Stage Three: Reintroducing Foods

Once you have defeated your Candida overgrowth, it’s time to move on to Stage Three and start reintroducing foods. This is when you start to return to a long term eating plan that will keep your Candida overgrowth from returning ever again.

If you’re not sure whether you have cured your Candida overgrowth, first go back to our Testing for Candida and Candida Questionnaire pages. You should be getting markedly different results now on these tests than when you started your treatment. Of course the most important thing is really how you feel. You should have more energy and symptoms like brain fog and dizziness should have disappeared. If not, be prepared to stay on the Stage Two Strict Diet for a little longer.

How quickly should you reintroduce foods?

You’ve done the hard work of defeating your Candida infestation, so don’t blow it by reintroducing foods too quickly! Start slowly and add back one food at a time. This has the added benefit that you will easily be able to pick out any food allergies as you go. You can start by adding back some fruits, particularly those with lower sugar content like green apples and berries. Fruits that are high in sugar like oranges, grapes and bananas should still be avoided.

Some complex carbohydrates can also be added back into your diet, in small portions. These include sweet potatoes and beans. Although these will be broken down by your body into sugars that can promote Candida growth, they are whole foods that are broken down much more slowly. In Stage Three, small portions of these complex carbs are OK. Our FOODS TO REINTRODUCE page has a full list of the foods that you can introduce to your diet on Stage Three.

How long does Stage Three last?

There is no fixed duration for Stage Three. Some Candida sufferers find that any return to their old diet will quickly result in another infestation, so they stick to the diet in Stage Three indefinitely. Others find that with time they can reintroduce almost all of their favorite foods, even sugary fruits and alcoholic drinks. It really depends on who you are and how bad your infestation was, but you should certainly be prepared to make long term changes to your eating habits. You can read more about the duration of each stage here.

Should you continue with the probiotics and antifungals?

Now that you’ve got this far and you’re starting to return to a more normal diet, you’re probably wondering whether you need to continue taking the probiotics and antifungals. Well, if you’ve beaten your Candida overgrowth you can certainly quit the antifungals, but we would recommend taking probiotics for a longer period.

The probiotics have a much great impact on your health than just beating Candida. Firstly, they help support your digestive system. Secondly, they help your immune system work more efficiently. A 2009 study at the University of Pennsylvania (read the report here) found that a healthy balance of bacteria in your gut will actually boost your immune system. They showed that normal levels of bacteria increase the effectiveness of the immune system and help your body to fight off pathogens.

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