Sugar, alcool AND gluten: that is carbohydrates.

How strict you need to be all depends on how early you diagnose. Crapshot managed to heal while eating sugar.... as for myself I was in bed with chronic fatigue and rhumatism when I finally found out.

Twenty years ago I had come to realize I was intolerant (allergic to sugar) but candida was not well known back then. So my case is a long story. I have been on the strict diet (one cheat day a week) for a little over a year. And I am doing so good now, I think that within 3 months candida will be history.

Crapshot took about just as long to heal his mild candida, while eating sugar.

Jhan

I think that people take this 'candida diet' thing too seriously. 'strict' is stupid, it'll probably cause more problems than it solves. They're guidelines, like jhan says sugar, alcohol, and gluten are the big ones to avoid, and carbs in general. Those are the guidelines... the specific foods depend more on your specific body so when someone says "cheese is bad" you should ignore them till you've determined for yourself that cheese is bad. This isn't too hard to do if you pay close attention to your body and play with an elimination diet. You won't get any answers from the internet, you have to actually work for it.