First thing my llmd told me...PALEO diet

www.tiredoflyme.com/diet.html

rowingmom,

This week I am going complete organic.....making small progress being just sugar free,dairy free,even eggs due to allergy found on blood test.

When I first started,ate way too much beef.....kidney functions started to decrease. creatinine was rising.

Your story is amazing,what a Mom you are! (am a Dad)

I'd like to respond to this, because in my lyme fight, learning to cook and bake in the paleo style has been a real joy.

I quit alcohol when I was diagnosed with interstitial cystitis, which we believe is merely a factor of my lyme. A few months later, with my positive ELISA and 18band on the Western Blot, I quit sugar. MUCH easier than I thought it would be, as I was a sugar fiend!

Then I took up the Wahls Paleo diet. I threw myself at it....sort of. I could get behind the 9 cups of vegetables a day, at the beginning, and the grass-fed meat. I had a hard time with the organ meat and the salmon. But even without them, I felt REALLY good on that diet! It was the money that curbed my WAHLS enthusiasm, however. For me it wasn't sustainable. (That said....if you can do it, I highly recommend it! Read the book, it's fascinating.)

Now I'm 'down' to regular old paleo. I had turned my nose up at this diet for years....now I'm reaping the benefits. My husband and I are now grain free, eat organic pasturized eggs and grass free meat. We try to eat as many organic vegetables as possible. We also drink as much bone broth as I can make!

Lately however, we've fallen down the rabbit hole of paleo baking! Way too many paleo muffins and pancakes. Yes, they're grain free...but they're still treats, with honey in them. We gotta get off this train! But they're so darn good!

If I don't see big changes on this diet as I move forward, aside from the great relief of being gluten and sugar free, I'm afraid I'm going to have to attempt the autoimmune paleo protocol, which seems like a LOT more work, as it's a lot more restrictive. However....anything for my health.

I have gone beyond the Paleo Diet and have eliminated all carbs in order to treat Candida - and I have to tell you, I have had amazing results thus far. Plan to write a new thread about it this week - was just to busy digging out the snow this weekend LOL

yes going gluten free really helped my gut heal, right now it's been 6 months since it is back to normal.

i really don't know what to say about going paleo/candida diet. for me it was not helpful and it only made me lose weight when i was already underweight. if you want to do it you should buy some books and balance some aspects. For example if i would have had the knowledge i have now about diet i would have added hemp protein to my daily meals, i was not eating enough proteins and that's exactly what your body needs when fighting infection.

rowingmom said...
Organic paleo diet. You don't want to be introducing more toxins for you body to deal with (ie pesticides). Don't even think about eating conventional meat products. They need to be pastured.

I think Terry Wahls is a prime example of what a paleo diet should be. Real food, mostly vegetables, some meat (not all muscle).

Good post.

I agree! I recently celebrated 1 year gluten-free, and 4 months dairy/corn free. It was the dairy/corn that I feel was one of the big leaps forward in my healing. I think my gut is healed because, before when I used to eat peanut butter, I'd break out in hives. I accidentally ate a half of peanut butter protein bar the other day and the hives never happened! I am eating paleo but my adrenals are toast right now after trying to play tennis. Might add back in some gluten free oats for energy. See what happens...

I believe in balance and that's why I find it so hard to make changes to my diet. Though I have significantly reduced dairy, I haven't completely eliminated it. I don't have any food intolerances. I have cut out sugar, refined, not natural.

The thing I find difficult with paleo is that one has to eliminate grains and I love my morning oatmeal. It keeps me full and balances blood sugar with the addition of cinnamon. Plus I can add fruits and nuts. I have a super fast metabolism so I find I have to eat carbs in order to stay full for a few hrs. I keep reading how paleo is great especially for those will chronic illness. I can't afford to lose weight, so I need to eat all kinds of food.

so much great info,i also still eat oatmeal (w berries and nuts,cin) with 1 slice of whols grain bread....pretty much my whole day intake of sugars.

the reason in the morning is to get these meds and supps in my system,without irritating my stomach,i use coconut milk w almond milk to make oatmeal.....its really good!

feeling better than i have felt in a long time.

up days,with some down........never say "never"

Chapelle said...
rowingmom said - "he PefectHealthDiet recommends cooked and cooled (to increase the amount of resistant starch available for gut bacteria) white rice or white potatoes for the carbohydrate necessary for proper mucous production in the gut/lungs etc." -

Today, I lost it. 39 boxes of girl scout cookies came in. How could I RESIST? LOL
I had 1 of each cookie. Felt a reaction, but not nearly to the extent I would have a few weeks ago. Whew. Raincity said it wasn't too hard to avoid sweets. It was impossible in the beginning for me, but it is getting easier.....but I still couldn't resist those girl scout cookies!!! LOL

It becomes very easy to resist junk if you are well nourished (and think about all the gut/immune dysregulating pesticides they contain). I think your need for carbs is obvious, and it's good that you aren't reacting to a small amount any more.

PHD suggests some resistant (cooked, cooled, reheated) rice or potatoes (with fat - coconut, olive, red palm kernel oil, pastured butter) daily. I can't wait for dinner to have mine. The rest of the day is carb free.