- Frameworks·May 27, 2026· 19 min·HCM interpretationEducational only
Why Am I So Tired When My Blood Work Is Normal? What Standard Testing Misses
Normal labs and persistent symptoms is not a contradiction. The lesion is usually in a layer the standard panel does not measure. A Host Capacity Model reading of why conventional blood work returns normal while chronic illness continues, the specific cellular, mitochondrial, gut, and autonomic mechanisms involved, and what testing actually catches what is missed.
#chronic-fatigue#normal-labs#blood-work#host-capacity-model#functional-medicine-testing#cellular-bioenergetics#mitochondrial-dysfunction#medically-unexplained-symptoms#cd38#nad#sirt3Read mechanism → - SIBO·May 25, 2026· 16 min·Mechanistic inferenceEducational only
Why Does SIBO Keep Coming Back After Treatment?
Recurrent SIBO is the equilibrium state of an unaddressed host substrate failure. Antimicrobials reduce overgrowth without restoring the colonocyte bioenergetic capacity that defines which microbes can dominate. A Host Capacity Model reading of the recurrence cycle, the SLC5A8 / Fe-S / CD38-NAD+-SIRT3 mechanisms behind it, and what an HCM-anchored approach actually looks like.
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