taniaaust1
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I saw a mag last week in my Newsagent called Nexus (its a mag which writes about conspiratories etc) which has a 6 page article on "Porphyria: The hidden cause of PMS, CFS, ME and allergies?"
It is a quite technical article talking quite a bit in it about food intollerances, MCS and some abnormality to do with cytochrome P450 which can cause CFS/ME symptoms but may be a form of Porphyria (to which apparently there is 8 different forms of this metabolic disorder which can be brought on after certain things).
This article has certainly given me something to think about (I wish i could be tested for defects of of P450 enzyme ... which is involved in detoxifying things... maybe I can sometime find a place which does these tests).
Interestingly some things we use to try to help CFS/ME are mentioned in the article as being also used with these kind of Porphyria issues .. (it mentioned glutathione)
Anyway, I thought I'd mention this mag in case anyone else in Australia wants to get hold of it and give this article a read. Could as the mag says, some of us diagnosed with CFS/ME have one of the forms of hidden Porphyria?
(It talks about many ones with Porphyria craving carbs and not doing well with not having a lot of carbs... I know Ive heard some here mention this).
It is a quite technical article talking quite a bit in it about food intollerances, MCS and some abnormality to do with cytochrome P450 which can cause CFS/ME symptoms but may be a form of Porphyria (to which apparently there is 8 different forms of this metabolic disorder which can be brought on after certain things).
This article has certainly given me something to think about (I wish i could be tested for defects of of P450 enzyme ... which is involved in detoxifying things... maybe I can sometime find a place which does these tests).
Interestingly some things we use to try to help CFS/ME are mentioned in the article as being also used with these kind of Porphyria issues .. (it mentioned glutathione)
Anyway, I thought I'd mention this mag in case anyone else in Australia wants to get hold of it and give this article a read. Could as the mag says, some of us diagnosed with CFS/ME have one of the forms of hidden Porphyria?
(It talks about many ones with Porphyria craving carbs and not doing well with not having a lot of carbs... I know Ive heard some here mention this).