18/6 intermittent fasting has benefitted me greatly
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 4 years
- Published
- Jan 2025
Summary
The same EBV-triggered patient at an earlier stage. He started 18/6 intermittent fasting in September 2024 alongside liposomal glutathione, noticing benefit within a week. Self-rated fatigue improved from 7 out of 10 to 5 and brain fog from 8 to 3 or 4, with crashes less frequent and less severe. Months later he said the benefit seemed even more noticeable, though the improvement was clearly partial at this stage.
What they credit
Credits Diet, Supplements, Intermittent fasting, NAC and glutathione.
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