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Posted 7/14/2017 2:46 AM (GMT 0)
Waiting on an appt with a LLMD what can I do in the mean time to ease symptoms? I have read limiting sugar, caffeine, and epsom salt baths can help. Anyone find any truth to this? I am new to this lymes adventure!
Posted 7/14/2017 3:05 AM (GMT 0)
Gracie, we all search for what makes us most comfortable. You limiting sugar is great for many reasons beyond lyme disease. I don't know about the caffeine. I am a person that believes in moderation in all things.

Epsom salt baths - so many people swear by them. I decided to try and just do a foot soak and it drove me nuts. So, I am one of those that cannot do Epsom salt foot soaks even.

Lyme is a trial and error process. Just start at a low dose of anything and try it.
Posted 7/14/2017 3:32 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Gracie, gluten should be avoided as well as sugar.
I was hard core in the beginning but i confess to straying at times and I feel it when I do.

Water with lemon all day is an easy yet very helpful detox add to your day.

Good luck in your journey

VCL
Posted 7/14/2017 3:56 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you both for the information
Posted 7/14/2017 8:49 AM (GMT 0)
you should avoid caffeine if you have serious sleeping issues, get sleepy during day and feel very tired, that is a sign of adrenal exhaustion and cortisol over production. the last thing u want to do is drink coffee. get that fixed first.

another reason not to drink coffee is lyme carditis and heart block. if u have very bad irregular heart beats, high pulse, etc... u don't want to do coffee it will make things worse and u can end up in the ER.

....on the other hand, when u feel better, there's no reason not to drink some coffee, but in the morning only! i always do, i sleep well at night, have no heart issues any more (boy i had MANY) and of course... it helps with the mind and concentration, tastes well... do i have to go through this ? smile


but no sugar or milk in the coffee. i just put stevia.
Posted 7/14/2017 8:57 AM (GMT 0)
sugar is everywhere and u need it to survive. Glucose in your blood is a form of sugar.

Processed sugar in cookies and sweet things is bad because it raises your body insulin level quickly and insulin is inflammatory, last thing u need is more inflammation. Sugar also lowers immune function, that's why people with diabetes can have serious infections.

On the other hand, eating some fruit is not bad, as long as u don't eat ONLY sweet fruit. So an apple here and there, some bananas... they do contain sugar but it's absorbed more slowly than form cookies, because the content is lower and the sugar is not refined... so your insulin spikes will be less brutal....

epsom baths help, and also taking magnesium orally helps. saunas also help a lot... i got a portable steam sauna, 50$, it's more than enough, you sweat you get some toxins out, but make sure you drink enough water.

some people here recommend far infrared saunas.... i don't know what to say, i feel wonderful after doing my regular steam sauna, maybe on the infrared i'd feel heavenly ;-) but wonderful is good enough for me
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