User jayjay - PaleoHacks.com

Answer by JayJay for What steps should I be taking to preserve my lung health?

2013-02-19T01:36:04Z

I think you should take a holistic look. What can I do to enhance my health is all you have to ask. The answers remain the same for all the systems that comprise the human organism.

Answer by JayJay for private lab testing ... recommendations?

2013-02-17T02:59:03Z

I've used labcorp for the draw and pre-ordered via http://www.directlabs.com/. Just follow the instructions. Pretty easy.

Answer by JayJay for How Low Should I Go

2013-02-05T00:52:39Z

50-100g/day is a good starting point. You can always tweak things from there. Keep doing your resistance training and eat enough protein to help preserve that lean mass. Good luck!

Answer by JayJay for Is conventional chicken-bone-broth (without fat) bad?

2013-02-04T22:28:31Z

Yeah, I did 3 batches of beef broth in 3 hours in my pressure cooker. So glad I dug this thing out of the depths of my cupboards. Enough to last me a month (freezing 3/4 of it). Anyhow eat the broth! Nothing wrong with it at all. Yes you eliminated most the O6 by removing the fat if that is one of your concerns.

I'd put it this way.... your conventional home made chicken broth is still superior to store bought organic broth.

Answer by JayJay for Weak/misaligned thoracic. Constant knots - frustrating!

2013-02-03T14:10:26Z

I'd first see my chiropractor.

After that you can work some of the supporting structures by stretching the chest muscles and working to strengthen your shoulder retractors and other back extensors. Might do this with a door stretch http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=iGM&sa=X&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1440&bih=754&tbm=isch&tbnid=haPpkccPoRELLM:&imgrefurl=http://healthnews.staging.ervana.com/fitness-exercise/2010/02/total-body-stretch-3-quick-moves.html&docid=EcyP_4vIxp3SZM&imgurl=http://healthnews.staging.ervana.com/images/door_stretch_1.jpg&w=200&h=250&ei=JW8OUezlF87y2gXBh4HgCA&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:11,s:0,i:117&iact=rc&dur=4136&sig=106466930449292978646&page=1&tbnh=175&tbnw=156&start=0&ndsp=23&tx=732&ty=402 ......followed by some "Y", "T", and "W" work like so http://www.stack.com/exercise/3208/Physioball-Shoulder-Stability-Circuit-Y-T-W-L/

I also like to stand against a wall with back in perfect posture several times a day to stimulate those proprioceptive fibers to recognize proper alignment.

Answer by JayJay for Is PUFA the only problem with chicken?

2013-02-03T02:02:57Z

Nothing wrong with chicken or a bit of PUFA. Just don't live on chicken alone and all is well.

Answer by JayJay for Digestive issues or pulled muscle?

2013-02-03T01:09:41Z

Honestly in the abdominal region the possibilities are endless. A quick physical exam would give you a good idea though. You start running a fever or the pain gets worse go to the hospital. Heck for all we know you may have appendicitis.

Answer by JayJay for has anyone tried alternating low-calorie and high-calorie days?

2013-02-01T23:51:30Z

Basically what I do on accident.....

Answer by JayJay for How often should you see a doctor for general health check ups and tests?

2013-01-31T20:36:56Z

Eating paleo and exercising with no signs or symptoms of disease?

I would get labs drawn ...... never.

Least thats what I'm going with and its worked out pretty well for 15 years or so now :). Actually thats a lie I had to have a pec tendon reattached after rupture while doing bench...does that count? Still don't have my cholesterol stats though ....lol

But I will go to my chiropractor, optometrist, dentist, massage therapist, trainer, or whatever else frequently. That covers my general health checkups. My chiro can order me labs if I really need em.

Or you can always order labs for yourself if your really interested in biohacking at places like this:

http://www.directlabs.com/

Answer by JayJay for Paleo and Fever

2013-01-31T20:23:30Z

Whatever you feel for that you eat on your normal paleo day to day.

Answer by JayJay for maintaining muscle mass during weight loss

2013-01-30T18:33:12Z

I think most studies have shown using 1.3-1.5g/kg.

Also .7-1g/lb of lean mass has been stated.

Answer by JayJay for What foods trigger migraines?

2013-01-30T01:39:05Z

Just off the top of my head:

aspartame, MSG, caffeine, sugar, gluten.....any food allergy

Answer by JayJay for "Listen to your body." - how much BS is in that statement?

2013-01-29T20:10:56Z

Random thoughts....no science here:

I like to watch the intuitive nature of my kids in this respect. They go through "phases" of eating. As long as all the food in the house is clean whole food they can have whatever they want whenever they want.

They binge and fast. They eat all meat or just fruit for some entire meals. They eat till their satisfied then its off to play. In essence they have not been either socially corrupted by the media outlets nor has their satiety feedbacks and metabolic processes been destroyed. They are wild humans.

Now they won't stay like that. The more they watch garbage TV and get indoctrinated by advertising the more they will have to fight to follow their "instincts". Its a bit of an uphill battle in this society, but it's worth it I think.

As for those who are already trying to break that media driven vulkan mind grip.....well we just gotta keep working at it. Reading the journal articles that completely refute the message helps. So re-educating yourself to listen to your body is a process. Then there are the psychological and even physical addictions/habits to break before you can attempt to trust your cravings.

I think the "listen to your body" mantra works for everyone when you consider exercise. If it hurts stop. Easy enough, but hell I don't listen either when it's balls out intensity time.

Oh as to "eat till satiety", I think phrasing it like "eat till 2/3 full" makes it a bit more identifiable for people.

No easy answer overall....its a nice sentiment, but probably not reasonable nutritional advise to anybody coming off of decades worth of the SAD bender they have been on.

Answer by JayJay for Is it too much?

2013-01-29T17:48:24Z

Actually you might consider copper toxicity before vitamin A being problematic. Even at that I wouldn't be concerned. Just diversify which animal your sourcing liver from. I think I have read that if your eating more than a pound a week switch from ruminant liver to that of chicken to reduce the copper load.

Answer by JayJay for Weight machines deprecated?

2013-01-26T22:34:46Z

Weight machines are fine for strength training in the proper context. Depends on the individual and their goal. I personally do one HIT session with machines each week, one session of just deadlifts, one sprint day, and grease the grove type of body weight stuff most days.

Answer by JayJay for what are your favorite paleo bands?

2013-01-25T03:12:26Z

marky mark and the funky bunch

Answer by JayJay for if america fell apart into nation-states, and alabama and georgia went to war, who would win?

2013-01-24T02:32:17Z

All of them will deplete resources fighting each other and Rhode Island comes in for the win!

Answer by JayJay for Hack my apparent keto/LCHF success

2013-01-23T23:38:12Z

Looks good. Keep it up.

Answer by JayJay for Would you add fruit and/or potato to this diet for energy?

2013-01-21T15:48:40Z

I would add FOOD to that diet for more energy. What is that like 900 calories?

Answer by JayJay for Wood chips for my meat smoker...sources? Preferences?

2013-01-21T15:21:15Z

The only real rule is to use hard wood from fruit or nut bearing treas only. I like a mix of hickory and some fruit wood (usually apple, pear, or cherry as I get those from my yard). No difference in toxic residue that should be problematic for a special needs child between any of these. Just stick to the first rule and you should be fine.

Answer by JayJay for the SCD in a nutshell?

2013-01-20T14:53:00Z

Info here http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/p/the-intro-diet/

But this page is the easiest to digest the whole diet: http://pecanbread.com/p/how/stages.html

SCD intro is actually more strict about how foods are prepared vs paleo for gut healing. You eliminate any carbs that are not monosacharrides to the best your ability. You progress through levels of allowed foods as gut heals over the course of months to years.

Also see GAPS diet.

Answer by JayJay for How long will it take to fix health after 2.5 years of "suicide diet?"

2013-01-17T21:55:51Z

The breakdown is exactly 4.17 months of clean eating for every year of poor decisions.

Edit:

Damn, looks like you are actually unwell so I can't just leave my smart ass answer. I would recommend getting some starting stats. Whatever your comfortable with (blood work, BF%, vital signs, hip/waist ratio....all for example). Also start a journal of your signs and symptoms and how you generally feel. Now do your strict paleo for 60 days and chronicle changes in your journal on a daily/weekly basis. I actually DO think you should do strict paleo 100% for these 60 days. Do the same with your easily checked parameters such as weight. Check the other things like blood work and such at the end of the 60 days. Now you have objective results as to how well your lifestyle changes are working for you. Rinse and repeat. Health is a journey...you will never reach 100% and just be done with it.

Answer by JayJay for For the bone-broth obsessed: Slow-cooker vs. Pressure-cooker?

2013-01-17T21:40:54Z

I used my pressure cooker this week to make it. Came out quite gelatinous and the bones were falling apart (good indicator all the goodies are in the broth IMO). All that in under two hours. I think I'm a fan so put me down for the PC.

Answer by JayJay for Putting on muscle while eating below maintenance?

2013-01-17T14:05:23Z

At 20% I think you could easily recomp without losing or gaining weight. I've done it before. If your getting stronger while remaining at the same weight Its quite likely your replacing fat with muscle. I didn't do any specific approach. Just made sure the scale weight was the same as I got stronger was my method. This was 20 years ago in the off season as a wrestler though....so there may be better ways.

Answer by JayJay for Fasting for the Dumb

2013-01-16T15:54:31Z

Eat. Stop. Eat.

Answer by JayJay for Are my ratios correct?

2013-01-16T15:53:17Z

"I have way more energy and feel a lot better, which is great! I've been sleepting a lot better as well. But obviously, I would like to lose some weight (approx 30 lbs)." - You

Honestly I would just keep doing whatever your doing. Maybe just pay close attention to how full you are and stop as soon as your at a comfortable level. Take up some sport or exercise that you enjoy. Go with that for a couple of months and re-evaluate in 60 days.

Answer by JayJay for How can people get sick while eating 100% Paleo?

2013-01-15T19:31:55Z

Perhaps "getting sick" is simply a purge or housecleaning in which you are actually working with certain microbes to improve your health?

http://philipincao.crestonecolorado.com/index_htm_files/Infection.pdf

Answer by JayJay for perfect bowel movements when i eat fast food?

2013-01-15T17:25:13Z

Guess you'd have to define perfect. I don't seeing the body needing to produce endless amount of excrement as being all that perfect. Seems more like a byproduct of fermenting a lot of nasty "shit" in your colon. Could be feeding some interesting critters down there some McD's.

Answer by JayJay for Should I take Cod LIver OIl? (Green Pasture)

2013-01-15T00:23:55Z

My kids and I take it. I don't do high dose since I get most of these things from diet/lifestyle. I would suppose the benefits are that its a like a whole food supplement. No distilling or isolation of vitamins or other cofactors known or unknown. I actually find that last portion to be quite important. If you get the blend you will be sure to get some O3, K2, A, and D. There has been conjecture that the D is actually better used and you don't need as much of it because its in the FCLO. I'm not sure about that, but would love to see a study done on it. Did find this though: http://www.westonaprice.org/cod-liver-oil/update-on-vitamins-a-and-d

Answer by JayJay for Hack my reduced poop ... quantity.

2013-01-14T14:40:04Z

Perfectly normal. No worries. On low carb you feed your gut bacteria less and hence produce less waste.

Comment by JayJay

2013-02-20T00:53:56Z

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Comment by JayJay

2013-02-16T00:52:54Z

Wait...so its as good for me as bacon?

Comment by JayJay

2013-02-15T03:05:28Z

Yeah, I'm just gonna call BS. Movin on.

Comment by JayJay

2013-02-04T22:31:27Z

What is Idn?.........

Comment by JayJay

2013-02-03T15:38:07Z

You see Quilt, the thing is it's all about context ;). If you are working with a preventative practitioner that has good reason and something he's actually looking to see on an MRI then a scan may be worth while, but if you're just gonna go get a 360 scan cause its on special then you are likely to get a radiology report back with all sorts of non-essential information on it that has you chasing your tail and getting progressively more invasive procedures done.

Comment by JayJay

2013-02-03T15:34:15Z

@Quilt: You say "Thats what someone would say who has no idea what to look for". You have already validated many of the responses in stating that you should have indication that you are actually looking for something specific rather than just doing a whole body scan to see what pops up.

Comment by JayJay

2013-02-03T14:04:14Z

This! A far under-recognized aspect of many testing procedures is the false negatives that give rise to more invasive and riskier medication and procedures.

Comment by JayJay

2013-02-03T02:43:42Z

Ok... There is no problems with chicken. Question answered.

Comment by JayJay

2013-02-01T22:27:42Z

Yeah, there is a big PC crowd in here. Come on...this and August are right on. Nothing wrong with speaking in terms of masculine and feminine traits Unless we are becoming a bunch of amoebas I guess.

Comment by JayJay

2013-02-01T18:19:17Z

Thats assuming quite a lot to make that extrapolation, but hey 1. adn 2. are fine.

Comment by JayJay

2013-01-31T20:30:26Z

Yeah, body temp in and of itself tells you nothing. It may be more useless than just looking at a total cholesterol number.

Comment by JayJay

2013-01-31T20:07:32Z

You know whats cool.... butter for butyric acid. Funny how they sound so much alike eh?

Comment by JayJay

2013-01-31T19:08:47Z

I use this method for kraut wildfermentation.com/making-sauerkraut-2

Comment by JayJay

2013-01-31T19:06:11Z

Kefir is a pain in the arse! I tried it, but keeping up sucked. Ended up tossing em. I only ferment kraut and other veggies now and periodically do some 24hr. yogurt. But good luck with the grains...I never found kefir to taste all that great so maybe that lead to my not caring for the upkeep.

Comment by JayJay

2013-01-30T18:18:43Z

Yeah daz, thats actually what I was thinking of. In the end saying "satiety" just isn't defined enough to give someone an actionable way to use it. So the 80% full rule like the Japanese say I think just makes it a little more specific.