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How to neutralize the negative effects of my regretful “cheat”?
Some background: About 5 months ago I had a 1 month long collision with anorexia and bulimia, which turned into 4 months of extreme constant binging and overeating, especially of b …
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Frutarian diet = Pancreas problems? (The Ashton Kucher/Steve Jobs thing)
Are pancreatic problems really a side effect of a frutarian diet? Apparently Ashton Kucher, while prepping to play Steve Jobs in a movie switched to a frutarian diet and ended up i …
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Pancreas and Enzyme Supplementation
A more science-y question:
Lets say you weren't producing sufficient enzymes for the complete digestion of your food, and started supplementing with a complete enzyme complex w/ …
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Mysterious abdominal pain
Hey Paleo hackers! I've been (mostly) paleo for about 9 months now and it's been great, but last week I started having a strange problem. I have pain on my left side, right under m …
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Dumb question about insulin.
The body in some ways does prepare itself to receive a meal. I know that I produce saliva in my mouth at the sight of a meal when I'm hungry.
Does the pancreas secrete insulin as …
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Protection from alcohol: organs except liver
Hi!
There are lots of information on how to protect liver from alcohol.
But what about the other organs susceptible to it? Pancreas, brain, intestine?
Are there any paleorecommend …
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Is eating raw pancreas good for liver?
Ran across this old research paper http://www.jbc.org/content/112/1/155.
Pancreas was removed from dogs which resulted in very low cholesterol levels and fatty liver. When dogs we …
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Pancreatitis+ cancer in a dog — nutrition/ supplement advice?
Hi everybody,
My 10 yr. old dachshund has been on a grain+offal (buckwheat, crushed wheat porridge+ cow lungs) diet his whole life. He's been pretty healthy except for puking epis …
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Anyone taking Pancrelipase or a prescription digestive enzyme?
My doctor prescribed me Pancrelipase since it looks like my pancreas might be a bit inflamed or irritated. I already do take digestive enzymes which helps but wondering if these wo …
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How do I know if my pancreas is working again?
Ok I'm a type 1 diabetic and have been for almost 25 years now. Paleo + Crossfit has put me in the greatest shape of my life. I've lost 55 lbs (from 195lbs two years ago to 140lb …
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Does eating significant amounts of starchy carbs cause the pancreas to be overworked from tireless insulin secretion?
Have we really examined the long term effects that regular and significant consumption of starchy tubers has on the pancreas?
My reason for asking is quite personal. My mother die …