Lyme diet the reality

So I'm on doxy 400mg day for 6 weeks for a rash I found 4weeks ago, when I met with my Lyme Dr and asked about diet he said eat healthy but didn't mention being too strict
What is the reality? I'm vegetarian and eat a lot of curry which has fresh spices and fresh veg etc if I occasionally want to eat a pizza... can I?

My LLMD follow dr gundry. No grains, no cow dairy, minimal sugar. He had me do the diet for a month before starting antibiox, and I herxed on the diet alone!

I forgot to add this - I could not eat pizza, hence my screen name. I came to the conclusion that it was tomatoes, not the dough. I actually got physically ill eating pizza after being infected.

Since being healed I have only had it one time and did a spinach pizza with very little sauce. After being sick on pizza, pizza has now lost all appeal. Cured my want for it completely.

Avoiding nightshades is so sad when your diet is so restricted already. I did it anyway, just in case. That's one of the main food groups to avoid when being on the AIP (Autoimmune Protocol).

I would actually have to assess if it was the elimination of nightshades that made me feel better. I also eliminated at the same time eggs, cheese, grains (regular consumption of quinoa and buckwheat), making it difficult to distinguish what was the reason of improvement. So among the foods that I plan to reintroduce first are tomato and peppers.

If you can eat a pizza now and then, DO IIIIT! Have one for me. I used to eat pizza but realized dairy gave me huge mood swings and depression.

My LLMD just told me he doesn't think gluten-free is necessary (unless you obviously have problems with it).

I think it makes sense for ANYONE, but especially those on abx to eat low sugar. You're too susceptible to Candida, and sugar crashes.

I think it totally depends on your sensitivities (if any). If you manage to heal with a "normal" diet, good for you.

In my experience, the progress was too slow and my depression too bad to just eat whatever. Diet became the only thing I could control between dr visits. Can't prescribe myself meds, can't afford saunas or chambers and such. Can't willpower the bugs away. The only way to help myself was to eat healthy.

I kept a food diary for a long time, noting the ingredients I used as well. Parallel to that list I wrote down when I felt particularly sick, cranky, or had symptoms. In just a month or two the patterns stuck out clearly and since cutting my problem foods (dairy, corn, and soy) I feel much better mentally.

It takes a severe toll on my time and social life, though. At this point, I can cook only for myself and can't let anyone invite me for dinner. Picnics, potlucks, parties, I either find the strength to prepare my own meal, or just don't go. Never get to go out to eat anymore :-(

So if you can feel good while avoiding that isolation, go for it!!!!

This is so helpful all thank you. It sounds like it's a very individual thing and there is no one size fits all approach. Petza I only just made the connection with the name! Yes being sick on it is a good way to lose the craving! Mpost I love your approach and hope your right in that I can eat anything! It's so hard with such restrictions, thanks again for all your advice.

For whatever reason I have noticed no correlation between symptoms and diet. Other than the one time I tried a ketogenic (paleo) diet I felt much much worse for 4 weeks. So I quit it and felt more "normal" again.

Otherwise, I eat whatever, whenever.

Jason

astroman said...

The Warrior said...
Avoiding nightshades is so sad when your diet is so restricted already. I did it anyway, just in case. That's one of the main food groups to avoid when being on the AIP (Autoimmune Protocol).

I would actually have to assess if it was the elimination of nightshades that made me feel better. I also eliminated at the same time eggs, cheese, grains (regular consumption of quinoa and buckwheat), making it difficult to distinguish what was the reason of improvement. So among the foods that I plan to reintroduce first are tomato and peppers.

I just googled the Autoimmune protocol diet. This link shows the "allowable" Paleo diet foods that are forbidden on the AIP diet. Wow- there seriously is not much left to eat! That would be an issue.

/www.thepaleomom.com/start-here/the-autoimmune-protocol/

I did three months of Whole30 diet which is a little more restrictive than just Palio , but not like AIP diet. In those three months one autoimmune antibody previously elevated for 20 years normalized. I have added only few things back in moderation after the original three month (G/F non-GMO grains), in month nine right now. I ate sweet peppers, sweet potatoes, tomatoes and nuts the whole time and that antibody still improved. I avoided hot peppers and regular potatoes.

Seems like milk products, gluten, small seeds and sugar were are the most important ones for me to avoid. I tried Kerfir three times this week- and got a mini stomach ache each time. All forms of milk still hate me.

Yes, it sucks. I know that what kills me is anything that turns into sugar. I don't think dairy, nightshades, or eggs, have ever been an issue for me, I eliminated them just in case to decrease all inflammation to the max and have my system resurface with more ease. At some point I even went further than the AIP with the restrictions. It's been very intense. But now that the inflammation has decreased I started reintroducing certain foods.