Fermented Foods Heal Louis's Gut and Health
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- 14 years
- Published
- Nov 2021
Summary
Louis had 14 years of ill health with severe gut pain, occasional bleeding and fatigue, though he was never formally diagnosed with ME/CFS and kept working full-time. Multiple doctors could not resolve it. Drinking kefir and adopting intermittent fasting quickly resolved his constipation and other symptoms, and he reports full recovery.
What they credit
Credits Diet, Intermittent fasting, Probiotics and fermented foods.
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