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Feeling Sick from Paleo, Frequent gas :(

Hello, I'm a 24 year old girl, 5'4" originally 129#, who has never been able to stick to any sort of "diet." I've never been overweight, but am what some might call "skinny fat." …
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A downed warrior in Paleo times

I recently came down with a few illnesses at once. Pneumonia, maybe mono, encephalitis, and smaller ones as well as injuring my shoulder during rugby tryouts. Now I am in a period …
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EDITED: I have bronchitis and was prescribed antibiotics, steroids, and an inhaler! What are the negatives and positives?

I have bronchitis and was prescribed antibiotics, steroids, and an inhaler! What do I do?! I really dont want to take the antibiotics....I know they do more harm than good (destro …
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What do you eat when you are sick?

I can hear it now... "But since I started Paleo, I never get sick!" Well let's pretend you have! I used to eat one of two things when sick: white rice with soy sauce and raw garl …
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My herbal experience

I am editing this question since I cannot delete it. The reason why herbs were helping me for a while (I no longer take them) is because they offer some very important anti-oxidan …
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Car’s sickness..the cause is so simple?

Hey guys I was just wondering... I'm 19 yo and i've always been a car's sickenesser, I mean you know , nausea , heartbeat , and cold sweat.. it happens 6 times on 10 when I'm insid …
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So what do you do when you’re sick, congested, and snot nosed?

I've been sick a couple of days. I was wondering if it's a bad idea to use Benadryl, Tylenol and cough drop in terms of health. Are there better ways of powering through the sickne …
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Staying paleo while sick?

So I've been doing paleo for three weeks and have been doing awesome. Then I caught this horrible virus plaguing my city and now I'm out of commission. I've been coughing, shiverin …
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Distaste for Meat since sickness

Hi all, So I went and did the Kokoda track followed by some scuba diving. While I was there it was near impossible to eat well, but we did our best. Not much meat or vegetables …
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Can paleo make you sick in the beginning?

My husband and I just started the Paleo journey almost 2 weeks ago. I feel great but I cheat :) my husband is doing awesome. Strict Paleo from basically a high carb, junk, burger …
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Are some people just genetically predisposed to get sick more often?

My youngest son (1.5 years old) who has been paleo since birth is consistently sick and when I mean consistently I am talking just about every other week. It first started with ba …
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Paleo Hellllppppp!

Ive decided to take on the paleo lifestyle after I heard all the benefits and figured id give it a try. Im currently around 12 days in and have began getting stomach aches and spas …
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What sickness can you work through on your own and which ones require medicine?

I honestly don't remember the last time I visited a family physician or ingested an antibiotic because most of my common colds, stomach bugs, etc I've been able to work through on …
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Cod Liver Oil hack

I have severely dry/itchy skin for the past few years. Switching to paleo has helped immensely, but sometimes when I take cod liver oil I will get terrible cramps a few hours later …
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Am I hurting myself?

I am 17 years old, 5'9", 126 lbs. 2 years ago I was very overweight (215 lbs), and decided to lose weight by doing cardio and following a vegetarian (ahem...starvation) diet. I was …

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