EXCLUSIVE – Woman, 38, whose undiagnosed Lyme disease left her ‘MINUTES from death’ reveals how plant-based diet nearly DESTROYED her body – before she turned to strict carnivore regimen that completely cured her symptoms
- Angela Lerro, 38, from Los Angeles, stopped eating most meat and fish in 2013
- She began fainting up to 20 times a day and suffering from anaphylaxis
- Angela learned her diet was killing her after being diagnosed with Lyme disease
A woman who was advised to follow a plant-based diet after being diagnosed with breast cancer and having a mastectomy has opened up about how shunning meat almost killed her while she was suffering from undiagnosed Lyme disease.
Angela Lerro, 38, from Los Angeles, stopped eating most meat and fish and lived mainly on vegetables and colorful salad dishes for three years after undergoing surgery in 2013.
But instead of feeling better, she began fainting up to 20 times a day, breaking out in hives and rashes, and suffering from heightened anxiety and anaphylaxis. She became so bloated, she looked pregnant.
The reiki master was told it was post-cancer ailments, but her symptoms were actually caused by undiagnosed Lyme disease, which she’d been unknowingly battling for over 30 years. (See link for article)
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**Comment**
This is quite the journey this poor woman has lived. I pray something within will help someone out there who has barked up every tree but still hasn’t found any answers – or should I say THE answer?
As always, this is not medical advice. Make sure you are working with an experienced Lyme literate doctor. But, as is often the case with Lyme/MSIDS, we simply have to experiment.
Angela went on the “Lion Diet” otherwise known as the “ultimate elimination diet,” to reduce inflammation. Angela believes that ruminant fat, meat, and organs contain the most bioavailable nutrients the body can absorb and use. She states borrelia feed off gluten, grains, and sugar and when they are consumed they create inflammation. When she ditched her low-histamine paleo diet for bison, veal, lamb, and venison many of her symptoms disappeared within three months. She no longer fainted and her mobility improved.
She also had undiagnosed Babesia and Bartonella.
Angela helps others. Go here for her info: https://www.instagram.com/meatbasedmedium/
I too have improved dramatically with diet; however, diet really didn’t appear to be a problem until later – after I had treatment for 5 years. Now, could a dietary switch have helped? Possibly, but as you know – it’s nearly impossible at times to distinguish what is doing what. It wasn’t until I developed a very painful Baker’s Cyst and what appeared to be “arthritis” that I got serious about diet. I’m happy to report that I’ve experienced great improvement by ditching gluten, most dairy (except hard cheeses and whipping cream), and trying valiantly to eliminate sugar. That last one is the tough one for me. 🙂
or more:
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2023/10/25/the-link-between-nightshades-chronic-pain-and-inflammation/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/05/15/overview-of-anti-inflammatory-diets/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/04/18/comparative-diets-to-address-chronic-inflammation/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/08/15/whats-the-best-diet-for-lyme-disease-dr-rawls/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/01/03/the-invisible-universe-of-the-human-microbiome-msm/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2021/02/26/the-immortal-life-of-your-microbiome/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2022/05/11/free-webinar-impact-of-gut-microbiome-on-immunity-inflammation/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2022/08/23/the-fuss-about-intestinal-microbiome-in-lyme-treatment/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2021/06/22/gi-issues-with-lyme-disease/
- https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/09/03/leaky-gut-syndrome-a-treatment-guide/
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