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“Straining for Energy”- Large Metabolic Study Suggests ME/CFS is an “Immunometabolic” Disease
Now comes a big, complex, and undoubtedly quite expensive Norwegian metabolic study. In fact, one of the authors called the study “A map of metabolic phenotypes in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome“, “the most comprehensive overview of the metabolism” in ME/CFS to date.
Given how important metabolomic studies have been to this field that was big news. Led by two researchers new to the field (Fredrick and August Hoel), and overseen by several old hands (Karl J Tronstad, Øystein Fluge, Olav Mella), the 118-person study incorporated metabolomics (metabolites), lipidomics (cellular lipids; i.e. fat) and hormonal assessments together to produce a ” metabolic map” of ME/CFS.
About 1,700 substances in the blood were assessed. The ME/CFS patients in the study met the Canadian Consensus Criteria.
More reading: https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2...nic-fatigue-syndrome-immunometabolic-disease/
Now comes a big, complex, and undoubtedly quite expensive Norwegian metabolic study. In fact, one of the authors called the study “A map of metabolic phenotypes in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome“, “the most comprehensive overview of the metabolism” in ME/CFS to date.
Given how important metabolomic studies have been to this field that was big news. Led by two researchers new to the field (Fredrick and August Hoel), and overseen by several old hands (Karl J Tronstad, Øystein Fluge, Olav Mella), the 118-person study incorporated metabolomics (metabolites), lipidomics (cellular lipids; i.e. fat) and hormonal assessments together to produce a ” metabolic map” of ME/CFS.
About 1,700 substances in the blood were assessed. The ME/CFS patients in the study met the Canadian Consensus Criteria.
More reading: https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2...nic-fatigue-syndrome-immunometabolic-disease/