Lyme diet

I was just given this email from the herbalist whose protocol I am about to start. She was so nice to give me all this info for free and not charge me for a consult! So here is what she said- I will copy and paste it below. But my question to you all becomes- okay, I am willing to try this but then WHAT THE HECK CAN I EAT????

I have already (mostly) eliminated gluten- but I do eat dairy and eggs. I mean I eat cheese and drink some milk. Also I eat a ton of eggs. And all the GF products use eggs. So if I cut out dairy gluten and eggs, what the heck do I eat? I cannot realistically eat only brown rice quinoa oats veggies and meats. I mean, I could if it will save my health. What do you guys think???




•Gluten free diet for at least 6 months, reintroducing gluten containing food items one at a time with at least a full week between additions
•Eliminate refined sugars
•Restrict natural sugars
•eliminate peanuts
•eliminate soy
•eliminate dairy
•eliminate eggs
•limit fruit to one serving daily
•Eliminate fruit juices
•Eliminate iced drinks
•Eliminate excessively cold foods

Add:

•Coconut milk
•Coconut oil
•Oats
- Long cooking organic oatmeal
- Milky Oats in tea
•Quinoa
•Home made vegetable juices
•Warm water with fresh lemon

I would think she's checking for food allergies. My list was much longer, but I only had to go 2 months. When I started reintroducing foods is when I discovered - very rudely - that I was very allergic to soy, allergic to MSG, don't tolerate white potatoes or peanuts well at all.

You can add in quinoa - it's a seed that has "complete protein" (all 9 amino acids), Lentils ( I love red lentil chili!!), beans, switch to almond butter (don't expect peanut butter when you try it and it's pretty good!), use rice cakes for some things, rye crackers for some other things.

If you would like, we can start a whole thread on food for those on allergen elimination diets. I can list some of what I've done, and others can chime in too - who knows what we might be inspired to try!!

ohh… I'm so sorry. But… welcome to my world.

I can't eat legumes (although I do sneak in hummus in very small quantities). No soy, no corn, no dairy, sugar, fruit, eggs, nuts, nothing processed, no grains at all.

Thanks to leaky gut, I have all of those food sensitivities and my diet for the past year, as prescribed, consists of chicken, beef, pork, steamed veggies and salad. It is HARD. But as with leaky gut, ANYTHING you eat—even the good, non-inflammatory stuff (quinoa) starts to show up on the food sensitivity tests. Once I realized this, I stopped obsessing and just started focusing on healing my gut.

Now, 75% of my diet is pure and follows protocol. But every now and then (certainly not two days in a row) I do add in other foods. Try eating the same meal, 3x a day, e-v-e-r-y day. As long as I don't feel any GI distress in doing so, I don't stress too much. I don't know if I'd recommend this to anyone else who has severe allergies or doesn't yet know what their sensitivities are—since I'm still having a tough time healing my gut, according to recent tests.

But also, I can't make myself crazy by battling food every single flipping meal. There are times when I don't feel well enough to make meals. And I have a tough time with a nonexistent appetite so if something actually sounds good to eat, I'm more apt to prioritize that over the restrictive diet. As long as I don't overdo it.

Hope you find a good approach.

-p

I eat almond butter anyway and have for decades :) love it. I love rice and beans. the hard part for me is giving up cheese- I LOVE cheddar chees on everything.
And now I eat tons of eggs since being GF. Before lyme I ate LOTS of bread and cheese, that is really my favorite foods.

So now I will eat: oatmeal, nuts, stir fries with meat and veggies, lots more veggies, beans and rice, quinoa, salads, home made soups, . Still gonna have my small morning cuppa coffee with a splash of 1/2 and 1/2 and a spoonful of maple syrup though :), fish, um . . . guess that is gonna have to be it. Anyway, it is only temporary and at this point I will do it if it gets me back into health.
( I think I can I think I can ).

Best of luck to you on this next path in your Lyme journey, KB!

For whatever it's worth, organic sunflower butter tastes very much like peanut butter and spreads very much like organic peanut butter.