What do you do to target inflammation? Also, where do you buy MAF? From gcmaf.se?
I’m less inclined to believe neuroflammation reduction is one of the principal reasons a ketogenic diet significantly helps a subgroup of PWME...
@Hutan the answer to the question, “do I have PEM and then get the urge to eat carbs or do I eat carbs and get PEM” is both. They also aren’t...
@Hutan may i ask, and I definitely don’t mean to interrogate in any way, but why did you state that you only think the keto diet helps? Given...
Sorry made some updates to post while you commented
For me the diet has continued to cause a significant reduction in many of my ME symptoms and, like others have stated in their follow-ups,...
When you deviate how do symptoms change? Did you go through any long enough period where you were really strict, measured glucose and ketones,...
Just checking in with those here who started a ketogenic diet? It’s been a few months or so, how are things holding up? Can you say now that it...
It gives me diarrhea
ME caused me constipation during the chronic phase. I never had constipation my entire life. During the acute phase I had IBS and diarrhea....
Would our body and cells keep us in ketosis while it’s filling glycogen stores when our blood has plenty of glucose? From my understanding you...
I’m still doing well on this diet, much the same as described before. As long as I stay away from carbs the symptom improvements persist. I...
One interesting piece of evidence I’ve read is that d-lactate is thought to interfere with cellular respiration, namely pyruvate and l-lactate...
@Trish and everyone - been reading a bit on gut issues since my last posts and also been on threads on PR regarding SIBO and d-lactate acidosis....
For me like @Keela Too it’s not at all hard to get enough fat on the diet, it’s to get adequate protein. I’m supposed to eat 100g protein a day...
I don't know how one would be able to afford a biologic without insurance, at least in the U.S. Stelara costs $10,000 1st 0.45mg starter...
Update: It's been just over two weeks now since I recovered from the crash I had after starting the ketogenic diet (see earlier in this thread)....
I used Elidel to treat my psoriasis for years before I got on an anti IL-23 biologic this year. It worked well though not for itching so I had to...
@Sid the thing is that ME researchers are, I believe, finding more and more evidence that comes to the conclusion that this is a heterogeneous...
I totally agree. But this post gives a more fair and balanced assessment of the situation, some women will do better with ketogenic and IF...
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