Fasting - specifically practically with ME/CFS and methylation treatment
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Undated
Summary
jengonwin had already tried a 5-day water fast that made their CFS worse and a 14-day juice fast that did nothing before attempting an 11-day Buchinger-style fast on about 250 kcal/day of juice and broth. By days 13-14 they described "the strongest spiritual clarity I have ever experienced" and said their CFS symptoms were "rapidly vanishing." As soon as they broke the fast, the symptoms "rapidly returned with a vengeance," wiping out the gain.
What they credit
Credits Diet, Supplements, B12 injections and methylation, Extended water fasting (3+ days), Juice fasting and modified fasts.
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