ME/CFS: a little better after cutting out gluten/wheat and dairy
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Aug 2017
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
i am also young and I also have CFS
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
after a few weeks I felt a big improvement in my energy level overall
In context ↗
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Summary
Comet 74307, a young person with CFS, stopped eating gluten/wheat and dairy. After a few weeks they reported a big improvement in overall energy, and said the change led to a better diet that also helped their CFS. Their only reported change was dietary: removing gluten/wheat and dairy.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- gluten/wheat and dairy elimination · Helped a lot
I gave up gluten/wheat and dairy from my diet and after a few weeks I felt a big improvement in my energy level overall.
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Approaches: Diet
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| — | CFS onset (date not stated)I also have CFSIn context ↗ |
| 2017-08-06 | stopped gluten/wheat and dairy; big energy improvement after a few weeksI gave up gluten/wheat and dairy from my diet and after a few weeks I felt a big improvement in my energy level overall.In context ↗ |
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