is gluten free a bunch of crap confused

So i saw a naturalpath dr she said i dont have lyme i am trying to figure if she is a quack or not only seeing her until i get into the llmd i am waiting to see i am on the waiting list so long story short she told me to give up gluten for 2weeks and see how i feel my money is tight and some drs think that we have money trees out back lol should i try it or is it a bunch of crap for just being trendy or does it healthy so confused your feedback would be appreciated ,thank you

I have been gluten free for almost a month now and I haven't noticed any difference. Maybe it takes longer? I am also dairy free, egg free (because I am allergic) and watching my sugar intake seriously.

I thought I would see a difference. Maybe I would be worse. I started antibiotics 3 days after starting the diet, and I had such a horrible herx I almost had to stop the antibioitics, almost couldn't work. Maybe I was herxing from both or something, not really sure.

Have you read the book, "The Lyme Diet"? You really should. Once you read that, you will understand the WHY's of gluten free. She really explains to you what gluten does to your system, and in laymen's terms so we can understand. She is the one who finally got through to me.

I would say to remember that there are a lot more doctors out there that are uneducated about Lyme and wouldn't know what it looked like even if they had it themselves! So do be careful who you listen to. I'm sorry I don't remember your details, have you been diagnosed or tested yet and it revealed that you did have a Lyme infection?

In my opinion, while there are many that are sensitive or allergic to gluten, many aren't. Many doc's believe that by avoiding gluten, the person will heal faster, although I don't know how much truth there is to that - as who would get sick all over again just to find out which way they healed faster???

What I can say is that if you have a positive test, have enough symptoms to warrant a diagnosis of Lyme disease - just going gluten free won't change things too much. You may feel some better if you have a sensitivity, but other wise it's just a detour to your healing.

Thank you for all your responses i really appreciate everyones oponion so my boyfriend picked up a few things for me down the gluten free isle wow expensive just hope i can afford to eat this way as i am disabled right now hugs to everyone god bless

Yes travelor very confusing i am new to eating this way they say gluten free is healthier but more sugar is not.

Don't buy the gluten free stuff!!!! Seriously!! Stop buying the stuff in the gluten free isle. It is also very inflammatory. I'm not saying to not go gluten free, I'm saying you should not be eating bread period. Gluten is one of the most Inflammatory foods so what she said is not crap and I'm guessing any good lyme doctor (all mine have) will tell you on the first visit to give up gluten. But the idea when these doctors say give up gluten is not to substitute it with gluten free bread. Gluten free bread is also very inflammatory because it has so much crap in it to make it taste like normal bread, my lyme doc told me not to eat any of the gluten free breads. The diet that is recommended for lyme is an anti inflammatory diet. Mostly veggies, some fruit, very low carb and grain, no dairy etc. My lyme doctor specifically said to avoid gluten free bread products as well. Giving up gluten by eating gluten free breads is a good start but you will see much better results and save more money if you can limit or eliminate gluten free breads all together and rely more of fruits, veggies and meat and fish if you eat it. Also avoiding dairy as much as possible is recommended for people with lyme so you may want to consider eliminating that and seeing how you feel next. I know it is hard and a major adjustment but it gets easier and I feel better than I have since I don't even know when. I didn't even know I could feel this healthy. This diet really agrees with me so the way I feel is totally worth giving up gluten. Sometimes if I'm out and there isn't an options I'll eat gluten like once a month but I try to keep it really occasional and pretty much only when I'm traveling and can't find other options easily.

There are ways to make all kinds of gluten free stuff on your own that is not as inflammatory as the products in the store. You can make pie crusts with honey, spices and crushed nuts. I'm not sure which flour is the least inflammatory, I've used oat flour in the past and made banana pancakes with it. But it may be inflammatory too. Same reason why it isn't good to get the fake milks if you are giving up dairy, like soy milk or almond milk. There are so many preservatives in it that they are also inflammatory. You can easily make your own almond, cashew or hemp milk that isn't full of preservatives or inflammatory. Why do you feel you have lyme?

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This topic comes up a lot. There was a couple big discussions here in Nov-Dec, you can use the healing well goggle that only searches this site to find them. Some good points were made.

I haven't researched the flours too much but I would like to know which gluten free flours are best. My lyme doc said gluten free all purpose flours and some of the other ones are inflammatory. She recommended almond flour but when I looked it up the first thing I found about it said it was very inflammatory. I usually use oat flour. So yeah i should have been more specific in my first post. Not everything in the gluten free isle is bad but a lot of it is so be careful and look at what you put in your cart closely. I mostly talking about the breads, doughnuts, cookies, waffles etc that are already made and packaged. I have yet to find a good gluten free bread that doesn't have inflammatory products and lots of preservatives in it but if you guys know of good ones to try I'd check em out. Not everything is bad I'm sure. I get the quinoa pastas a lot and they seem pretty good.There are good gluten free granolas and some cracker options made of nuts. I think the smartest way to go about the gluten free diet is to just cut out bread for the most. Just alter your diet a little because if you go out looking for gluten free option of everything you are used to eating and end up buying tons of stuff like buns, waffles, breads etc. you will end up spending a lot of money and probably won't notice as many health benefits. At first I bought a loaf of gluten free bread and just used a few slices a week if I was eating something like a burger that I was used to having with bread. It wasn't too expensive then because I only needed a loaf every 2 weeks or so. Eventually I just got used to not eating bread. There are a lot of things that are naturally gluten free. Oats, quinoa etc. I was probably a little too harsh on the gluten free isle in my first post. Some of it is good but it seems like most of it really isn't good for you. There are definitely some gems in there.

Post Edited (Green33) : 1/23/2015 5:21:32 PM (GMT-7)

I am a gimme-a-donut kinda girl. I love junk food. I went grain-free last May (cold turkey). I just did meat, veggies, nuts and fruit. Never felt better. I have since added in grains that don't have gluten.

I'm not saying I don't miss bread. I do. But I had no idea how good I could feel off of it. (Well, minus the party known as Lyme).

So whenever I get through this, I am planning to stay off the gluten now that I know how much better I feel without it. It took a while to get used to avoiding it. And people acted like I was silly and over doing it. But at the end of the day, it causes inflammation and I have enough inflammation from the Lyme.

Also Lyme bugs like sugar. Avoiding sugar is really hard for me. I could do better.

Gluten-free is a sucky transition, but only at first. It gets better over time. Try to be hard core about it and see how you feel.

Good luck!