After travelling between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates last month, I needed Gut Healing due to a parasite I caught from poorly washed salads on the go. Here’s how I recovered by combining the "gut healers" herbs and gut-healing foods.
As a remedy, I started taking the herbs from our Rejuv Gut Healing Pack as soon as I arrived back on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It has been one week, and I’m feeling much better. My insomnia has also lifted, thank goodness! I’m following my wellness protocol that is included in the pack, and I’ve changed my diet accordingly.
The best combination is to take the herbs, like in our Gut Healing Pack and combine these with anti-fungal and anti-parasite foods because food is medicine, after all.
Parasite/Candida Cleanse To Reset Your Gut Health
If you have any of the following symptoms, you need a parasite/candida cleanse to reset and support your gut healing.
- Wind, gas and bloating
- IBS symptoms
- Diarrhoea
- Constipation
- Mood imbalances
- Struggling to reduce body fat
- Feeling tired & sluggish
Parasites & The Full Moon
The thing with parasites is that they reproduce and hatch over a full moon due to the drop in melatonin and surge in serotonin. This is why many of us also find it hard to sleep when the man on the moon shines down on us, bursting through our curtains.
We all have a degree of parasites, fungi & candida it’s only an issue when they overgrow, shifting the microbiome & the good-to-bad bacteria ratio out of balance.
The Effects of Candida & Parasite Colonies
Candida is a form of fungus – a human parasite that feeds off vital nutrients at your expense. You might have had a white coat on your tongue, oral or genital thrush or an itchy groin – this is all candida overgrowth.
Parasites and Candida mainly deplete your storage of iron, B vitamins, magnesium, zinc, and amino acids. They both form colonies and continually produce toxins and mycotoxins as metabolic by-products causing increased inflammation, disease and mental issues such as depression and anxiety.
My top 10 Gut Healing Foods
These Foods Are Anti-Parasite & Anti-Fungal Gut Healers
Completing a gut reset will transform your mental, emotional and physical wellbeing.
I’ve collated my favourite anti-parasite and anti-fungal foods below, followed by a list of foods to avoid if you want to reset your gut.
1. Coconut Oil
Coconut oil contains lauric acid, which is vital in delivering most of the health benefits of coconut oil, such as the germ-killing and disinfectant agents against parasites, yeasts, viruses, and pathogenic bacteria in the gut.
2. Apple Cider Vinegar
Always choose the cloudy version when you buy Apple Cider Vinegar with the ‘mother’. It is high in probiotics & great to boost stomach acids to kill off parasites and any larvae you inadvertently ingest with your meals.
You can also get the benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar in our Apple Cider Burn Complex. This supplement will protect the enamel on your teeth (drinking Apple Cider Vinegar is not good for your teeth) and support digestion and fat burning.
3. Pumpkin Seeds
The pumpkin seeds contain many nutrients, but the cucurbitacin (a thin green shell covering the seeds) is a powerful ingredient to kill parasites.
Cucurbitacin is effective due to Its anti-inflammatory effect that is toxic to parasites but safe for humans (and dogs). The prebiotic fibre in pumpkin seeds helps cleanse the intestines from parasites. It increases intestinal peristalsis, and a thorough colon cleanse.
4. Bitter Melon
I first came across Bitter Melon when moving to Dubai. It looks like a lumpy cucumber, but it is a powerhouse at killing parasites and clearing fungus & candida.
Bitter Melon has been used in Chinese & Ayurvedic medicine for centuries. They believe bitter foods help treat ‘damp’ conditions such as parasites and candida overgrowth. It’s very bitter, so I take it as a 60ml shot before my daily Rejuv Super Greens Juice.
5. Sauerkraut & Kimchi
Sauerkraut and Kimchi are wonderful to reinoculate good bacteria in the gut microbiome. You can add them to any meal as a garnish. This works well with psyllium husks as an excellent prebiotic combination to feed and boost good bacteria.
If you struggle to eat psyllium husks and don’t like the cabbage taste, take our Digestive Complex Powder, which has pre- and probiotics and many gut-healing herbs all in one product to heal and reinoculate your microbiome.
6. Cinnamon
Most people associate aromatic spice with sweet food, but it is potent anti-fungal and anti-microbial. Cinnamon is also great for balancing your blood sugar levels, especially since candida and parasites can increase your desire for sweets and junk foods, so this is their preferred food source.
If you struggle with sugar cravings, you can also try our Blood Sugar Support Capsules that I initially formulated to help heal my eating disorders and stop binge eating that led to poor gut health.
7. Cloves & Oregano Oil
Cloves & Oregano are great for killing off parasites, larvae, & eggs but not so easy to use at high enough levels in your diet, so best to combine them with our Candida Gone Capsules.
8. Seaweed
Seaweed is a nutrient-dense ‘superfood’ known for its powerful healing properties. Great to help clear Candida, helps flush out heavy mental in the body and supports healthy bowel function. I use seaweed in our Sea & Soil Super Greens Capsules if you dislike the taste or struggle to eat seaweed three times a week.
9. Turmeric
Turmeric is a powerful natural remedy for intestinal worms, fungus & parasites. It acts as an internal antiseptic and contains antimicrobial properties.
Turmeric can also help relieve bloating, excessive gas, nausea and abdominal pain, which are some common symptoms of candida and parasites. Always consume with black pepper to get the best absorption effects.
If you don’t like the taste or find it hard to drink 3 tbsp per day, use our Rejuv Organic Turmeric Capsules. These capsules contain curcumin and piperine, the active ingredients of turmeric and black pepper, so only two capsules are the same as 3tbsp of turmeric a day.
10. Gut Healing Garlic & Ginger
Garlic and ginger are amazing antiviral, anti-parasitic, anti-fungal and anti-bacterial superfoods. They are superhero gut healers! As a family, we grate them raw over our evening meals to support good gut healing and to keep our immune systems strong.
Seven Foods to Avoid When Infected with Parasites
Here are seven super villain foods to avoid when you are infected with parasites and or have candida overgrowth:
- Sugar (fruits and Manuka Honey are an exception)
- Dairy products
- Ultra-processed foods
- Gluten-containing foods
- Meat
- Raw Fish
- Watercress (strange one I know for wild watercress can be contaminated with liver flukes (parasites) if grown in sheep-raising areas).
My Shortcut to Avoid Bitter Taste
As you can see, you can include many powerful gut-healing foods and herbs in your diet to starve out the parasites and support their die-off so that you can restore the correct balance in your gut microbiome.
However, some ingredients are very bitter, so if you find them a struggle, we have a few Rejuv Wellness plant-based vegan capsules to support your journey. In particular, our Para Cleanse Capsules are a synergistic powerful blend, including most of my top 10 gut healing ingredients and a hero product as part of our Gut Healing Pack (that I am currently taking).
However, some ingredients are very bitter, so if you find them a struggle, we have a few Rejuv Wellness plant-based vegan capsules like the Rejuv Para Cleanse Capsules (includes all ten of the foods above) or the full to support your journey.
If you’re not sure where to start on your Wellness Journey, complete your Free Wellness Profile Quiz and see my blog post on how to do a parasite cleanse.
