Of brain fog and fatigue

[ClaudiaLenoir]

I think Tex wrote somewhere that after the diarrhea is controlled with proper diet, brain fog and fatigue remain.
Can someone tell for how long you felt foggy and exhausted after the D left?
I’m still reeling with shock at my diagnosis only 10 days ago.

[Gabes-Apg]

For me
it took about 6-12 months of low inflammation lifestyle (eating plan low toxins etc) and the right supplements to correct nutrient deficiencies that contribute to those symptoms

early stages of healing we encourage Vit D3 and magnesium and then after a couple of months introduce active B vitamins
B12 will help with the fatigue /foggy brain best to have the active form - methyl B12

healing takes time. a broken bone is keep stabilised for 6-8 weeks and then it takes a couple of months of physio etc to get good strength
the gut can take longer.

correcting nutrient deficiencies can take time
mild deficiency takes 8-10 weeks
medium level deficiency 10-16 weeks
high level deficiency up to 6 months

be patient, you cant rush/ accelerate the process.

[ClaudiaLenoir]

Thank you, Gabes. How can I determine the severity of my nutrient deficiencies?

[tex]

Unless Gabes is aware of a way to do this, as far as I know, there's really no accurate way to check our vitamin levels, even if we test for individual vitamins, because over half of us have genetic defects that cause methylation issues which can prevent our bodies from properly converting the inactive forms of vitamins into the active forms so that we can actually use them. When that happens, blood tests for vitamin levels will show normal to high levels (because we can't use some to all of the vitamins in our food), so the levels tend to build up), despite the fact that our body is starving for the active forms of the vitamins. Those of us in that situation have to buy supplemental vitamins in the active forms, because they are already methylated, so that our bodies can use them.

Probably the easiest way to get a rough estimate of our nutrient absorption capabilities is to order a fat malabsorption test from EnteroLab. If your fat malabsorption score is significantly above 300, then you have a serious malabsorption problem, and therefore you are very likely to be short of certain vitamins, whether you have a methylation problem, or not.

Tex

[Gabes-Apg]

Tex is correct, currently there is no easy / affordable mainstream way to assess nutrient deficiencies
(maybe places like NASA has a system but none of those techniques have made it to mainstream)

listen to your body is the most reliable approach

I mentioned the time scales regarding deficiencies so people have realistic expectations of improvement once they start supplementing