by Cort Johnson | Jun 16, 2017 | Diet, Homepage, Treatment
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...
by Cort Johnson | Jun 13, 2017 | Diet, Homepage, Treatment
(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...
by Cort Johnson | May 31, 2017 | Energy Production, Homepage, Neuroinflammation, Research, Savella
Lactate has become a big deal in both chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM). A by-product of anaerobic energy metabolism, lactate ordinarily gets pumped out of our cells in large amounts during exertion. The lactate findings suggest that the energy...
by Cort Johnson | May 20, 2017 | Fibromyalgia, Homepage, Sleep, Stimulants, Treatment
Sleep deprivation is common in fibromyalgia and it doesn’t just cause fatigue. Studies show that losing sleep increases your pain sensitivity as well, and quickly; it took just two nights of fragmented sleep to significantly increase pain sensitivity in healthy...
by Cort Johnson | Apr 30, 2017 | Cymbalta, Fibromyalgia, Lyrica, Savella, Treatment
The current crop of FM drugs is hardly the cat’s meow but a recent study suggests that with FM drugs more might be better; i.e. combining drugs – perhaps in lower doses – might help both drugs to work better. Find out more in Combining Drugs May Work...
by Cort Johnson | Apr 25, 2017 | Homepage, Mold, Treatment
Death Rider Can ANYBODY get this disease? You bet they can. We all know it. Heck I was as healthy as a horse when I got sick. I was out there running the hills every day but Chris Graber – who’s gotten sicker than I ever got – made me look like a...