Relapse During Candida Diet?

It happened to a couple of friends of mine while they were on a Candida free diet. After a while, after she started treatment, they experienced an extinction reaction, also known as the Herxheimer Reaction. So, let’s see and try to understand what went wrong.

A die-off reaction is usually caused by dead Candida yeast, the corpse of which contaminates your body. Even dead Candida is still toxic to your body. Some alternative healers would say that a dead yeast is even more toxic to the body than a live one. Let us try to understand how this can be possible. While suffering from a Candida infection, your body is suffering from the toxins that are mostly eliminated by the yeast during its necessities of life. When the parasite dies, all the poison accumulated in its body is disposed of at once. If you’re following me here, you already understood that an extinction reaction is actually a good sign, a sign that your diet is working.

The symptoms of Herxheimer’s reaction are very similar to the symptoms of Candida and that is why it seems like your symptoms are getting worse. The symptoms are getting worse, that’s correct, but the treatment is going well. As the program draws to a close, the episodes of die-off reactions become less and less, disappearing once the Candida is gone. In case you experience the Herxheimer reaction, simply slow down your dietary changes or take a step back. A good cleansing program would be perfect: detox enema, various yeast-free foods, etc.