Gut health

Many people with ME/CFS also experience digestive disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome. A summary of a review study published on 1st March 2024 is available on the ME Research website. The review study aimed to enhance understanding of the role that the gut microbiome - the trillions of microbes, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi which inhabit the gut - may play in ME/CFS.

For people with energy limiting conditions, there may be much to gain from understanding their own gut health. Every-One have produced a podcast, hosted on Podbean, about Optimising your gut health.

More information is available on the following websites:

• The Chronic Fatigue & Burnout Recovery Podcast - (Anna Marsh)
• Eating Better: for Young People Living with Fatigue Conditions - (NHS)
• Clinical evidence of link between gut microbiome and ME/CFS: a retrospective review - (ME Research)
• Nutrition for Fatigue (PDF) - (Live Well With Chronic Illness) 
• Nutrition - (Chronic Fatigue Service)
• Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (or Encephalopathy) / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) - (BDA)