I started this journey with a 48-hr fast in the middle of a crash in bed (ketogenic diet sites recommend such a fast). Only ate ~700 calories per...
Here's what I ate today. As mentioned in one of my previous replies in this thread, to make this diet doable for me and having ME I knew I didn't...
Hi @Trish - I tried two diets, vegan and gluten free. I did them with the same level of rigor, commitment, and care as the ketogenic diet. I did...
Update: for the past 5 days on this diet my sleep has been so amazing compared to my 5 1/2 years of ME. Sleep disturbances were one of my worst...
I just went outside, by myself, for the first time in over two weeks. I now have far reduced, or close to zero, photosensitivity and eye pain...
Hi all - I've added a #6 to the OP about baking soda.
Posting today's GKI! Everyday is like this.... Ketones 3.4 mmol/L [ATTACH] Glucose 4.0 mmol/L [ATTACH] GKI = 4.0 / 3.4 = 1.18
Nothing I ever have taken made even a dent with this disease until this diet.
@Trish to ++ @Keela Too one part of a healthy ketogenic diet is to do intermittent fasting. This definitely keeps your body in a good state.
My PEM was everything, neurological, cognitive, physical, etc. Everything just got worse. For the time when I was mild severity ME, PEM was a...
It is definitely possible that this effect of the disease process is partially because people are eating carbs? I am definitely metabolizing fats...
Fasting too was also one of my first clues, I had done it a few times over the last 6 months and it would make me feel slightly better for a...
Thanks Mij. I’ve already worked full-time from home the last two days on cognitively challenging work without any PEM yet. I would’ve gotten PEM...
I'm cautiously excited and have been wanting to write this post to all of you, but I first wanted to make sure it really wasn't a fluke. I've...
For a long time now, humans have been using up natural resources much faster than they can be replenished. The reason we can still breath and have...
I’ve had psoriasis since I was 18 and any type of stress, physical, mental, or emotional, will likely trigger a flare up if the stressor isn’t...
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/03/28/1718595115 and paper summary in Science Daily news:...
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