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Smart Shopping For Gut Health

On this page you’ll find your free and comprehensive Candida diet food list. Smart shopping is the foundation of a healthy diet—especially if you’re dealing with Candida overgrowth, SIBO, IBS, or IBD. When you head to the grocery store, remember this simple rule: stick to the outer aisles. That’s where you’ll find the fresh produce, meats, fish, dairy, eggs, and other whole foods that help restore balance to your gut.

If you can, choose organically grown foods, or even better—grow your own, like I do! Avoid those centre aisles filled with sugary, salty, and heavily processed packaged foods. By focusing on fresh and whole foods from the Candida diet food list, you’re already laying a strong foundation for a thriving microbiome.

🍏 Why this List Matters

There’s a reason this shopping guide focuses so much on whole foods and not on “products.” Your gut thrives on diversity, fiber, and real nutrients—not chemical additives or refined carbohydrates. Processed foods may be convenient, but they feed the wrong gut bugs, create inflammation, and can make your symptoms worse over time (a lot worse). The foods on this list are hand-picked to support optimal microbial balance, reduce inflammation, and nourish your intestinal lining.

🛒 What Makes Our Candida Diet Food List Different?

Unlike the many Candida diet food lists you’ll find floating around online, our guide was created from decades of clinical experience helping real patients recover from gut issues. Our list is built on:

  • Functional medicine principles
  • Evidence-based research
  • More than 34 years of clinical experience
  • The best microbiome-supportive foods from multiple cultures
  • Practical shopping strategies that work in real life—not just on paper

Whether you’re shopping at a big supermarket, a farmers market, or a specialty grocer like a whole-foods store, you’ll often find fresh foods you can use immediately.

🥬 Shopping Tips from the Clinic

  • Always shop with a list. It keeps you focused, prevents impulse buys, and makes it easier to stick to your gut-healing plan.
  • Read labels. If it has more than five ingredients—or ones you can’t pronounce—put it back.
  • Buy in season. Seasonal produce is more nutrient-dense, fresher, and often cheaper.
  • Bulk-buy pantry staples. Think raw nuts, seeds, legumes, brown rice, quinoa, and olive oil—these form the backbone of many Candida-safe meals.
  • Don’t fear frozen. Flash-frozen vegetables and berries are often more nutritious than limp “fresh” ones sitting on the shelf for days.

📘 Candida Diet Food List & Shopping Guide

We’ve created a free, easy-to-follow shopping guide to help you choose the healthiest foods for your gut. Inside this 9-page download, you’ll find an extensive Candida Diet food list:

  • A full Candida Diet food list
  • Smart shopping strategies
  • Tips for choosing quality produce and pantry staples
  • A printable PDF version for easy use on your next grocery trip

Download your FREE Candida Diet Food List and Shopping List (PDF)

✅ For More Advice…

Need help choosing the best fresh foods from the list? I’ve written a detailed post (Pantry and Fridge Make-Over) where I walk you through a supermarket —what to buy, what to avoid, and why certain foods matter. You can find that guide [here].

Key Take-Away:

  • Stick to the outer aisles and avoid ultra-processed, packaged foods.
  • Whole foods = stronger microbiome = fewer Candida symptoms.
  • Use the downloadable PDF as your go-to checklist on shopping day.
  • Remember: a healthy gut starts with a smart (green) shopping basket.
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Greetings Again!

Naturopath Eric Bakker here, thank you for requesting our free shopping guide. The candida diet food list download link can be found here in case you missed it.

If you don’t mind, over time I’d also love to send you a few more free reports over time, along with some exclusive videos only available for our website subscribers. Don’t worry – I won’t bombard you with endless emails, I’m not into that. You’ll find the sign-up boxes on the side-bar and home pages. Thanks for tuning in!

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Eric Bakker N.D.

Greetings! I am a naturopathic physician from New Zealand. Although I’ve retired from clinical practice since 2019, I remain passionate about helping people improve their lives. You’ll find I’m active online with a focus on natural health and wellbeing education through my Facebook page and YouTube channel, including this website.

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