Unfortunately, with the diet side of it, you either give these things up or you don't. Even small amounts here and there can be enough to keep yeast maintained at high levels. I thought that because I wasn't having "much" sugars, wheat/gluten, that my problem could not be candida and I ignored everybody who told me that it probably was.....simply because I felt I was already doing enough.

Finally I figured out I had to go cold turkey and continue it for long enough before things started to happen. Yeast will only die off when you totally restrict these foods and it can take a few days before they even START to die off. Or even longer. You eliminate sugars etc and wait until the body has been free of it for awhile before yeast start to get sick and die (excess yeast).

Then it can take a few weeks before some improvement maybe noted. You may of course get away with some non gluten grain, and a piece of fruit a day, if you're careful, but then again, you may not. Potatoes maybe "ok" but normally they are not.

However, sugar, wheat/gluten and yeast are usually terrible, even in not so large amounts and any high candida situation will remain unless these foods are eliminated. It is often not nearly enough to "restrict" these things. I found that out the hard way. Had i not done the diet properly, who knows where I may have wound up. I was extremely ill and could barely eat anything. Even the "health" bits of food I was eating were totally cancelled out by the other bits that were maintaining yeast at a dangerous level.

I had no idea of that and thank goodness I did the diet. At first I had a bit of non gluten grain and I think one green apple a day, which was ok intially, but later I had to give that up because my fungal problems are far worse due to lowered immunity from virus etc. Once upon a time I was able to still include natural sugars contained in fruits, and high carb foods, and only had to give up sugar and wheat/gluten and yeast. But I was stronger than, even though i was mercury toxic, I did not have much else going on to further depress immunity.