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Question about lowering your immune response

I don't understand anything - I admit it. I used to think I did, but now I know I don't. Well, I am gluten intolerant and sensitive to all kinds of foods. I always attributed it t …
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water kefir success stories?

hello there. i've had digestive issues for a long long time (bloating, constipation, random vomiting, immune issues). i've done fodmaps, zero carb, elimination diets, digestive en …
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Vaccines and Your Immune System - a dilemna?

Vaccines are something made "necessary" because of world travel - virus can take a plane ride around the globe quickly. So vaccines are a "good for mankind". They simply alert the …
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Probiotics and Lactic Acid

I'll keep this as precise as possible. My job involves me being on my feet for 9 hours of the day and working with many cleaning chemicals. Once i began to eat more paleo and cut …
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Are there any foods or supplements that help boost one’s immune system?

I was wondering what, if any, foods and/or supplements that help to boost your immune system. I have been getting reoccurring (group a) strep infections in my leg since 2001, when …
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Keep getting sick when I attempt to switch to a paleo diet.

I've tried twice now to slowly switch over to a paleo diet. I usually do this on the weekends and switch half of my 5 or 6 meals to non-cereal meals, but still eat lots of fruits a …
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(theoretical question, I wouldn’t actually suggest this) - Would immune suppressant drugs help people with auto-immune disorders reduce the damage their body is doing to itself?

I'm curious to know if immune suppressant drugs would reduce or maybe stop the bodies auto-immune response and subsequent inflammation/etc in people who have auto-immune disorders. …
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Do you get sick?

I used to get sick monthly, not always major.. But icks cruds colds etc... In 2 years I haven't gotten a sniffle excepting crud feeling from gluten/excess fructose that I can tie …
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more carbs, less carbs for immune health

so jaminet & others say some amount of carbs (glucose) is needed for immune health. we all know that active people need more carbs, and probably even plenty of fructose to stay …
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Why is my son always sick?

I have a 2 year old and a 10 month old. I started Paleo in September and have been 80% to 90% paleo and have not gotten sick since I started. My 2year old gets sick every other w …
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Evaluating immune system?

My lymphocyte count has been depressed for at least the last couple years. So far no cause has been discovered. The main evaluation I've had done is screening for lupus and Hughes' …
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Tonsils make T-cells…what if your tonsils aren’t in great shape?

Just read this new research in Science Daily today: "Tonsils make T-cells, too." http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120305173657.htm If T-cells are like the security for …
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How can I support my immune system to fight a virus outbreak?

Yay, fun times, so a throwaway account. I'll be clear here- this is HPV genital warts. I have been pretty paleo for awhile, but when the outbreak occurred recently I hadn't had the …
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Anybody else notice that the gut microbiome is getting a lot of press lately? [closed]

Here are a few links to scientific studies that caught my attention in just the past week: 1) a whole special issue of Science magazine dedicated to the gut microbiome (subscript …
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Digestive issues on a paleo diet and molecular mimicry

I've had digestive issues for a while now, and I've tried changing my diet to one with no grains, small amounts of fruit, and mostly meats and fats. I've tried a bunch of differen …

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