Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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Any ideas? My immune system could always use a boost...

flag	asked May 13 2011 at 14:44 PersonMan

Dexter · Answer 1 · 2011-05-13 16:31:02Z UTC

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Vitamin D3 supplementation boosts the immune system or get 30 min of full sun half naked. I have seen the incidence of colon cancer plotted on a US map which shows more incidence in the northeast.
Supplementation with resverotrol.

Sprinting tabata wind sprint style.

Edit: Now that I see you are in Canada...Vit D3 is even more important.

edited May 13 2011 at 16:31

answered May 13 2011 at 14:49

Dexter
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	Sprints are unpleasant. How about a leisurely walk for 30 min. per day? How about 2-per-day training sessions of 5x5 style weight-training(45-1 hour. each). How about pills that state on the bottle "Vitamin D", but not D3? How about Baker's chocolate in place of supplements(how much per day)? At the present moment it is below ZERO (celcius) where I am located and the snow had fallen over night so no polar bear clubbing for me. – PersonMan May 13 2011 at 16:03
	Sprints are hormetic...meaning putting the body under mild stress Applying hormesis in aging research and therapy is based on the principle of stimulation of maintenance and repair pathways by repeated exposure to mild stress. Tabata only takes 5 minutes for a complete workout...unpleasant for 5 min 2x a week as against a lifetime of inflammation and perhaps shortened lifespan...short telomeres. Too much over training leads to inflammation ie 5x5 2x a week. Only Vit D3. I use Now Brand 5000IU one per day. The carrier is olive oil..not soybean oil. Choc see Dr K comments bit.ly/iV8jbh – Dexter May 13 2011 at 16:23
	I haven't experienced any inflammation(soreness of joints). In fact I feel greater joint mobility with this regimine. What would you recommend re: strength-training(keep in mind I train daily). – PersonMan May 13 2011 at 16:49
	Again, training strenuously every day will in itself foster inflammation...even though you don't know it. Most folks find they make more gains exercising by doing more to failure once a week than training everyday. See Dr Doug McDuff's book bodybyscience.net/home.html and Fred Hahn's book Slow Burn seriousstrength.com/home slowburnfitness.com Both get phenom results with clients exercising to failure once a week for 30 min. And they both charge a ton of money and have long term clients. More is not better in fitness. – Dexter May 13 2011 at 17:30
	It is like seeing how many pushups you can do vrs seeing how few very very slow pushups you can do that causes one to collapse. At age 67 I can push out 40 or so pushups. But I can do 4 very slow pushups and collapse. But the four very slow are getting easier and easier. Same with chair dips. – Dexter May 13 2011 at 17:34

pamipoi · Answer 2 · 2011-05-13 15:39:13Z UTC

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Supplement with a good probiotic in addition to Dexter's suggestions.

answered May 13 2011 at 15:39

pamipoi
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	Are there any natural sources of probiotics? (Yoghurt I think is one...cheese maybe? Keep in mind I'm cash-poor at the present moment so be gentle). – PersonMan May 13 2011 at 16:04
	Anything fermented like sauerkraut, kombucha. – Dexter May 13 2011 at 16:09

Anonymous Coward · Answer 3 · 2011-05-13 16:03:29Z UTC

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Paleo, a good sleep schedule, and a lot of hard exercise left me basically immune to ever getting sick, but it didn't happen right away. Perhaps you could keep trying to improve your lifestyle and just see what happens?

To me, it seems like a bad idea to start messing with supplements and shit when you still (probably) have a lot of improvement to make with your basic lifestyle, and a lot of damage to heal from your past life. IMO, just be patient and keep working on getting more paleo, and doing more exercise, etc. Don't get antsy and try to accelerate the process with weird shit like supplements.

answered May 13 2011 at 16:03

Anonymous Coward
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	I concur AC Slater. What exercise would you recommend? I have outlined my program in response to DEx above...as well as throwing out some questions re: dietary substances. Care to audit his advice? – PersonMan May 13 2011 at 16:06
	@PersonMan: youtube.com/watch?v=SKGF-ErsJiI – Anonymous Coward May 13 2011 at 16:16
	@PersonMan: youtube.com/watch?v=m61t3ObnSP0 – Anonymous Coward May 13 2011 at 16:16
	@PersonMan: youtube.com/watch?v=3nwbzpyterI – Anonymous Coward May 13 2011 at 16:17
	Continued (no idea why I typed "@PersonMan" 3 times in a row): youtube.com/watch?v=SMppD-bUNWo – Anonymous Coward May 13 2011 at 16:17

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