I am currently exploring an aspect that I think I once mentioned briefly, but haven't given too much attention so far: Calorie/nutrient distribution over the day.
I have felt for quite some time now that larger meals in the evening make me worse. Generally, and irrespective of other factors, much of the symptoms seem to develop overnight. I generally feel worst right after waking up and it then gets gradually better.
I think the virus (which I think causes all this) needs certain nutrients to be active, both macro (carbs, protein) and micro (especially calcium seems to be important). At night, parathyroid hormone is upregulated, which raises overall calcium levels. If a high calcium meal comes on top of that, that's not good. Same with lots of carbs and protein.
So what I do right now is try to have very small, low-nutrient meals in the morning and evening while having a large meal around mid-day. I currently do 100 g of spaghetti cooked in low-calcium water with a tomato or a teaspon of nutritional yeast in the morning and evening (about 400 calories each). Lunch would then be a relatively large meal with about 1500 calories.
I am basically trying to starve the virus during night-time. I cannot skip dinner altogether, because I need two meals inbetween every meal that is high protein, choline and/or fat. Whenever a meal contains larger amounts of protein, choline and fat, I need at least two low-fat, low-protein, low choline meals after that, otherwise, it seems to cause symptoms.
I have felt for quite some time now that larger meals in the evening make me worse. Generally, and irrespective of other factors, much of the symptoms seem to develop overnight. I generally feel worst right after waking up and it then gets gradually better.
I think the virus (which I think causes all this) needs certain nutrients to be active, both macro (carbs, protein) and micro (especially calcium seems to be important). At night, parathyroid hormone is upregulated, which raises overall calcium levels. If a high calcium meal comes on top of that, that's not good. Same with lots of carbs and protein.
So what I do right now is try to have very small, low-nutrient meals in the morning and evening while having a large meal around mid-day. I currently do 100 g of spaghetti cooked in low-calcium water with a tomato or a teaspon of nutritional yeast in the morning and evening (about 400 calories each). Lunch would then be a relatively large meal with about 1500 calories.
I am basically trying to starve the virus during night-time. I cannot skip dinner altogether, because I need two meals inbetween every meal that is high protein, choline and/or fat. Whenever a meal contains larger amounts of protein, choline and fat, I need at least two low-fat, low-protein, low choline meals after that, otherwise, it seems to cause symptoms.