Lyme Diet = Weaker than before?

After what I have been through I don't personally think it is possible to survive Lyme without eating some kind of meat. Maybe other people have different perspective I just know that I would have never made it. Unless you are not eating meat for some other health related reason you might want to examine your situation right now and adjust accordingly. You are very ill and need high quality protein. I have lost 20lbs in the last 9 months and I eat meat. I am also on a gluten free, sugar free, and dairy free diet. I have been eating goat cheese and have been fine with it. I also drink kefir and that is also fine with me. If you have not had allergy testing done I highly recommend you do so. That will give you an idea what you can and cannot eat. This disease makes us allergic to a number of things. There are some really good books on Lyme and diet, see link below. Good luck on trying to figure out this part of care, it can be really complicated!

http://www.amazon.com/Lyme-Diet-Nutritional-Strategies-Healing-ebook/dp/B0049H8WWI/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401572929&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=lyme+diet+mcfanzean

I wouldn't do well on just eggs. I feel better when I eat meat. I buy meat from animals raised on a species appropriate diet, then make broth from the bones if I cook a whole chicken.

I don't think our bodies need gluten, especially the amount in modern day wheat. So many people are having problems with it.

Can you eat legumes, such as black beans, kidney beans, etc. ? It's best if they're soaked first. I posted the instructions recently, so if you want, I can hunt it up.

I think you may just need to eat more to not feel so tired. My daughter will feel more tired if she doesn't consume enough calories.

I am partially OK with eating fish, but for me beef and chicken, etc is out of the question for now. Once in a while I will pop a few shrimp but it really doesn't seem to help. I had a huge allergy test done (was about $1000) and it showed nothing. I eat beans A LOT. Just because well what else is there? You can only eat so many vegetables. I can eat an entire meal and I am hungry in 30 minutes.

Rachel H, how long have you been on this diet and how long have you felt hungry all the time? If its been less than a year, and I know that seems like a long time, your body night not have adjusted to feeling empty after feeling full the whole rest of your life. I think feeling full becomes addictive but is completely unnecessary to live. Also try eating more fats. When Im hungry I take a tablespoon of oil or ghee and eat it. It's instant calories. I know what you mean though its a huge adjustment. Nuts have lots if good protein and fats too but soak them first.

Rachel,
I think most of us gain weight cause we goes so many years not knowing what is wrong with us, for me it was 15 yrs. I slowly gained but then about a year ago I finally started losing, now I'm down to where all my clothes fall off of me. I just started treatment 6 months ago and see a tons of improvement.

It's funny it doesn't matter if I go off the diet and eat pizza or ice cream or a brownie, I don't feel any different. Maybe I don't have the food allergies other get with it but I did do Ayervedic herbals for about 7 yrs or so. Maybe that helped in a way, it sure didn't kill anything but must of did something.

Although I did feel like everything in the beginning irritated my gut and gave me gas really bad but I don't get it now.

Hope you can figure it out and find something to increase your weight and start feeling better.

So far, I haven't had a single problem with my stomach. It feels normal. I have been sick for about four years but haven't started antibiotics yet. Will next week probably. Just found out about Lyme about 6 months ago. I started first with no dairy, then about two months ago added no sugar or gluten. Since I am OK with eating a little fish, and lots of eggs, that should cover meat right? Fish is full of protein. I have my vitamin levels checked a lot and they are always fine. I have always had a super high metabolism, and low blood sugar so I already had to eat like every two hours. Now it is just never ending need to eat. It's been about a month now that I notice my arms getting really weak. Right now I weigh 130 but have lost about 3 pants sizes. Not too skinny but I wouldn't want to lose a bunch more.

Thanks for the recipe! Dairy doesn't bother my stomach at all, it is like made of steel. I can eat like 10 tomatoes and nothing...but anyway, since I haven't had dairy for about 4-5 months, my doctor said I can try it a bit. I had a piece of cheese two different times and it made me so dizzy and spaced out that I thought I was going to fall over. Haven't had it since...

My adrenals being off caused me to go through a long menopause, maybe a little early too. I'm amazed my husband stuck around! Homeopathy helped with the moodiness, so that made it easier on him, poor guy.

You're welcome Rachel. I hope you like them if you decided to try it. They will taste different than what you're used to. A good, sugar free jam is good on them.

I mean, if I never had a problem with gluten before., I don't understand if it is an essential part of helaing lyme to go gluten free or an aside?

Rachel I just learned about metabolic typing. I thought it was really interesting and might be an answer to your problem:

http://www.metabolictyping.com