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Article: Diet and Lyme disease: the aftermath.
- Article from:
- Nutrition Health Review
- Article date:
- March 22, 1994
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People with longstanding Lyme disease end up in poor physical condition. Even with successful treatment of the Lyme infection, they will not return to normal unless they take an active role in personal rehabilitation.
In late-stage disease, many negative effects to the body occur. The muscles atrophy, and to some degree the heart muscle also suffers, as do the joints, nerves, liver, and other structures.
Besides these physical effects, chemical changes occur. The fat content of the body as a whole rises, the cholesterol rises, and the balance between high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) becomes less favorable. At least 80% of ...