Dufresne, unfortunately for me, a completely carb free diet for me results in rapid weight loss. I'm unable to absorb fats efficiently due to lack of bile flow (ox bile only works a little for this) so can't load up on fats. Doesn't matter how many digestive/pancreatic enzymes and betaine hcl I take, I still don't seem absorb protein efficiently. So my only hope is to kill whatever it is!!
Lyme testing is very expensive isn't it? Where are you located? I don't think Lyme is very common in Australia.
I had a similar problem with rapid weight loss, though mine seems to have been due to low stomach acid (of course hypochloridia leads to SIBO too). I originally solved this by taking 1 oz of vinegar with meals (I can't take betaine HCI). Unfortunately I sensitized to vinegar shortly afterwards and had to stop. However, serendipitously I stumbled upon a rather counter-intuitive solution when I started on the pleomorphism diet. Counter-intuitive because the primary purpose of the diet is to alkalize. It improved my digestion in a matter of days and I started putting on the pounds. Even better though, I felt more clearheaded and lighthearted than with just about anything else. It was as if my system was throwing up a guard against the onslaught of mammalian meats I was giving it and decreasing gastric juices. The difference is profound and has to be integral to my recovery process. You'll see, though, it's rather restrictive when you combine it with the sugar/carb free diet, but if it works, you gotta stay with it.
All this as I digest filet mignon - but nobody's perfect, eh?
Werthmann Hypoallergetic-
renic-restoration Diet
Avoid!
Mammalian meats (beef, pork,
lamb, etc.)
Cow's milk and all dairy
products: yogurt, cottage cheese,
ice cream, chocolate, cheese and
cheese dishes
Nuts and nut dishes
Chicken egg white, egg dishes,
cakes, etc.
Pork, Nam and 5ausages
Citrus Fruit (except lemon and
lime)
All Histamine rich meats: Rabbit,
Venison, Anchovies, sardines
No Canned foods or Foods
containing preservatives
No refined sugars or products
containing them - carbonated
soft drinks
Yeast and yeast containing foods
Permitted:
All vegetables, potatoes,
etc.(Salads
Chestnutso Rice (brown)
Beans (Mung, adzuki etc.-soak 6
hrs., cook in fresh water)
Soy dishes (seaweed: powdered
kelp, kombu, dulse, nori)
Egg yolk
Grain dishes - preferably
unrefined and low gluten (millet,
qulnOa, buckwheat)
Fruit (except citrus and melons) -
should be eaten before 12 pm-
noon.
Pineapple is permitted all day.
Chicken (white meat) and Fish
(only __ times per week)
As for Lyme down there, you'll find groups if you google it. I came across the following:
Myths surrounding Lyme Disease in Australia
(there is also a downloadable version of this list here)
- There is no Lyme Disease in Australia this is FALSE. The misconception that Lyme Disease does not exist in Australia is based on a study in 1994 by Russell and Doggett. There were numerous problems with this study and its methodology, which are the focus of an upcoming article in the Medical Journal of Australia. By contrast Willis was able to identify the bacteria that causes Lyme Disease in Australian ticks in 1995. In addition to this Carly and Pope found an Australian strain of Borrelia, Borrelia Queenslandica in 1962. A 1959 study by Mackerras isolated Borrelia on Australian fauna kangaroos, wallabies and bandicoots, this was also omitted. Adding to this is the fact that a large number of diagnosed Lyme Disease patients in Australia have never travelled out of Australia. More study desperately needs to be done on Lyme Disease in Australia.
