User happy now - PaleoHacks.com

Answer by Happy Now for What to put on Shell fish if not butter?

2013-06-18T19:22:27Z

If it is wrong, I don't want to be right.

Answer by Happy Now for First pregnancy, how many carbs do I need, what's the paleo verdict

2013-06-18T03:39:33Z

My midwives were awesome paleo enthusiasts, and when I was trying to figure out my carb load we settled on a goal of 100-175g. Some days it was more, some days less. I've got a healthy, happy baby snoozin' in a swing right here next to me. Don't lose sleep tracking it incessantly, maybe just a check-in sample day here or there.

There is no consensus though about a number that is right for every woman and baby. Babies are not hot house flowers who need mothers to eat perfectly (quality certainly matters, but there is a lot of flexibility). At six weeks you haven't entered the no man's land of food aversions yet, they can rock the faith of anyone who thinks they have their diet figured out. That little baby is going to be in the driver's seat soon, and I think it is best to just eat intuitively at that point. Don't be surprised if you experience bouts of meat and green vegetable aversions, they actually help to protect the baby from excess protein and possible exposure to plant toxins that could be harmful to development.

I really like Cate Shanahan's quote from the safe starch panel debate. "Food is information." You can be low carb if you want to be, but it is important to mindful that you are programing your baby to exist in the world represented by food exposure in utero. If your whole family is going to be lowish carb forever, they will be fine. Like Dragonfly said, the fear of ketones during pregnancy is is unfounded, the level of ketones in the blood of pregnant women with diabetic ketoacidosis is hundreds of times higher than what a baby would be exposed to during occasional dietary ketosis. However, there seems to be evidence that low carb pregnancies can increase the chance of childhood obesity, I'm guessing because small children are sugar fiends, and there becomes a mismatch between what their genes were programmed for and their food environment.

"Too much salt" improving adrenal fatigue?

2011-09-17T17:33:22Z

After a bacon filled breakfast and munching on a batch of jerky where I got a bit overzealous with the salt yesterday, I certainly ate a bit more salt than was palatable, and I have the puffy face to show it this morning. In spite of several things that normally set me up for that early morning dizziness when I get up like lack of sleep and a stressful week, I jumped up out of bed without having to brace myself to get through that initial "whoosh" feeling this morning. Don't worry, I'm not planning on "oversalting" on a regular basis, but there does seem to have been a quick and profound difference in my morning fatigue and wooziness. Maybe my bp is just higher today so the blood couldn't drain from my head as quickly, don't know. Just curious if anyone else has noticed this, or knows what mechanism would explain it.

Update--I did notice big improvement in energy after that salt binge, so I've been adding bone broth with a generous dash of Celtic Sea salt to my breakfast the last two days, and have felt an immediate lift from it both days. This morning I can barely get through my mug of 1/2 caff. coffee, I started to get jittery after just a few sips. I've been a caffeine fiend for so long, I'm not sure what I'm going to do with myself if don't need it anymore.

I'm also wondering if my "taste" for salt could be lower than my need? I always thought the rule with salt was "to taste", could my taster be broken or would other stimulants like caffeine block the signal?

Answer by Happy Now for Calorie Intake on Paleo - is my deficit too low? - how can I increase it?

2013-06-13T22:21:11Z

I think being that restrictive could end up biting you in the butt on the weight loss front, in addition to amping up your stress hormones. One of my favorite concepts about being overweight is from Paul Jaminet, and that it is a sign of malnourishment. Our temptation when dieting is to drastically restrict food intake, which just leads to further malnourishment thus compounding the problem.

That doesn't mean you can eat 1000's of calories over what you'd need in a day and still lose weight, but it does mean that focusing on nutrient density and eating to satiety are probably your best bet in creating a sustainable plan that will actually improve your health in the end. You can starve yourself if you really want to, but you don't need to.

PCOS is more about deficiencies than about being overweight, figure out what you are missing, and the rest will start to fall into place. For me that has meant eating more organ meat, root vegetables, and fish. I've spent years studying the most common deficiencies in PCOS, one of the ones that keeps popping up is inositol (B8), which you can either supplement (usually derived from rice), or get a decent dose of it straight from your food if you eat beef or lamb heart (I think chicken heart too, but I can't remember if it is as rich in it), which are awesome meats to cook on a skewer, and make kebobs with some onion, pepper, and mushrooms. If organ meats ick you out, there is a supplement called Simplex F, that is great for PCOS that will at least get you some supplemental organ tissues.

You probably already know this, but getting enough magnesium, sunlight, and exercise is also super important with PCOS.

Answer by Happy Now for Almost 4 weeks: Low energy, low motivation and light headed

2013-06-13T21:24:17Z

Are you salting your food? Because all of those can be signs of low salt.

Answer by Happy Now for Did anybody else notice poor health after antibiotics? This candida thing?

2013-06-12T23:07:49Z

How long ago did you take the antibiotics? Sometimes your gut bacteria take a while to bounce back, and you can feel cruddy for a few months in the interim, but then even out. Probiotic and prebiotic foods and supps are probably a good idea.

What kind of health problems are you having after them? There are some really serious health issues you can have after them like developing necrosis of the intestine which would make you really sick and absolutely needs to be followed up with a doctor or an ER visit. Or you can just throw off your bacterial balance a bit and end up with a short term or long term fungal overgrowth, weight gain, or anemia, depending on what kind of bacteria took the strongest hit.

If you think you have a systemic candida infection after antibiotics, Diflucan is a freakin' miracle drug in my opinion.

Answer by Happy Now for Eating only 1000 calories a day?

2013-06-12T18:57:02Z

I'm worried that you've restricted your diet so much that you've possibly crossed over that line where your brain chemistry is on the verge of anorexia, and your body has simply stopped asking for food. It sounds like you are in the grey area where you could reverse it before it gets its hooks in you, but you are going to have to make a point of sitting down and eating 3 square meals a day whether you feel like it or not. Please, please take this seriously, your future ability to have children, and the future of your bones depend on you eating enough good food when you are young. With your age and activity level that needs to be at least twice what you are currently eating.

Some of what you eat might exacerbate your acne, but you are going to have to suck it up and put your long term health ahead of vanity if you want to stay healthy. That is what makeup is for. At 19 hormonal acne is still perfectly normal, if you look around at your class mates you are likely in good company. The flax probably made you break out because it is high in PUFA. Even nearing 40 if I have a lot of vegetable oil, or even plant based omega 3 foods like flax, about 6 hours later I break out.

If your acne is a result of leaky gut, you can start working on that right now, by making sure you get enough gelatin in your diet either through broth or supplemental gelatin. There's always room for jello, right? I make jello jigglers with coconut milk. Here is a recipe http://blog.naturalbirthandbabycare.com/coconut-milk-jiggler-recipe/

There are people who eat brown rice pasta every day, and it takes months to years for their minerals to get run down, so having a serving here and there isn't going to harm you at all. If you are worried about your mineral supply go for white rice pasta.

If you try this for a few months and are still struggling please see a professional counselor because with the combination of fear and not eating/not being hungry it does sound like you are on the slippery slope to a full blown eating disorder.

Answer by Happy Now for Newish Paleo - Bad Water Retention

2013-06-12T01:21:31Z

Malnutrition from not eating enough can cause a magnesium deficiency, and that can throw all your electrolytes out of whack causing edema. I know you say you are retaining water, but both cellulite and that denting in your skin indicate dehydration to me. I would recommend eating quite a bit more especially organ meats, soups from home made broth, and leafy greens, taking Epsom salt baths after your bike rides at least a few times per week, and drinking mineral water. You can also supplement with something like Natural Calm.

All that heavy lifting you do at work can cause swelling too. There is a certain amount of inflammation that happens after exercising, and it can take almost a week for the body to work through it.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/502677-magnesium-deficiency-and-edema/

http://www.livestrong.com/article/75670-swell-after-workout/

Answer by Happy Now for food for pear shaped people

2013-06-12T01:04:11Z

Don't be fixin' what ain't broke. Pear shape is ideal for women. Subfemoral fat has no correlation with all the bad things body fat is often associated with. Rock that junk in your trunk, it is the secret to healthy babies, a healthy brain, and a long life.

As far as what to eat, eat high quality food fit for humans that agrees with your digestion whenever possible.

Answer by Happy Now for Why massive carb cravings after sun bathing?

2013-06-11T21:49:07Z

Berries have antioxidants that are supposed to be good for reducing your chance of sunburn. They are also full of water and minerals, so they can help rehydrate you.

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/8-natural-ways-to-prevent-a-sunburn-and-sunscreens-not-one-of-them/#axzz2VwlojdKM

Sounds like your body knows what it is doing. Keep listening to it.

Answer by Happy Now for Is filtering water a waste of time?

2013-06-09T22:44:36Z

It makes a huge difference in getting the chlorine taste out of the water.

Answer by Happy Now for Introducing allergenic foods early to prevent food allergies in baby?

2013-06-08T07:06:07Z

I haven't looked into the studies to back it up yet, but my ND/pediatrician gave me a handout at our last visit talking about the introduction of grain before 3 months or after 7 months could lead to an increased risk of type 1 diabetes. In general think we been overthinking things and have errored too much on the side of avoidance with feeding our babies. My baby started teething freakishly early (9 weeks), so with the blessing of our doctor we started on solids at 4 1/2 months. I've been giving him small tastes of just about everything I eat, and have purposefully given him a little oatmeal, rice, and let him lick buttered bread in the hopes that introducing it during this window will give him greater digestive flexibility later in life. I think the way we used to cram baby cereal into their mouths 3 times per day is certainly not necessary, and likely detrimental, but introducing modest amounts of grain to stave off later autoimmune reactions seems prudent.

Answer by Happy Now for Should we "pre-chew" our children's food?

2013-06-08T06:25:00Z

Babies eat such small amounts of food that I think it is kind of ridiculous not to pre-chew food for them unless you want to use all pre-packaged or cooked, portioned, and frozen in advance food. Using a motorized blending device for less than a 1/4 cup of food is just silly, in addition to being frustrating for the baby to have to wait while I prep it.

I think kids become better eaters when you start them by chewing up bits of food too, it just becomes a direct "monkey see, monkey do" situation, and they are exposed to a wider variety of flavors foods. Both of my babies have tried to reach up and pull food out of my mouth even before I let them start on solids, I trust that they know what they are doing in looking there for food.

Considering that infants do not produce much salivary amylase, and that starchy tubers seem to make up a significant portion of the diet of many hunter/gatherers, it would make sense to me that pre-chewing might be very helpful when starting a baby on starchy solids to help with digestion and nutrient absorption.

The acquisition of bacteria, other than growing of course, is the one of the most important jobs a baby has. Which is why they put EVERYTHING they can get in their grubby little mitts in their mouths. With over 1/3 of babies being born via c-section now, many vaginal births involving IV antibiotics, and automatic IV antibiotics if your baby ends up in the NICU, there can be a lot of catching up to do on the microbiome front. Pre-chewing is a wonderfully direct way to continue that transfer of bacteria from mother to child if opportunities were missed along the way.

Considering that the simple practice of a parent cleaning a pacifier with their mouth has been found to reduce allergies and asthma significantly in children, think of how much more benefit the child would get from food chewed by a parent.

Can pathogenic bacteria be passed along, alongside beneficial bacteria? Of course. But I think we are all well aware that living in a bubble is not good for immunity, and exposure to a wide range of bacteria is crucial to build a strong immune system. I think the benefits deeply outweigh the risks on this one.

Are some mamas doing it to be attention grubbing punks? Sure. But does that mean it isn't a practical and healthful activity...nope.

Answer by Happy Now for foods for type 2 diabetes and hypothyroidism

2013-06-07T22:00:41Z

Adding a bit of seaweed and coconut oil to your diet can be good for both.

Answer by Happy Now for Breakfast Issues

2013-06-04T11:07:11Z

Steak, it's what's for breakfast.

Trust me, you'll feel like a god, and might not even get hungry again until dinner.

Answer by Happy Now for What is the best way to survive staying at Disneyland for 48 hours?

2013-06-01T00:42:39Z

Don't know if they still have 'em, but when I was kid we always hit the chocolate dipped banana cart. Between that and the turkey legs and salad Kelly recommended you should be covered.

Answer by Happy Now for 47 yr old been bleeding for 20days now

2013-06-01T00:38:03Z

You need to go to the ER today, if not immediately. If you feel faint dial 911 and do not drive yourself there. ERs are set up to provide you with a case worker who can work out how your care will be paid for, if you can't afford it, you will be covered.

There are a number of things that can happen like bleeding cysts or tumors, some can be life threatening. Do not wait until you are weak from blood loss to look into this.

P.S. I am voting to close this because PH is not here to replace professional medical advice. After you see a doctor, feel free to come back and chat about dietary and lifestyle stuff that might help with whatever is found to be the case.

Answer by Happy Now for Any women out there notice increased strength&stamina during menstruation?

2013-05-29T07:08:36Z

I've experienced the same thing, and it feels a lot like the nesting instinct that kicks in during very early labor. I think it must be a similar hormonal shift.

Answer by Happy Now for Dancing for 12 hours without access to food: how to survive?

2013-05-17T07:14:38Z

Just eat what they have there. Sometimes the wrong food is better than no food. Dancing for that long your body is just going to want calories, and probably won't be too picky about the source.

Answer by Happy Now for How to Get More Saturated Fat

2013-05-08T07:22:00Z

You seem to have forgotten one of the macros, protein. Meat should be filling if isolated fat isn't filling you up sufficiently. If eaten in sufficient quantity it will also help you hang on to muscle so you don't shrink.

No need to fear the natural breakdown of fats into Saturated, MUFA, and PUFA, when they are in naturally packaged ratios, to seek isolated saturated fat is kind of an evolutionarily novel concept.

If you are seeking out the fattiest parts of an animal you can't beat brains and bone marrow. Sheep brain is supposed to be very good. Osso bucco is fucking fantastic. I saw an ingenious way of cooking it where you cut the marrow bone lengthwise. Fatty pork belly isn't bad either. Don't forget fatty fish like tuna belly, cod livers, and salmon. Fish roe is freakishly satiating as well.

Sounds like you aren't sure about candida, but if you do suspect it, be on the lookout for a flare in symptoms when switching over to a high fat diet because those little bastards can sustain themselves just as happily on ketones as on sugar. You can try something like Diflucan if you do suspect candida albicans to see if there is an impact.

Answer by Happy Now for Diarrhoea, Paleo diet for 5 months

2013-05-06T18:12:35Z

Is your omega 3 supplement fish oil. I had something similar going on my first year, and when I dropped the fish oil for a while it stopped.

Answer by Happy Now for Mail order mackerel?

2013-05-06T06:05:57Z

Ugh, so been there. Give her my deepest sympathies. The food sight/smell aversions are the worst because you can be absolutely starving and not able to even touch food to make something for yourself.

I gave in and ate a lot of sushi because it was one of the few things that I could keep down easily. I know common wisdom puts it on the forbidden list, but I believe most of that was over parasite concerns because it wasn't understood that the fish gets a good solid freeze for weeks or months before it is served. The NIH has given it the green light, even though most practitioners still discourage eating it.

Oven pancake and crepes were something that I was able to eat too. If you use coconut milk or cream, rice or coconut flour, a ripe banana, and a bunch of eggs you can make some yummy variations on classic versions of those. For the oven pancake I would preheat the oven to 425, put 1 cup of liquid, 1 cup of flour, a banana, and 4 eggs in a blender and blend them really well until they were all bubbly, and then pour into a hot skillet with 1/4 stick melted butter in it for about 25 minutes. Homemade custard and smoothies I had success with too.

Answer by Happy Now for Prep tips and ideas for easy meal prep needed!!

2013-05-03T19:17:39Z

There is no reason it needs to take longer than throwing a lasagna in the oven if you plan ahead enough. Get the whole family involved in the prep work too if you can, so you aren't stuck in the kitchen all alone, and the kids can learn how to cook.

Make one day of the week when you do almost all of your cooking, and cook up things that store well, for example:

pot roast
chili
meatloaf
spaghetti squash with marinara
a whole turkey
a cookie sheet of bacon
a dozen hard boiled eggs
a crock pot of broth for instant stews
a coconut curry soup

Then prepare your fresh veggies, so you can grab and go:

make celery sticks
buy a bag of baby carrots or make carrot sticks
buy a large container of prewashed baby greens or wash and dry your own lettuce
chop up other veggies like peppers you like into snack sized pieces
wash, dry, and chop fresh herbs that you'll be using like cilantro and parsley
stock the freezer with frozen spinach, kale, and squash cubes

For fruit, just keep a fruit bowl around, or stock up on frozen berries

That should keep you covered whenever you need to throw something together in an instant, and then on the nights you feel like cooking you could make really simple things like pan fried steak, or oven baked fish, along with oven baked root veggies like beets, potatoes, rutebegas, turnips, etc. And throw a salad together from what you have prepped, or toss a package of frozen veggies into the baking dish with the fish.

Answer by Happy Now for Mind loves Paleo, body not so much

2013-05-02T23:08:46Z

The combination of the bladder irritation, dandruff, bloating, and PMS sound like it could potentially be some sort of massive fungal die-off. According to some things I've read, adding ground psyllium seed and perhaps some bentonite clay to your diet both decrease digestive transit time, and can grab onto and remove the fungal detritus from your system, so you reduce the amount that gets reabsorbed by your intestine, hopefully avoiding extra misery during a die-off.

I had interstitial cystitis for almost a year on the heels of a UTI that I didn't treat quickly enough, so that can definitely be a possibility. When I was seeking treatment for the interstitial cystitis, one of the last things they had to rule out was a fungal UTI, the bacterial tests that are normally run won't catch those. If you are still in pain, don't just live in misery, please push to see a urologist. In the meantime you might find Bag Balm applied to the opening to the urethra, taking goldenrod horsetail tincture, and drinking watermelon rind tea to be soothing.

Answer by Happy Now for Fruit made me feel like I was passing out

2013-05-02T22:12:53Z

As I understand it when you are in ketosis, your body becomes functionally insulin resistant (not the bad kind of insulin resistance), and because glucose is at a premium in your system it gets shuttled straight to your brain. If you suddenly load up that lean and mean glucose delivery system, you'll get slammed pretty hard by the sudden ingestion of large amounts of sugar. Just like switching away from eating a lot of sugar can be a bitch, so can the return if you do it too quickly.

Answer by Happy Now for Why do I keep getting sick?!

2013-05-01T07:53:34Z

Our immune systems have a very poor memory for cold viruses, so you can expect to be susceptible to kid germs pretty much forever.

For a while I was getting colds almost every 2 weeks when I worked with kids, and something that really helped was when I found out that I was hypothyroid and started thyroid replacement therapy.

Also, it is a really bad allergy season, I don't normally get springtime allergies, but I've been just floored by it some days this year. Even my baby is showing signs of spring allergies. Quercetin, if I take 2 capsules a day seems to help keep me ahead of the misery when I remember to take it. You could do a quick test to see if it is allergies by taking Allegra or its generic equivalent for a few days and see if you improve.

Answer by Happy Now for immediate constipation relief?

2013-05-01T07:46:56Z

You could try a glycerin suppository. Not quite as involved as an enema, but supposedly really effective.

Answer by Happy Now for Why gas now after clean for so long?

2013-04-30T07:09:01Z

Has anything happened that could change your gut flora lately? Antibiotics? More probiotics? Possibly picked up a bug from undercooked chicken? Did the way water is treated where you live change? Have you traveled at all?

Are you feeling more rushed when you eat and possibly swallowing air?

Did you start drinking mineral water?

Is it possible that you have started ingesting more protein?

Answer by Happy Now for Coffee and MCT experiment (can't ketosis and carbs just get along?)

2013-04-30T06:32:37Z

Interesting experiment. I don't think I exactly have the answer you are looking for, but you might find literature about ketogenic diets for Alzheimer patients to be of interest. They don't lower the carbohydrate intake much, maybe because it would be too disturbing to take oatmeal away from people who have been eating it every day of their lives once they develop dementia, they just add a shit-ton of coconut oil and MCT oil, and the results are pretty extraordinary.

I'm also wondering if some assumptions are being made about your success at long endurance hikes. You mention depression, could it be that the famed runners high is what gets you the amazing endurance? Mitochondrial function surely plays a role in endurance, but having just been through child birth, I can say with a fair amount of confidence that the brain juice is where it is at for those almost supernatural boosts of energy, where you feel like you could go on forever.

Just out of curiosity how did you fit 275g into one dinner? Or did I miss something?

Answer by Happy Now for Question about lowering your immune response

2013-04-28T18:56:42Z

That is awesome the treatment is working. That is the goal isn't it, to be able to be a flexible omnivore. I've gone through phases where nothing bothers my belly, and others where even one bite of something can screw me up for days. I wonder if the shots work with the same immune system channels that pregnancy or parasites use. Many people with food sensitivities report them disappearing when pregnant, and autoimmune diseases are much less common in populations where parasitic infections are common.

I was able to eat bread with impunity during my first pregnancy, after not being able to tolerate it for years leading up it. I have also noticed that after eating really well for a about a year, I was healed enough that cheats didn't throw me off as much anymore. There is the risk of going completely off the rails diet wise when you don't have the feedback of inflammatory symptoms (or maybe that is just my weakness). It is much harder for me to resist temptations when I don't fear the pain that might follow. Which does sometimes make me wonder if there is not pain, is there really damage.

If for some reason the shots become less effective, or you change your mind about what you want to try, Helminthic therapy, where you find a doctor who will purposefully infect you with a controlled amount of parasites like hook worm. I know, it sounds freaky, but the little bastards have a very clever way of disabling part of your body's immune response the same way a fetus does so they can live in you without being attacked, and you get symptom relied as a side effect.

Comment by Happy Now

2013-06-18T03:43:25Z

The increase in saturated fat intake also ramps up bile production, so food is better digested before making it further down the digestive tract, which I think helps people a lot.

Comment by Happy Now

2013-06-13T21:30:34Z

For potassium eating dried apricots, salmon, mushrooms, squash, potatoes and bananas can help, no need to take a specific supplement. People can get into trouble by supplementing potassium by itself if they take too much, so it is best to get from food. However if you do want to supplement a bit and aren't eating foods high in it, salt substitutes at the grocery store are usually made from potassium.

Comment by Happy Now

2013-06-13T21:25:10Z

Agreed. Mineral water would be a good addition too.

Comment by Happy Now

2013-06-12T23:43:17Z

There is a saying French, "the appetite comes with eating." Eat first, and the rest will sort itself out.

Comment by Happy Now

2013-06-12T21:34:56Z

As women we are socialized to be snackers I think. It takes bravery to sit down with a full plate of food in public and say I need to eat this to be healthy, and that matters more to me than what anyone thinks or what my skin might look like tomorrow. I think you are going to have to just put any worries about acne on the back burner until you get your eating and hunger cues sorted out again. Stress also causes acne, and you are stressing out way too much about what you eat. Can you take yourself out for a well deserved steak and baked potato with butter tonight? Carpe diem! Carpe steak!

Comment by Happy Now

2013-06-08T05:54:02Z

"Prechewing is so making a statement at the expense of commonsense." I couldn't disagree more. In the privacy of my own home (so no statement to be made) I did this just this morning with buttered potatoes for my infant son. What is more common sense, just chewing up the few bites that he will eat since he is in the tasting stage and mostly relying on breast milk for calories still, or busting out the stick blender, and having to wash extra dishes to prep approximately 1 tbsp. of food.

Comment by Happy Now

2013-05-23T19:31:25Z

Dust mites thrive on humidity. I'd avoid the humidifier if you are trying to cut down on dust.

Comment by Happy Now

2013-05-22T20:59:30Z

I know this might sound counterproductive, but if you try a completely unrestricted diet for a day or two and feel better, it is likely just a lack of calories. If you are 3 weeks in you have given your digestive tract rest. If you have severe candida issues, going after it too aggressively will cause as many if not more problems than the fungal infection itself. I think going slow, and just eating wholesome foods to satiety, with the occasional short fast (less than 24 hours) will be less painful. Fiber can also be helpful for grabbing and removing the die off products.

Comment by Happy Now

2013-05-20T19:06:40Z

It totally depends on the person, even celiacs can sometimes tolerate true sourdough bread.

Comment by Happy Now

2013-05-20T08:28:55Z

Just judging from experience, the more physically taxing the pursuit, the less picky my body seems to be about what I eat, just that I need to eat. For example child birth (which is a lot like marathon dancing), during the day or two I've been in really active labors, animal crackers and apple juice were just the things I needed to keep going.

Comment by Happy Now

2013-05-17T07:12:35Z

That would go nicely with a good coating of coconut oil, not only will you glisten like and an angel, you can just give yourself a lick whenever you need some energy.

Comment by Happy Now

2013-05-10T20:48:15Z

Egads! Do not put Gogurt up your rear. Those have almost no probiotics, and a shitload of sugar and weird binders.

Comment by Happy Now

2013-05-05T07:33:20Z

The herbs and seaweed thing is mysterious. I'm sure there is an obvious reason that I haven't figured out yet. Paging Dr. House! Hmmmm...I'm gonna have to contemplate what the common thread might be with those. Both are super chlorophyll packed. They also have bitter components that could be anti-fungal causing a die-off, and leaving you with fatigue from having to metabolize an excess of the toxins fungi can leave behind when they die.

Comment by Happy Now

2013-05-02T23:10:40Z

The early waking could be from the bladder pain too. My ability to stay asleep when I was having issues was terrible.

Comment by Happy Now

2013-05-01T08:08:09Z

Women can expect to gain or lose up to 5 lbs. pretty much overnight depending on hormones, and time of the month. It is safe to keep freaking out reserved for much more significant weight fluctuations.