Category: nutrition
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A New Cookbook for People with Chronic Illness
In September, Rachel Riggs published her first cookbook, called “In Good Health: Uncomplicated, Allergen-Aware Recipes for a Nourished Life.” Riggs, a longtime foodie who lives in southern California, found herself unable to eat many of her favorite dishes after the onset of chronic illness a decade or so ago. (Her diagnoses include myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME),…
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More Debate About Treatment of Severe ME/CFS
Last month, Jonathan Edwards, an emeritus professor of medicine at University College London and an advocate for patients with ME/CFS, published a statement on a pre-print server about managing the nutritional needs of patients with severe disease. (I wrote about it here.) A few days ago, a group of parents and carers released an open…