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Too much spinach and kale?

I've been having some hypothyroidism symptoms for about the past month. Lack of energy, weakness, depression, slower muscle recovery, cold fingers, crappy workouts etc...I eat a c …
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How do you take care of yourself when you have the common cold?

Pretty straightforward — I'm assuming most paleofriends don't huff Afrin and sudafed, but what do you do? Tea? Nettypots? Beef?
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Been on paleo for 3 months now & starting to feel very bad

For the first 2 months of paleo I had a lot of energy and felt pretty good. My workouts were amazing & I was able to gain a lot of muscle without gaining weight. But recently …
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Does eating LC/VLC induce hypothyroidism?

My family has a history of hypothyroidism. For the last 6 months I would say I have eaten pretty low carb except on workout days where I would add in a sweet potato or 2. I also in …
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Why am I overeating?!

I am 5'2" and 110 lbs. My eating this past week has been ravenous and resulted in some binges and I think it may have been because of restrictions in nuts, fruit, and starches. But …
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Hack my cold symptoms! PLEASE!

(or, What in Clapton's name is wrong with me!?) Okay. First of all, I've been on paleo (fairly strict, but not 100%) for about a month now. From when I started to now I've noticed …
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trying Paleo and feeling miserable

Hi, I m 46 y.o. Female, overweight, almost obese. Trying to lose weight on Paleo diet but still eat about 2,500 cal/day, otherwise too hungry. Since I started Paleo, i have heartbu …
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Compensating for an “extra” meal on IF

Last night was my friends birthday and we all went out for dinner to Rio Grand (totally not paleo friendly, I know). I've recently started a 12 week program (Andy Morgan's approach …
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Cold Killers: the Next Best Thing to Bone Broth?

Kind of an urgent question. I feel a nasty cold coming on and am all out of homemade beef and chicken bone broth with no bones laying around anywhere to be cooked. I've used it i …
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Hack the cause of my sniffles/poor immunity: environment? deficiency? bad luck?

[before I say anything, lemme just express how terrible I feel regarding my asked questions:answered questions ratio: REALLY REALLY! Thank you all for being so helpful! moving on. …
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A box of clementine oranges and a nasty sinus infection

I have a yucky sinus infection, enough to make me resort to antibiotics. I don't want to be too graphic but the mucus often ends up in my digestive system and causes a lot of up …
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Does a sugar bolus hit you like the flu?

After several months of very-low carb, I've discovered that whenever I cheat with, say, a scoop of ice-cream or a bar of chocolate, aka a sugar bolus, aka a layman's version of the …
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Recurrent Common Cold

Since childhood, I have suffered from common colds at a much higher frequency than others. I'm not sure if my paleo diet over the last few months has brought about an improvement …