im new to all of this..so can anyone tell me if carb intake affects lyme symptoms?
Posted by gwenb (Member # 7217) on :
In short - yes. Borrelia can use carbohydrate energy more efficiently than other types of food. A low carb diet is an ESSENTIAL tool in successfully battling Lyme. Choose low-glycemic and low glycemic-load foods.
Gwen
Posted by clairenotes (Member # 10392) on :
Carbohydrate intake does affect me. I cannot eat any carbs except potatos and, for some reason, corn tortillas (fresh). I can't quite remember how it affected me since it has been so long now that I have eaten carbs. But I think it affected my sinuses and lymphatic system... an inflammatory response, maybe.
My understanding is that carbs turn to sugar inside, which is not good. Sugar feeds Bb and others.
I feel much better anyway without them, so it is easy for me to not want to eat them.
Claire
Posted by tyevansmom (Member # 10609) on :
thanks 4 the reply gwen..im very new to all of this..have only had clinical diagnosis for lyme so i've been a little skeptical whether i really have it or not..but i've seen that when i eat a high-carb meal, i REALLY REALLY pay the following day. guess i was trying to see if other folks with lyme experienced this..if so, i guess im a little closer to believing that lyme is whats causing all these crazy things to happen to my body
Posted by CaliforniaLyme (Member # 7136) on :
Carbohydrate utilization by the Lyme borreliosis spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi Kate von Lackum1, Brian Stevenson1* Abstract
Growth kinetic analyses of Borrelia burgdorferi indicated that this bacterium can utilize a limited number of carbon sources for energy: the monosaccharides glucose, mannose, and N-acetylglucosamine, the disaccharides maltose and chitobiose, and glycerol. All of these carbohydrates are likely to be available to B. burgdorferi during infection of either vertebrate and arthropod hosts, enabling development of a model describing energy sources potentially used by the Lyme borreliosis spirochete during its natural infectious cycle.
Posted by 5dana8 (Member # 7935) on :
Carbs convert to sugar in the body. Sugar is not good for lyme & yeast problems as already posted by the above people. Yeast can be a huge problem for lyme patients partically when on abx treatments and partly from the lyme too.
You can do a search here & there is a ton of information & articles on lyme & diet.