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Healthosity .. Patient Expert

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I'm a former pediatric trauma ICU nurse who was sick with CFS for nearly 2 decades. During that... Full Bio
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Nutritional Testing For CFS by Healthosity .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Monday I went for the results of all my lab tests and my SpectraCell MicroNutrient Testing. The nutrient testing is a next generation blood test for measuring specific vitamin ... Read on »
You CAN Have Desert With Dehydrated Fruit Nut Cocoa Bars by Healthosity .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome I've been on my alkaline diet for nearly three weeks and honestly really enjoying my energy surge, my decrease in allergy symptoms and I'm also enjoying my creativity when it ... Read on »
Your Prescription For Health Doesn't Include RX Pills by Healthosity .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome U nless you're completely out of touch with the news you've heard a lot of press about prescription drugs both pro and con. Personally I think medications can be lifesavers an ... Read on »
Surprise Yourself with Brussels Sprouts! by Healthosity .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome I bought this lovely stalk of Brussels Sprouts at Trader Joes and proceeded to look for ways to prepare these pre-historic looking Pom-Poms. They're great to buy this way beca ... Read on »
Eating Alkaline by Healthosity .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Since peanut butter has been off my agenda I decided to try my hand at making almond butter with a bag of almonds I already had stowed in the fridge. The result was just as aw ... Read on »
Should You Take The H1N1 Vaccine? by Healthosity .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Recently my GP tried to convince me to get vaccinated against both H1N1 and seasonal flu telling me I was "high risk" for complications and or death. I told him beca ... Read on »
Alternative Treatment & Therapy For CFS Recovery by Healthosity .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Last week I told you about seeing a nutritional MD and starting an alkaline diet. Over the week I've been mulling over how great seeing her is as opposed to the many doctors I ... Read on »
Chemicals in Our Food, and Bodies by Healthosity .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Anyone with CFS is a barometer for all things toxic. Further you have zero threshold for dealing with toxic poisons. Think of it like a glass filled with fluid that just a tin ... Read on »
Eat An Alkalizing Diet To Recover From Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Healthosity .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome I saw a nutritional MD on Thursday and started an alkalizing diet the next day. She drew some labs to check my nutritional levels of micronutrients. Along with the diet I'm go ... Read on »
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Is Like A Trainwreck by Healthosity .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Through all the buzz about XMRV and the theories and suppositions being thrown around about the actual cause of CFS I'm continuing to hold my ground that the causes are many t ... Read on »
Scientists claim junk food is as addictive as heroin by Healthosity .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome When I eat a meal of real whole food and I'm finished with it I don't give food a second thought until my next meal and occasional snack. I've tried to explain this to so many ... Read on »
Don't Rub Chemicals Into Your Hands To Get Rid Of Germs! by Healthosity .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome You don't have to be a bonafide germaphobe anymore to be paranoid about contracting some awful bug. My gosh the media has pounded H1N1 into our heads and the smart thing to do ... Read on »
How To Protect Your Health When Taking Certain Medications by Healthosity .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome If you read this blog you know I'm taking immunotherapy for allergies and some allergy medication.My goal like everyone who really wants total health is zero medications.You s ... Read on »
Personal Health Assessment Questionnaire by Healthosity .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome You may have already looked at my stressor checklist, that are all risk factors for getting sick and or staying sick. It's my belief that the cumulative effect of stressors ov ... Read on »
Start By Healing Your GI Tract To Get Rid of Pain, Inflammation, And Fatigue by Healthosity .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome While the debate about the cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome continues we need to continue looking at how to heal our sick and damaged bodies. Will a pill do this? Or should w ... Read on »
Readers Ask: A Virus Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Healthosity .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome By The New York Times Denise Grady, a science writer for The New York Times, recently explored the link between a recently discovered virus called XMRV and chronic fatigue syn ... Read on »
A Case of Chronic Denial by Healthosity .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome By HILLARY JOHNSON ( New York Times ) EARLIER this month, a study published in the journal Science answered a question that medical scientists had been asking since 2006, when ... Read on »
Change Your Focus To Recover From Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Healthosity .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome I was well on my way to healing myself from CFS long before I really had a diagnosis. This was after I was very ill for about 17 years. Because I was in the generation of peop ... Read on »
Easy Quiche For Lunch, Dinner, or Snack by Healthosity .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome There are a million and one ways to make quiche and none of them are really very difficult. I make it all the time and sometimes I make a little one meal quiche using a small ... Read on »