Long Covid/ME/CFS Patient Goes From Moderate To Remission After Just 4 Days Of A Water Fast
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Oct 2025
Summary
A 4-day water fast, not strictly water-only since it included vegetable broth twice daily alongside bromelain and nicotinamide riboside supplements, is credited with a rapid turnaround. The patient was moderate, bordering on severe, beforehand; exact illness duration is not given. Within days of the fast they reached what is described as near remission. The improvement had already lasted more than two months at the time of the report and is described as sustained rather than a brief bounce. No relapse is mentioned, though the account does not extend past that two-month follow-up point.
What they credit
Credits Extended water fasting (3+ days), NAD+ boosters (NMN, nicotinamide riboside, NADH, ATP).
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