Food & drink to help with Candida

[Anniewoz1]

I’m slowly getting to grips with hypothyroidism.

one of my biggest stumbling blocks is food and drink while trying to manage Candida

Just wondering what your fave recipes / meals are and what’s your drink of choice

I’ve ploughed my way through a bag of Pau D’arco tea, yum yum ! and to say I need an alternative is an understatement

Look forward to reading your replies

[Judithdalston]

Are you Hashimoto's/thyroid autoimmune antibodies? So you trying gluten free.....lots of recipes, even whole websites, on internet. Even Lidl have their own brand gluten free, so easy to get 'swops' for everyday items, so can still cook family meals. Some Hashimoto's also try dairy free( step too far for me), as I can't abide oat/soya/alternative 'milks'. Other than this only other rules are things like don't eat/drink calcium rich foodstuffs near any of your 'meds'/supplements; similarly VitD/iron have to be taken away from food. Eat liver for iron ( I can't eat, but do like black pudding). No idea what your Pau D'arco tea is....you shouldn't need special foodstuffs/drink for hypothyroidism.

[Anniewoz1 in reply to Judithdalston]

Hi Judith

Thanks for your reply

I’m not Hashi but am trying to curb the Candida

The Pau D’arco tea is to help with this

[greygoose in reply to Anniewoz1]

Perhaps you should change your post, then, to say you need ideas and recipes for candida, rather than for hypothyroidism, which doesn't need any special food.

[Anniewoz1 in reply to greygoose]

Oooops sorry, hope the changes make more sense

[greygoose in reply to Anniewoz1]

[Judithdalston in reply to Anniewoz1]

Oh, well makes more sense now! I get candida now and then - associate it with other viruses that have knocked me off kilter and wrecked my blood sugar levels( I'm hypo and diabetic)... I go low carbs if I can then.

[Marz]

kresserinstitute.com/how-st...

This popped into my Inbox today and thought it could be helpful - I realise it is about SIBO - but there could be some parallels. Chris Kresser could well have some articles on Candida on his website. Sorry I have not checked. His Newsletters are worth signing up for

[Anniewoz1 in reply to Marz]

Thank you Marz,

I’m off to have a look

[ShinyB]

I followed an anti-candida regime years ago in my 20s and felt really good on it! I'm not sure to be honest if it was really about candida, or just about consuming a much healthier diet and balancing out my blood sugar levels...

For drinks, I like putting some mint leaves and slices of cucumber in a jug of water and waiting a while to drink it. It's delicious.

Cocoa whizzed in a liquidizer with coconut oil & hot water makes a lovely hot chocolate (once you've adapted to having unsweetened products).

Lots of fresh food, cooking it from scratch. I learned to really enjoy delicate flavours of added herbs and being able to taste the individual flavour of each food.

Enjoy lots of fat. It helps satiate you and is delicious. It also helps with balancing out blood sugar levels (just avoid polyunsaturated fats as they're not good for the thyroid (or for anything really in my opinion!) and trans fats which are unhealthy).

[Anniewoz1 in reply to ShinyB]

Thank you ShinyB

I’ll definitely try the mint and cucumber drink

[Cooper27]

I would look up low oxalate recipes - that's what I've been advised to follow for my candida.

Are you taking probiotics as well? Plenty of fermented foods and water kefir are also good for the gut.

Are you trying to deal with intestinal candida or the usual sort?

[Anniewoz1]

Thanks for advice Cooper27

I’ll have a search for low oxalate recipes

I’m also looking into which probiotics will be of help

It’s gut Candida I’m trying to sort

[Cooper27 in reply to Anniewoz1]

That's what I'm dealing with too... This podcast might help: chriskresser.com/candida-hi...

The more deep routed your candida is, the longer you need to take supplements and follow the low oxalate diet. Candida diets help, but don't cure, it's the probiotics that will do the most work by overwhelming your gut with good bacteria. I think Chris Kresser mentioned some good ones in the podcast.

[Anniewoz1 in reply to Cooper27]

Thanks Cooper27

[Anniewoz1]

Many thanks reallfedup

[ShinyB]

Don't suppose you have a handy reference link where I could look up more about this, have you?