Banish Yeast Infections From Your Life With The Candida Diet

Candida Albicans is the yeast fungus that is at the root of vaginal yeast infections. While everyone has this fungus in their body, every now and then it gets out of control and a yeast infection is the result. The diet is designed to put a leash on this pesky fungus and provide a measure of relief from recurring incidents.

One of the ways to keep the Candida fungus under control is to follow an eating system that is designed to reduce the intake of foods that the yeast feeds on.

The yeast loves to snack on foods that are rich in sugar. The diet avoids all types of sugars including brown and white sugar, syrup, molasses, honey, fructose, lactose, maltose and dextrose. Many of these sugars are found in many breakfast cereals, white flour, cake, candy, pasta, cookies, pasta, milk, and a lot of other foods. Although natural sugars are present in fresh fruits, they can be eaten occasionally.

You can eat as much as you want of any of the following foods:

Non-sugar vegetables such as garlic, fresh vegetables (eg. onions, garlic, soy milk, butter, cottage cheese and yogurt, seeds, fruit and herbal teas, brown rice, brown flours, oats, meats, or free-range), and fresh fish.

If you are planning to go on this eating regimen, but are short of recipe ideas, there are no shortage on Candida diet books available. There are also support web sites and news groups where supporters can be found.

The Candida diet isn't 100% guaranteed to stop all of your yeast infections, but it makes sense that cutting down on the fungus' food supply will keep the root cause of yeast infections in check.