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). Why can you not have milk on the paleo diet? I know that it is stuff that the cavemen lived off, but I am really worried about my calcium.
I would say if someone's health is clearly declining then its important to find out for sure what he is up against. I used to have this attitude of invincibility, which is what got me in trouble in the first place. When I got the bite I just ripped it out myself, detaching the head in the process and not even bothering to swab it with a disinfectant. I didn't go to see a doctor. Several weeks later I became extremely sick, worse than any cold or flu I had seen. I could barely breathe enough to say the word "hospital" when I woke my parents at night. The doctor there told me I had asthma and an infection that was not the flu. They got me breathing and sent me home with an inhaler and a 3-pak of Zithromax. I never used the inhaler or the antibiotics because I did not trust the evil pharmaceutical companies and doctors just throw antibiotics at you when they don't know what you have. I figured it will be over in a few days, like every other cold and so it was. What I did not know was that the 3 pills would have remained in my system for 3 weeks and wiped out the lyme easily in that early stage. Several months later, I started having severe back pain without any previous injury, then a bee-sting somehow "activated" my bulls-eye rash and made it clearly visible, whereas before it was just a bit itchy where the center turned out to be. When the rash appeared it was already the size of my entire back, maybe 24 inches in diameter. This was a very lucky turn of events, because had I not gotten stung, that would have been me complaining online years later that I keep getting sicker and I don't know whats wrong.
This infection has ways to shut down and screw with your immune response, so thinking you can beat it only by eating well when it has already become established is ill-advised. I agree there is an x-factor here to explain why some get sick and others control it. I think that x-factor is the emf exposure. This infection is extremely sensitive to emfs. Something about its size and shape picks up resonance in the microwave range and people experiment with rife devices to try and kill it without drugs. I think its more important to avoid aggravating it in the first place by being constantly inundated with non-ionizing radiation. This will probably put it into a more docile form that the immune system can more effectively deal with. Wild animals are probably all walking around with the bacteria and never get sick. But besides their natural diet, they are also not walking around with cell phones and vaccine-damaged immune systems. The diet is an enormous factor in health but it is not everything in every case.
The standard test is outdated and checks only for a few most common antibodies and all antibody tests may miss the case if you are tested too soon after exposure before your body had a chance to develop an immune response. Some people with weak immune systems may not show up on the test until they have taken antibiotics. Specialists will at least send for a lab called igenex which tests for a much wider variety of antibodies that have recently been associated with lyme. They will also check for the common coinfections such as babesia, bartonella, mycoplasma, etc. If you have the money, they can do more advanced testing, such as polymerase chain reaction which will prove by dna what infections are present
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Yes, that is exactly what I meant. Now I'm nearly 100% sure its lyme. When my dog had it the vet knew it because he would be limping on a different paw every couple weeks, then his skin would break out or he would start acting sick or throwing up for no apparent reason. You just described the effects of chronic lyme. The infection will sequester itself in your joints, brain, nervous system, and intestines to hide from the immune system. Basically as far away from your circulatory system as it can get. It also steals the "skin" of your cells to mask itself which sensitizes your immune system to your own tissues, causing various autoimmune reactions. Then it has a life cycle of 3-4 weeks where it is spreading and causing symptoms before it goes dormant into a cyst for a while before multiplying. Different locations may become activated at different times, or they may go dormant for a while and you think you are fine then bam something comes back maybe next month, maybe 2 years later, and its worse than last time. If you take antibiotics, but they weren't strong enough or you didn't take it long enough to nearly wipe it out it will go into "defense mode" and you will enter into a rapid decline in health. This happened to me, my primary gave me 2 weeks of pills and I was eating junk food the whole time with a cell phone in my pocket 24/7 and didn't take a probiotic after. When I told him the symptoms came back as soon as I ran out of pills he told me to take some tylenol because he wasn't prescribing any more. When I started getting worse than I was before I sought out a specialist.
What the infection is doing is it is corkscrewing itself through all of your tissues and dumping neurotoxins everywhere. Especially in your muscles, nervous system, and intestines. This will leave the sheathing of your nerves looking something like swiss cheese or a lamp cord that a mouse thought was lunch. You can probably feel this effect when you stretch or twist your arm or wrist the "wires" will get crossed and you will feel like you had an electroshock shooting up your arm as you lose your grip and drop things all the time. The cartilage in your joints will be eaten away. When its in your brain, you will have anxiety and depression, you will begin to wonder if you are not half autistic and why you have the short term memory of a goldfish. I used to walk out of a room and have no clue where I was going or what I wanted to do. I'd be driving and suddenly be lost and have no idea where I was or where I was going until I saw the next sign. Scary stuff, but god forbid it goes into your heart muscle, then your very life may be at risk. Let me not say what happens here but its only a short google away.
This is the fastest growing epidemic right now and that's with less than an estimated 10% of cases are being reported. There is a huge controversy surrounding chronic lyme. Some dare even say conspiracy to keep people sick and taking drugs they don't need.
The longer you go untreated, the harder it is to get rid of. Most people who progress to stage 2 or 3 have an extremely hard time getting better. I was in stage 2 and I don't think I would have made a full recovery were it not for committing myself to being healthy through ketosis, paleo style eating, and raw animal foods. You seem to be late in stage 2 which is lucky for someone who had it for 3 years, but you are still young. Another thing is that the lyme can make you sensitive to emfs when it eats away the myelin that shields your nerves. This is different than the skin rash I got from doxycycline. This is felt as muscle pain and stiffness, and tingling in your extremities, or severe sharp headaches when making cell phone calls. Also getting sleepy during the day and having insomnia at night.
I'd say the most important things to speed your recovery, after getting your diet in order, are getting rid of wifi, bluetooth, and cordless phones, and keeping all cell phones in the home forwarded to the house line and in airplane mode. This can be hard for a young person, just get a computer that can be hardwired to your modem and learn to talk to your friends over the internet instead of texting. Its especially important that all the phones are off overnight. When you are out try to keep the phone off and just check your messages periodically or better yet just let the home answering machine get it. If the phone must be on, never ever keep it in your pocket and try not to hold it in your hand. Wired headsets and speakerphones are key. Also be aware of your proximity to electrical wiring and cords, especially overnight. Try to stay away from walls in general. Switches and outlets are a good guideline, but if you are not in the basement, consider the lighting fixtures in the floor beneath you. Never use any lighting with a dimmer switch or fluorescent tube if you can help it. Replace them with standard switches and LED if possible. I just keep the circuit breakers for the lights and outlets in my bedroom shut off and open the shades and use an led lantern or flashlight at night. If I lived alone I would just shut off the whole panel at night.
About the organ meats, I can find most of them online in mail order or can have them delivered from a farm co-op. Whatever I can't find at all I supplement with raw dessicated capsules. Try northstarbison.com they have the widest consistent selection I've seen online. Or Eatwild.com to find a farm you can go to or get deliveries from.
I apologize if I am being too thorough in my recommendations and some of this stuff is over your head. But I think you have a unique opportunity to get better, having found this forum. Some of the wisest conversations on the internet happen right here. Before I joined here, for years it was like every smart and interesting health topic I would type into google to research would pop up as a topic here or at least be mentioned.
.I seem to have gone through a similar experience, becoming ill out of the blue. There can be multiple factors that involved , so it may be impossible for you to ever get a proper diagnosis.
Often times the combined effects of deficiency, environmental toxicity and food intolerance's can build up until the body hits a breaking point.
Its important when attempting to heal and rejuvenate from an unknown condition, to do so holistically.
What is your current diet? Is there any foods that may be causing you issues?
I was personally intolerant to dairy, and gluten, and was sensitive to all starches.
Vegetable oils would clog up my liver and gall bladder.
You must first element any foods which may be causing you problems. Then you can work on rebuilding with nutritional healing, and other lifestlye changes which would be beneficial.
Hi Ninja, I have been dealing with a 17th yrs old boy who is suffering from severe depression and anxiety. Past 7th months on and off on orthomolecular irregular treatment with controlled diet, which did not help him. But past month, he actually visited his orthomolecular doctor and within a month his doctor detected 3 causes. 1)severe D3 deficiency, 2)pyroluria 3)hypoglycemia.
the reason i m writing this to u, it looks similar ur sufferings to that boy
1) Some people like cooking the meats and then gradually reducing the cooking temperature by 1 degree every so often, using and then gradually reducing any extra processed sauces, until they can eat it raw at room-temperature on its own. Others like to go cold turkey. I don't think it matters but some people may find it easier on a psychological level to transition slowly.
2) There are some very paranoid theories about parasites being everywhere - Hulda Clarke is a big guru on those fears. They are, however, groundless. Take me, for example, I only ever once got some parasites in my system(harmless tapeworms) and quickly got rid of them via a prescription from a local doctor. The point is that, despite my eating many tons of raw wild game over the years, I only ever got infected once and, even then, that was not from raw wild game but from raw, grassfed meats. The point is that very few RPDers ever report incurring parasites, and on the very rare occasions they do, the symptoms are generally harmless and easily gotten rid of.
3) Freezing damages the cell-membranes which means nutrient-loss occurs much more quickly after thawing. So, once you thaw a food you should eat it immediately rather than refreezing it.
Aajonus claims that freezing is c.25% as bad as cooking. Not sure that is correct. Freezing does reduce the taste of the raw meats, once thawed, of course. Enzymes get slightly denatured by cooking. One long-term RPDer claims that enzymes are gradually destroyed by freezing until, after 10 weeks, they are fully destroyed - not sure if that is true as no evidence was shown to support this.
4) Yes, they are all fine. Do NOT bother to smother such foods in coconut oil or whatever nonsense. You should try eating them all on their own.
5) Aajonus was half-charlatan/half-genius. Some of his claims were so obviously out-of-this-world that they just had to be lies(the coyote story, for example, which included Biblical references re 40 days in the wilderness etc.) Yet so many other ideas(eg:- "high-meat") he put forward turned out to be right even though I had scoffed at them in the beginning.
Your colon has been worn out due to your drastic diet and your taking of prunes and other fiber aids and low fat diet. Enormous stools.
You can get relief for yourself with oral castor oil 30ml.
Relief with warm water enemas.
Relief with olive oil enemas.
Pick your tools.
You need to rebuild your colon muscles. Raw paleo diet is good at that. Fruit and raw meat and raw fat, little vegetables or juiced veggies, raw starches.
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Find your activation dose (number of capsules to take just before getting diarrhea), take that dose every day for 60 days. Your colon will become a CHAMPION.
And learn to squat when you poop.
Sounds like lyme disease with possible coinfections and parasites from a bug bite.
Have you had any tick/spider/mosquito/horsefly bites before your symptoms began?
Do some of your symptoms seem to cycle every few weeks getting better then worse again?
Do you live or ever go in the woods or on grassland near the forest?
Do you have pets that go out in the yard and then back in the house?
If you answered yes to any of these you should get tested. Most doctors will be reluctant to test for lyme depending on where you live and whether you present a bullseye rash or not and the standard test misses most cases anyway. You should find a lyme specialist who will test you thoroughly and accurately. If you show positive I would try to avoid taking doxycycline, this drug made me get skin rashes when I'm around wireless devices and computers.
Whatever your issue may be, the raw paleo diet will only make you stronger and make your body better able to fight and heal. I always suggest a vey high fat and very low carb or ketogenic version of raw paleo to achieve the most healing, but that is for advanced dieters and can be harmful if done incorrectly. One step at a time. Don't be afraid of raw saturated fat, this is the best fuel for your body. And don't live in fear of bacteria and parasites in meat, they are unavoidable in life and trying to constantly disinfect yourself, your food, and your surroundings will do more harm than good. I wouldn't worry at all about any 100% grass fed meat, go ahead and have it fresh never frozen. The grain fed stuff is more likely to have a poor balance of bacteria and contain bad parasites so if you want to include that in your diet you should freeze it to kill the parasites and weaken the bacteria.
Having lots of raw organ meats is very wise for healing. Especially the specific organs you are trying to heal. Its good to have a wide variety but you should focus on raw tripe, heart, and brains.
I would recommend cutting out the dairy, but definitely don't replace it with smart balance. If you must have dairy, try to minimize the milk proteins by having butter or double cream if you can find it. Heavy whipping is too milky.
You mentioned that you took antibiotics. If you didn't take a probiotic after that you may have worsened your gut problems. Look into a probiotic with sbo (soil based organisms). This is supposed to be very good at fighting anything pathogenic in the gut. For an advanced probiotic you might look into making "high meat" out of the cleanest 100% grass-fed and never frozen meats.
Aajanous was a great man for bringing attention to the safety and health benefits of raw food, especially raw meat. Why he chose to surround his wisdom with so many tall tales, I'll never know. I wouldn't trust his specific recommendations and recipes or his theories about disease. Instead just see the underlying theme that helped people was raw food including large amounts of raw animal fat.
