healthwarrior

Well, it could be possible he has celiac, but also possible that he DOES have lyme, however they are finding that gluten free significantly reduces lyme symptoms since, just like carbs, the lyme bacteria feed on gluten and it also influences the autoimmune response, which is often involved in late stage lyme disease.

thanks so much for all your suggestions... I really appreciate them. Just one question about chili..... isn't the citric acid in tomato sauce not allowed on gluten-free diet? BTW- what is CF? I know gluten-free is gluten free.

also forgot to mention...... best testing lab for lyme is Igenex.... most regular labs get false negative results.

I should have clarified....... my symptoms have come on and off but when I went on antibiotics for the lyme... they all came at once. And, I can't get into this too much, but testing for lyme is very inaccurate and lyme is a clinical diagnosis... meaning you can still have it despite negative testing. Who knows, maybe people w/ celiac disease have all...

I have bad candida infection and am on long term antibiotics, which makes it even harder to control, so i avoid most carbs. Also, trying to lose more weight, about another 25 pounds. My lyme disease put on about 50 extra pounds on me before I began treatment.

Oy. so many to mention...... joint pain, knee swelling, severe fatigue- mental and physical, vasculitis of brain, severe light and sound sensitivity, severe worsening of symptoms are antibiotics, headaches, bone pain, stomach pain, severe jerking of limbs, severe encephalapathy, walk w/ cane, eye twiching, immune system problems, rib pain, chest pain, shortness...

awww. thanks so much for your offer to come cook for me!! ;-) Unfortunately, I am in NY, so would be quite a distance!!! ;-) Thank you all for your suggestions for meals. BTW, I don't eat rice or ANY grains, even gluten-free ones. -Nancy

Hi there, I am new to the forum and was very interested in something..... I have chronic late stage lyme disease, as well as Hashimotos, and have been very ill for 10 years. I just started seeing a nutritionist who is encouraging a gluten free diet to reduce my symptoms. Does anyone know the connection between lyme and gluten? I was tested for celiac...

Hi there. I am new here. I have not been diagnosed with celiac disease, but I have autoimmune thyroid disease and chronic lyme disease. I just saw a nutritionist who told me she feels gluten is severely contributing to my lyme and thyroid problems due to an autoimmune response. I am not sure how she knows this since I tested negative for celiac disease...