I watched the video.
She talked at the start about the 2 day CPET, of which she has done a lot, some for research, and some to help people get disability benefits.
Her recommendations were supposed to be for PEM, but most seemed to be general stuff for ME - a mix of 'evidence based' and 'anecdote based'. She didn't seem to make it very clear which was which.
The recommendations include:
Red light therapy - apparently used for sports people. She said it was evidence based, but I think that was for healthy sports people, not for ME.
Quite a lot on foods - avoid 'inflammatory' foods like sugar, starch and gluten.
Seed cycling - a cycle of ground up flax and pumpkin seeds to match the first half of the menstrual cycle, then sunflower and sesame. The rationale seemed to be about oestrogen, but she said it was for men and post menopausal women too using alternate 2 weeks of each. I don't think she mentioned evidence for this.
She also listed 'good' foods.
Intermittent fasting (do all your eating in an 8 hour slot each day).
For OI - compression garments and mixed salts.
For sleep - Testing for sleep apnoea.
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A bit about exercises which sounded OK - very short bursts of 10 seconds at a time with 40-60 seconds rest before repeating, focus on core strength first - she showed some diagrams.
Pacing with heart rate monitoring, stay 10 beats below your anerobic threshold.
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My general feeling is she should have stuck to her area of specialism. She is a sports science PhD, not a medical doctor. The stuff about 2 day CPET and exercises was good. The rest was a waste of time.
Edit: Grammar
She talked at the start about the 2 day CPET, of which she has done a lot, some for research, and some to help people get disability benefits.
Her recommendations were supposed to be for PEM, but most seemed to be general stuff for ME - a mix of 'evidence based' and 'anecdote based'. She didn't seem to make it very clear which was which.
The recommendations include:
Red light therapy - apparently used for sports people. She said it was evidence based, but I think that was for healthy sports people, not for ME.
Quite a lot on foods - avoid 'inflammatory' foods like sugar, starch and gluten.
Seed cycling - a cycle of ground up flax and pumpkin seeds to match the first half of the menstrual cycle, then sunflower and sesame. The rationale seemed to be about oestrogen, but she said it was for men and post menopausal women too using alternate 2 weeks of each. I don't think she mentioned evidence for this.
She also listed 'good' foods.
Intermittent fasting (do all your eating in an 8 hour slot each day).
For OI - compression garments and mixed salts.
For sleep - Testing for sleep apnoea.
.............
A bit about exercises which sounded OK - very short bursts of 10 seconds at a time with 40-60 seconds rest before repeating, focus on core strength first - she showed some diagrams.
Pacing with heart rate monitoring, stay 10 beats below your anerobic threshold.
...................
My general feeling is she should have stuck to her area of specialism. She is a sports science PhD, not a medical doctor. The stuff about 2 day CPET and exercises was good. The rest was a waste of time.
Edit: Grammar
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