Got chronic fatigue or fibromyalgia? What's the cause? It's likely to involve nutrient deficiencies, gut imbalance, and stress. Could also be pharmaceuticals, EMFs, an infection, or mold.
A series on identifying the root causes of disease. Use quick links to verify research and sources.
93% of People with Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Tested Positive for Mold
Mold grows in water damaged buildings and can release toxic substances called mycotoxins… One study showed that 104 out of 112 (93%) individuals with fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome had at least one mycotoxin in their urine. Almost 30% had two or more different mycotoxins in their urine.
SSRIs (Anti-Depressants) Caused Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Mice
High-dose SSRI treatment… resulted in severe fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome-associated symptoms along with dysfunction in the HPA axis response to exercise challenge.
Journal of Translational Medicine
Food Sensitivities, Gut Issues, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Fibromyalgia
Researchers… studied 84 persons referred to gastroenterologists for unexplained digestive problems which the patients themselves think are caused by sensitivity to certain kinds of foods. It turned out that all but one of them qualified for a diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). In addition, 85% of them had symptoms indicating chronic fatigue syndrome and 71% showed symptoms of fibromyalgia.
In Two Separate Control Studies, Magnesium Proved to be Key in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
In the case-control study, 20 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) had lower red cell magnesium concentrations than did 20 healthy control subjects matched for age, sex, and social class… In [another, different] clinical trial, 32 patients with CFS were randomly allocated either to magnesium [intervention]… or to placebo. Patients treated with magnesium [had] improved energy levels, better emotional state, and less pain, as judged by changes in the Nottingham health profile. 12 of the 15 treated patients said that they had benefited from treatment… By contrast, 3 of the 17 patients on placebo said that they felt better.
Contents
Genes Aren’t the Problem (So, What Is?)
Implications
Root Causes of Fatigue, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Fibromyalgia
Toxic Drugs as First-Line Treatment? Used for a Prolonged Period?
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Context
Genes Aren’t the Problem (So, What Is?)
With knowledge of causal factors, true healing is possible.
Establishment medicine has long promoted the belief that genes are a “blueprint” for a person’s biology and health. This was proven incorrect by the Human Genome Project completed in 2003.
Defective genes are spoken about as if they are “disease time bombs,” fatalistically programmed to go off inside of us... And yet, despite common misconceptions… diseases that result from errors in the nucleotide sequence of a single gene… [account for] less than 1% of all diseases… Following the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, it is no longer accurate to say that our genes “cause” disease.
Genomic researcher Craig Venter remarked… “Genes have very little impact on life outcomes. Our biology is way too complicated for that and deals with hundreds of thousands of independent factors. Genes are absolutely not our fate. They can give us useful information about the increased risk of a disease, but in most cases they will not determine the actual cause of the disease, or the actual incidence of somebody getting it.” … As we migrate from one country to another, our chances of being diagnosed with most chronic illnesses are determined not by the country we come from but by the country we migrate to… [and] the concordance between identical twins for breast cancer was found to be only 20%. Instead of our genes, our lifestyle and environment account for 90–95% of our most chronic illnesses.
Genes are better understood as potentialities.
Genes express differently based on the cells’ environment — which means our exposure to toxins, nutrients, stress, exercise, and so on.
Those environmental factors determine whether genes are “signaled” or not.
Implications
The presumption that conditions that seemed to “run in the family” were due to genetic inheritance overlooked all the other things (the “environment”) that family members may share: the food they eat, the toxins in their water, the electro-magnetics in their area, the chemicals in their cleaning products, the way they deal with emotions, their stress levels and so on.
The implications of the genetic “blueprint” model were profound and long-lasting. Western medicine promoted the false belief that disease is due to genetic inheritance, propagating a medical system built on the false belief of fated outcomes and “no cures”, resulting in:
Helplessness, disempowerment
A focus on symptom management
Excessive use of pharmaceutical drugs
Distraction from identifying and addressing root causes
Dr. Bruce Lipton: “We are not victims of our genome”
My research on how environment [toxins, nutrition, exercise, stress relief, etc] shapes genetic activity was published in 1977… Twenty years after I started my stem cell research, the same conclusions were officially recognized by science in advancing the revolutionary field of Epigenetics … the science of how environment controls genetic activity. The most exciting consequence of these studies is the revelation that we are truly masters of our genome… We are empowered creators, not victims of our genome.
While genes play a role in life and disease, there are innumerable epigenetic triggers that differentiate us from mice and each other [and express as health or illness].
Root Causes of Fatigue, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Fibromyalgia
Quick links to verify research for each root cause are at Wellness Resource Center: Root Cause Index
