Hi Chris,

I hope you are feeling better. Added stress was a major impediment to my healing journey. There are some things we’ve done to address environmental toxins. Here’s a list:

We’ve introduced a lot of plants into the house. Peace lilies, spider plants, & bamboo palm.

When we moved we tried to find furniture as close to toxin free as possible. (difficult)

The most important strategy was switching to a latex mattress. See my review here. (affiliate link) Nevertheless the mattress is awesome. We have 5 of them for the whole family.

Blue blocker glasses are a must for reducing blue light from computers and such.

Reverse osmosis filter for water purification.

I did get the mercury amalgams removed from one side of my mouth. Waiting to do the other side.

Since I am on a carnivore diet, I don’t come into contact with a lot of chemicals that are applied to foods.

I hope this helps.

Thank you Jlirie. I wish you the best in your health journey.

Thank you for this article part 1 and 2. I have had moderate cfs for 30 years and finally decided to seriously try diet modifications.

I have been a junk food vegetarian for 14 years, but now drastically reducing foods with added sugar, increasing fruits which I love, and vegetables, which I love a bit less than fruits, lol.

Cutting back on processed foods, mostly due to high salt taste which is too much.

Taking multivitamins again.

I love bread, so that may be tough to reduce or eliminate, but I live potatoes and rice, so will try to focus on them.

I agree stress is likely a contributor, would characterize myself as prone to stress and anxiety.

Hi Lisa,
Thank you for your kind comments and for sharing your story.  Your CFS experiences are very similar to mine. I also had Mono about 8 years before developing CFS. One of the strategies that really helped my sleep issues was diaphragmatic breathing. I use it every night before falling asleep. For me it works amazingly well. Even if I wake up during the night I use it to get back to sleep. I also have dysautonomia. It seems to be prevalent in CFS sufferers. Prolonged stress can also do serious damage to the autonomic system. In order to help keep my sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems balanced I also use deep breathing throughout the day. It takes some practice time to learn the technique but it’s been an invaluable tool in my recovery protocol. Keep pushing on, don’t give up! I pray you continue to get healthy.

God Bless,
John

Hi Patricia,

Thank you for your kind comments. Yes, improving gut health is certainly at the top of the list of things to strive for in order to heal from a chronic illness. I think going GF and then paleo really helped me in this regard. What really got me over the top though was the ketogenic diet. A lot of people go keto for weight loss but it’s anti-inflammatory effects are also very powerful. Reducing stress was another big help for me. I hope you heal soon. Blessings.