There’s a lot of information online on different gut health websites about how to do a successful candida cleanse.

Most of this information is put together by people who’ve never seen a candida patient (unlike our team who actually have).

A lot of these websites say things like "you cannot eat any fruit, bread, beans, pasta or potatoes - period!" during a candida cleanse.

And this just isn’t true.

Remember, a lot of the information out there is written by people who've never treated a single candida case in their whole life. Yet they’re telling you what foods will or won’t work for you. 

The truth is, you can eat fruit. You can eat bread. You can eat beans. You can eat pasta if it’s made of certain grains. You can eat potatoes if you cook them a certain way.

Keep reading and we'll dispel every myth other there concerning what works & doesn't work for candida.

Plus how to successfully cleanse yeast using a simple 3-phase diet our team developed after +20 years of clinical practice.

We'd also like to give you a free copy of our 8 PDF Candida Reports Beginners Kit, which includes our popular 21-Days To Fix Your Gut Health: A Step-By-Step Guide ebook + 7 more in-depth guides.

These include:

• Candida Crusher Grocery Shopping Guide: 187 Foods For Candida
  
• Candida Diet Friendly Recipes: 40+ Delicious Dishes For Gut Health
• CanXida Recovery Workbook: 8 Week Diary & Planner
• Plus 4 more...

You can grab all 8 free at the bottom of this page (they're really free, you don't need to buy anything).

This page is long so feel free to click the table of contents below to instantly be taken to the topics you're most interested in.

Topics Covered on This Page

• Why Many People Fail to Eradicate Candida & End Up Being Sick For Years
• The 14 Day Big Clean-Up
• Phase 1: The MEVY Diet
• Phase 2: The Low Allergy Diet
• Phase 3: The Food Reintroduction Phase
• Part 2: Are Supplements Necessary For Candida Or Is Diet Enough? Plus Everything You Need to Know About Antifungals, Probiotics & How to Choose What Works
• Download Your FREE Candida Reports Beginner's Kit (8 Free PDF Reports)

Part 1: The 3-Phase Candida Diet & Cleanse

Why Many People Fail to Eradicate Candida & End Up Being Sick For Years

Before we talk about what works against yeast, let's talk about what doesn't.

First of all, many people don't understand that. . .

1. Candida or yeast infections are caused by a naturally occurring yeast-like fungus found in the GI tract of 90% of the population & because it is a fungus – it is HIGHLY susceptible to anti-fungal treatments.

2. Candida is an opportunistic pathogen – meaning it's NOT a problem when kept in check by friendly bacteria but will become a problem when those bacteria are no longer present.

In other words - you cannot solve this problem by only focusing on how to "kill candida."

Candida cleansing isn't only about killing. It's about building your gut health up so that your body overcomes the infection and keeps it from coming back.

That's why your cleanse MUST include a stage where you recolonize your gut with friendly bacteria (aka a probiotic). Not doing this CRUCIAL phase is the #1 reason many people get recurring infections and end up suffering for years.

The #2 reason is they just focus on drugs. All drugs do is kill things. They don't build up the environment so the yeast can't get in there again once you stop taking the drugs. This goes for anti-fungal drugs like the "nyst" & "azole" ones & it especially goes for antibiotics. 

Why?

Because most patients with recurring yeast infections had a history of antibiotic use BEFORE they got sick. The problem with antibiotics (as you’ve probably heard) is they doesn't just disrupt the bad bacteria. They lower the good, or beneficial bacteria too. 

What most people (including many general practitioners) don't understand is beneficial bacteria are what PREVENT candida from taking over in the first place.

Good bacteria, primarily lactobacillus and bifida, are your gut’s IMMUNE / DEFENSE SYSTEM. They release various compounds & acids that slow the growth of yeast and bad bacteria & interfere with their life cycles. 

This keeps the “bad guys” (yeast & bad bacteria) in check and prevents them from gaining a foothold.

Instead you want to ONLY target the yeast & not harm the beneficial bacteria. 

And that's we'll be teaching you on this page.

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Phase 1: The MEVY Diet (3 - 4 weeks)
Phase 2: The Low Allergy Diet (2 - 8 weeks)
Phase 3: The Food Re-introduction Stage (2 - 4 weeks)

If this is your first attempt at a candida diet cleanse, we also recommend you go through something we call the "14 Day Big Cleanup" before you start Phase 1: The MEVY Diet.

The 14 Day Big Clean-Up

The 14 Day Big Clean-Up is sort of like a Phase 0.

It serves 2 purposes. First it allows you to slowly ease yourself into the new diet without experiencing withdrawal from things like alcohol, caffeine, take-out foods, candy, ice cream & chocolate.

It also reduces your chances of experiencing die-off symptoms during the cleanse.

This might sound odd but you'll likely need to get rid of a lot of the foods in your kitchen pantry during this phase. The more severe your candida & the worse your symptoms are, the more CRITICAL this phase is.

The best thing to do is grab a big bag and fill it with all the foods that have been sitting in jars or bottles in your fridge. If you haven’t looked at or touched them for a long time, they NEED to go.

Get rid of sauces, syrups, jams, etc. All these tend to be stored for long periods & develop mold.

Even if you can’t visibly see any mold, don’t take any chances. Throw it away.

Next you want to get rid of anything containing white sugar, high fructose corn syrup, and especially artificial sweeteners because these will prevent your recovery like nothing else. You need to give the candy away, the ice cream, the cookies. All that stuff needs to go. That way you won’t be tempted by it later.

Same goes for highly processed foods like potato chips, microwave meals, deli meats, pastries, etc. Give it away to a neighbor or friend or just throw it in the trash. 

As you likely know, these are the foods candida thrives on. By removing these foods from your diet, you take away its food source. This leaves the yeast weakened & far easier to get rid of later.

If you don't want to do this & wish to continue eating these foods (even in small amounts) during the cleanse, you may as well stop reading this now. It’s that important.

Do this over a period of a few days if you must, but get it done.

Here’s a short list of foods to get rid of:

• Soda drinks
• Chocolate (even unsweetened or 100% cacao)
• Ice cream
• Sweets or candy
• Biscuits or cookies
• Donuts, muffins or cakes
• Pastries
• White breads
• Chips
• Pizza, fried chicken & any take-out foods
• Nutella, peanut butter, jam or spreads (unless you make them yourself)

For more information about the Big Cleanup, click the video image below. The free candida PDF reports we mentioned at the top of this page also contain a comprehensive guide on this. 

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Phase 1: The MEVY Diet

MEVY stands for Meat, Eggs, Vegetables & Yogurt. 

This is a well tested diet designed to bring your intestinal flora back into balance. It calms and heals your gut from a multitude of conditions including candida overgrowth, bad bacteria, parasite infections and more.

We didn’t create this diet.

It’s been around for a long time. Since at least 1986 when it was recommended in “The Yeast Syndrome” by Dr. Morton Walker. You don’t need to read it. You’ll learn everything you need about the MEVY Diet via this page, our YouTube channel & our free PDF guides which you'll grab later.

The MEVY diet is a short term diet. You only need to be strict with it for 3 to 4 weeks. For best results, follow it strictly for at least 2 weeks. Then you can loosen up a little for the next 2 to 3 weeks as you start to implement the Low-Allergy diet (this is phase 2). 

It’s up to you to decide how long you want to stay on the MEVY approach. 

Either way, we can assure you of one thing – the MEVY Diet is powerful. It works very well & can help reduce most (if not all) the digestive disturbances you’re struggling with.

It’s a tasty and healthy diet. You’re not going to starve or feel deprived.

Meats generally are not favored at all by bad bacteria and yeast.

You're not going to have a problem with fresh fish, lean beef, or free range eggs. Just be careful not to overload your diet on red meat because that can cause constipation and clogged up bowels.

If you’re a vegan there’s plenty of other options you’ve got.

These foods also discourage bad bacteria like Citrobacter freundii, microscopic parasites like Blastocystis, and all kinds of other "bad guys" we typically see in patients who've had candida issues for a long time. 

The MEVY diet is a low-carb diet.

It’s been around long before low-carb diets became popular. Unlike other low-carb diets, the goal of the MEVY approach isn’t to lose weight. Although it can if you have excess weight to lose (particularly if you do it well).

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You’re allowed to eat all meats, eggs, most vegetables (except high starch vegetables like potatoes, carrots, pumpkin, sweet potato, peas, corn and beets) and plain yogurt. Eliminate foods such as heavily processed cereals, pasta, conventional breads (which contain yeasts and sugars), pastries, chips and alcohol.

Sourdough bread is OK to eat in small amounts. You also want to avoid all dairy products, with natural unsweetened yogurt being the only exception.

Don’t worry about keeping track of the specific foods you can and can’t eat on the MEVY diet. We've created a Candida Crusher Grocery Shopping Guide: 187 Foods To Eat For Candida PDF guide for that & included it in our Candida Beginners Kit (available for free at the bottom of this page).

Along with a one page printable checklist that lists all the fruits, vegetables, grains & other foods you can eat. Plus recipes, a meal plan, & more.

Also make sure you watch the YouTube videos linked in this section as these will explain the MEVY Diet in much more detail.

Phase 2: The Low Allergy Diet

Once you’ve been on the MEVY Diet & any yeast you have in your gut have been weakened, we start the Low Allergy Diet.

The purpose of this diet is to restore your gut’s immune system.

Most people with chronic yeast problems will have leaky gut syndrome and a background of antibiotic use or the oral contraceptive pill. They’ll have poor levels of good bacteria and all sorts of gastrointestinal distress.

That’s why it’s best to come off what are considered key allergy foods.

These Foods Are:

• citrus (especially oranges)
• pineapple
• banana
• shellfish
• peanut/peanut butter
• wheat/gluten
• chocolate
• cow's milk

Cow's milk is a big one.

We’ve seen testing on over 350 young children that found nearly 70% had a problem with cow's milk. Bananas came back around 14%. Pineapples and shellfish came back nearly 20%.

Bread and gluten allergies are not as common as you think. 

Chocolate however is. Even dark chocolate, 70% cocoa or whatever it is, it's GOT TO GO for a while. There’s no way around it. Chocolate aggravates candida & other gut disturbances. Even if it's raw cacao you need to take it out of your diet for at least 3 to 4 weeks.

A Special Note on Wheat:
Too many people point the finger at wheat and gluten when in fact, these people have bacterial and yeast problems that need clearing up BEFORE they start taking gluten out of their diet.

We’re not big fans of telling people to eliminate wheat or gluten from their diet forever.

In fact, we’ve seen people get BACK into gluten after they were told by doctors they could NEVER eat wheat ever again. Because once your gut bacteria levels are restored – gluten is no longer a problem. 

Just because every blog site out there says you should eat gluten-free doesn't make it true. "Gluten free" is almost like a religion today. 

Remember, only 1 or 2% of the population has Celiac Disease.

Are you celiac? Probably not. Are you gluten intolerant? Probably not.

Do you have a disturbed gut microbiota? Probably yes.

What we're doing with the Low Allergy Diet is taking out the foods that could potentially trigger an immune response. This is smart because many patients with candida have food sensitivities & this can create immune dysfunctions.

By taking all these foods out, it stops the immune system from reacting.

That way, once your digestion is in better shape, you’ll be able to eat these foods without having to worry whether the next bite of the “wrong food" will send you running to the toilet or cause gas, bloating or other symptoms. 

All you do at this stage is remove the foods listed previously in this section, and keep it that way for a period of several weeks to several months. You should continue to eat the MEVY Diet in the meantime (although you don’t have to be as strict with as you were in the beginning).

Note: the 1 page Candida Diet Shopping List PDF shown in this video is included in the Candida Beginner's Kit which you can grab for free at the bottom of this page.

Phase 3: The Food Reintroduction Phase

At this point you should be feeling a lot better and most of your big symptoms should have disappeared. So we can start reintroducing the foods we eliminated in phase 1.

You'll get the exact details once you download the free PDF reports at the bottom of this page but what you'll basically do is get a piece of paper and write down all the foods you really love but feel you can't eat because they give you problems.

We're talking about ice cream, beer, wine, pizza, chocolate chip cookies, pastries, whatever you like.

Then what you'll do is slowly start to reintroduce these foods & see what effect they have on you. Yes, even ice cream and pastries. We don't like being the "food police." If you like, you can choose healthier versions of them like oat milk ice cream.

And it may sound shocking but once you go through our cleanse, you'll be VERY SURPRISED to find that most (if not all) the foods currently on your "to avoid" list no longer give you trouble.

Of course this doesn't mean you can go on a 100% junk food diet and expect to stay healthy, but you can be sure an occasional pizza or cake with friends won't affect you anymore. 

You don't have to be gluten, dairy, sugar, alcohol or whatever else free for the rest of your life. We can tell you now after helping thousands of folks overcome candida – PEOPLE GET SICK AND TIRED of these restrictive diets. They hate it.

Every label has got to be scrutinized rigorously. Every time you go out with friends 90% or more of the menu is off limits and you're stuck with the blandest salad. What a pain in the butt!

A Precaution About Reintroducing Foods:

The first foods you reintroduce are NOT the foods you love the most.

You want start with the foods you feel a bit indifferent about. 

You haven't eaten them in a while but you could take them or leave them.

It could be carrots or it could be some fish. If you really love some particular food, it's not a good idea to introduce it back into the diet right away on day 1. You can bring them in after a few days or a few weeks.

If you bring those foods back in the diet too quickly, there's a possibility you're going to overeat and have too much of them. And then you can get your blood sugar worked up and this can push you off-track.

We've seen this happen again and again, so just take it slow and you'll be fine.

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Part 2: Are Supplements Necessary For Candida Or Is Diet Enough? Plus Everything You Need to Know About Antifungals, Probiotics & How to Choose What Works

Thank you for reading this far. A question we often get is, "should I take antifungals, probiotics or supplements while doing a candida diet or cleanse?" Or "can I do a successful cleanse without taking supplements at all?"

To answer this, please see Part 2 of this guide, titled:
Are Supplements Necessary For Candida Or Is Diet Enough? Everything You Need to Know About Antifungals, Probiotics & How to Choose One That Actually Works

Which you can view right now by clicking the link above (it's a free article just like this one).

Topics covered in Part 2 include:

• Can You Do a Successful Candida Cleanse With Diet Alone or Should You Also Consider Taking Supplements?
• How Effective Are Supplements Really At Cleansing Candida From the Gut?
• How to Avoid Supplements That Either Do Nothing or Can Make Candida Worse
• Natural or Herbal Supplements vs Probiotics Vs Everything Else – What's Best & Which Should You Take For Candida?
• What Ingredients to Look For & Avoid When Choosing an Antifungal Supplement for Candida
• Why Most People Get Nowhere With Probiotics & 5 Things to Look For When Choosing a Probiotic For Candida
• Which Probiotic Strains & What Type of Probiotic Is Best to Take While on a Candida Cleanse
• And Much, Much More...
  

Click Here Now to see Part 2.

(The link above just takes you to 2nd part of this article, no shenanigans, we promise).

If you like, you can also grab our free 8 PDF Candida Reports Beginners Kit below (you'll also have an opportunity to grab it in Part 2, also at the bottom of that page).

This is a collection of 8 in-depth PDF Reports we created specifically for folks like you who are just getting started with candida cleansing. 

Inside you'll discover how to slowly shift to a candida diet – as well as everything you need to know about how to shop for fruits, vegetables, herbs, grains & flours, pasta, noodles, beans, nuts, breads, soups, spreads & dips, seafood, poultry, meats, dairy, oils, fermented & cultured foods and more.

You can learn more about it below.

Hope to see you again in Part 2,

-Deborah Barnes, CanXida Customer Care Team

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