In recent years there has been some research* indicating that the cells of people with CFS may not get energy from glucose as well as regular people do, but may still be able to derive energy normally from protein. They didn't look at processing of fat (the other main thing we get energy from), although at least one other study indicates there may be issues there, too.
* this research is explained in more lay terms here and here.
With this in mind, I decided to do a six-week trial of a very high protein, very low carbohydrate diet. If my body was functioning like the cells in the trial, this should give me more access to energy at a cellular level, which ought to translate to more perceived energy :-) The idea was to be as strict as I could manage with this diet then, if it proved helpful, to gradually figure out how strict was necessary.
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Tuesday, 10 April 2018
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