Elimination diet for thrush

[karen1968]

I keep reading that those suffering thrush should cut out sugar...but what does this mean, exactly?

Mt 3-week-old DS and I have been battling a painful thrush infection for just over a week. He is asymptomatic, and I have slighty red nipples and lots of deep breast pain (that comes and goes) and a little latch/nursing pain on one side. I've done 5 days of gentian violet, vinegar/water wash after every feeding, clotrimozole/micanozole application after every feeding, 250mg of GSE 3xdaily, and probiotics 2xdaily. I have a call in to the advice nurse...So far, things haven't changed much, so diet is my next step.

I get that I should stay away from processed sugars - cookies, candy, etc. But what about things like whole wheat bread? Brown rice? Quick cook oatmeal (NOT instant)? What about fruit - apples, bananas, blueberries? And why is dairy a no-no?

Is there a place I can get a definitive list?

[caedmyn]

Different candida diets recommend cutting out different foods. You definitely want to eliminate fruit and all sweeteners, not just refined ones (except for stevia). The sugars in dairy can feed candida. You could start with just eliminating the fruit and sweeteners, and then look at eliminating dairy, wheat, and starches like potatoes and sweet poatoes if that's not enough. Digestive enzymes in between meals may help, also (Candex, Candidase, or Candizyme).

[feministmom]

I've been so frustrated with this myself! I bought a few different books about candida and they all have different items on their no-no lists. Argh!!!! : I decided to cut out the things they all had in common: sugar, dairy, mushrooms, and wheat. No fruit, except lemons, limes, grapefruit, and the occasional sour apple. I *occasionally* eat plain yogurt or kefir. I've been eating brown rice, quinoa, and red potatoes. No corn. I do eat these sprouted grain tortillas. The book that I've followed most closely is the Complete Candida Yeast Guidebook 2nd ed. I went the route of being really strict at first and then added a few things back in, sort of the reverse of what the PP said. I wanted results fast because I was in so much pain...but now I don't know if just cutting out sugar and dairy would have done the trick. Now I'm scared to eat like a normal person! On the plus side, at 3.5 months PP, I'm 13 pounds less than my pre-pregnancy weight. If you cut out dairy, be sure to add a calcium sup.

Sorry if that didn't make complete sense. I need to go to bed, but I had to respond.