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Posted 10/5/2014 9:05 PM (GMT 0)
Hi All,

I have a suspicion that the cashew nuts increases my head related symptoms: weird headache, dizziness, confusion, nausea. These are definetly my worst lyme symptoms. The same thing happens when I eat sugar.

Does somebody have the same experience? What could it be: irritating/feeding the borrelia somehow, make a die-off, or some material in the cashew nut triggers a detoxing mechanism?
Posted 10/6/2014 12:22 AM (GMT 0)
I have your same symptoms and many more (Neurolyme) and I have a can next to me right now. I have been eating them on for several weeks and off along with almonds. I cant say for sure they have any impact on mine, but maybe I will pass on them for a week and find out.
Posted 10/6/2014 2:24 AM (GMT 0)
Could be mold. Most commercially sold nuts are contaminated with mold toxins.
Posted 10/6/2014 8:53 AM (GMT 0)
Maybe it is the mold, thank you Razzle.
Joey, I read your other post, and your symptoms sound very similar to me (but I have additional stomach-neuro symptoms). I think it is probably the borrelia, or bartonella. Today I go to another MR to check if there is anything visibly wrong in the brain.
I think it would be worth to try out cashew nuts/sugar/gluten free diet - at least for a couple of weeks to see if there is any improvement in your symptoms.
For me this diet, and vitamin shots has helped a bit.
Posted 10/6/2014 7:45 PM (GMT 0)
I do not know. This is the second day after eating cashew nuts and i have still intense headache and i feel like i am sick. Can this intense reaction be because of this small amoumt of mold that cashew nuts could contain? Hm...
Posted 10/6/2014 7:59 PM (GMT 0)
Or you could have an allergy to the nuts. Food allergies do happen sometimes because our bodies are so compromised they just can't deal with something that normally we can eat at least a bit of.
Posted 10/6/2014 9:14 PM (GMT 0)
That could be another explanation. But it is hard to believe, as I am not an allergic type (until now I did not have allergic reaction to anything). Once I had a rash on my hands, but it was related to neuropathy due to lyme, I think (burning feeling, and numbness).
Posted 10/6/2014 9:23 PM (GMT 0)
These infections can bring up all kinds of issues that a person has never had before, and many can quit, heal or otherwise go away once the infection has been treated.

Until you know for sure though, I would suggest that you not eat anymore cashews. It could be the mold or an allergic reaction due to the effect of these infections.
Posted 10/6/2014 9:34 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, thanks. I take your advise. :)
I only wondered if the reaction was actually some kind of herx, or detox (due to the minerals that cashew contains). But based on the replies it doesn't have much chance.
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