Long COVID, somewhat better with intermittent fasting and low carb
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Nov 2020
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
my long covid symptoms
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
Now I’m back on low carb and starting to feel better.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
my long covid symptoms
In context ↗
Summary
A Reddit user with long COVID reported in October 2020 that daily intermittent fasting (20:4) was one of the main things that reduced their symptoms. The next day they said low carb made a huge difference: a month on it left them feeling much better, a week back on normal food made them feel awful again, and returning to low carb had them starting to feel better. They did not describe how ill they had been or when they fell ill.
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What they tried
Their words about each treatment
- intermittent fasting (20:4) · Helped
I find that fasting is one of the main things that reduces my long covid symptoms
In context ↗ - low carb · Helped a lot
Low carb makes a huge difference to my symptoms. I did it for a month and started to feel so much better.
In context ↗
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 | After |
|---|---|---|
| onset | long COVIDmy long covid symptomsIn context ↗ | |
| 2020-10-31 | daily 20:4 fasting reduced their symptomsfasting is one of the main things that reduces my long covid symptomsIn context ↗ | Intermittent fasting |
| 2020-11-01 | a month of low carb, felt much betterI did it for a month and started to feel so much betterIn context ↗ | Keto and low-carb diets |
| 2020-11-01 | a week back on normal food, felt awful againhad a week back on normal food and I felt absolutely awful againIn context ↗ | |
| 2020-11-01 | back on low carb, starting to feel betterNow I’m back on low carb and starting to feel betterIn context ↗ | Keto and low-carb diets |
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