TREATING CANDIDIASIS
An important part of the treatment of candidiasis is to avoid sugary foods, and other refined carbohydrates (white flour, white bread etc) which can quickly be broken down into sugar once they reach the gut. The idea is simply to starve the Candida in the gut, by denying it sugar.
If you are on the Pill, and suspect you have candidiasis, you should ask your doctor about changing to some other form of contraception. Women who have been on the Pill may have nutritional deficiencies (see p260) and you may wish to take a nutritional supplement of the kind described on p33Q. It is a good idea to wait for one to three months, after coming off the Pill, to see what effect this has – for some women, the Pill itself is the unsuspected source of vague health problems, so the anti-Candida diet may be unnecessary.
Assuming you do need anti-Candida treatment, the first step should be a sugar-free diet – for some people this is all that is needed. If you are taking any medicines in syrup form, ask your doctor if he can prescribe a sugar-free alternative. Artificial sweeteners can be used if required, but it is best to break the ‘sweetness addiction’ altogether if possible. Total abstinence from any sweeteners can cure a sweet tooth permanently – which is much better in the long term. After a few weeks on an unsweetened diet, it is remarkable how disgusting anything sugary tastes.
Stay on this diet for at least a month. If there is some improvement, persist for another month or two – the Candida is slowly dying of starvation, and it may take a little while to finish it off entirely.
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