It is estimated that over 1 million people in the USA and at least 250,000 people in the UK are living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or CFS.
There are many theories and some medical evidence for the cause of this condition, but it can also be a very vague diagnosis. If a doctor has performed all the conventional tests and can’t find a cause for the patient’s extreme fatigue and lack of motivation they diagnosis them with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
What most doctors wouldn’t consider is that their patient could be suffering from Candida overgrowth. Chronic Candida or Candida overgrowth can actually have very similar symptoms to CFS.
Chronic Fatigue and Candida Overgrowth Compared
| Symptom | Chronic Fatigue | Candida Overgrowth |
| Impaired memory or concentration | yes | yes |
| Post-exertion fatigue | yes | yes |
| Unrefreshing sleep | yes | yes |
| Muscle pain | yes | yes |
| Pain in multiple joints | yes | yes |
| Headaches | yes | yes |
| Sore throat, frequent or recurring | yes | yes |
| Tender lymph nodes | yes | not common |
| Irritable bowel, abdominal pain, | yes | yes |
| Chills and night sweats | yes | not common |
| Brain Fog | yes | yes |
| Chest pain | yes | not common |
| Shortness of breath | yes | not common |
| Chronic cough | yes | yes |
| Visual disturbances | yes | not common |
| Allergies | yes | yes |
| Dizziness | yes | yes |
| Depression, irritability, mood swings | yes | yes |
Looking at the above Candida overgrowth and CFS symptoms we can see that most of the symptoms can overlap and in some cases can be identical. Since most doctors won’t diagnosis Candida Overgrowth as a legitimate diagnosis they instead diagnosis Chronic Fatigue. The treatment for CFS can be quite different and if someone is really suffering from Candida overgrowth or Systemic Candidiasis then they will stay sick which leads to further depression and hopelessness.
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Conclusions
I recommend that anyone that’s been diagnosed with CFS to begin Candida Diet. The symptoms are so close that it is worth a little money and effort to possibly get your life back and stop the Candida Overgrowth. Many have found healing from so labeled CFS by following a Candida Diet because the Chronic Fatigue was misdiagnosed and what they were really suffering from was Candida Overgrowth.
Source: Wikipedia.org







Great post!
Great and informative chart, thank you Ted for spreading awareness!!