Why no wheat, sugar or dairy?

Hi there Yogi,

Well, yes, sort of. Lyme thrives in a body that is toxic.

Sugar is just not good for you. Refined white sugar especially. For one, it feeds candida, which is overgrown in most lyme patients systems anyway. Candida exudes toxins when in a overgrowth state that cause all kinds of problems.

Wheat (gluten) is very hard to digest. it is done so in several stages, and if there has been lots of abx, the gut is almost certainly compromised and won't digest it property.

When it does not digest properly, it becomes a toxin and can cause inflammation. When there is leaky guy (likely in many chronically ill cases), it then leaks out into the system as a toxin.


Dairy is also hard to digest for many. Homogenization and pasteurization causes it to be particularly difficult. Raw dairy may be better and goat dairy too.

I do raw goat dairy myself, and some pasteurized. Again, when anything does not digest properly, it becomes like a toxin to the body.

Hope this helps..it is over-simplified, but i hope you get the gist.

Lots is written on all th ree of these, so you could google for more info.

Nan

"Sugar in all its forms (except stevia) is a real problem when you have Lyme and are on antibiotics for months. With a weakened immune system and being on antibiotics...eating sugar is a recipe for disaster.

"Yeast overgrowth is a real problem for people taking long-term antibiotics, and yeast feeds on sugar. That's why many people (who have good LLMDs [Lyme-literate dotors) are on some sort of yeast control diet.

As for fruits, they "may be a problem because they contain a large amount of sugars. However, if the fruit contains a lot of fiber, this may make up for the sugars to some degree." You can have fruits "at the end of a meal, and never on an empty stomach" and only high fiber fruits and in very small amounts.

For instance, you can have "generous amounts" of grapefruit, lemons, limes, tomatoes and avocado, but you should have "small amounts only" of pears, apples, strawberries, cantaloupe, etc."

I am NOT allowed oranges, watermelons, bananas, grapes and fruit juices. Plus, of course you should never have foods with any kind of flour -- no breads, cereals, cake, etc.

Pasta is taboo, and they recommend avoiding or limiting starchy vegetables such as potato, rice and beans. Green vegetables and salads are OK.

I have serious problems now with gluten intolerance. I do eat bread but ONLY use Maninis flour to make it because it contains no GMO's, is organic and contains no rice PLUS it actually taste like real home baked bread unlike all the other nasty gluten free breads and flours.

I also eat pasta but it's made from the Maninis flour.

Runner and Praying for a Miracle- thanks for the detailed info. Do either of you have Bartanella?

On another note: How do you know if you have any of the other infections - I'm not referring to the main ones that one can test for- but all the others like microplasma etc that people talke about?

Thanks!!
Yogi

Not only are they hard to digets (wheat and dairy) but they cause inflammation in the body. Something we, especially, need to watch. I eliminated these from my diet and noticed improvements in my digestive issues and breathing issues.

When I am well, I will never put these things back into my diet. I've read so much about them now!

Sugar not only feeds lyme but also cancer and other "ravenous" pathogens. I will forever limit this and the possibility of having a relapse when I am well.

I also green juice twice per day and have noticed that I no longer crave carbs and sugar like I used to. This is great news because I was worried about all these huge diet and lifestyle changes.

Best of luck to you~

Hi Yogi,

You can test thru Igenex for coinfections of course the obvious ones; but most literate LLMD docs go with what your symptoms to address the IF's to coinfections as you peel back layers treating things with other symptoms showing other bugs (popping up "I'm here")"

as there are tests for only 2 strains of babs and bart
and 26 and 30 of one and the other (around that, info varies somewhat) so it's not an accurate test if you take it.

Too many false negatives without tests for all the strains.

Did you mean "mycoplasma? I only know where to get testing for one strain of mycoplasma.

Mycoplasma Fermantans which is tricky. Just like neuro lyme symptoms too. Not like Mycoplasma Pneumonia. I sent blood in to lab on this docs site. It's like coinfections, hard to detect.

I went to the lab by Nobel Peace Prize nominated scientist of stealth pathogens Garth Nicolson. Maybe you can test at a reg docs for some of the other myco strains? And chlamydia which we can have with this and some viruses?

www.immed.org.

Keep in mind too, some say and info varies, if you have borrelia 80% chance you have babs. Lessor chance SOME say of bart say 20% (?). Anyone correct my #'s.

BUT, some experts say babs and bart are now more prevalent than borrelia so higher #'s as well. Lot's of conflicting info but at least we know it's not as unlikely to get any of it as some say.

I have both bart and babs matching all symptoms and really head as in babs link below.

I'm primary chronic acute physical head brain inflammation and the rest of good stuff that comes inside of head with this. Inflammation, wooshing, rage, overstimulation crap. It feels really intolerable. No sleep.

Then feet and calve and knee stuff from bart and babs stuff as link says below bigtime head, and then sweats, muscle stuff, air hunger etc which come and go and malaise and more........

Eyeballs and tissue really infected, babs bart and borrelia, I FEEL the infection in my head so up until recently I couldn't talk without stuttering or look at people with the eye inflammation. I've brought down a lot.

I'm almost, maybe a month or two to getting around out of isolation if it comes down more.

Started pharma abx finally as I can't get inside of head down enough. Came forward self treating a lot in the year I've treated but needed help finally.

I have markings for all three borrelia, bart, babs that comes and goes quick after heat.

I wrote kind of long so it you read you can see my symptoms and how I figured it out and the LLMD I finally hired agreed.

Good co links from Wayne Anderson a doc.

http://www.gordonmedical.com/unravelling-complex-chronic-illness/bartonella-like-organisms-blo-consideration-signs-and-symptoms/

http://www.gordonmedical.com/unravelling-complex-chronic-illness/babesia-like-organisms-bablo-consideration-signs-and-symptoms/

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