Near death with ME/CFS, now much better after a strict high raw plant-based diet
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Very severe (bedbound, unable to do basic care)
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Jan 2026
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
most of us have been doing that our whole CFS life! I know I have.
In context ↗ - At worst: Very severe
when I was on deaths door
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
I happened to save my own life with a VERY strict high raw plant based diet
In context ↗
Summary
Stream 45147 describes being near death with CFS, sent home from hospital with no help and no clues. They credit a very strict high raw plant-based diet with saving their life, and by 2017 reported a much healed gut after two years on it. A 2026 comment suggests they still regard themselves as living with CFS.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- VERY strict high raw plant based diet · Helped a lot
I happened to save my own life with a VERY strict high raw plant based diet, when I was on deaths door.
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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 | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| — | near death from CFS, sent home from hospital with no helpwhen I was on deaths door ... was sent home from hospital with zero help, and no clues whatsoeverIn context ↗ | Very severe |
| 2017 | saved their life on a very strict high raw plant-based diet with a healed gutI happened to save my own life with a VERY strict high raw plant based diet ... after 2 years on the diet and a very healed gut comparitivelyIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2026-01-08 | still living with CFS, trying things over their whole CFS lifemost of us have been doing that our whole CFS life! I know I haveIn context ↗ | Not stated |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Gut problems
a very healed gut comparitively
In context ↗
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