Wider Lessons for Extended & Intermittent Fasting in Long Covid & ME/CFS

In this video I wanted to address some of the wider questions around fasting as a possible intervention for Long Covid. Who might it be appropriate for? Which phenotypes might see benefits? And what level of function is required to attempt it? This last question is particularly important, so I do have to urge caution if you want to try it yourself and seek medical advice first.

Important note
Social media is abound with stories of long haulers who have crashed hard when attempting to fast. Don’t be one of them: consult your doctor first if you want to try it. Or do it under medical supervision at an expert clinic (like I did).
lecture over

*Important note 2*:
I have no conflicts of interest in talking about this subject. See video 2 @1'35"

I went to Menschels Vitalresort. Link posted here upon repeated request!
https://www.menschel.com/en

CHAPTERS:
0:00 Introduction
0:27 How to Phenotype LC?
1:50 Where You Fit In
4:06 Changing the Game
5:39 When To Be Careful
6:37 Intermittent Fasting
7:27 Conclusion

LINKS:
Bell / CFIDS Disability Scale:
https://me-pedia.org/w/images/7/7a/CF...

Improvements during long-term fasting in patients with long COVID – a case series and literature review. Grundler et al:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/...

FastCoV: Study on the potential benefits of fasting for long Covid treatment:
https://www.uni.lu/lcsb-en/research-p...

Exploring autophagy in treating SARS-CoV-2 spike protein-related pathology, Halma, Marik and Saleeby:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Measurement of circulating viral antigens post-SARS-CoV-2 infection in a multicohort study. [The one with the 43% and 21%], Swank et al:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...
https://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandin...

VIDEOS:
Film 1: The Rationale and the Science for Fasting in Long Covid:
   • Extended Fasting: An Effective Interventio...  

Film 2: The Practicalities of Extended Fasting:
   • Extended Fasting: What Does it Actually In...  

Film 3: Which Symptoms Got Better?
   • Which Long Covid Symptoms Did Extended Fas...  

How Intermittent Fasting Might Help Dysautonomia and MCAS:
   • The Complex Interaction Between MCAS & Dys...  

The Two Types of Long Covid:
   • The Two Types of Long Covid (and the Role ...  

The Latest Research on Mitochondrial Dysfunction, with Prof Klaus Wirth:
   • The Latest Research on Mitochondrial Dysfu...  

There's absolutely tonnes of research on fasting and chronic inflammatory conditions - just google anything you like, with 'scholarly article' on the end of the search and you'll find swamps of the stuff.