Candida Overgrowth & Gut Health Solutions by Eric Bakker ND
Complete Guide to Candida Symptoms, Diet, and Best Treatment
Candida.com is your trusted destination for evidence-based guidance on Candida symptoms and treatment, gut dysbiosis, and microbiome recovery. Created by New Zealand naturopath Eric Bakker, this site offers comprehensive insights into the causes and signs of Candida overgrowth, along with natural support protocols that work. You’ll also find expert content on SIBO, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and long-term gut health restoration.
Our commitment is to offer you accurate and up-to-date resources for your journey to optimal health, drawing on naturopathic wisdom and the latest research in the human gut microbiome field.
We recognise that addressing Candida overgrowth goes beyond simple candida cleansing or basic Candida dietary control methods. It’s why our website discusses a wide variety of topics on a basic level, but also in-depth if you wish to learn a lot more. You’ll find many articles relating to the best foods, but also the best ways to relax, sleep, exercise, and build high-level resilience when it comes to stress.
Evidence-Based Articles and Expert Insights
Candida.com provides many evidence-based articles, expert insights, clinical wisdom, including practical tips and home remedies to help support many fungal, bacterial, or parasite problems in a wide-range of conditions.
With our distinct Candida programs, we aim to equip you with the knowledge, including tools to regain control of your health by understanding the causes, symptoms, and best natural treatment of fungal and bacterial gut disorders.
Because there’s so much more to Candida balance than diet and treatment, we delve into the interconnectedness of key lifestyle factors that play a leading role in maintaining gut microbiome balance.
Candida Overgrowth and Cleanse
Through our years of naturopathic practice with an unwavering focus on Candida-related complex, we recognise the clinical significance of stress management, relationships, sleep quality, and physical activity, in maintaining a balanced microbiome and supporting overall our well-being.
Whether you’re here to take your health to the next level, are seeking answers to your current fungal or bacterial gut health concerns, or looking to further your understanding of gut health disease, candida.com can be your go-to resource. It’s been our focus and commitment for continued research into the most effective natural health solutions to many chronic health problems.
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Eric Bakker N.D. – the New Zealand Naturopath
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Discover Our Free Programs to Beat Candida and Reclaim Your Gut Health
All our Health Programs are Free of Charge
We have carefully designed gut and vaginal health programs, each tailored to cater to varying needs and preferences. There is no charge for any of our program information, we ask anything from you except commitment and perhaps a personal testimonial after your chosen program.
Candida Cleanse Programs by Eric Bakker
Candida Cleanse Advanced builds on the beginner program, adding crucial lifestyle concepts that can unknowingly impact our health. It’s designed for those who need a deeper diet and lifestyle reset, including liver cleanse and elimination diet. We all stray from healthy habits, and this program helps develop a more balanced way of eating and living to get back on track.
Candida Cleanse Beginner is designed for people new to gut health, needing a simple gut reset. It’s also ideal for anyone starting their health recovery journey. We’ve recommended our gut-cleansing programs for years, only now it is improved. Many have used it to kick-start their return to health. This program helps improve eating habits and food choices.
The Vaginal Yeast Infection Treatment Program
Many Candida species are becoming increasingly resistant to anti-fungal drugs. Fungal-related health problems have become a hidden epidemic and are increasing. Women are increasingly looking for more drug-free and natural ways of overcoming their personal health challenges. With the latest research into natural medicines and fungal/bacterial overgrowth in our new yeast infection treatment program, we can offer many supportive solutions. The Vaginal Yeast Infection Treatment Program.
Created by a naturopath with years of specialist clinical and research experience in the field of Candida yeast infections, SIBO, and other gut-related health problems such as IBD and IBS.
Candida Program Support by Eric Bakker
Confused and in need of support? Although our Candida Cleanse Programs are aimed at those with Candida overgrowth or yeast infections, we’ve found them successful with SIBO, irritable bowel syndrome, and inflammatory bowel disease as well.
It’s been naturopath Eric Bakker’s life’s mission to empower people with the right knowledge and tools to overcome their chronic health problems through healthy diet and lifestyle. Eric would like to support program participants as best he can.
Our YouTube channel contains videos to support the Candida Cleanse Programs, so be sure to check out YouTube and click Subscribe to receive regular updates!
We also just happen to make some of the best gut-supporting dietary supplements around called Yeastrix, but there’s no obligation, whatever special foods or dietary supplements you decide to take during your program, that’s entirely your choice.
The Anti-Candida Diet
We’ve Specialised In Candida Diets for Years
According to Eric Bakker Naturopath, effective candida support isn’t just about “avoiding sugar”. The real issue lies in poor dietary choices, especially when combined with a sedentary lifestyle. This combination fuels which Candida overgrowth and dysbiotic bacterial imbalances, which often lead to many chronic gut health problems.
Diet, nutrition, and supplements alone rarely solve the problem without long-term lifestyle changes.We don’t support the outdated view that you must avoid all sugars, gluten, starches, mushrooms, or yeast-containing foods. New research shows these restrictions are unnecessary — and may even be counterproductive in many cases. In fact, emerging research disproves many of these common Candida dietary myths.
Naturopath Eric Bakker’s clinical experience shows that the most common triggers for Candida and SIBO overgrowth are primarily junk and ultra-processed foods, alcohol, coffee drinks, pharmaceutical drugs (like antibiotics or oral contraceptives), along with the stressed and sedentary lifestyles many individuals lead.
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A Candida Diet is just Healthy Eating with a Focus on Gut Health
A “Candida Diet” is essentially healthy eating, focusing on avoiding pro-inflammatory foods like ultra-processed foods, junk food, alcohol, and excessive caffeine. We’ll be discussing the healthiest foods to include in our diet, including anti-microbial foods to balance gut microbiota and prebiotic and probiotic foods to build gut bacteria. We’ll also talk later about gut microbiome restoration.
We support a high-fibre, plant-based diet, such as the Mediterranean or Foundation diet, which increases beneficial bacteria and metabolites (SCFAs), fostering a healthy gut microbiome and better health outcomes (Vijay et al., 2021). Candida overgrowth often links to gut inflammation, leaky gut, and digestive discomfort, leading to common symptoms such as constipation and irritable bowel syndrome.
We encourage prioritising a diet rich in fiber, nutrients, polyphenols, probiotics, and foods with natural antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. This approach not only helps ease symptoms but also supports overall health and well-being.
As Eric Bakker ND often explains, this shouldn’t be seen as a rigid “Candida diet” — because consistently eating well benefits your whole body, regardless of the label. Our guidance on Candida and gut health nutrition is evidence-based, clinically informed, and grounded in years of real-world experience.
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The Anti-Candida Lifestyle
We’ve Specialised In Healthy Lifestyle For Years
Through extensive clinical experience, NZ Naturopath Eric Bakker has found that diet and supplements alone are generally ineffective in fully resolving recurring Candida overgrowth, SIBO, IBS, and IBD. Too often, patients receive generic lifestyle advice — like getting more sleep or exercising — without the practical, detailed guidance they really need. The best outcomes and lasting results come from combining nutritious eating with sustainable, long-term healthy lifestyle habits.
Prioritising quality sleep, regular physical activity, stress reduction, and strong social connections is essential for optimal gut health. Healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle go hand in hand when it comes to achieving and maintaining wellness. In fact, recent research continues to show that both diet and environmental factors can influence the gut microbiota in real time. (Hills et al., 2019)
Modern Processed Diet + Sedentary Lifestyle + Stress = Poor Health
Naturopath Eric Bakker often highlights how the busy routines of modern life have led many to adopt Western diets high in fat, salt, sugar, and preservatives — all of which contribute to weight gain and sedentary habits, often made worse by excessive mobile phone use and insufficient exposure to sunlight and fresh air.
This combination of poor diet and lifestyle factors must be addressed in order to truly recover from Candida overgrowth, SIBO, irritable bowel syndrome, or other forms of chronic gut-related disease.
Chronic stress from daily routines fosters unhealthy habits like drinking, vaping, excessive mobile phone time, and reduced socialisation. These behaviours often lead to sleep issues, weight gain, poor gut function, and musculoskeletal problems and contribute to a sick gut.
All such diet and lifestyle factors listed can have a serious impact on our gut microbiota, promoting bacterial gut dysbiosis that includes an increase in opportunistic Candida albicans overgrowth and a decrease in beneficial bacteria populations such as Bifidobacterium. (Jawhara 2023)
Integral Components of Holistic Health : Lifestyle and Diet
True health and well-being goes miles beyond mere diets, recipes and supplements for Candida overgrowth or SIBO. Our unique resources offer current insights and research-backed advice on boosting your immune system, managing stress, staying active, improving sleep, and more. Take a closer look at your lifestyle and make adjustments as needed based on the information provided. Better still, start the Candida Cleanse Advanced program and learn everything you’ll need to know to recover and stay well, including the key lifestyle factors.
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