Step Two: Elimination

Now that you have done the Detox and cleansed your system, it’s time to move on to Step 2. This phase of the diet lasts a little longer, for 4 weeks. It involves attacking the Candida more directly, as well as introducing some foods back into your diet.

Key Points

Introduce some foods back into your diet
Start antifungals to treat the Candida
Duration: 4 weeks

Diet

Step 2 of the diet is much less strict in terms of the foods you can eat. In addition to the foods you can eat on Stage 1, you can also reintroduce some foods. You’ve gone through the 2-3 week Detox process, and it’s now time to return to a more varied diet.

You can start by adding back some fruits, particularly those with lower sugar content like 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 the second stage of the diet, small portions of these complex carbs are OK.

Another crucial part of Step 2 is to drink lots and lots of water. This will help with the symptoms of Candida Die-Off and flush any toxins out of your body.

Antifungals

Now you can start using antifungals to really attack the Candida. There are a number of natural antifungals that you can take in supplement form or even add into your diet. If these don’t work you can talk to your doctor and try some antifungal medicines.