Increasing Raw Vegetables/fruits, decreasing Meat/Fat

I had to give up roasted vegetable pizza - hence my name.... Something about it made me sick.

Oh and organic coffee ice cream. It has been over a year...... I loved those 2 things.

So my name could have been IScream. lol

Glad I made you laugh Sam!!!

There is some super healing in laughter.

I am always good for a laugh - every time I look in the mirror.

you too Sam. We need to laugh more and worry less.

Happy dreams!!

Its personal I think. I have a lot of digestive problems. Eating raw is a very good idea but not for the chronically ill. Usually the digestive system cant cope, sick people need more cooked food. There are some foods that arent taxing if you eat them raw - zuchinis, cucumbers, some leafy greens, fruits......raw 20% and cooked 80% is what I have seen recommended by Andreas Moritz (if my memory is serving me well, today).
Fish is the easiest protein for me to digest, the others are hard work and I feel ill and tired after I eat them. They say it takes 6 hours to digest protein and its not a good idea to have it in the evening meal or you cant sleep at night. Starches take 3 hrs. Its best not to eat them together it makes digesting the protein even harder. For me grains and pulses are very hard to digest. So I eat fish because you must eat protein for your body to repair itself. A good idea is to look at taking a very good digestive enzyme product, have bitters or apple cider vinegar before a meal and look up some sites on ayurveda and digestion. I have spices in every meal - coriander seeds, coriander, cumin seeds, caraway seeds, black pepper etc....the best of all for digestion is ginger. Ayurveda practitioners recommend a product called trikatu which is several different black peppers and ginger. All of these over time can support your digestive health.
First of all do some experimenting and find out what you are digesting well, and concentrate on those. Learn more about what you can do and what works for your digestive system and personal tastes.

Many lyme sufferers have digestive issues but there is still a lot you can do to make it easier.

I love fish for my protein. So many choices and so many ways to cook it.

ArtAngel thank you for the tip about trikatu. I am going to pick some of that up.

If red meat is the issue, RMSF can cause an alpha-gal allergy - alpha-gal is found in red meat:
www.sciencemag.org/news/2012/11/ticked-about-growing-allergy-meat

Although this article tells of a more serious reaction, I've also talked with those that have more minor issues and RMSF is still suspected:
"The meat allergy, known as alpha-gal for a sugar carbohydrate found in beef, lamb, and pork, produces a hivelike rash—and, in some people, a dangerous anaphylactic reaction—roughly 4 hours after consuming meat. But unlike other common food allergies, the alpha-gal allergy has been found only in people who have been bitten by ticks—specifically the lone star tick"

And, not all that have RMSF get this allergy.

I do agree with ArtAngel, in that most of us need more cooked foods, as our digestive processes are usually compromised and why so many of us usually deal with some level of leaky gut.

Gee Simon thanks for the visual! I can't believe he pulled that out of his nose. I wish I could unsee that. Not missing red meat any longer.

Thanks for posting a working link, Simon! And LOVE the alternative link as well!!