Is your diet the cause of your chronic fatigue?

If you or someone you know suffers from chronic fatigue that may have been diagnosed as chronic fatigue syndrome, or maybe not, keep in mind that these disturbances can be the result of a delayed food allergy. The condition known as chronic fatigue syndrome is difficult to treat and is characterized by severe fatigue and depression, often leading to exhaustion. However, Dr. Talal Nsouli, an allergist and associate professor at the Georgetown University School of Medicine, has found that food allergies are the cause of chronic fatigue in 60% of patients who come to his clinic with this problem. “It’s almost unbelievable,” he says. “When they start avoiding the foods that bother them, they completely recover.”
The three most common culprits responsible for chronic fatigue, according to Dr. Nsouli, are wheat, milk, and corn.
If a food allergy is confirmed by skin tests and/or a standard blood test known as RAST (radioallergosorbent test), Dr. Nsouli’s patients are asked to avoid suspected allergy-causing foods for three weeks. If improvement occurs, the patient then undergoes a “food challenge,” i.e., they eat the suspicious food again to see if the symptoms return after a few days. If this happens, it is sufficient proof that food is to blame.
There is a case of an eighteen-year-old girl who was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. The girl was under psychiatric care and taking antidepressants for severe depression. It turned out she was allergic to wheat. “She was put on a wheat-free diet, and after three weeks, the symptoms began to disappear. She stopped seeing the psychiatrist and taking antidepressants, and now she is well,” says Dr. Nsouli. Since food particles can circulate in the body for a long time, it usually takes three to four weeks before expected improvement, notes Dr. Nsouli.

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Franjo Lenac