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The Whole Approach Candida Diet protocol begins with three full months on Stage One (regardless of your beginning score). Then, as healing progresses, you may move through Stage Two and Three diet recommendations followed by a maintenance (stabilization) diet. You may also choose to continue with the Stage One Guidelines throughout your program.
Stage One Diet
Follow these guidelines for the first three months and continue until a MODERATE score on your Questionnaire has been maintained for one full month.
OK (green) foods according to your nutritional needs.
PLUS One serving of LIMIT (orange) foods (including Type 1 and 2 Grains)*
PLUS up to one serving of Type 3 grains*
*If tolerated. Some people do best with the total elimination of grain foods during stage one.
Note: Fruit is not recommended in stage one.
Stage Two Diet
Follow these guidelines until your symptoms have reached a MILD score and have maintained a MILD score for one full month. Some people stay on Stage One Guidelines throughout their program.
OK foods according to your nutritional needs.
PLUS Two servings of LIMIT foods including Type 1 and Type 2 Grains*
PLUS up to two servings of Type 1 or Type 3 Grains.*
You may experiment very cautiously with fruit.*
* If tolerated.
* Some people find they need to wait until stage three to add fruit.
Stage Three Diet
Follow these guidelines until you are symptom-free or have achieved an acceptable level of health and well-being.
OK foods according to your nutritional needs.
PLUS Two servings of LIMIT foods including Type 1 and Type 2 Grains.
PLUS up to two servings of Type 1 or Type 3 Grain.
If you don't have a sensitivity to gluten, you may experiment with the re-introduction of up to two servings of gluten containing whole grains instead of gluten free grains. The Gluten containing grains are listed on the orange list as Type 4 Grains. Use caution with this transition and if you do use gluten grains, stick to low-gluten whole grains, such as oats, kamut or spelt. **
Fruit and the occasional sweetener (as LIMIT foods) may also be tolerated at this stage.
*Caution - if you reintroduce foods you've previously abstained from and symptoms worsen, return to the previous stage of the diet.
** Use Type 4 grains sparingly only if tolerated.
Note: All Stages
-See PDF food lists for more detail.
Three Month Maintenance - Stabilization Period
It's recommended that you spend a minimum of three months on the Stage Three diet after you become symptom free. This will allow your body to integrate the effects of your whole program so that your good health can stabilize. You may even feel so good on this diet that you decide to adopt Stage Three guidelines indefinitely.
However you choose to manage your maintenance diet after recovery, the experience of following a food therapy diet for this amount of time is sure to have an impact on the healthy food choices that you will make for the rest of your life.
Can I Expect to be Completely Symptom-Free?
Most people recovering from CRC can look forward to a point in time when they will feel completely symptom-free. However, if you have other health challenges besides candida overgrowth that have contributed to your symptoms, these may need to be resolved before you feel completely symptom-free.
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The diet section of this site was prepared by Tarilee Cornish, Nutritional Consultant and founder of Nature's Paradigm Nutritional Education Centre with WholeApproach, Inc. The information on this site is not medical advice and is not intended to replace the advice or attention of health care professionals. This information is provided for educational purposes only. Consult your practitioner before beginning or making changes to your diet, supplements, exercise program, diagnosis or treatment of illness or injuries and for advice regarding medications. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
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