candida are deficient in.

I tell all my patients to incorporate these vegetables into their daily diet. They’re quite bitter but they pair well when you cook them with chicken or tofu. They are one of the most important foods you can eat for Candida.

The more cruciferous vegetables you eat, the more your good bacteria will crowd out the bad, and the better you'll feel. If you're not used to eating vegetables, you want to start slow and not eat large amounts at once. Give your gut bacteria time to adapt get used to them.

This advice goes for all the foods on this list.

Gut bacteria don't like sudden swings in diet. They don't like it when you introduce a new food in high amounts that they're not used to breaking down. But if you start slow with a tablespoon a day and build it up over a period of several weeks, you can avoid the discomfort.

That's why I tell all my patterns to make dietary changes slowly.

If you're used to eating pizzas, burgers and Chinese takeaway food every day, don't cut all that out in one day. Never try to go super healthy within 24 hours. It doesn't matter how healthy the new food is, your bacteria isn't going to like it. You're going to get gas and you're going to get bloating. You might get brain fog or constipation.

So take things slow and don't make this mistake.