How to Fix Muscle Wasting in Tick-Borne Infections and Mold Toxicity

Causes of Muscle Wasting in Lyme, Tick-borne Infections, & Mold Toxicity

Muscle wasting in tick-borne infections, like Lyme disease, and mold toxicity has a number of different causes.

1. Increased cytokines from white blood cells fighting the infections or toxins, can lead to muscle wasting.
2. Decreased physical activity leading to muscle atrophy and loss of muscle mass.
3. Nerve injury from Lyme and Bartonella leads to muscle mass loss. In addition to sending electric signals that make muscles move, nerves also release chemicals that maintain muscle mass.

4. Mitochondrial energy factory dysfunction can also lead to muscle mass loss. Mitochondria are the energy factories in each cell.

Fixes for Muscle Wasting

To improve muscle mass I suggest the following.

1. Get moving. Exercise to tolerance. Find an amount of activity you can do that does not lead you to get worse the next day.
2. Get rid of the infectious or toxic cause. Treat your infections with antimicrobial herbs or antibiotics. Use binders to remove mold toxins if you have mold toxicity.
3. Lower cytokines with liposomal curcumin 500 mg 3 times a day. My favorite curcumin product is Thorne Meriva 500*.
4. Repair the mitochondria with phospholipids and micronutrients. ATP 360 by Researched Nutritionals contains the micronutrients and phospholipid fats I recommend to support healthy mitochondria function*. Start at 3 pills 1 time a day. 
5. Repair the inside of the mitochondria with liposomal glutathione. I suggest 1 tsp of Researched Nutritionals Tri-fortify*.
6. Repair nerve injury and mitochondria injury with the peptide called BPC-157. The product I recommend that contains this peptide ingredient is called BPC-157 by Integrative Peptides*. Take BPC-157 1 pill 2 times a day. In 1 month if no improvement, then increase to 2 pills 2 times a day.

Additional Information

Read more in the following articles.

• How to Fix Mitochondria & Get Energy in Lyme Disease
• Key Oral Peptide Strategies to Repair and Restore in Lyme & Mold Toxicity
• Control Cytokines: A Guide to Fix Lyme Symptoms & The Immune System
• Infection Treatment Plans
• Mold and Lyme Toxin Illness

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