This is intended to be used with reports from Thorne or Xenogene. A shotgun microbiome report is needed that reports Fungi. Most microbiome do not report fungi in detail. ME/CFS patients show a nonsignificant increase in the ratio of fungal phyla Basidiomycota to Ascomycota, which is consistent with ongoing inflammation in ME/CFS. We did not identify specific eukaryotic […]

“Two papers published earlier this year showed that people with chronic fatigue syndrome – also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, or ME/CFS – have less of a gut bacterium called Faecalibacterium prausnitzii  “ The following are permissible extracts (200 words per article). Click [more] to read more… How the microbiome changes our idea of what it means to be […]

In discussion with readers, interest in non-drug treatment of mast cell and histamine issues is very high. Trying to get traction with the microbiome has not been successful.On how to use Half-Life, see Half-Life: Not the game but supplements! For Arginine and Glutamine, 100mg of each every hour is suggested. Dosages: Are the maximum deemed […]

In a dialog with a reader, the question was raised “If you assume that these issues are due to low levels of DAO, are the low levels dues to an absence of precursors or the bacteria producing these precursors?“ This type of issue is often co morbid with ME/CFS and IBS. See this update Mast […]

Reminder: I am a computer scientist and a statistician. I am not licensed to practice medicine, and where I live has strict laws about ‘appearing to practice medicine’. What I can do for readers is to write a public blog (anonymous) from your data and back story as an education post on using the software […]