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Posted 11/26/2014 1:36 AM (GMT 0)
After speaking to my brother in-law who went thru this fight; he changed his diet which helped him considerably. I found this article below and this is what he had said to me. It sure makes sense I will be making a change tomorrow in my diet.

Below was taken from: livingwithlymedisease.org

Diet - many people with Lyme disease have to be very careful with their diet. This is because Lyme Disease affects the immune system, and because of the side affects of the medications used to treat Lyme Disease. If you are taking oral antibiotics it is vital that you DO NOT EAT SUGAR - this is because oral antibiotics kill all the bacteria in the gut - good and bad bacteria. If you eat sugar you feed mainly the bad bacteria (they love sugar) and run the risk of getting a clostridium difficile infection, which is potentially fatal.

In order to heal from Lyme Disease it is important that your immune system is functioning at its best. When you eat or drink sugar based food and drink your immune system is temporarily depressed for up to 12 hours. Many people with Lyme disease have damaged gastrointestinal systems, and so need to avoid foods that place extra stress on the gut such as gluten (wheat) and dairy.
Posted 11/26/2014 2:11 AM (GMT 0)
That's a tough one for me. I am pretty good about dairy free, and gluten free - cheat now and then.
But struggle with the sugar free. I understand why it's important...but I have a sweet tooth - always have.
Posted 11/26/2014 3:00 AM (GMT 0)
Stevia! It's how I can be sugar free and still my sweet-tooth self.
Also no sugar added coconut ice cream.
Posted 11/26/2014 3:15 AM (GMT 0)
I have ALWAYS been a sweet tooth… like crazy.

Of course, never once thought I had a yeast problem. But after 13 months taking course after course of abx with NO probiotic (thank you conventional medicine…), I was a yeasty beast.

The ONLY thing that helped me get off the sugar and resolve the horrible insatiable cravings was Nystatin. It's relatively harmless and works pretty darn well. Highly recommend it for cravings. It only took a couple days and I was craving-free.

-p
Posted 11/26/2014 4:35 AM (GMT 0)
Surprisingly, sugar has been the easiest thing to give up on this new diet, for me. It probably helps that back in the spring, before I got sick, I had already started cutting way back and focusing on natural sugars. That way it wasn't a sudden shock to my system. Right now I'm about 95% sugar free. I never thought I could give up or even cut back on sugar, but once I did it, it's really not so bad, and once I started craving it less and less, I find I don't miss it so much. I am shocked at how a lot of "bad" food just doesn't even look appetizing anymore!
Posted 11/26/2014 12:14 PM (GMT 0)
I think this would be good for A LOT of folks. Sugar just isn't candy, but bread and fruit. I follow the MCT Ketogenics Diet. My carb (sugar) intake per day is under 20 grams and I try to consumer those carbs before 3pm so my body can burn them up by bedtime and keep my body in a state of ketosis............ hence the diet name.

I always feel terrible (blurred vision and dizzy) even after eating rice pasta. The sugar rush immediately gets to me, but the overall crappy feelings comes and stays for a few hours. It was tough at first, but after noticing the huge difference throughout my body with no sugar, it's well worth it.
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