regarding diet.....Why?
Posted by luvs2ride (Member # 8090) on :
Medical schools do not concentrate on nutrition and most doctors have little to no knowledge about it. Hopefully, this is changing.
Posted by SForsgren (Member # 7686) on :
Different, but similar it seems... I have yet to hear of one that says eating sugar is fine, for example. Most seem to stress low sugar, low carb....
Posted by lymeHerx001 (Member # 6215) on :
I get burning stabbing pains from sugar... sorry
not one doctor can say way. A specialist once said cause it feeds the lyme.,,, but then again doesnt are blood always contain sugar anyways?
Posted by BostonLyme2005 (Member # 7680) on :
I was told, No Dietary Restictions....Maybe because I have not been ill for that long....BUT.....I am now going to do the almost no sugar, low caffiene, low carbs thing, see what happens....lots of water and lemon, and high fiber...
Posted by cantgiveupyet (Member # 8165) on :
I also was told no restrictions..... i thought it was due to my weight being so low. I never was a junk food junkie to begin with.... but i am watching what i eat.
Posted by Lymied (Member # 6704) on :
Some believe you should not take certain supplements to starve the lyme, others believe that this is bad because the lyme is going to eat what it needs and if you don't supplement then you will end up weak so you have to supplement...
Interesting...
Posted by flyers999 (Member # 1397) on :
Very few MDs, DOs or even Naturopaths do nutrition anymore. The cynic would say that they are more interested in selling drugs, vitamins, supplements and herbs to their patients because there is no money in nutrition counseling.
You have to go to a Nutritionist if you want this type of counseling. Since lyme is such a complicated illness, you would need to find one experienced with the disease.
Posted by hurtingramma (Member # 7770) on :
I asked my LLMD just the other day about the supplement thing - he took me off them. It is not that they feed the Lyme, but that they depress the body's own immune system.
Posted by dontlikeliver (Member # 4749) on :
Hmmmm Hurtinggramma,
That sure sounds odd. Did you/can you ask him to provide any supporting evidence for his statement that vitamins suppress the immune system?