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  1. Lolinda

    Increasing mitochondrial energy production using 4 labtests, by Chris Masterjohn - I got out of ME and resolved low ATP

    A PhD's Secret Weapon: The Four Biomarkers Every Expert Should, But Doesn’t, Analyze text version: https://chrismasterjohnphd.substack.com/p/how-to-interpret-ketone-ratios-and Chris Masterjohn presents in this video / article that one needs to measure two ratios: lactate : pyruvate beta...
  2. C

    Help Needed - Normal B12, low everything else

    Hi everyone, I hope you are doing well, or are on the path to it. I've been struggling a lot and I find a lot of advice to be mixed. I think the difficulty is that each of our deficiencies are a little different from the next, so advice isn't perfect. Every test I've done shows normal B12...
  3. gbells

    Epstein Barr virus causes megaloblastic anemia (methylation related)

    I was troublesheeting a high MCV on CBC labs and learned that Epstein Barr virus causes it (megaloblastic anemia). It is a deficiency of activated folic acid and activated B12. I am heterozygous for MTHFR deficiency but never had a problem with it before EBV infection in 2008. Post infection...
  4. Y

    Methylfolate causing inflammation behind nose?

    Brief Background: 31/Male, MTHFR A1298C GG, Anxiety, ADHD, I don't believe I have MS/CFS Both methyl-folate and folonic acid initially make me feel great, but then cause inflammation right behind my nose and seemingly in my general nasal/sinus tract. It also happens even with cofactors/methyl-B...