Alpha-gal allergies are becoming more common but the medical community still hadn't actually listed it as a potential condition the last time I read about
it. It will become more of a problem in the future.
I see more of a problem coming from Neu5Gc. For "normal" people, their immune system can clear Neu5Gc and they never know about
it. For Lyme patients who have either hyperactive or down regulated immune responses, they often cannot tolerate it. It causes a state of constant inflammation due to antibody formation and with constant inflammation already from Lyme, nutrient deficiency rapidly occurs. The reason whole plant based diets are so beneficial is because: 1. you aren't eating Neu5Gc and 2. you are getting a higher nutrient intake.
When you look at why we don't produce Neu5Gc like other mammals, you see that about
10,000 years ago, our body evolved and stopped making it. You will see that it altered our susceptibility to malaria from p. simium and made us resistant to it. We now see a some cases of p. simium infection in South America, so the plasmodium has evolved. We usually only get malaria from about
5 plasmodium species.
So when we react to eating animal protein (like I do), there are a lot of issues going on at the cellular level to alter these glycoproteins, sugars, and acids attached to the erythrocytes. G6PD deficiency is one of them. My 23andme showed I have this and it is because my body "changed" through epigenetic shifts to decrease replication of the plasmodium infection that I have. The literature supports my original assumption.
Never assume it is just borrelia causing your problems. It is only a small piece in a very big puzzle. It may be a corner piece, but it's only a piece.
Some Neu5Gc info.
/www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/publish/news/newsroom/11551