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A Gentle, Structured Approach to Managing Candida Symptoms
Ultimate Candida Cleanse Lite Program
By Eric Bakker, N.D.
Decades of clinical experience
A step-by-step guide to supporting digestive health while helping you navigate Candida, SIBO, and IBS.
Struggling With Candida, SIBO, or Irritable Bowel? Start Here…
What Is the Lite Program?
Rather than relying on aggressive or long-term food restriction, detox protocols, or heavy supplement use, the Lite Program focuses on food and lifestyle first, using a simple three-stage approach to support digestion and help calm the gut.
The goal is to support the gut in the correct order —first by lowering digestive strain and fermentation, then by improving balance and resilience—so progress and symptom improvement feels steady and sustainable, not forced.
Who This Program Is For:
Created by Eric Bakker N.D.
With over three decades of clinical experience, Eric Bakker has worked with thousands of people dealing with Candida overgrowth, digestive imbalance, IBS, and related gut-driven symptoms.
Eric’s new Lite Program reflects a calm, food and lifestyle-first approach focused on supporting gut health and reducing symptoms without aggressive protocols or extremes. It’s a steady and practical place to begin for most individuals.
39 Years Clinical Experience
Former Clinician and Educator
Thousands of Patients Guided
39 Years Clinical Experience
Former Clinician and Educator
Thousands of Patients Guided
What This Program Includes
The Lite Program is not a quick fix or a highly-restrictive Candida diet. It is a structured 3-step system that removes myths and confusion and helps you take the right steps toward better gut health n the right order. You’ll find:
Each stage builds on the previous one. You do not need to do everything at once, and you can revisit stages as needed. Progress should feel steady, calm, and manageable.
The 3 Stages of the Candida Cleanse Lite Program
Step 1 – REMOVE
Calm and Cleanse
Stage 1 – low fermentation recipes.
Stage 1 reduces foods commonly associated with feeding yeast and promoting fermentation. The diet is gently simplified to help reduce fermentation, gas, bloating, and gut irritation—helping symptoms settle quickly and safely.
Step 2 – REPLACE
Restore Digestion
Stage 2 – digestive support recipes
Stage 2 supports healthy digestion by replacing what’s missing—digestive acid and bile support, and beneficial bacteria. As food is broken down and absorbed more efficiently, it may help reduce fermentation, gas, and digestive discomfort.
Step 3 – REBUILD
Strengthen and Diversify
Stage 3 – gut resilience recipes
Stage 3 focuses on rebuilding long-term gut resilience by strengthening the gut lining and supporting healthy gut microbial balance. Food variety is gradually expanded in a controlled way to improve tolerance, restore balance, and support long-term gut health and resilience
Step 1 – REMOVE
Calm and Cleanse
Stage 1 – low fermentation recipes.
Stage 1 reduces foods commonly associated with feeding yeast and promoting fermentation. The diet is gently simplified to help reduce fermentation, gas, bloating, and gut irritation—helping symptoms settle quickly and safely.
Step 2 – REPLACE
Restore Digestion
Stage 2 – digestive support recipes
Stage 2 supports healthy digestion by replacing what’s missing—digestive acid and bile support, and beneficial bacteria. As food is broken down and absorbed more efficiently, it may help reduce fermentation, gas, and digestive discomfort.
Step 3 – REBUILD
Strengthen and Diversify
Stage 3 – gut resilience recipes
Stage 3 focuses on rebuilding long-term gut resilience by strengthening the gut lining and supporting healthy microbial balance. Food variety is expanded in a controlled way to improve tolerance, restore balance, and support long-term gut health and resilience
How the Lite Program Is Different
The Ultimate Candida Cleanse Lite Program follows clear, progressive steps that build on one another rather than jumping between multiple protocols.
Rather than focusing on “killing yeast,” the Lite Program focuses on supporting digestive health and encouraging a healthier gut environment over time.
- Food-first, not supplement-heavy
Diet and digestion form the foundation before anything else - Designed to minimise unnecessary dietary disruption and reduce the likelihood of symptom flare-ups.
Focused on tolerance, pacing, and nervous system stability - Clinically informed and experience-based
Shaped by decades of real-world clinical observation - Adaptable for Candida, SIBO, and IBS overlap
Flexible enough to support mixed or unclear presentations
Ready to Begin, Without Pressure?
Start with the free 84-page Ultimate Candida Cleanse Lite Guide — a clear, structured place to begin.
A Gentle Place to Begin
You can start at your own pace, in your own time.
This program is designed to reduce fear, not increase it — and to help you move forward with clarity and confidence.
Questions? You can always contact me.
Eric Bakker N.D. The New Zealand Naturopath