Is anybody else super carbohydrate -intolerant?

Hi texaslime -

I hear you on the carb reactions. Been there.

You could have a Lyme & Co infection in the gut. But that's also a classic symptom of yeast/fungal or mold overgrowth. These need to be addressed, likely before starting on any Lyme & Co tx. And if you've had bad GI reactions for 2 yrs, it might take awhile to clear this.

Those kinds of issues, particularly yeast/fungal overgrowth can damage the muosal lining of our GI. Have you ever heard of leaky gut? We take most everything orally - our nutrition, meds, supplements, support - and if the mucosal lining is damaged, we're not absorbing any of this well. Also, the toxins, undigested food and fecal matter can seep through this damage into the blood stream and this is why our immune system starts reacting to the food we eat.

Also, 70% of our immune system IS the mucosal lining of our GI so if it's compromised, you'll have difficulty with your treatment. No magical perfect combination of abx and herbs and detoxing can heal us w/out the support of our own immune systems.

This is why it's important to get to the bottom of your GI reactions.

You might want to check out this post I made in the New to Lyme? thread - on yeast and fungal overgrowth (sorry, it's really long) to see if any of this resonates with you and it has some diet and other solutions for you.
www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=1606610&g=3644275#m3644275

Carbs like breads, pasta, potatoes, rice - the simple carbs are treated like sugar in the body. Even the "whole wheat" versions are mostly processed flours, which really aren't healthy. Unless you make your own - many common reactions to these types of foods are the reason why people treating Lyme are going toward macro and paleo diets.

And gluten-free is even more complicated because the baked goods still need a protein binder, so something else is substituted that our bodies still react to.

Let me know if you have any questions -

-p

Post Edited (Pirouette) : 5/29/2017 5:40:02 PM (GMT-6)

Oh YES, actually Pirouette hit the nail on the head-LOL!most
Def. a sign of yeast overgrowth!!!

I used to be okay with carbs the first time I was being treated. But this time they seem to cause stomach issues. I was on antibiotics then and now herbs, which may explain that?

borrelioburgdorferii -

Glad that you have made those diet changes - very helpful w/ Lyme & Co tx. BTW, abx don't cause sugar cravings - it can create gut microbiome imbalance because it kills both good and bad bacteria. And the good bacteria are what keep the yeast/fungus from overgrowing. You have to treat the yeast/fungus with antifungals. Bactrim is an abx.

runningwild -
It's entirely possible you were already on the precipice for gut imbalance when you started the herbal tinctures. Nearly all tinctures are placed in an alcohol base (some use glycerine) but alcohol is...sugar. Additionally, antimicrobials also create some imbalance. They are generally thought to be more symbiotic with gut but not entirely WRT gut imbalance and possible yeast overgrowth or other bacterial imbalance.

There are also several other factors involved in gut microbiome imbalance, which has to do with diet changes, hormonal changes and other impacts of stress and endocrine imbalances, and also the infections can create imbalance.

-p