Have you been recently diagnosed with candida?

Or maybe you suspect it — sugar cravings, bloating, yeast infections — and you’re wondering:

“Why is this coming back again?!”

If you answered yes, you are in the right place. I’m Allison Jordan, functional medicine practitioner and gut‑health expert who has helped 600+ clients tackle stubborn gut issues like this. I’m going to show you why the usual advice — the candida diet, the cleanse, the supplements you found on Insta — fails.

Then I’ll walk you through the real solution, the root‑cause path that leads to freedom.
It’s time to stop treating symptoms. It’s time to fix the gardener. Because if your internal gardener is broken, the weeds (candida) will keep growing.

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What Is Candida? (And Why Almost Everyone Has It)

Let’s clear this up: Candida isn’t some exotic disease. It’s a yeast. A normal part of your gut ecosystem.

• 100 % of us have candida living in our gut.

• The question is not “Do I have candida?” It’s “Is it OVERGROWN?”.

Picture your gut like a garden. The gardener (your immune system, digestion, peristalsis) is supposed to keep candida trimmed. But if your gardener is asleep or broken, the candida takes over.

And yes — this overgrowth can spill out of the gut (called systemic candida) if your gut lining is damaged. That’s when you stop just having belly issues and start having whole‑body problems.

Here’s a big FYI: If you’ve been dealing with symptom after symptom — bloating, insomnia, skin flare‑ups — and you’ve tried diet changes, saunas, supplements, and still nothing sticks… you’re not crazy.

You’re just dealing with a pathogen pattern that is smart, sneaky, and uses root‑cause blind spots to hide.

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Common & Less‑Common Candida Symptoms (Your Gut’s Cry for Help)

You might already know some of these — but let’s get specific, so you can say: “Yep, that’s me.”
Most common signs:

• Bloating that is flat in the morning and gets worse throughout the day, peaking at night.

• Sugar & carb cravings (not just emotional eating) — that gut is hijacking your nervous system.

• Frequent UTIs or vaginal yeast infections (1+ per year is already too much).

• White coating on the tongue.

• Alcohol sensitivity: even a few sips and you’d feel it. Because candida creates acetaldehyde — the same toxic by‑product your body makes when you drink alcohol.

• Brain fog, fatigue, joint/muscle pain (often from systemic inflammation and oxalates).

• Skin issues: acne, eczema, psoriasis — especially when your liver is overloaded.

Less‑common but important:

• PMS flare‑ups and liver‑congestion symptoms (your detox pathways are jammed).

• Sinus problems: congestion, post‑nasal drip, chronic sinus infections (your gut and sinuses are connected).

• You eat what you “should” eat, you take supplements, but still nothing shifts. That’s not you failing — that’s the protocol failing.

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Why Most Candida Diets & Cleanses Fail (And Why You’re Still Struggling)

Here’s the brutal truth: following a “Candida diet” + “cleanse” = it might feel better while you’re doing it… but it won’t last.

Because the gardener still isn’t fixed.
These protocols often skip:

• Fixing digestive enzymes (stomach acid, bile, pancreatic enzymes)

• Checking for other pathogens (like H pylori, mold, parasites)

• Heavy metal testing (candida loves to overgrow when heavy metals are present)

• Structural issues like visceral adhesions or slow gut motility (if your gut isn’t moving, nothing clears)

If your practitioner is only talking about “no sugar, no fermented food, take this antifungal”, run the other way. The symptom may drop — but when you stop the diet or supplements, it comes back.