I know how frustrating it is to find out you’re testing positive for HPV, and especially if you’ve already had a treatment to remove abnormal cells and they keep coming back. 

The problem is that medical procedures remove the abnormal cells but don’t remove the HPV virus. So the virus keeps causing abnormal cells, and you feel stuck in a cycle of biopsies and procedures, wondering when it will ever end.

I talk to women from around the world who’ve been dealing with HPV for over 15 years, some of whom have even had a hysterectomy and still have abnormal cells occurring vaginally. And their doctor never told them that dietary changes could influence whether HPV persists.

Women deserve support to help their bodies clear HPV to negative and prevent abnormal cells in the first place — and that is absolutely possible. The research shows it’s possible, and I see it happen regularly in my practice as a naturopathic doctor, professional midwife, and nutritionist. If you’ve been told otherwise, whoever told you that hasn’t been reading the research. 

Maybe you’ve tried some diet changes or a few supplements and you’re still testing positive. I look at things from a much broader perspective. I look at the whole body, mind, and spirit. We have to look at all of you, not just your cervix. We need to individualize the approach, use clinical doses, and follow a comprehensive plan. When women follow my full protocol, that’s when we see results go to negative and stay negative over time, even if they’re re-exposed to HPV.

I use what I call the CARE method — an acronym for Clean Eating, Adequate Sleep, Recovery Activities, and Exercise. Today I’m focusing on the C: Clean Eating. Specifically, the three dietary patterns to stop, because so many women come to me still doing these things while HPV persists.

1. Avoid Alcohol and Refined Sugar

The first thing to eliminate is alcohol and refined sugar. Any form of alcohol — wine, beer, hard alcohol — in any amount decreases your immune function. If your current level of consumption is allowing HPV to be present, we need to change that. 

I recommend reducing alcohol by at least 50%, and ideally eliminating it altogether. There are plenty of other options: Green tea, for example, is actually antiviral and helps protect you from cancer, whether iced or hot. 

Alcohol is essentially a poison to the human body. It makes it harder for your liver to detoxify and harder for your immune system to protect you. Most people drink to relax, but alcohol isn’t real stress recovery — it just numbs you out. There are healthier ways to relax and recover from stress, like magnesium.

As for sugar, I believe refined sugar is one of the most addictive substances humans have access to. I’m not talking about fruit or honey in small amounts — I mean refined white or brown sugar. Even a small amount of refined sugar immediately suppresses your immune system for at least eight hours. 

Start by removing the obvious sources: Sugar in your coffee or tea, sweetened coffee drinks, any packaged food with cane sugar listed in the ingredients. Check condiments, sauces, even chocolate. You can find dark chocolate without cane sugar. If you want something sweet, use stevia (derived from a plant). Going through your refrigerator and pantry to swap out products with cane sugar is one of the most impactful things you can do right now.

And don’t think of these as permanent, forever changes — think of them as “until HPV goes away” choices. That could be one month, three months, maybe six. Once HPV clears, you can reassess.

2. Stop Over-Fasting

The second thing to stop doing is over-fasting. 

Many women who consult with me about how to clear persistent HPV let me know that they have been fasting 15 to 16 hours a day for years, thinking it’s beneficial. But fasting for too long (too many hours) can be a stress on your body. It can trigger cortisol and adrenaline responses and actually decrease your immune function — the opposite of what you need.

Fasting can be beneficial when it’s done for short periods of time (1 or 2 weeks) and the right number of hours for your individual body and activity level. Before I recommend extended fasting, I always review blood work, adrenal function (cortisol levels), and blood sugar levels. 

If you’re sleeping eight hours and stop eating two to three hours before bed, you’re already fasting around ten to eleven hours overnight. That’s a reasonable fasting window for most people.

But if you stop eating at 7pm and don’t eat again until 11am or noon the next day, that’s a much longer fast — and it leaves you a smaller window to consume the nutrients your body needs. I consistently see women who fast long hours develop deficiencies in iron, B vitamins, and protein. All of these are essential for your immune system’s ability to fight HPV. 

What you thought might be helping you, may actually be working against you.

3. Don’t Go Too Strict on a Plant-Based Diet

The third thing to avoid is going too strict on a plant-based diet. 

I absolutely want you to eat lots of healthy plants — arugula, kale, broccoli, asparagus, onions, garlic, berries — all of it. Plants are essential. However, if you have HPV and are trying to prevent cancer, a 100% plant-based diet makes it very difficult to get adequate protein, iron, and B vitamins. It’s possible, but it requires careful planning, meal delivery services, or working with a practitioner who monitors your blood work.

What I recommend instead is a combination approach: Some plant-based meals — a pea protein shake, a salad with nuts, seeds, hemp hearts, or edamame — along with at least one or two meals per day that include quality animal protein. 

Choose organic, free-range, hormone-free sources: chicken, beef, turkey, wild salmon, seafood. Combine your animal protein with healthy plant foods and eat at regular intervals every three to four hours. This ensures you’re getting the protein, iron, and B vitamins your immune system needs to protect you from HPV.

Moving Forward

My overall message is this: Instead of restricting more and stressing your body more, I want you to feed yourself more nutrients and stress yourself less. Feed your body at regular intervals with adequate protein and nutrients, and stop adding things that are inflammatory and suppress your immune system.

HPV is a whole-body situation, not just an issue in your vagina. 

If HPV is present and not clearing, that is a message from your body — your immune system is struggling, and something beneath the surface hasn’t been identified or addressed. 

But here’s what I want you to hold onto: Every single one of the susceptibilities to HPV can be tested for, addressed, and resolved. You are not powerless in this — quite the opposite. By asking the right questions and doing the right tests, you can take real, meaningful control of your health and give your immune system exactly what it needs to protect you.

The standard medical system doesn’t run the right tests, and most practitioners aren’t trained to interpret and act on the results. But that doesn’t mean your options are limited — it means you need the right guide. I’ve helped patients around the world clear HPV and go on to feel better than they had in years, because when you rebalance your whole system, everything improves — your energy, your sleep, your mood, your resilience.

If you’d like to learn more, join me over at doctordoni.com. You can download my HPV Recovery Guide, which is a free PDF. You’ll see all the success cases of women who’ve been through this process and found freedom from high-risk HPV so that you can have hope that it’s possible for you too. I see women achieving it every day.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to my office. My team would be happy to connect with you and help you know what your next best step is to free yourself from HPV. My team can also help coordinate shipping worldwide. You don’t have to figure it out on your own. Click here to set up a call with my team.

If you’d like to get a better sense of my approach, I welcome you to join my next free How to Get Rid of HPV online workshop where I help you to create a plan to get HPV out of your life for good. From there, you might choose to join the Heal HPV Kickstart Program, for the initial steps of my protocol, including diet changes and supplements, over the next 30 days.

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Or you can begin with the comprehensive Say Goodbye to HPV Program, which is 3 months and includes everything you need to implement my full protocol and address all eight susceptibilities with live, group support, and access to testing and vaginal suppositories.

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