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Posted 5/29/2015 2:34 PM (GMT 0)
HI,

I am wondering if anyone has noticed an increase of symptoms after eating too much sugar. I try to keep my diet strict, but sometimes loose it a little. Recently my family and I went camping. Also, we had a few Birthday parties and some other food oriented things. I have eaten way too much sugar within the last say 20 days. I am back on track now. But I am noticing some old symptoms coming back and I wonder if it is sugar.

Can anyone relate? How important is diet to you and do you notice a change when you are not eating right for Lyme.

Thanks!
Posted 5/29/2015 3:07 PM (GMT 0)
Oh boy - diet is a big one for me, still. I have a couple of hard to avoid food allergies - soy (even soy oil!) and MSG and when I go to someone's house, I hate being so picky about my food. Anytime I go off my diet though, I pay for it.

With Lyme and sugar, you are likely dealing with candida though. I would encourage you to increase your probiotics and maybe even talk to your doctor about this reaction. As yeast dies off, you can have a herx like reaction, so detoxing is still very important to recover from this!
Posted 5/29/2015 3:26 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the response Traveler. So the symptoms I am having are not stomach related. They are mild chest pain that travels to the back. Face pain also. This could be Candida? I swear, I am off the sugar!
Posted 5/29/2015 3:44 PM (GMT 0)
Well, I haven't seen those symptoms specifically mentioned. There are two things that I see that could be happening, for what it's worth:
You could be having less frequently reported symptoms of candida, or you could be stirring up the Lyme symptoms. It's so hard to honestly know which is which a lot of the times.

The die off will continue though until you get your toxin levels back down.
Posted 5/29/2015 4:02 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the help Traveler. It is so hard to tell with this stupid disease. Right now my TCM just has me on his nasty tea concoction, probiotics and MTHFR supplement. I take other vitamins also.

Oh yea, he just switched my tea, added some things and possible took something away. I started this new tea over the weekend. It has more herbs than before, so I am not getting as much of each herb as I was. But some new stuff too. Plus the sugar, who the heck knows.

I have an appointment on Monday so I will talk to him about this. I haven't had those symptoms I listed above for over a year. Now they are back :( very mildly thou.

When you say "the die off will continue until you get your toxin levels "back down". What to you mean. back down from the sugar? Or back down as pre lyme?
Posted 5/29/2015 4:07 PM (GMT 0)
Yikes, sounds like you could be dealing with a herx from either Lyme, candida - or both! smhair Ick. I'm so sorry!!

Your toxin levels determine the severity of the herx, so no, not back to pre-Lyme levels, just to feel a bit better they just need to be lowered more than they are. Each person have different amounts of time it takes to detox, though.

I feel like I may not be making much sense here, so I'll quit for now!! LOL! Sorry.
Posted 5/29/2015 4:24 PM (GMT 0)
you've been a great help. Thank you!

I don't feel too bad, same level of badness I guess.

I know 1 thing for sure! I need to stay away from sugar! It is one of my weaknesses and I love it! These same symptoms use to flare before I started a good diet, so I think getting back on track will help, fingers crossed.

Thanks again, you are of great help!
Posted 5/29/2015 4:25 PM (GMT 0)
Are you using sugar substitutes like stevia or xylitol? You can make sweets with them and not pay the price!! devil
Posted 5/29/2015 4:39 PM (GMT 0)
I tried xylitol once, before being diagnosed and had a terrible reaction. I was extremely sick for 24 hours throwing up and the other end too. I had to basically live on the toilet. Then the next day I tried to eat and threw it up. It was the weirdest thing. I still don't understand what happened. I ate about 2 tablespoons of it in a recipe. It took 2-3 months to get my stomach back to normal (which at that time was not even good).

What do you think of that? That was about 1 1/2 years ago.
Posted 5/29/2015 4:39 PM (GMT 0)
One more thing to add to Travler's suggestions…

If you are experiencing sugar cravings, you have a yeast/fungal overgrowth. Sugar cravings are not a natural state of the body. Also, y/f overgrowth causes many of the same sx as lyme & co… so cravings are a sure bet when otherwise, it's hard to tell if you have y/f overgrowth with all the sx confusion.

Cravings like this are part of the neurotoxins created by the yeast. It literally changes your body chemistry, it is the yeast tricking your brain into wanting sugar, which it depends on, not you. So, if you find that you're tired of fighting it, a local anti fungal will end cravings immediately. And you'll have a little die off, which can make you feel awful for a couple days… then the sun will come out.

See:
www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3412983

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Posted 5/29/2015 5:03 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the information Pirouette, what are the symptoms of yeast/fungal overgrowth? I was tested for this about a year ago and did not have it, but I have always loved sugar. It seems the more sugar I eat the more I want. When I am off of sugar, I don't crave it.
Posted 5/29/2015 5:41 PM (GMT 0)
Dancingbear

Y/f overgrowth test aren't real reliable, unfortunately. And the vast majority of MDs and even NDs aren't very well informed. Sx are a better indicator. I found this Naturopath's articles to be very informative:

www.holistichelp.net/candida.html

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