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12answers
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How can people get sick while eating 100% Paleo?
I have noticed that I never ever get sick if I follow 100% strict Paleo. The only time I get sick is when I add a few things I should not, i.e. a bottomless serving of ice cream (s …
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9answers
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How much kefir to drink?
I've been alternating between young coconut kefir and goat milk kefir. For the coconut, I drink 2TB in the morning. For the goat kefir, I drink a cup, either in the morning or at n …
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3answers
103 views
Question about nutrition and immunity
This is an idiotic question, I know, but I was always wondering...
So Native Americans had those wonderful superior diets and then came the first white settlers who ate Neolithic …
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9answers
180 views
going for a long trip to India, any suggestions how to minimize the chance of diarhea sickness?
I am going to India for two months. Since I am from Europe I am not adapted to indian environment and its germs, so I will be more susceptible to any sickness or poisoning - people …
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6answers
474 views
Declining appetite on Paleo
Hello!
Ok. Let me start by saying that I'm a bit of a worry-pot and hypochondriac, and a lot of people will probably think this rather silly, especially as its not something that …
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10answers
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Should we eat our Boogers?
So I have been noticing lately, how all kids eat boogers.
I tend to look at kids, to see how most things are done naturally. Is booger eating a natural occurance? Is there a reason …
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6answers
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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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2answers
319 views
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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3answers
470 views
can i lose weight with no sprints?
Hi everyone, i would like to lose some fat of my butt and legs, i started to eat paleo last week and was wondering if i have to include sprints in my exercise routine to lose some …
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2answers
813 views
Shingles due to poor health or good health?
I am a 35-year-old woman, in "quite good" health. The qualifier comes because I have two small children and thus have some stress and disruption of sleep. Otherwise, active, fit, a …
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9answers
517 views
What if eating some amount of toxic foods on purpose is a positive for robust health due to hormesis?
If an employee works just 2 hours a week, they are still technically on the payroll. What if we treated the internal mechanisms that handle food toxins like super part time employe …
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4answers
171 views
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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6answers
509 views
Whooping Cough in the Paleo world
My 7 year old grandson has just been diagnosed with Whooping Cough. I am in fairly regular contact with him. Given that my increased Vit D3 intake seems to be providing me good com …
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5answers
575 views
Low cholesterol good for the immune system?
I just came across this news story.
It claims that:
Lowering cholesterol could help the
body's immune system fight viral
infections...
when the body succumbs to a vir …
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3answers
391 views
tips to boosting immunity
Any ideas? My immune system could always use a boost...