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I would not go anywhere near a sauna - heat exhausts me and humidity is about the worst thing there is for symptoms flaring and passing out.
"Toxins" getting sweated out the skin is just a load of nonsense, buzz-words and psuedoscience.
What happens is you loose fluids and vital electrolytes.
I'm not a subscriber to the notion of mercury overloads (otherwise dentists and dental assistants would be the worst affected) or to the notion of "detoxification" in general. The liver deals with that sort of thing, not sweat.
Perhaps you don't, but do react badly to coffee? We're all different.
Your comment was valuable indeed, as some people will feel worse on saunas, like those with bad mast cell problems. However, I found necessary to note that coffee its bad for anyone (health nut! hehe) and why saunas can be beneficial for some, or most. About mercury, other metals and toxins (such as xenobiotics or biotoxins) in general, you are very ill informed. They are big players in chronic illness and its a scientifically provable fact and empirically suffered by thousands, some of which get better or cured getting properly detoxed and maintaining the detox pathways (methylation its just one of them) functional.
Are you taking all four of the Deadlock Quartet? If not, the lack of any of them could cause that severe fatigue.
When I mentioned dentists and dental assistants, I did mean quite specifically as part of the ME population, where they are not highly represented.
“It became very, very difficult to get funding to work on aluminum. As soon as you mentioned aluminum, you’re dismissed with ‘Oh, that hypothesis was disproven years ago,’ ” Savory says.“But it has not been disproven. The truth is, nobody knows.”
I'm not a subscriber to the notion of mercury overloads (otherwise dentists and dental assistants would be the worst affected) or to the notion of "detoxification" in general. The liver deals with that sort of thing, not sweat.
I'm utterly convinced ME is mitochondrial damage/retroviral infection.