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What Stupid Things Have Medical Professionals Told YOU?

On Thursday, I went to the doctors, because I want my bloodwork done. I was prediabetic, but my last AC1, a year ago, was great. My doctor's office is a teaching office for new doc …
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Searching for Recipes for Paleo-Friendly Cooking of Marijuana Edibles

About a month ago I was forced into the paleo lifestyle head first because of recent discoveries of allergies to wheat, corn, rice, beef, pork, and bananas. Because of the many pr …
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Why Does Everyone Always Say “Consult Your Doctor” When Informing People?

I have to say, it's driving me crazy listening to lectures, podcasts and shows, and reading books and articles about varying topics related to health. Almost ALWAYS, the message c …
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Is it even possible to save the medical industry at this point?

I wouldn't even describe myself as a cynical person, but at this point, I don't think it's possible to save the medical-pharmaceutical-agricultural food industry complex. I think i …
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Personal or medical choice

I'm curious as to how many people here are eating Paleo for medical reasons (IBS, Celiac, etc) and how many of you are doing it for personal reasons.. I don't suffer ANY food issu …
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Direct access labs?

I think direct access testing (DAT) is something that is going to keep getting bigger over time. Clearly lab testing is one tool to help us to monitor the effectiveness of our nutr …
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Doctors…what are the most important medical things us paleos don’t know about?

Or is this forum so good that everything has been covered?
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I trust you more than WebMD…

Hey there! So I have noticed that I have a lot of "General Health Questions" that I want to ask here on this forum, rather than research elsewhere throughout the Innernettes... I …
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How to prepare for medical exam

My GI has asked me to get a followup gastric emptying test done. This is a radioactive test but the amount of radiation is pretty trivial, close to an Xray I think. The question is …
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light headedness/faintness on paleo

So I've experienced light headedness on Paleo during a few occasions. It's always fairly acute--i.e. all of a sudden I get very light headed and feel the need to sit down. Not fr …
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cover-all-the-bases medical testing?

is there a great list somewhere of exactly what kind of medical testing is necessary and useful? i know theres all the salivary and blood hormone testing, vitamin d, a comprehens …
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Benchmarks to measure as a Paleo newbie

If I happened to want to start on the Paleo diet, what personal benchmarks should I measure before I begin and track on an ongoing basis?
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Paleo and Herbalism*?!

Hej Do you know any teacher, video , websites, books, quotes, stories, etc., on wild edible and medical herbs and paleo diet? Is there maybe someone who harvests his green vegeta …