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Localised detox - detoxing spasmed/cramped muscles in small area

Just wondering if anyone has any experience with this. Like a lot of people before paleo I had a bunch of problems like fatigue and muscle pains. After going paleo most things ha …
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How many carbs do you eat on the days you get cramps in your feet?

So, many of us get weird cramps and we are trying to figure out why. I have been under a lot of stress lately, so I tend to eat less. I noticed one day that my feet felt okay in t …
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Started having leg cramps daily!?

I've been Paleo/primal for over 6 weeks now, off 2 blood pressure meds and all crohn's meds. Started most of the supplementation recommended in Perfect Health Diet but I've needed …
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Foot Cramps that make my toes go in different directions

Mostly at night but sometimes in the day I get these aufull cramps in my feet. It make my toes go in abnormal directions also the tendons on the top of my leg stick out it really …
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What ‘harmful’ foods/drinks are you still refusing to give up?

Recently all the evidence has been pointing to coffee as bad for my stomach and increasing my cold sore recurrence but I cannot (will not) give it up. One of my greatest joys in l …
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Hack my spicy food intolerance

I grew up eating tons of spicy food, and have continued to do so. However, since I dropped wheat and other refined foods, eating spicy things has caused problems. Specifically, I g …
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Are mycotoxins from coffee the cause of the sudden urge to use the restroom?

I've always drank cheap $15 per 3 lb bag of Colombian coffee and noticed I always had the sudden urge to use the restroom even upon smelling it. Well I recently made a switch to m …
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Cavewomen, how do you handle your cramps?

I suppose this is a pretty self explanatory question? I just got off birth control (been on it for a year) in an attempt to get in better health, but now experiencing and fearing t …
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Ladies~ Anyone use Zinc to prevent Menstrual Cramps?

Thanks to Travis & his recent (fabulous) posts on Zinc and hormones, I started putting two and two together and found this: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17289285 More d …
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Binge eating causing twitches and cramps

I find that if I fall off the diet and have a few days eating crap like cakes, bread etc i start to experience lots of muscle twitches and my calves are very easy to cramp. Even w …
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Ladies: Do you find that eating sugar causes worse menstrual-symptoms/cramping?

Greetings to all the ladies: I've been noticing that when I eat more sugar (desserts, sweeteners like honey, maple syrup, rapadura/sucanat; but not whole foods like sweet potatoes …
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Dangerous Potassium Supplements? Hack my cramps & twitches please!

I'm having muscle twitching, foot cramps, and occasional calf cramps. I have periods of tension headaches which I suspect are all related to hydration or electrolytes (potassium, s …
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hormonal unhappiness post-whole30?

I'll keep this as low on the TMI scale as possible. :) since cutting out dairy (now have on very rare occasion, like maybe 2 times in the past month) and soy (grrrrr soy, I hate …
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Are muscle cramps “proof” that VLC is not healthy long-term?

I have been contemplating the question for a few months now, whether VLC is healthy for the long-term. There are many arguments to support both sides, and I am still not certain a …
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Hack my Uterus!

(Okay, so not as sexy as "Hack my Vagina", but I knew it might get more attention than "Hack my Menstrual Cramps.") ;-) I am stumped. I've had severe cramping for the first day o …

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