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): Episode 12 - Gut Health and Your Energy
- 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 UK)
- Nutrition for Fatigue (PDF) (Live Well With Chronic Illness)
- Nutrition (Chronic Fatigue Service)
- Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (or Encephalopathy) / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) (BDA)
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- Energy Limiting Conditions Information Hub
- What is an Energy Limiting Condition (ELC)?
- Sleep and rest
- Stress
- Breathing
- Energy and pacing
- Gut health
- Wellbeing
- Family and personal networks
- Personal relationships and intimacy
- Self-care, identity and recovery
- Safeguarding
- Employers
- Children and young people
- Carers
- Local Support Groups & National Support Resources
