An anti Candida diet can help re-balance your body, and if a poor diet is the cause of your problem it can stop recurring infections. Anti Candida diet takes will power though and it can make everyday life tricky so here are some ideas on how to deal with different situations.
Go slow If you eat a lot of sugary, processed and or junk foods the idea of this diet can be pretty depressing. But you do not have to do everything all at once, after all there is no point in going cold turkey if you are just going to fall of the diet. The first week cut out sugar, the next cut back on starches and carbs, and so on until you reach the point where you have cut out everything you are meant to and start the official stage one of the diet.
The cup is half full not half empty: There are a lot of foods you cannot eat when on the diet, but there are many great foods you can still have! Look at those rather than being negative about what you cannot have.
Don’t be too hard on yourself. Sometimes you may slip up, sometimes it might be an occasion where you had little alternatives, a friends birthday party and she insists you try her cake and so on. Just because you have something not on the diet once or twice is not a reason to give up the diet altogether. Just get refocused.
Be prepared. Carry snacks around with you just in case that are suitable. If you are going round a friend’s house for a coffee and nibbles, take your own nibbles.
Fill up and the good stuff before you go out. If you are going to a party where there are all those tempting finger foods, eat a big meal before you go so you are less likely to stuff yourself.
Eating Out Try to be the one who choose which restaurant to go to if you have a dinner date so that you can choose one you know has food you can eat. Most places have salads nowadays so if in doubt opt for that. Even if they do not as long as you are not eating out every night relax!
Making friends and family aware. It helps if the people around you know you have special food requirements so they do not keep tempting you with foods you can’t eat. But understandably you may not want to announce to everyone you know that it is an anti candida diet. Tell people you are detoxing and that is usually enough for them.
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