I wanted to look more closely at my sleep habits to see if I could pinpoint clues that could then be influenced to achieve better sleep. I began to track aspects of my sleep using an app called Sleep Cycle. The results may surprise you…

Not sure if you’re in nutritional ketosis? You might need an edge to switch over your metabolism. Here are 3 supplemental tricks to help you transition into a ketone burning machine.

Have you heard about a ketogenic diet? This is a diet those in the ME/CFS and Fibro community might want to get to know...mitochondrial, immune cell, and brain effects explained

Unresponsive to traditional treatments? Mold toxin exposure may be holding you back. 

With a weakened immune system, the uphill battle to improve ME/CFS can be insurmountable if your everyday environment is against you. One such obstacle may be mold. Find out how to determine if mold is a problem for you…

Traditional pain relievers for fibromyalgia carry heavy side effects and are often ineffective. A novel medical food called Arthroben may offer a safer solution to peripheral pain in fibromyalgia and arthritic conditions. 

A new ME/CFS study has put the hormone leptin in the spotlight. With it comes new insights and questions. Find out what it is, how it contributes to symptoms, and how it can be modulated.

A CFS primer originally written for the readers at GreenMedInfo, I give a thorough synopsis of recent research…

Transcranial direct current stimulation (TdCS) studies have shown improvements in pain for fibromyalgia patients. The weak electrical currents may also safely improve sleep, cognition, anxiety, and more…

An oft forgotten cause of mitochondrial dysfunction is medication usage. Mitochondrial toxicity testing is NOT required by the FDA. What's in your medicine cabinet? 

Why do some experience no relief with mitochondrial nutrients? Could it be because mitochondrial damage is NOT the prime driver, but a consequence of something else? Enter the Endoplasmic Reticulum…

Immunovir? Cyclovir? Valcyte got you down? Instead of giving up when the anti-viral drugs stop working, there are several strategies patients can use to intervene in blocking viral penetration and replication.

Move over FitBit! There are many new applications for your electronic devices that help keep track of your symptoms, sleep, supplements, autonomic function, and more! Here are 3 of my favorites…

Excessive lab testing is one of the leading expenses in healthcare for CFS despite the lack of a definitive diagnostic marker. When assessing a complex illness like CFS, laboratory evaluations may be informative but are seldom definitive. Find a better way in my new guide book.

Recent interest has emerged as to which form of this crucial vitamin to supplement. Here are your 4 choices…

Did you think there was one kind of dysbiosis? There is more to dysbiosis than a simple imbalance of species. Here I present 4 subtypes of dysbiosis that have direct, indirect, and complex effects on the host—us!  

New research helps up make sense of folic acid metabolism. A review of MTHFR and what it may mean for CFS patients. Are you supplementing with the right form of folate?

In Part I, we saw how a high carbohydrate diet can be detrimental to many aspects of health important to CFS and fibromyalgia patients—including the gut, hormones, mitochondria, and brain health. So what should those with CFS or fibromyalgia eat?

In Part I, we focus on the very basics of a diet that is ideal for those with CFS or fibromyalgia. I give you 5 reasons to reconsider your current dietary approach.

A novel study showing reduced Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients. This study provides another biomarker that validates the illness as real and organic. But, most importantly, it presents another modifiable piece of the complex puzzle of CFS.