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Does the Paleosphere Have Its Own Flawed Diet-Heart Hypothesis?

Back in March of 2011, I got a lipid panel run after eating a diet loaded with butter and cream and at or less than 100g of carbs per day for 6 months or so. Pretty standard "paleo …
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GF Going Paleo, Feeling Scatter-brained, trouble sleeping— carbs too low?

Okay, so recently my GF's decided to stop eating grains (Except rice) and beans (except soy lichithin). She reports feeling better in terms of gut health: we've both seen some sli …
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Will the paleo diet help me?

Hi, all! I was just wondering a few things about the paleo diet. I keep seeing information about it all over the web, and it seems to have worked for a number of people. I'm curre …
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Low-fat high-carb paleo vs high-fat low-carb?

Ok, so I've been eating something that more or less resembles a primal diet for a year now. I've lost 30 pounds, and most of that was done doing what I'd call low-fat high-carb pal …
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increased carbs and lost weight

I've been eating paleo since I gave birth in 2011. I tried low carb and very low carb, but I couldn't lose the last 5 pounds. About a month ago, I added a big baked sweet potato …
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My wife was diagnosed with high cholesterol

Hello, this is my first post on Paleo Hacks. I'm hoping you can help me a little with my wife and "conversion" issues, plus a new health challenge. My wife is pretty much the c …
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Is anyone experimenting with High Carb, Low Fat Paleo?

I know there are a bunch of you out there who are up on the starches, but has anyone taken that a step further? Are there any paleos out there doing a high carb, low fat, low prote …
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Low Carb VS Higher Lower Carb - Insulin resistance VS Insulin sensitivity

I watched this video: The Battle of the Diets and around 42:00 the professor explained that people with insulin resistance did better on LC diet, but people with insulin sensitiv …
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hypothyroid problem? low carb or high carb?

I have been VERY strict paleo for about 4 months... I am a 20 year old female, 5'2 , 112 lbs. Through out the duration of paleo I have always had very little energy... and during …
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High carb diet experiment for Zinc study

My roommate and I will be participating in study evaluating novel biomarkers of zinc status. I will be committing Carbicide for 45 days, especially since I was once very overweight …
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Low fat for unusual gallbladder issues?

Okay, so I have some kinda gallbladder infection. Its acalculous (without sludge or stones). So that means its likely either acalculous chronic cholysistitis or sphinter of oddi dy …
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low fat paleo, anyone? [closed]

I am 22 year old fit and active male with a high insulin sensitivity, great muscle tone, and a low body fat percentage (sub 8% year round). I have been "paleo" since I was 14, but …
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High-fat rest days on high-carb diet?

I train 1-3 hours a day, 5-6 days a week, and my diet is decidedly high-carb. I've read that high-carb on work days and low-carb/high-fat on rest days. Is there any point in this i …
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Hey low-fat people, what do you eat for meals and snacks?

Been fairly "low-carb" for a long, long time and I've decided to experiment with low-fat, high carb, moderate protein for a few weeks. I've got an huge endurance race in two weeks, …
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Carb cycle. Can you go high carb,low carb every other day? Or should it be 3 high 4 low?

Is it possible to do a carb cycle that is Higher one day (Lifting day) low the next (On a rest day) Or does it have to be 3 days higher (Work out days) and 4 days low (rest/walking …

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