Finding Answers for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia

On Your Marks GETSET: Don’t Go – Major Graded Exercise ME/CFS Trial Underwhelms (Again)

by Cort Johnson | Jun 25, 2017 | 34 Comments

The Lancet — one of the most highly regarded journals in the world — is back on the chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) community’s front page. That’s probably enough to either elicit curses from ME/CFS patients or to produce a strong desire to...

“A Dysfunction Junction” Dr. Pocinki on the Fragile, Fragile Autonomic Nervous System in ME/CFS

by Cort Johnson | Jun 24, 2017 | 3 Comments

The short “Dysfunction Junction” article on the autonomic nervous system and ME/CFS by Dr. Pocinki first appeared on the SMCI website about ten years ago. Even a decade later its portrayal of those problems present in this fundamental system of the body is...

“Wired to Eat” – The Best Diet Plan for ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia?

by Cort Johnson | Jun 22, 2017 | 0 Comments

In the third of a series of blogs examining the role that paleo/ketogenic/carbohydrate limited diets may in limited diets may in treating ME/CFS/FM, Remy explores “Wired to Eat” a book that provides a way for you to determine which carbs are good for you...

The Evolution of a Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Researcher? CBT Proponent Calls for More Herpesvirus Research

by Cort Johnson | Jun 19, 2017 | 2 Comments

Bruun Wyller’s belief that maladaptive behaviors help to perpetuate ME/CFS has raised a lot of hackles over the years. He’s been singing a different tune lately, however. Wyller recently proposed that herpesviruses contribute to ME/CFS and plans to examine...

Getting Clear on Ketogenic Diets (for Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS): A Review

by Cort Johnson | Jun 16, 2017 | 56 Comments

Keto Un-Clarity I thought that I MUST be in ketosis. I was eating lots of fat, lots of protein and cheating only intermittently. I’d been doing my version of a ketogenic diet for about nine months. It wasn’t as if I’d prepared for it. I didn’t...

Lori’s Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Fibromyalgia Ketogenic Diet Success Story

by Cort Johnson | Jun 13, 2017 | 45 Comments

(The metabolomic findings in ME/CFS and reports that high carbohydrate foods have a sapping effect suggest that ketogenic diets – which increase fats and proteins and severely limit carbohydrates – may make sense in ME/CFS and fibromyalgia. Thanks for...

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