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I never thought to question whether or not black pepper was an allowed ingredient on the Candida Diet.  It was not until I came across the Candida Control Cookbook by Gail Burton, that I stumbled across a bullet point that explicitly stated that black pepper is hard to digest, so it is not recommended.  I was shocked and appalled because I had been seasoning many of my signature candida diet dishes with sea salt and black pepper.  I thought I had been following the diet so strictly but here was another potential no-no that I had missed.  I decided to see if I could find any evidence to support giving up black pepper for the sake of strictly following the diet. 

Fortunately, I could not come up with any evidence to support this claim.  The information I did uncover on the other hand was all pro black pepper.  I discovered that black pepper had numerous health benefits such as improved digestion, reduction in gas and antibacterial and antioxidant properties. 

So Yes, black pepper is allowed on the Candida Diet and may actually help you in ways other than just making your food tasty.  As always, I recommend that you read labels carefully.  The only ingredient that you want is black pepper, so just make sure that is what you are getting.