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Posted 5/25/2012 11:46 PM (GMT 0)
so basically is the Lyme diet always important or just when on antibiotics i am early on infected 4/20/2012 im almost done with my first 2 week dose of amoxicillin and doxycycline 400 mg each. i don't think that is enough i will be requesting an extension on that but my family needs to know what i can/can't eat and when. so basically do i need to be cutting all sugar and carbs all the time or only when on pills?


thanks a million in advance for any responses.
Posted 5/26/2012 3:28 AM (GMT 0)
Hi lymie.anon - welcome to the forum! Unfortunately there's no one clear cut answer to your question. In general, the healtheir your diet is, the better. Sugar can be a problem for a couple of reasons, one being that it may feed the bacteria, two being yeast/candida, which is sometimes tough to avoid while on antibiotics long term, as well as other reasons you may or may not want to avoid sugar. Are you also taking probiotics? Most people agree it's pretty much a staple if you're going to be on a lot of abx.

Diet is one of the things I still struggle with quite often - sometimes it helps to look at it as eating foods that support your health, rather than looking at what you're cutting out.
Posted 5/27/2012 5:27 PM (GMT 0)
A healthy diet is important either on or off abxs. You want to minimize the body's inflammatory response which csn be exacerbated with diet. Also, you don't want to eat foods that muck up your detox pathways as they are already working overtime to rid the lyme toxins. Singleton's book the lyme solution has a lot on diet!
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