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Dealing with emotional/stress/concentration eating

This semester at college that I'm having is really stressful, often leading cravings for non-paleo comfort foods, and chocolate, nuts, and chocolate with nuts are like Ritalin to m …
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Tapping…Is There Anything to It?

Has anyone heard of or tried tapping (link below)? How well do you think it would work as a tool for stress reduction? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i33V2EcVlY
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cipralex (lexapro) for IBS and a gut that acutely feels stress?

I'm still really struggling with IBS. I notice how much worse my gut feels when I'm stressed, which is a lot of the time, and of course when you're in fight-or-flight you simply …
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How big of a role do you think emotions play in PHYSICAL health?

I was watching a show and long story short, this 50 year old man had his 3rd heart attack after he found out his daughter racked up the equivalent of $8000 in debt in a very short …
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Hack Chris Kresser’s “Best Your Stress” month

Chris Kresser recently announced the Best Your Stress Month. He writes: Many of you have done a 30-day Paleo diet challenge, whether the Personal Paleo Code, Whole30 or may …
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How do you de-stress in the work place?

Ultimately the point of being healthy is for an overall quality of life, and most days, work is the culprit to such a depressing, stressed out mood (even when I've eaten and exerci …
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What’s your protocol when facing unavoidable extreme stress?

When facing unavoidable extreme amounts of stress, what protective measures do you take? Right now I'm dealing with high amounts of stress due to my wife having to quit her job be …
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Food and Stress Response — Ideas?

Hullo handsome hunter-gatherers, I'm in grad school and at the point in the semester where my brain screams to turn off, but the syllabus says I have to keep going. Which means it …
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Some Paleo thoughts on Daniel G. Amen, M.D.?

I've been reading the book "Change Your Brain Change Your Body" by Daniel G. Amen. He is a clinical neuroscientist, psychiatrist, and a brain imaging expert. This particular book t …
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losing weight, IF, stress

i cant seem to shake this weight around my midsection. i IF a couple times a week and feel good about, go LC for a while, CF 4 or 5 times a week. been eating paleo for 8 months. i …
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Has paleo helped you use stress to your advantage?

Since starting paleo my moods are a lot more even. I don't react to typical irritation and work overload as much and I seem to recover better mentally and move on. Although I have …