What is a candida cleanse diet and what does it do?
Some complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners blame
common symptoms such as fatigue, headache and poor memory on overgrowth
of the fungus-like organism Candida albicans in the intestines,
sometimes called "yeast syndrome."
To cure the syndrome, they recommend a candida cleanse diet. The diet eliminates sugar, white flour, yeast and cheese, based on the theory that these foods promote candida overgrowth.
Buy on Amazon get 10% off
Stopping the growth of yeast in the GI (gastrointestinal tract), is the main benefit of a candida cleanse diet.
It's considered normal to find candida in the human gut
(gastrointestinal tract), but an overgrowth of candida can exacerbate
existing gastrointestinal diseases such as ulcerative colitis and
Crohn's disease. However, there is little evidence that dietary changes can improve
the effects of a yeast overgrowth if you have these conditions. Doctors
usually prescribe antifungal medications to treat yeast overgrowth,
which is diagnosed by putting a small scope into your stomach
(endoscopy) and taking a tiny sample of your stomach lining (biopsy).
Unfortunately, there isn't much evidence to support the diagnosis of yeast syndrome. And there are no clinical trials that document the efficacy of a candida cleanse diet for treating any recognized medical condition.
Buy on Amazon
