CFS (also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis) is a condition of severe exhaustion following mental or physical exertion. Physical exhaustion usually occurs due to muscle fatigue rather than muscle weakness.  Mental exhaustion detrimentally affects memory and sleep. The root cause of both is an insufficiency of oxygen. for cells to efficiently production energy and destroy microbes.

Oxygen is required for efficient cellular energy production. Oxygen is used to destroy microbes. Unlike our healthy body’s cells, microbes and weakened unhealthy cells do not have an antioxidant coating to protect them from being “burnt up” (oxidized) by oxygen. When cells need oxygen for cleaning or energy production, the cell nuclei signal cell membrane calcium channels to pull it in. Oxygen is the most electronegative element. When the cell has sufficient oxygen for the mitochondrial “energy factories”, the overall electronegative charge of the cell attracts and absorbs positively charged nutrients (e.g. minerals). As the cell charge becomes positive, it attracts more negatively charged oxygen and the cycle repeats.