Does food sensitivity ever go away?

I had a some sugar and carbs (firsf time in many months) last weekend and felt like garbage the following week. But for me it made my heart race more and gave me head aches as well. I have heard from lyme friends that with longer trearment, food sensitivities start to fade. In general though we have to eat healthy in order to keep our immune system fighting at its best.

kml1997 -

The answer is absolutely YES - it can go away but not without intervening. You have a potential of two problems that need to be addressed.

You're obviously reacting to the sugar, which is likely because the sugar is feeding yeast/fungus, which is already overgrown and the feeding triggers more growth and when that happens, you experience the symptoms you describe.

The other potential issue you might have is the yeast/fungal overgrowth can cause damage to your GI - if left untreated a form of hyphae can develop and it literally drill holes into the mucosal lining of your GI.

This is how undigested foods, fecal matter, toxins and pathogens seem into your blood stream causing systemic problems, a hyper-immune response that can develop into auto-immune problems along with symptoms that get triggered because your immune system starts reacting to and creating antibodies to foods it finds in your blood stream. This is called leaky gut.

To manage both you need to rebalance the yeast/fungal overgrowth in your GI and the best and fastest way to do this is with antifungals AND in order for them to be effective while you're getting the y/f load down, you will absolutely have to stop consuming sugar. Period.

Of all of the unknowns in our world of Lyme, THIS is one of the few easy and black-and-white things. No more sugar - if you continue consuming sugar while you're taking antifungals, the y/f will develop resistance and your problem gets a lot more complicated and harder to solve. The good thing about this is - most people eat sugar because they crave it, which is not a natural state of the body. The more you reduce your yeast/fungal load, the fewer cravings you will have and the easier it is to maintain the restrictions.

Have you read the y/f overgrowth thread I posted in your previous thread about this? It has some good info in it - explains what the typical symptoms of both problems are and what antifungals work and how to implement them. It also explains my history with this and what I did to address it and what it takes to keep the problem managed in the future:

Y/FO post in the "New to Lyme?" thread:
www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=1606610&g=3644275#m3644275

-p

head and eye pressure in my case were bartonella. it dissapeared after a regimen with zithro+rifampin+mino.

your treatment history looks unconvincing. so have u never done double or triple intracellular antibiotics? only one abx at a time?

i think u were not treated properly and what u experience is neurolyme (eyes also included).

this is just my wild guess, not a doctor, so take it with a grain of salt....

I used to be super sensitive to sugar and gluten. I can tolerate it now but I dont wish to press my luck and mostly refrain.

I am still not certain what causes the eye pressure. Bart? Mold in the brain? I feel like the candida (or another dimorphic yeast) is under control. I know it played a role in the eye and surrounding area.

DS had a cow dairy allergy for 4-5 months, starting after he got bit and ending well before he finally got diagnosed. It just sort of came and went.

Oh good, I was thinking this was a permanent affect from Lyme. I have cut out carbs, dairy, and sugar this past week and will continue to do so for a while. I did some research and found OxyPowder.. I will be cleansing my GI tract next week with this. Not sure if you've ever heard of it? Following that, I will continue with Nystatin, slowly increasing each dose and keeping my diet clean.

Pirouette said...
kml1997 -

The answer is absolutely YES - it can go away but not without intervening. You have a potential of two problems that need to be addressed.

You're obviously reacting to the sugar, which is likely because the sugar is feeding yeast/fungus, which is already overgrown and the feeding triggers more growth and when that happens, you experience the symptoms you describe.

The other potential issue you might have is the yeast/fungal overgrowth can cause damage to your GI - if left untreated a form of hyphae can develop and it literally drill holes into the mucosal lining of your GI.

This is how undigested foods, fecal matter, toxins and pathogens seem into your blood stream causing systemic problems, a hyper-immune response that can develop into auto-immune problems along with symptoms that get triggered because your immune system starts reacting to and creating antibodies to foods it finds in your blood stream. This is called leaky gut.

To manage both you need to rebalance the yeast/fungal overgrowth in your GI and the best and fastest way to do this is with antifungals AND in order for them to be effective while you're getting the y/f load down, you will absolutely have to stop consuming sugar. Period.

Of all of the unknowns in our world of Lyme, THIS is one of the few easy and black-and-white things. No more sugar - if you continue consuming sugar while you're taking antifungals, the y/f will develop resistance and your problem gets a lot more complicated and harder to solve. The good thing about this is - most people eat sugar because they crave it, which is not a natural state of the body. The more you reduce your yeast/fungal load, the fewer cravings you will have and the easier it is to maintain the restrictions.

Have you read the y/f overgrowth thread I posted in your previous thread about this? It has some good info in it - explains what the typical symptoms of both problems are and what antifungals work and how to implement them. It also explains my history with this and what I did to address it and what it takes to keep the problem managed in the future:

Y/FO post in the "New to Lyme?" thread:
www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=1606610&g=3644275#m3644275

-p

I've only been on one abx each time. That does sound possible. I am thinking about IV abx in a few months if I end up ruling out y/f overgrowth. I know that rifampin has an IV option..maybe that will do the trick.
My LLMD is a highly rated one, so I always feel odd questioning him on his approaches

mpost said...
head and eye pressure in my case were bartonella. it dissapeared after a regimen with zithro+rifampin+mino.

your treatment history looks unconvincing. so have u never done double or triple intracellular antibiotics? only one abx at a time?

i think u were not treated properly and what u experience is neurolyme (eyes also included).

this is just my wild guess, not a doctor, so take it with a grain of salt....