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convincing my mom that I can live without fruit

Lately I've been limiting my fruit intake due to carbs, and my mom's persuaded that it's unhealthy. Not saying that I'm cutting ALL fruit, just consuming much less of it. I eat ve …
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CW and MUFAS dissonance

How come Conventional Wisdom is always preaching to us that our diets should be low in fat, but then tells us to increase the amount of MUFAS in our diet. Isn't this kinda contradi …
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Any diabetics want to weigh in on the fooducate diabetes post?

Fooducate is mostly a very good blog. Their byline is "eat a bit better" and that's exactly what it'll help you do. They try to push for food that is closer to natural and call our …
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Is being fat unhealthy?

OK, so at first glance the answer is "yes, of course it is", but since learning more about paleo I've started questioning EVERYTHING that common medical wisdom offers. This has led …
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EDITED: I have bronchitis and was prescribed antibiotics, steroids, and an inhaler! What are the negatives and positives?

I have bronchitis and was prescribed antibiotics, steroids, and an inhaler! What do I do?! I really dont want to take the antibiotics....I know they do more harm than good (destro …
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Pregnant and getting freaked out by conventional wisdom.

So, just found out I'm pregnant... While I am alternately generally freaking out and in denial, I'm also thinking about what I should eat. Is there anyone who can reassure my des …
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Losing Weight Too Fast?

Something that has given me a lot of pause with going 100% paleo and lowering my carbs has been the losing weight too fast thing. Conventional wisdom says not to lose more than 2 …
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What conventional wisdom advice just gets your goat?

Lately I have been noticing more and more crappy advice on TV ads, from doctors and in news articles. I think these are some of the ones that just get my blood boiling, mainly bec …
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ADA: Eating a diet high in sugar does NOT cause type 2 diabetes?

This contradicts just about everything I thought I knew about type 2 diabetes. From http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/diabetes-myths/: Myth: Eating too much sugar causes …
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Best way to “sneak” fat?

With a psycho parent? Like... "OMFG YOU ARE KILLING YOURSELF WITH ALL THAT FAT!" And after gaining weight the past 3 weeks and have abdominal pain --> from binge eating on fruit an …
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Fighting against conventional wisdom (and your family)

I love Paleo and love the way that I look and feel. It is a lifestyle that my husband and I are slowly adopting and loving it! HOWEVER, we are constantly faced with a lot of resi …
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BBQ Fritos or Poptarts: Eat this, not that?

The other day, I was sitting around the corner from a cafe area in a hospital, waiting for my grandmother. I heard two children walk up, and their mother(I presume) trailing behind …
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SAD Diet/Conventional Wisdom… Does it ever cease to make you say WTF????

One of my clients today was complaining about his stalled weight loss. This guy is a serious mountain biker and wants to shed a few pounds of fat to help increase his performance. …
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Interesting article about calories

Colpo's blog had a link to this article today: http://www.coreconceptswellness.com/blog/the-sensible-middle-part-1-in-defence-of-calories I find the article well written and sens …

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