Total Yeast Infection Prevention

Any kind of disease should not be taken for granted, including yeast intolerance. If you already have the symptoms, then you should get yourself checked to get a formal diagnosis. Seek the advice of your doctor for the best treatment that suits you. You may have to make a lot of changes in your lifestyle to be able to start living life yeast free. You may have to take total yeast infection prevention measures to be able to live normal again.

Here are some tips: 

Stay away from medications that encourage yeast like oral contraceptives and antibiotics. Refrain from eating foods that have yeast in them, as well as foods that nurture yeast like food with too many sugars, wheat or carbohydrates. Always be careful of what you’re eating because there are certain foods that have hidden wheat in them (like sausages that have Butcher’s rusk, a food additive derived from grain.)

Turn to healthier alternatives like substituting with Stevia sweetener, wheat free flour or whole grain. It’s easier to find regular wheat flours and regular grains in the supermarket, but wheat-less flours and whole grains are also available out there; you just have to be more patient in searching.

Lastly, avoid stress and eat nutritious foods since Candidiasis is triggered by weak immunity.

Yeast Free Bread - Would You Really Eat It?

Most people are the kinds who really love to eat bread – the softness and sweetness of bread keeps you satisfied for long. White bread is the best source of the carbohydrate you’re yearning for comfort. But what if one day you suddenly learn that you cannot eat the same bread you’re used to. If you’re yeast intolerant, you cannot eat the same bread with yeast and wheat in it. Would you replace it with yeast free bread whose texture isn’t quite the same?

Breads that are made with no yeast lack the softness and airiness of the regular white bread. But still it’s a healthier alternative; and it could still taste the way you want it.

Most yeast-less bread also use wheat-less flour hence they have lesser carbohydrates (thus lesser sugar). They are also not usually made with sugar since too much sweets is also bad for yeast intolerance. Still, yeast free pastries and breads can be made with Stevia natural sweetener; and of course you can always put in it your favorite fillings or spreads suitable to your palate.

How to Make Yeast Free Bread

It is a common misconception that yeast free breads aren’t delicious. However the presence of yeast in bread doesn’t add or take away from its taste, only to texture. Without using yeast as a leavening agent, the bread won’t “rise” and it won’t be soft or spongy after baking. Here’s how to make yeast free bread:

Yeast Free Whole-meal Bread (recipe from Food.com):

-    Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Combine 3 cups whole wheat flour, ¼ cup rolled oats, 1 tsp. baking soda, 1 tsp. baking powder, ½ tsp salt, and powdered Stevia sweetener. Mix in 1 ½ tbsp softened butter [or unrefined vegetable oil]. Add 2 cups of rice milk [or other non-dairy milk]. Mix well. Place mixture in a greased loaf tin, then bake for 50 minutes. Remove the bread from tin and leave to cool on a rack before slicing. [*Note 1 tbsp. sugar is replaced by Stevia sweetener because sugar is not good for people who are yeast intolerant.]

What Does Yeast and Sugar Free Diet Mean?

The issue with Candida free diets is that they eliminate lots of sweets and sugary items in your diet. This is because yeast, the culprit, commonly feeds on sugar as well as carbohydrates. Thus it is very important to follow a totally yeast and sugar free diet. 

But what really constitutes a yeast / sugar free diet? Is it really possible to remove sugar and carbohydrates in your diet? – The answer is NO. 

The best thing you could do though is to substitute better alternatives like the use of Stevia natural sweetener. Stevia is an organic natural sweetener that comes from plant extracts, thus it is a healthier alternative to sugar most especially refined sugar. Don’t use molasses, maple syrup, or other forms of sugar or fructose.

What about honey? Raw honey comes from a natural source and it also has anti-viral / anti-bacterial properties. You can use honey but only in moderation. 

Limit intake of high carbohydrate foods because high-carbohydrate also means high in sugar.

Delicious Yeast Free Breads

People who have yeast intolerance should follow all means to stay away from foods with yeast or foods that promote yeast. Changes in one’s diet are necessary like substituting wheat free yeast free breads to regular white breads. But while this is mostly okay with some people, some people still find it bland to their taste. Yet you can still make eating breads without yeast or wheat more fun than usual.

Although whole-wheat yeast-less breads don’t have the softness of texture you’re after, you can compensate this by making its taste more interesting. Note: you’re yeast free wheat free bread doesn’t mean it would lack sweetness in it. It can still be made with, not sugar but natural sweeteners (like Stevia).

You can enhance the taste further by spreading and filling your sandwich with healthy nut butters and sliced apples or bananas, or you can also try out cottage cheese with strawberry slices. You can even try a homemade Candida friendly hummus for your bread.

Healthy Yeast Free Desserts

Aside from snacks and salads, you can also easily go wrong with desserts when you are on a special diet such as a yeast free diet. The first thing that comes to our mind when it comes to desserts is that it should always be scrumptious; that’s the purpose of dessert – to please our taste buds. Often, we never want to sacrifice taste for healthiness. Luckily, it’s possible to keep your yeast free desserts delicious as well as healthy.

A Candida free diet strictly limits the intake of sweets, or rather sugar or any other source of fructose. This doesn’t mean though that you have to take the sweetness out of your dessert. You can always use natural sweeteners, like Stevia, which comes from a plant extract. The good thing about natural sweeteners like Stevia is that although you use just a small amount, it will instantly give you the right amount of sweetness you are after. This is in contrast to using sugar, which requires you to use in bigger amounts in order to get enough sweetness. Remember that more sugar (not necessarily sweetness) means more yeast.