If You're Not Active, You're Sick – You Just Don't Know It Yet

Re:If You're Not Active, You're Sick – You Just Don't Know I... by storus on Sunday November 09, 2025 @08:53PM (#45871376)

How about boosting mitochondria via supplements? Would that be something to look at? I climbed out of ME/CFS-like neurocovid mainly thanks to boosting mitochondria as much as I could and am wondering if the same lesson could be applied here?

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Re:If You're Not Active, You're Sick – You Just Don't Know I... by justinator on Sunday November 09, 2025 @09:55PM (#45871845)

How about just moving around for 30 minutes most days?

Supplements aren't going to help you mentally as a nice walk in the park.

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Re:If You're Not Active, You're Sick – You Just Don't Know I... by storus on Monday November 10, 2025 @08:22AM (#45875719)

The point was that in ME/CFS you are essentially a conscious vegetable where drinking a glass of water or crawling to the toilet feels like a massive achievement. That mitochondrial supplements allowed pushing the limit every day a bit further in that state could have implications for regular folks as well who for whatever reasons can't move (imagine injury, lack of energy after a stressful day etc.).

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Re:If You're Not Active, You're Sick – You Just Don't Know I... by justinator on Monday November 10, 2025 @12:25PM (#45878255)

I'm going to set aside the "you're a vegetable" use case, because that's wholly beyond of the pale of this discussion.

The "lack of energy after a stressful day" is a lifestyle issue, and not something that I would suggest taking a drug to overcome. I would suggest taking a walk. You need to take responsibility for your well being, no one else should care about it more than you.

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