What's the best diet for Lyme? How much sugar?

Drez

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Joined : Jan 2017

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Posted 2/26/2017 5:55 PM (GMT 0)

I'm trying to do everything to kill all these guys. I'm doing paleo and eating very little sugar only what's found naturally in veggies and very, very little fruit. What Ian I missing????

10LymeB

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Posted 2/26/2017 6:10 PM (GMT 0)

My nutritionist put me on the low FODmap diet, but I also have SIBO, Candida, and IBS. A lot of Lymies also have candida, so you're right to stay off sugar. You might also want to go off wheat - wheat is so terrible for you anyway. And by the way, I've been on a VERY STRICT diet for months and it's had little effect. I only know I don't feel worse. I'm hoping the tide changes soon. I figure it must take a long time to get the benefits.

Traveler

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Posted 2/26/2017 6:13 PM (GMT 0)

There are lots of "Lyme diets" - you just need to pick the one that works best for your body and your goals.

For those with yeast/fungal issues, they have to avoid the sugar in fruits as well.

There's a very detailed yeast/fungal post at the bottom of page 2 of the "New to Lyme" thread if you are interested in looking at that for ideas.

But for those that don't have yeast or fungal issues, a little very low sugar fruit is still good for us. Diets with lower carbs are generally tolerated better, as well as those that avoid heavily processed foods.

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