"A group of researchers in Australia found a pattern of abnormally shaped red blood cells in the blood of patients suffering from chronic fatigue and chemical exposure. Their findings suggested that chemicals had interfered with the membrane structure of red blood cells. These cells were inflexible and had difficulty sliding through the small capillary spaces to deliver oxygen....Common chemicals that pollute our environment have a high affinity for the fatty cell membranes, and it is possible that these poisons were incorporated into the cell membrane and altered its structure. Poor dietary fatty acid intake leads to membranes that are more easily damaged by toxins." - page 58
7-Day Detox Miracle by Peter Bennett, N.D., Stephen Barrie, N.D., with Sara Faye
" 'Perhaps virus evolution does depend on what we eat or what we do not eat,' they stated....The authors of this book take a more definitive stand. After considering the evidence, we believe that a person's nutritional status can determine when and how the symptoms of the Downhill Syndrome will develop."
From The Downhill Syndrome by Dr. Pavel Yutsis and Dr. Morton Walker - page 23
"The vast majority of chronic fatiguers get better with nondrug therapies within three to six months."
The Canary and Chronic Fatigue by Majid Ali, M.D. - page 86
In the chapter "Diabetes is not always permanent" Adele Davis mentions fatigue in her book Let's Get Well. Since CFS is linked to blood sugar imbalances, what she says it may be pertinent.
"If insufficient insulin is given, sugar cannot enter the cells. Fat alone must be used for heat and energy, yet it cannot be burned efficiently without sugar. Certain acids and acetone, formed from incompletely utilized fat, accumulate in the body and cause acetone acidosis. The acids are neutralized by combining with sodium and potassium, and the salts thus formed are excreted in the urine. Acetone, partly thrown off with exhaled air, gives a characteristic odor to the breath of patients with uncontrolled diabetes. Even mild acidosis can cause fatigue, nervousness, headache, and nausea." - page 111
"Advanced adrenal exhaustion...is characterized by apathy, torturous fatigue, and extreme muscular weakness. Although proteins broken down at the onset of stress come largely from the lymph glands, when stress is prolonged, muscle cells are destroyed as well. Furthermore, exhausted adrenals can no longer produce a hormone that saves nitrogen from the breakdown of worn-out body cells; normally this nitrogen is reused in building amino acids vital to the repair of tissues. Under such circumstances the muscles lose strength rapidly even thought he diet may be high in protein." - pages 294-295
"Several of the author's patients who have been diagnosed as 'chronic fatigue syndrome' actually lost their tiredness when their hidden B12 deficiency was corrected...This seems to be the commonest cause of this syndrome and yet it is not even mentioned in the extensive literature that has recently been developed on the subject....can be treated by vitamin B12 orally in doses of 1000 to 5000 mg administered daily."" - John V. Dommisse, M.D.
from Tired-So Tired and the "yeast connection" by William G. Crook, M.D.
From: The Bitter Half Of Sugar - Channel Cincinnati
"It is estimated that the average American almost eats his or her entire body weight in sugar each year."
"Excess sugar has also been linked to Irritable Bowel Syndrome, kidney stones, periodontal disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, and Candida or yeast infections."
"Many studies have shown sugar can take a significant toll on our immune system (Sanchez, 1973; Ringsdorf,1976; Bernstein,1977). Within 30 minutes of consuming sugar, the function of our T lymphocytes -- the white blood cells that help to fight infection -- drops by at least 50 percent, and this effect lasts for about five hours. The more sugar you consume the more the function drops. One researcher found with high sugar consumption that the function of these white blood cells could drop as much as 94 percent."