Diet for people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or M.E?

I had CFS went on raw vegan diet for a few weeks and it went away and hasn't come back. It's also highly recommended for MS and weight loss and depression. It could really help you. Plenty of info and recipes on the 'net, just google away. There are book too on Amazon, try Rose Lee Calabro's book, lots of good starter recipes there. Having a food processor or a good blender is really helpful.

Rest is the answer. Get at least 8 to 9 hours of sleep per day, night time is batter but not possible then do not worry. Take one a day multivitamin for over 50(over the counter) or for pregnant female(need a proscription, from gynaecologist) These two have few more things that boots the energy levels. ***************** Math is simple. Eat 3500 calories less then you burn and loose a approximately a pound of weight. 1). You burn between 65 to 100 calories per hour, when you are just sleeping and while watching TV or just relaxing and awake you burn about 65 to 85 collieries per hour. Body senses the opportunity to take advantage of sleep to do maintenance work and that accounts for extra calorie burn. 2). Must eat minimum calories list on the site bellow, or you WILl lower your metabolism rate by about 20 to 30 calories per hour, that is about 480 to 720 calories per day, must include all the foods. Go for 1 gallon of water and do not waste your money on "Slim Fast protein drinks". Eat well balance small 6 meals. If you do not eat enough then you cannot exercise enough so you wil feel sick and weak and can even gain fat at the expense of loss of mussels tissue. Here is more info, extracted from my previous answers to similar Q? Read it and use what applies to you. *************** You can do it very easily. Go to a library or to a store or shop on the net and get a book by Mayo clinic ("Mayo Clinic Diet") and just follow it. But here is some more info. *************############************ Start by finding out what you should weigh. Try this site and put all the other missing info and find it for yourself. You do need more info like wrist measurements, gender, -------. http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/bmi.%E2%80%A6 Do not worry if you are within + or - 5 Kg. The figure are statistically correct (average for your category)but you are an individual so it may be little off in your case. ***************** You can eat any thing and every thing, but must watch total calories in take per day, add up for the week and adjust the intake to compensate as needed next week, this way once in a while you can even pig out at a party. Never deprive yourself but if need be postpone the cravings. Eat at least calories listed on the link on most days. Keep good written record of both the calories intake and calories burn. Find some abdominal exercises and just do it , include side bends too and total body work out, to build hour glass shaped good firm fit strong body. All this is in the library and on the Internet too. Parts specific exercises, you can find it in library and on the Internet. So get going. Find them. Select them. Do them. To loose or gain you need to eat right. Not eating carbohydrates is wrong you must consume all food groups. Little unsaturated fat is a must and some complex carbohydrate and fruits should be included too, eat lots of vegetable and rest of the calories should be in proteins. Avoiding buns and cake is Ok but must not be excluded, if you exclude any items then the craving will take over all of a sudden and it can be really bed and throw you off the diet without even knowing what happened. You may be slightly over or under weight, but if you are under 30 years of age then you can still grow taller, by doing: 1). Pull ups. 2). Bicycling. 3).Swimming. 4.)Stretching. You do need to find time to do body parts specific exercises paying attention to side bends and abdominal routine. You can find them on the Internet. If you do not exercise then you will gain it in odd places and will be very unhealthy for you. The best way is to eat right and exercise, loose it very slowly a pound per week but 1/2 pound will be even batter, loose it slow and keep it for ever loose it fast and gain it all back plush a few pounds. haste is waste and it just shows up on your waist latter. Hint: You need to use the weight if you like to bulk up for competition, or just to show off. For toning you must not use weights or only very light weights. Read Body Building, How to increase the height and weight loss answers given by me in the yahoo answers. But here is some general info: Study this site and make your own program based on the Knowledge imparted by the site and then go from there. Click on the blue/green high lighted items on this site and read to see if any of it applies to you too. Now click on "minootoo" then click on "Best Answers" you will see a lots of Qs? answered by others and me. Pay attention to Q? about "Increasing height", and read them.