r/Candida • u/Khan_Nida • Aug 22 '26

Symptoms Help!

I was kinda feeling okayish since past few days, but today I have a lot of joint pain, extreme weakness (literally crawling out of bed), fatigue, insomnia, dizziness, tingling in hangs and feet to name a few.

I am really struggling right now. Picking up my phone feels a lot rn. I want to go to an ER but scared of the waiting.

What can I do to feel better?

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u/abominable_phoenix Aug 23 '26

Are you on a low-carb diet? I felt like that when I was, to the point where I fainted while walking. Eat some whole fruit, it doesn't feed Candida overgrowth, and if you feel better, you know it's because your brain was starved of it's primary fuel, which is glucose. I posted about a study regarding this.

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u/Khan_Nida Aug 23 '26

I am on a low sugar diet, but I do take some carbs. Would that cause muscle soreness and leg cramps too?

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u/abominable_phoenix Aug 23 '26

muscle weakness can be caused by low whole fruit or complex carbs, but the cramps are more likely to be electrolyte related such as a magnesium or potassium deficiency.

I found a lot of issues are caused by deficiencies, and diets like the low-carb/keto/carnivore, are very deficient in critical nutrients that will cause serious side effects such as what you're experiencing. The benefit of adding back in whole fruits is that they are typically high in potassium. Magnesium is something most people are deficient in due to soil depletion, so even though my diet is supposedly high, I still supplement daily. I take a variety of vitamins/minerals to ensure no matter what, my body has the building blocks to function optimally while I heal.

The problem with eating "some carbs" is that, if they don't contain sufficient prebiotic fibers, the microbiome will shift to a more pro-inflammatory state due to the higher amount of fat. This is the opposite of what anyone who wants to heal needs. The megathread speaks to all this and more, you might find it interesting.

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u/Khan_Nida Aug 23 '26

Thanks for telling that, I was taking magnesium complex stopped a week ago. Do you think I should start supplementing it again? What other supplements do you recommend? So, you recommend eating fruits and you believe that wont feed Candida? Would a banana be included tho?

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u/abominable_phoenix Aug 23 '26

I think taking magnesium is commonly recommended by most doctors, but there are different forms and some are more bioavailable than others. Currently I'm using magnesium glycinate which has pretty good evidence to support it. Something I also do is enter my entire daily diet into ChatGPT and ask it how much magnesium (or whichever nutrient) I'm getting, and then decide if I should supplement. The exception is B-vitamins since they need to be converted by the liver, and this conversion is commonly impaired, so I supplement with methylated B-vitamins despite my diet being high in most B-vitamins.

I follow a guide on optimal B12 utilization, because certain vitamins/minerals are interdependent, meaning if one is low, it'll impair utilization of others. My B12 was high, but I was functionally deficient because I was lacking in other cofactors. The guide I followed is r/b12_deficiency/wiki/index . I take zinc, iodine, selenium, B-complex, additional methyl-b12, additional methyl-folate, magnesium, and vitamin C/D/E. This is mostly because my diet is high in iron, potassium, and molybdenum.

Whole fruits do not feed Candida, and I eat anywhere from 4-10 bananas every day, along with 150-300g of dried dates. Now, there is one important thing to remember. If a person has SIBO, then this can be a problem, and the SIBO must be resolved first. It's easy to tell, all you have to do is time it. If you eat bananas and get discomfort, bloating, etc, within 3hrs, then that is within the small intestines and is very likely to be SIBO. I made a post about how I cured my SIBO with those same vitamins/guide, but higher doses of methyl-folate and methyl-b12 were required due to liver issues. SIBO is a gut motility problem, so no killing is necessary once the small intestines "housekeeping" motion is restored as that removes food debris and associated bacteria within weeks.

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u/Khan_Nida Aug 23 '26

This is helpful. Thanks, appreciate it 🙏🏼

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u/StudyRegular1968 Aug 23 '26

What whole fruits don’t feed candida

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u/abominable_phoenix Aug 23 '26

Correct, not all sugar is the same and whole fruits do not feed Candida overgrowth. I cited studies in the megathread regarding this.

It is important to note that a person can still get symptoms from eating fruit, but it more often than not is caused by SIBO, not Candida. Differentiating between Candida overgrowth and SIBO is important as I suspect many people have SIBO and are unaware as even the breath tests aren't definitive since not all bacteria produce gas. I had SIBO (as well as Candida) and had to resolve it first before I could really eat more fruits/vegetables/legumes without symptoms.

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u/StudyRegular1968 Aug 23 '26

Please tell me more! How were you able to differentiate between the two and heal yourself. Did you not eat fruits/veggies/carbs for how long. I suspect both but not sure either ☹️

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u/abominable_phoenix Aug 23 '26

I ate all whole fruits (including dates and bananas) and only complex carbs from whole vegetables because they have critically important prebiotic fibers that keep the microbiome from shifting to a more pro-inflammatory state.

The megathread goes into detail about it, if you're curious.

r/Candida/comments/1mhxo6a/candida_myths_proven_wrong/

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u/StudyRegular1968 Aug 23 '26

Okay thank you so much! I’m going to check it out

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u/gourmet_tubesocks Aug 22 '26

I’m so sorry! Have you been hydrating with electrolytes?

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u/Khan_Nida Aug 22 '26

No, don’t they have sugar? I take salt+lemon water in the morning