I've posted this quite a few times, but I don't know if you've seen it. When I realized these things, it really helped me understand how to help my body heal:
With the experience that I had personally, and what I've watched others go through, here is what I believe needs to happen for many of us to heal:
a)Detoxing - gene mutations, mold exposure and multiple tick-borne infections can all prevent us from detoxing well, but we must be able to get those toxins out of our bodies. I have not had any of the gene mutation testing done, although I do seem to have the same kind of issues as those that do - so I figured it was best for me to assume that I did and work to get my body to detox much better.
It took a lot of diet changes as things with my body changed, I used a foot soak daily, dry skin brushing, making sure my bowels moved at least once a day (sorry if it's TMI!) pushing myself to drink at least 64 ounces of lemon water each and every day, Yogi brand detox tea, liver/gall bladder flushes (all natural), oil pulling, apple cider vinegar, Alpha lipoic acid, taking activated charcoal and keeping the amount of stress in my life at a bare minimum. You can find some really good detoxing suggestions in the "New to Lyme?" thread that sits at the top of the forum:
www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=1606610And this is another good list of possible detoxing routines:
www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.htmlb)Supporting the body functions/systems. We have to have the body working at it's peak performance to heal from something as devastating as these infections. Supporting any gland, organ, body system that is struggling will allow the body to switch it's 'concentration' from just trying to function over to healing.
c) Raise the immune function. Many legitimate Lyme researchers now believe that it's the lowered immune function that determines who gets chronic Lyme and who heals right away. We already know that Lyme lowers the immune function and when a person has Bartonella and/or Babesia, the immune function is further compromised, so to heal we must raise our immune function.
d) Lastly, oddly enough, are anti-infective treatments. Many of us have experienced treatment failures​ or set backs​, so we can see that the treatments aren't the only thing we need to have - there has to be more to the equation, but anti-infective treatments are very important!! Lyme bacteria are one of the most complicated bacteria! ​Although it takes only hours or days for most bacteria to replicate, Lyme bacteria only replicates in the body every few weeks.​
I think the most important part of anyone's diet should be to avoid sugar. This is because we have very real and sometimes very serious battles with yeast and fungal issues due to the meds we are on - both pharma and natural. Other than that, it becomes more of a personal choice, depending on what works best for your body. I am careful to avoid most processed foods, but a lot of my motivation comes from a fairly serious soy allergy and soy is in most everything now, but I'm also as organic as I can be, and eat a low carb yet high protein diet as this works best for me while healing my adrenals.
Supplements are also quite personal, with a few exceptions. Everyone needs magnesium, simply because the ground our food is grown in is deficient in magnesium.
www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/types-of-magnesium/ A good multi vitamin/ multi mineral supplement will go a long way to helping your body find balance again too.