• Testosterone
• Women
• Lifting
• Hormones
• Paleo Diet

Hi, Background: I'm a 22 year old 5'3"/120 lb female. I have been eating lacto-Primal/Archevore with increasing strictness for the past six months or so - my carb levels vary but are generally within 50-150 grams per day of vegetables/tubers, with... (more)

• Population
• Paleo Diet

I'm wondering if any paleo diet advocates would like to weigh in on the question of human population. To be blunt: how do we decide who lives and dies, and how do we maintain human technological civilization while eating a paleo diet? The human... (more)

• Paleo Diet
• Stomach Upset
• Meat

I'm new to Paleo (what a surprise!) and I have a few questions that I have not been able to find answers for on these boards. I don't know anyone to ask in real life. Thanks in advance for your help! Ever since I started Paleo two weeks ago my... (more)

• High Blood Pressure
• High Cholesterol
• Smoking
• Statins
• Paleo Diet

I hope my friend does not see this...but I need to post a question. A good friend of mine is is 75 years old..( and on facebook) She has eaten paleo for 12 years . She's about 5'5" tall and weighs about 110...maybe a little less. Her problem is... (more)

• Military
• Paleo Diet
• High Carb
• Carbs

http://www.scribd.com/doc/14782799/US-Navy-SEAL-Nutrition-Guide http://www.navysealteams.com/warning.htm The Navy Seal Diet is around 60-70 Carbs 10-15Protein 10-20 Fat They say high carb is the best for endurance. Is this a big argument... (more)

• Side Effects
• Health Problems
• Dogma Police
• Paleo Diet

And how do we address and prevent them? Almost anything taken to a ridiculous extreme is bad for you. Problem is, a paleo approach is ridiculously extreme from the SAD-conditioned point of view, so it can be difficult for newcomers to use good... (more)

• Cancer
• Paleo Diet

Even lions are exposed to external and internal carcinogens, I would like to understand whether following hand waving arguments have merits. cancer cells may not proliferate to form colonies for cancer growth and metastasis due to absence of... (more)

• Epidemiology
• Life Expectancy
• Aging
• Paleo Diet

My clinical belief and my academic belief are that a paleo lifestyle especially key dietary pillars are critical to compressing disease and expanding health as one ages. This is a new area of study because the paleo lifestyle is not commonly... (more)

• Bad
• Bad Breath
• Ketone Breath
• Saturated Fat
• Paleo Diet

Ok, I've been using a Paleo structured diet for about 2 months, and by structured I do me loosely. I have moved to high protein and fat intake, and completely limited my carbs, and completely cut out legumes. Salads with no dressing, and a... (more)

• Hypothyroidism
• Joint Pain
• Paleo Diet

I've been Paleo for about 8 months -- pretty low carb (no wheat, grains, sugar, etc.) Do eat mostly grassfed meats, lots of veggies, eggs, cook with coconut oil and butter (sometimes olive oil) and consume some cream (although very little as don't... (more)

• Cystic Fibrosis
• Carrier
• Paleo Diet

How does a paleo-type diet affect health outcomes on those with cystic fibrosis? Any heterozygotes (carriers) with anything to share? I am a carrier. I respond well to a nearly zero carb (and fiber), high fat diet. Any significant quantities of... (more)

• Purists
• Paleo Diet
• Paleo

I wonder if there are some hard core paleo purist in terms of eating only those foods that were available (in almost identical form) some 10 thousand years ago. I will start with fish, seafood: it has not changed, so that would make it. Also meats... (more)

• Orlando
• Meetup
• Florida
• Paleo Diet

I recently started The Orlando Paleo Diet Meetup (www.meetup.com/Orlando-Paleo-Diet-Meetup-Group) with the intention of bringing together the Central Florida Paleo Community. In Orlando alone there are at least 3 CrossFit Gyms (maybe more), a... (more)

• Vegetables
• Spinach
• Replacement
• Recipes
• Paleo Diet

I've noticed a lot of recipes with leafy greens I've found seem to include spinach (second most common being kale). Spinach is not an option for us, as my son is allergic to it. I can't cook the stuff just for myself either, as he's sensitive... (more)

• Paleo Diet
• Cholesterol
• Paleo

In a previous discussion on cholesterol, some answered that "high (total) cholesterol does not cause heart disease, it is only a symptom of inflammation or something going bad inside your arteries and blood vessels". This view takes some to say... (more)

• Art De Vany
• Robb Wolf
• Tv
• Crossfit
• Paleo Diet

What did you think? I just watched a clip on youtube and I liked it. I thought it was a positive portrayal (except for the fat-phobic nutritionists), but wish they could've touched on the fact that a lot of people are going paleo to heal gut... (more)

• Arthritis
• Joints
• Joint Pain
• Treatment
• Paleo Diet

If you have been diagnosed with osteoarthritis, have you used a Paleo/anti-inflammatory diet and joint unloading to treat it? Did it help? Did you have CRP or other inflammatory markers measured? I wasn't aware that OA is not considered a... (more)

• Ancestry
• Paleo Diet

Hey! Would a "Paleo" diet be better suited to an individual if he/she took into account where their people came from? Example: I am Oglala Lakota, n traditionally my people hunted meat n gathered wild turnips and chokecherries in season. I can... (more)

• Japanese Food
• Paleo Diet
• Paleo
• Health

Once in a while for work reasons I have to eat at a Japanese restaurants. This is a food that I have always loved, but my recent paleo-awareness has made me much more cautious with many of their dishes. In terms of the soy-based products I have... (more)

• Women
• Autoimmune
• Insulin
• Endometriosis
• Paleo Diet

There are a number of people who believe endometriosis an auto-immune disease that can be greatly addressed with a change of diet. Several women who "went paleo" claim that the symptoms linked to their endometriosis got better, though the medical... (more)

• Raw Vegan
• Debate
• Fruits
• Durianrider
• Paleo Diet

Durian rider did some new blog on paleo diet. He analyzed the looking of some paleo gurus, how he call it. Its much stuff what he tells. The new video is interesting. He is very active and can run well. That is fascinating. I dont wanna judge... (more)

• Women
• Gender
• Red Meat
• Paleo Diet

Most of the paleo literature out there is gender-neutral, with no specific guidance for men or women. Outside of paleo literature, we've heard that women should eat less red meat than men in general. If this is indeed not a myth, then what... (more)

• Paleo Diet
• Weight Loss
• Calories
• Calorie Counting
• Paleo

Over a four months period, after starting Paleo I lost some twenty pounds, and got to optimal weight that I have effortless kept since then. Last week I was talking to a friend of mine, who is a doctor and eats decently well (though not paleo) and... (more)

• Experience
• Heartburn
• Health Benefits
• Skinny
• Paleo Diet

Seeing that so many people in America are overweight, it's no surprise that one of the chief focuses of the Paleo Diet is weight loss. That's all well and good, but what about thin people going on the diet? In our case, because of the already low... (more)

• Blood Pressure
• Paleo Diet
• Potassium
• Paleo

High blood pressure (also called hypertension) is a main risk factor for cardiovascular disease. I have found a detailed, controlled study that shows that the consumption of large quantities of potassium in foods is a very powerful tool to... (more)