A yeast free diet is a diet that is followed by those who are yeast intolerant and is intended to slow down the growth of Candida yeast in the body. The dietary restrictions are focused around promoting health and the overall well being of the person. Although it is normal for bacteria to reside in the body, sometimes it gets out of control causing the sufferer to notice symptoms, such as abdominal pain and bloating.

Following a yeast free diet means removing foods that are high in yeast, such as rolls, breads, pastries, rolls, pretzels, cookies, and other bread-like foods. Another food that high in yeast is vinegar. Foods containing vinegar, such as like barbecue sauce, mayonnaise, pickles, salad dressing, pickled foods, and mustard. Fermented foods including cider or sauerkraut cider should also be avoided, and of course plus beer, spirits and wines.

The next category of foods that should be avoided is moldy foods, such as, cheese, cured bacon, pickled meats, dried meats, smoked meats or mushrooms. Certain nuts like pistachios and peanuts also contain mold. Other types of moldy foods include pre-packaged herbs, soy sauce, canned tomatoes, malt, and teas.

Typically, someone who is yeast-intolerant tend to crave sugary foods. However, it is necessary to avoid foods that contain processed sugars including granulated sugar, brown sugar, and confectioner’s sugar. Foods that contain sugars include chocolate, maple syrup, and honey, and also, drink mixes and soft drinks. High fructose corn syrup is also bad if you are following a yeast free diet, and therefore, must be removed from the diet. Certain fruits are also high in sugars. They include grapes, dried fruits, raisins, dates, citrus fruits, prunes and figs, and fruit juices.

Over the course of following the diet for at least three to six weeks, there will be a huge die-off of yeast within the system. Your body starts to slowly adjust to the newly introduced diet and you will start to look and feel much healthier. The diet flushes the toxins from your system and provides much greater short-term and long- term energy reserves.

Unfortunately, within the first few weeks of the diet the body will be releasing lots of yeast toxins into the intestinal tract as well as to the vaginal tract, which can result in flu-like symptoms or fatigue, weakness and irritability. However, the body will quickly rebound. In order to maintain good health over time and prevent yeast problems from reoccurring in the body, you should continue to avoid yeast, sugar and dairy products for the entire length of the diet.

After about six weeks you can gradually add small amounts of some of the other restricted foods back into your diet. You should only add one new food at a time. You need to track your body closely at this time to see if that particular food causes problems for your system. You will then know if this is a food you should continue to avoid. In the majority of cases, people who are yeast-intolerant will soon learn how to limit the amount of foods containing yeast they can consume, and will learn body’s response, and thereby identifying the types of yeast containing foods to avoid temporarily.