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   RedFox Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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   Are there any studies on how many calories people with ME burn? Is it slightly higher or lower than healthy people at rest? What about during PEM? I became idly curious when thinking about the concept of weight loss, but Google doesn't turn up anything.

    

   RedFox, Dec 16, 2022

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   Hutan Moderator Staff Member

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   From memory the NIH ME/CFS study did do some direct calorimetry. They had people staying in insulated chambers. I remember seeing an article about it; a young woman with ME/CFS provided an account of her experience I think. But I can't find any information about it when I google. It would be good to know what the results were.
   
   Ah, here's another account:
   A Former Doctor Goes Through the NIH's ME/CFS Intramural Study
   

    

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   Hutan, Dec 16, 2022

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   RedFox Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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   I hope the results will be published in one of the Intramural Study papers.

    

   RedFox, Dec 19, 2022

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