Wow. This was a very intriguing story, and I couldn't help but draw parallels to my own experience. Very different from yours, but I've definitely been thinking a lot lately about how there is something in my cellular metabolism processes that aren't quite right. I was raised very strict vegan, mostly raw, very low calorie and very low p…
Wow. This was a very intriguing story, and I couldn't help but draw parallels to my own experience. Very different from yours, but I've definitely been thinking a lot lately about how there is something in my cellular metabolism processes that aren't quite right. I was raised very strict vegan, mostly raw, very low calorie and very low protein. I hit a wall at 14 (during a 2-week pneumonia episode) that I haven't been able to fully recover from, even though I'm now 39. I've spent my entire adulthood sleuthing, experimenting, and trying all kinds of things. Animal foods have helped the most - my hypoglycemia attacks I had on a daily basis as a child + vegan adult now only happen once in a blue moon if I wait too long to eat, and even then it's not even kind of as bad as it used to be. But my chronic fatigue has only let off a little, despite trying a zillion things over the years. Any exercise beyond leisurely walks lands me on the couch exhausted for the day. I can tell that something in the way my body deals with energy production isn't quite right, even though it is well-fed now (and has been for years). I need to sit with your story some more and do some biochemistry digging. I think this stuff can be molecularly specific (perhaps genetic, or at least for me vegan childhood-caused environmental), and requires some serious investigation to figure out for those of us who just always feel off. Thank you for the inspiration. Hope your experiment works for you!
Yes I strongly suspect most of this type of thing is a heterogeneous group of many different mild genetic disorders, many of which have solutions, but most of which will not be solved in the current environment due to the limitations of the medical diagnostic model.
Wow. This was a very intriguing story, and I couldn't help but draw parallels to my own experience. Very different from yours, but I've definitely been thinking a lot lately about how there is something in my cellular metabolism processes that aren't quite right. I was raised very strict vegan, mostly raw, very low calorie and very low protein. I hit a wall at 14 (during a 2-week pneumonia episode) that I haven't been able to fully recover from, even though I'm now 39. I've spent my entire adulthood sleuthing, experimenting, and trying all kinds of things. Animal foods have helped the most - my hypoglycemia attacks I had on a daily basis as a child + vegan adult now only happen once in a blue moon if I wait too long to eat, and even then it's not even kind of as bad as it used to be. But my chronic fatigue has only let off a little, despite trying a zillion things over the years. Any exercise beyond leisurely walks lands me on the couch exhausted for the day. I can tell that something in the way my body deals with energy production isn't quite right, even though it is well-fed now (and has been for years). I need to sit with your story some more and do some biochemistry digging. I think this stuff can be molecularly specific (perhaps genetic, or at least for me vegan childhood-caused environmental), and requires some serious investigation to figure out for those of us who just always feel off. Thank you for the inspiration. Hope your experiment works for you!
Yes I strongly suspect most of this type of thing is a heterogeneous group of many different mild genetic disorders, many of which have solutions, but most of which will not be solved in the current environment due to the limitations of the medical diagnostic model.