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I know that sugars and breads to not seem to agree well with lyme patients. Can someone, please give be a basic lyme diet to follow. I just received my third picc lyme, 11 years and still fighting!! I want to try to do everything right this time from diet to exercise to build by muscles up, etc.
Any information would be greatly appreaciated. Thank you!
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luvs2ride
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Its not really a lyme diet. It is eating as healthy as you can to support your immune system and avoiding foods that suppress your immune system like sugar.
We are each different as to what diet works best for us. One thing in common though is no sugar and no processed foods.
If you can afford it, find a doctor trained in nutrition. They can really help you determine which foods you should eat and which you should avoid.
When you are sick, your body can develop food allergies you never had before. These allergies can produce many symptoms.
Hope this helps.
Luvs
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High alkaline, low acid. Lots of veggies and fruits no processed foods or "white" flour. Whole grains only. No sugar or sugar substitutes. Lean meats.
I hope you do well!
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I'm one of the few here with many food allergies/intolerances.
No sugar, no processed foods, avoid all grains, dairy, eggs, red meat, fish - basically, high iron/copper foods seem to trouble me.
I also have difficulty digesting fats, the only tolerable one being grapeseed oil.
I tried sesame tahini (yum!) and it's feeding whatever lives in my shoulder blades. I'm a little disappointed because it made me feel better the first time I ate it, and I went out and bought 6 jars of it, only for it to make my shoulder blades swell again - with salt over veggies, it's better than cheese though!
Best bet - buy only single ingredient foods (with maybe water, salt, or ascorbic acid) and play around with what helps and what hurts.
It's also the nature of this disease for foods to flip-flop - asparagus being great one week, and a trigger food the next.
I don't seem to do well with Omega 3 fats either - is it me? Fish oils, cod liver oil, flaxseed oil - they all sicken me.
Question here for anybody with egg allergies - is it typical to be allergic to both the white and the yolk? I'm honestly not sure which I'm allergic to, and it would be a great source of Omega 3's.
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tailz
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I read somewhere that lignans feed parasites - I did not do well with flaxseed oil - high lignans.
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dmc
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great post lahines65, great answers. this thread is a keeper for me.
wow keebler, very thorough answer, lots of ideas.
Thanks for the info guys.
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Tailz
I am allergic to egg whites but not egg yolks. Too bad because I love them.
Also, one year ago I was not at all allergic to dairy. This year I tested allergic to cow casein and soy protein. That double whammy took lots out of my diet but once I got off it, I felt better.
I hope when I am well, these food allergies will be in the past.
Luvs
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I'm tempted to try eating egg yolks to see if I have an allergic reaction. See, if I were to ask for a bloodtest, it would be negative most likely to both the whites and the yolk, simply because I have avoided eggs for months.
I need my Omega 3's though. Hmmm? How daring am I?
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Well, I ate egg yolks today and didn't do all that bad. So I guess I'm only allergic to the egg white, huh?
Anybody else here with 'blood proven food allergies'???
After this, I'm convinced food allergies are not as individualized as we are made to believe when it comes to Lymies, and that if one Lymie is allergic, all of us might be.
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