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Wai Dieters / Re: Fructose
« on: January 11, 2013, 07:19:16 am »
I heard about the damage to the GI tract, but that is also very interesting what you say about the insects!
I know doctors will say that people with celiac "disease" will suffer this kind of damage, but no one knows it happens to all of us.
I had to hold back a laugh when someone told me with a sad face that there is no cure for my disease (I tell strangers I'm celiac to avoid questions)

I haven't eaten very large amounts, but a bowl of grapes, one apple and one banana are no problem for example.


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Journals / Re: a strong mother...
« on: January 11, 2013, 06:00:37 am »
Thank you goodsamaritan! I will have a look at that. :)
I am always looking to improve. I haven't had hair loss for three days now, but I think I am not out of the danger zone.

I think the herbs and increased Vitamin D. really helped though. I am ovulating at the moment and not in much pain just yet. Just a slight back ache earlier and slight ovary discomfort. Much better at least.

Natural long hair is still seen as a good thing in some countries specifically. In the western world fast trends dominate...like trendy short hair cuts, lots of dye, futuristic hair and extensions.
It is nice that your wife still has her hair long. Does she eat the same diet as you?
If diet is not the cause hair products can often cause or at least worsen eczema. Something might be causing her cell turnover to be affected too.

When I was a girl I always wanted long hair, but I was discouraged my whole life. Even as a young adult ("your hair will never grow long, it is not the right hair type"), only when I was 20 I grew it in spite of everyone.
If I had a daughter I would support her wish for long hair. I am glad you defend yours.

What you say about gray hairs is interesting, and I believe it can work. Last summer I had two gray hairs (my first), I haven't seen them in a while, but I will try to find them and see if they will change at all.

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Wai Dieters / Re: Fructose
« on: January 11, 2013, 05:46:11 am »
Paleophil regained his ability to eat fruit without problems by eating fermented raw honey.  Maybe it's the fermenting microbes in the honey that did that.

What kind of symptoms were you having?

Usually a stomach ache (intestines), and if I really overdid it, I would get bad cramps and diarrhea. I usually knew when to stop, because I felt the effects almost instantly.
Been eating a lot of honey, but not fermented honey.

Maybe grains and such caused me to be unable to absorb it somehow?

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Wai Dieters / Re: Fructose
« on: January 10, 2013, 05:02:36 am »
Since changing my diet I have been able to eat (not that I do all the time) even larger amounts of fruit, and I am supposed to be Fructose Intolerant, or rather hae a Fructose Malabsorption. I wonder why that is?
Before I could only eat small amounts without problems.

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Journals / Re: a strong mother...
« on: January 10, 2013, 04:49:39 am »
I stopped now. Even though I was using an ACV rinse it was sticky, even my hands were. I have seen this with soap bars (castor oil) before, I think the product leaves too much soap residue.
I found a shampoo that has very few ingredients and nothing harmful. Luckily I do well without conditioner and I really only wash out the oil from my scalp a bit and then use water on the rest :)

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Health / Re: Just tested positive for herpes
« on: January 08, 2013, 10:22:16 pm »
Maybe...

Next time I will just be laid back, welcome any cold (detox) it happens, but not expect it.

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Hot Topics / Re: Vegan/soy diet does cause androgeny:
« on: January 08, 2013, 09:34:53 am »
DaBoss

I'm not for soy either in any way. Just need arguments, because I keep getting told soy is good.

I liked this list:

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Soy Dangers Summarized

High levels of phytic acid in soy reduce assimilation of calcium, magnesium, copper, iron and zinc. Phytic acid in soy is not neutralized by ordinary preparation methods such as soaking, sprouting and long, slow cooking, but only with long fermentation. High-phytate diets have caused growth problems in children.
Trypsin inhibitors in soy interfere with protein digestion and may cause pancreatic disorders. In test animals, soy containing trypsin inhibitors caused stunted growth.
Soy phytoestrogens disrupt endocrine function and have the potential to cause infertility and to promote breast cancer in adult women.
Soy phytoestrogens are potent antithyroid agents that cause hypothyroidism and may cause thyroid cancer. In infants, consumption of soy formula has been linked to autoimmune thyroid disease.
Vitamin B12 analogs in soy are not absorbed and actually increase the body's requirement for B12.
Soy foods increase the body's requirement for Vitamin D. Toxic synthetic Vitamin D2 is added to soy milk.
Fragile proteins are over-denatured during high temperature processing to make soy protein isolate and textured vegetable protein.
Processing of soy protein results in the formation of toxic lysinoalanine and highly carcinogenic nitrosamines.
Free glutamic acid or MSG, a potent neurotoxin, is formed during soy food processing and additional amounts are added to many soy foods to mask soy's unpleasant taste.
Soy foods contain high levels of aluminum, which is toxic to the nervous system and the kidneys.

Dr. Mercola also writes about infants and soy formula  :'( :'(

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Soy Infant Formula: Birth Control Pills for Babies

Babies fed soy-based formula have 13,000 to 22,000 times more estrogen compounds in their blood than babies fed milk-based formula. Infants exclusively fed soy formula receive the estrogenic equivalent of at least four birth control pills per day.

Male infants undergo a testosterone surge during the first few months of life, when testosterone levels may be as high as those of an adult male. During this period, baby boys are programmed to express male characteristics after puberty, not only in the development of their sexual organs and other masculinity traits, but also in setting patterns in the brain characteristic of male behavior.

In animals, studies indicate that phytoestrogens in soy are powerful endocrine disrupters. Soy infant feeding -- which floods the bloodstream with female hormones that inhibit testosterone -- cannot be ignored as a possible cause of disrupted development patterns in boys, including learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder.

Male children exposed to DES, a synthetic estrogen, had testes smaller than normal on maturation and infant marmoset monkeys fed soy isoflavones had a reduction in testosterone levels up to 70 percent compared to milk-fed controls.

Almost 15 percent of white girls and 50 percent of African-Americans girls show signs of puberty, such as breast development and pubic hair, before the age of eight. Some girls are showing sexual development before the age of three. Premature development of girls has been linked to the use of soy formula and exposure to environmental estrogen-mimickers such as PCBs and DDE.

Intake of phytoestrogens even at moderate levels during pregnancy can have adverse affects on the developing fetus and the timing of puberty later in life.

For those seeking scientific references please see my earlier article.

So if children are starting puberty too early nowadays, starting it late is a good thing then?
I also read that women who started their periods late, will remain fertile for longer and not hit menopause as early. I wonder if that is true.

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Health / Re: Blood-Type For raw meat
« on: January 08, 2013, 09:24:01 am »
I'm sure we've all been there. I remember I bought the blood type diet. It sounded convincing enough lol.

What's logical to me is that ALL humans need a similar diet. Just like all cows eat grass and thrive on it. You won't find some cows that do well on grass and others that do well on GMO corn and GMO soy. Which is my reason for thinking the blood type diet is wrong.

That is a good argument. The blood type diet did not make sense to me then either.

I am O negative, so it would even have meant lots of meat for me if I remember correctly.

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Health / Re: Blood-Type For raw meat
« on: January 08, 2013, 08:44:25 am »
As far as I know blood type does not matter in any way.

Is she referring to the blood type diet? I read about it years ago, and there is a lot of criticism about it out there. I think it was even altered because of it.


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Health / Re: Just tested positive for herpes
« on: January 08, 2013, 08:36:43 am »
Thanks for explaining Iguana! It will be interesting to see how much I will react when I am fully on Raw Paleo.

wodgina
Lately I haven't been getting colds much at all, so last time I was convinced I would not get anything and then had a runny nose and eyes for a day. Maybe it would have been worse though if I was paranoid about getting sick.

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Hot Topics / Re: Vegan/soy diet does cause androgeny:
« on: January 08, 2013, 08:29:08 am »
I would like to know what everyone would respond to dangers of soy myths. I DO believe soy is bad, but I am running into too many people that think it is all just a myth, and that soy is still good because of X.

I don't think theses statistics were made with actual Paleo or Raw Paleo, high quality foods, but what do you think about this link?

http://www.goodhealthinfo.net/dangers_of_soy_myth.htm

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The so-called dangers of soy is misinformation propagated primarily by Sally Fallon and the Weston Price Foundation, who claim not only that meat and animal products are essential for health but that soy is supposedly harmful.

This just doesn't stand up to scientific scrutiny. In his article "What About Soy?," John Robbins refutes these claims conclusively and in detail. Another article, "Is It Safe to Eat Soy?," by Virginia Messina, MPH, RD, and Mark Messina, PhD, professors at Loma Linda University, concludes, "Based on the bulk of the evidence soy appears to be perfectly safe for nearly all healthy individuals when it is consumed in reasonable amounts. We would say that a reasonable amount of soy is two to three servings per day."

A multiyear study of 5,000 women published in the December 2009 JAMA, reported in many media outlets, concluded that soy was not only safe but beneficial: "Among women with breast cancer, soy food consumption was significantly associated with decreased risk of death and recurrence."

A search on the NY Times site for "soy and cancer" reveals that back in 1998 and '99, articles about soy's described its benefits. Fallon's first book was published in October 1999, and in the 2000s (coincidentally ...) coverage started to get negative.

The idea that an animal-based diet is healthier than a vegetarian diet is simply not supported by the statistics. For example:

Increased risk of breast cancer for women who eat meat daily compared to less than once a week: 3.8 times
For women who eat eggs daily compared to once a week: 2.8 times
For women who eat butter and cheese 2-4 times a week: 3.25 times
Increased risk of fatal ovarian cancer for women who eat eggs 3 or more times a week vs. less than once a week: 3 times
Increased risk of fatal prostate cancer for men who consume meat, cheese, eggs and milk daily vs. sparingly or not at all: 3.6 times.

...

Average U.S. man's risk of death from heart attack: 50 percent
Risk of average U.S. man who eats no meat: 15 percent
Risk of average U.S. man who eats no meat, dairy or eggs: 4 percent
Amount you reduce risk of heart attack if you reduce consumption of meat, dairy and eggs by 10 percent: 9 percent
Amount you reduce risk of heart attack if you reduce consumption by 50 percent: 45 percent
Amount you reduce risk if you eliminate meat, dairy and eggs from your diet: 90 percent
It's true that one needs to buy soy products made from organic soybeans, to avoid chemical contamination and GMOs, but other than that, the ostensible dangers of soy are a myth.

Edit: I like this for information about soy dangers, but it will have some still saying "why? What is it based on? Show me studies."...http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/12/04/soy-dangers-summarized.aspx

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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Re: Foods to help regulate hormones
« on: January 08, 2013, 07:25:00 am »
Inger

I see, there is much more light pollution than I thought! It makes sense. I read something about night time and day time hormones, which was very interesting, and it said that with all the lights on the balance is thrown off because we don't get enough night time hormones anymore. The light after dark even causes an increase in stress hormones.

Do you know any online source where I can read more about that? I find it interesting and I want to make sure I understand it all. My light atm are dim, but I might have to go all out.

Adora

See, I think Babies are always right. My son seems to have so many instincts and likings that society would try to correct, but I just think he is right.
As an example: Sleeping with his parents, nursing for comfort, nursing until he decides to stop, wanting to be held, not wanting too many clothes on, wanting a lot of attention, wanting to be outside a lot, wanting to get into everything, not liking veggies and preferring meat....those are all instincts imo :)

I feel I have adjusted to colder temperatures a little since moving out of my parents house when I was 21. When I visit nowadays, the heat makes me feel horrible. They always crank up the heat  :P
They always tell me I am not dressed well for cold weather too (dresses, skirts, thin wool coats)

The cold shower went much better today. Just am not able to do icy cold yet.

I wanted to add something about what eveheart said:

I did find rice, wheat and soy in a few products and tossed them. I was not aware of the fact that they contained it...not sure why I did not check...how stupid.
I tried to do no shampoo again, but my hair was very oily, so I got a mild organic shampoo that could be considered Paleo.
Since I stopped washing with old shampoo, I have been losing much less hair during a wash. For some reason I always lost even more when washing.
My hair loss is still happening, but just wanted to share that the shampoo apparently did not help.

I also researched coffee, and yes there is a protein in coffee that can be seen as Gluten by the body...I haven't had any coffee since, and I am noticing a bunch of improvements, similar to when I went grain free.

My acne has also been bettering.

That is some good progress already :) Now my hormones just need to settle.

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Health / Re: Just tested positive for herpes
« on: January 08, 2013, 07:05:03 am »
I like the sound of our bodies manufacturing the virus itself.. but then its pretty obvious to me that things like colds spread through people.  I personally see a virus jumping from one person to the next and living in them, rather than I go around someone who has a cold, and they send out some frequency from their body that initiates the virus production in my own body, or however you're telling me it works...?

I learned this, maybe someone can tell me if it is right:
Colds are not actually passed on, rather something in your body is activated to cause it to detox (in form of a cold). If there is no need to detox, you won't get the cold.
My son (17 mos.) never gets anything. I could be sneezing and coughing over him all day, and he would just be fine. I barely get sick since eating raw/cooked Paleo. I will get very minor cold symptoms for one or two days. If anything the stuffy nose lasts the longest. When I was transitioning to Paleo, I did get sick too, but far less bad than I used to.

I am thinking my body does not need to detox much anymore. And my son is on breast milk and all RPD, so he is even better.

What puzzles me though...is how this reaction happens, something coming from the sick person must trigger it.

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Personally, I dont see herpes virus as something one can 'cure,' in the sense that it is eradicated from the body forevermore, but rather it becomes inactive, or is not required by the body, as part of the overall homeostatic processes of the organism.
Could it be the same with my HPV? The doctor said it was cleared, meaning no HPV was even found after my last test.
I also wonder if it could reactivate if that was the case. I suppose so...

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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Re: Foods to help regulate hormones
« on: January 06, 2013, 08:25:50 pm »
Surien, have u tried sungazing yet? We have a whole topic on it by Raw-Al. Only sun gazing can cure everything for free

No, but I have heard about it. If the sun would decide to come out once in a while I might be able to do it ;)

Suiren - I find adding cold water to warm bath water to be the most unpleasant experience. A shower is easier and more safe than CT in a bath. After your next warm shower (best after exercise and high fat meal, so your body feels warmer) gather your convictions and turn the water all the way to cold, and get out of the stream, quickly. Next, tell yourself you are just going to put on foot in the cold shower. Promise yourself  only that. If the water is cold enough it will numb your skin, which is good because after it will be quite tolerable. Then, you can either go up your leg a bit or to other foot. You're a strong mother Suiren, I have complete faith in your ability to get all of the way in. Decide in small steps. First, lower body, then hands. Then, I cup my hands and cool/freeze my face. Then, arms, and just as I approach shoulders I go under at my core. I'll be honest, that step is really hard, but once your skin is numb you're much more comfortable. It is even fun to realize you've done it, your victorious. I do what Whim Hoff says. As soon as my body is under and cool, and my breathing is calm (always breathe through your nose, it keeps you much warmer), I feel for my inner fire. Its deep in your core, chest, belly, or womb. Mine moves but it is remarkably warm, a fire in contrast to the cold all around me and I experience the truth, the well spring of my vitality. Like, the core of the earth in winter, I too am ablaze with life.
  I always move, although Whim and Jack both say it is easier to be still. That has never been true for me. I weave and turn in the bath and shower.
    Your skin should get red, never white, shivering is fine, but not necessary, my head and back are the hardest part. I still get head aches every time I do, and I can only tolerate 10 secs.
   I like to linger at my thyroid and get it really icy.
If you don't have a shower. Exercise to get warm and then turn on the faucet and get in when there is only a puddle in the tub. get you feet, to your knees then hands face and arms, then sit down and splash the cold water around you to evenly distribute the cold. Then, relax if you can, it's a hard place to start. I would set a timer and get out no matter what after 2-3min max.
    When your all done, you may want to get warm. I have never had a man to warm me and i don't mean to get in your business, but your husband seems supportive of your health. Maybe he could be waiting with a big towel, or warm covers.
    Later, in you're training you may like to stay in the cold air naked, I go in my bed room which is 55degs C and I fold clothes or dance while I air dry and smother oils. You learn to love the cold, not for a while though.
  I still love the warm and today after CT I snuggled in my bath robe by the wood stove, enjoying my tea. Every day is different there is no wrong way. All CT is good CT.

Thank you! :) That is good advice. I will try it the way you described next time. It makes sense, because I can deal with cold water much better when I just jump right into it for example..(unline the people that rub cold water over the body and try to do it slowly).
I know for sure I hate hot water, it makes me feel dizzy.

So I don't have to be cold every minute of my life now right? We have the temp. lower at our house (usually 17, but now a bit less), but when it drops much we need to turn up the heat for a little on full blow (old heaters).
My son does not mind the cold, he would even prefer to run around shirtless. He refuses to dress warm  and does not like socks much *shrug* :o. So unless he is really, really cold, we let him have his moments with less clothing. Though it is weird when you consider how warm babies and toddlers are always wrapped up.

When we are outside I dress him about as warm as myself or a tad warmer (since he does not move as much), but most parents put their baby in a snow suit, inside a bag for extra warmth, and they are so bundled up they can barely move. Mine would protest heavily.
Maybe there is a reason he does not like it. He was always acting very much on instincts.

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Health / Re: Just tested positive for herpes
« on: January 05, 2013, 06:30:22 am »
I like what you explained about the soap, and I want to add that soap is alkaline, while the body's pH is rather acidic, so it really creates an imbalance. Stripping your skin of oils, can also cause excessive oil production, because the skin is trying to make up for moisture loss, but too much oil is not good either, and the overload can cause all kinds of skin problems (including acne).

I think that is good to keep in mind when people speak of being soap-less as being "dirty"...because really I find it much more gross to have your skin be so out of balance it produces a bunch of gunk and has no defense barrier whatsoever. :/

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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Re: Foods to help regulate hormones
« on: January 05, 2013, 01:08:23 am »
suiren have you tried bone marrow? its very buttery and spreadable and super calorie dense.

I will look into that! I have been wanting to make bone broth, and I found a seller for bone marrow. Just hope it will equal up to the half block of butter I eat per day.

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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Re: Foods to help regulate hormones
« on: January 05, 2013, 01:05:44 am »
I have been 'poo-free for about 5 years. I use water and a safe conditioner to clean my hair. I don't believe in stripping the scalp oils with shampoo, not even the SLS-free shampoos. My hair is a different texture than yours, so I won't make product recommendations, but I will say that once your scalp adjusts to no shampoo, it is a blessing.

I have been using mild detergent shampoo for 7 yrs. and my hair did adjust To being less oily and I now wash once weekly. During that time I gave no poo a try for 6 months, but my hair did not adjust any more. I was unable to clean it and it was very oily all the way down, so I switched back to mild shampoo.
Maybe my scalp would be different if I was all RPD.

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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Re: Foods to help regulate hormones
« on: January 04, 2013, 09:11:11 am »
Suiren  :)
It is a myth for sure. I would not take Iodine in any extracted/unnatural form, but only the natural way. That way you get the whole package that is extremely beneficial! Seaweeds are some of the most healing foods we have, for thyroid, for hormones... I eat lots of seaweeds these days, I never did before. I have no issues, in the beginning a little bloating but it disappeared after a week or so.
You can not get an overdose as your body regulates it and is getting all the other factors too to help detox. Only certain seaweeds like Kelp are extremely high in Iodine and should maybe not be eating in huge amounts. But Irish Moss, Arame, Sea Spaghetti, Dulse.. any other are just fine in larger amounts too! I make me seaweed water, water with dried raw seaweed in it, and drink throughout the day. Tastes amazing. Slightly salty in a nice way, and so addicting!
You can start to add little by little if you are concerned. Start with a small amount and then increase.

Above some info about he seaweeds, you can google more there are lots of great info out there!

http://www.jackkruse.com/brain-gut-6-epi-paleo-rx/


Well, I love seaweed :) I will try to find a good source.

Maybe it is good to be concerned about the butter issue. I am too a bit, even if I do eat it now. But I am thinking it might not be the best thing to do. I am following my body and if there are any strange reactions. Then I am going to quit the raw grassfed butter. I think it is a very individual thing, for some it is good for someone not. I am not totally sure it is good for me yet.
I have been eating lots of raw, unsalted grassfed butter last week and I have last days a slight tenderness in my right breast. I wonder why. Might have been the farmed raw salmon I was eating lots of at Christmas, or just some work I have done and the muscle is a bit sore.. or it might be the butter?

I have thought about eliminating butter, but right now it really helps me to keep my weight on! I think I would disappear if I were to simply stop. And I could never eat as much suet I think...I am still too grossed out by it, it is very hard to get by, and I can't eat it with my honey spread over a coconut pancake.
Maybe I should try ghee and see if I notice a difference. I am unsure what your breast tenderness could be, but it seems that hormones could cause it...I am thinking of how breasts hurt in puberty and pregnancy.
But it might also just be the work, sounds logical.

Don't give up. :) Just try again! You cant do much wrong if you just remember to air the meat every other day or so. And fill the jar only about 1/3. Then.. wait. Maybe it helps to nibble on it throughout the process, so you get used to the stronger taste? I love the taste of my highmeat. t is like the oldest strongest cheese.. quite a lot ammonia taste! But I always liked those cheeses...
I love old cheese but not sure I will feel the same about high meat any time soon haha.
Nibbling sounds like a good idea, and I might also flush it down with water like Tyler suggested.

No rules about temps, just do as cold as you can. Gradually increase time or cold. Just think, lets explore the cold! Do not be afraid of it anymore, just think it is something very nice and healing! Do as much as you feel comfortable with, because you will slowly want more. ;) Just a cold shower a day and colder temps indoors (I have 14-15 degrees C in my home now and it feels just nice, I always used to have 22 degree C..!). Do it slow if you want. The important thing is, that you do. :)

I tried running some cold water into my luke warm bath today, it gradually got colder but at a certain point I had to stop. It is amazing that you can do that, I always hated cold water.

But you can get daylight in your eyes! And when spring comes start to tan as soon as you can, I do when there is still snow! Just find a not windy lonely place. The sun will warm you up fast!
Too bad you are going so late to bed. You will find a solution. Maybe your son is sleeping at daytime? If you stop that and put him earlier in bed? We went to bed at 7 PM as kids.. So it is possible! :)
You can work by candle light or lit an oil lamp! It works for me! It is very relaxing too. I have no issues to read by candle light now. Or use dimmed lights and dark sunglasses or blueblockers. That works too. The thing is, you do not want to get any blue or green lights in your eyes after sunset. Because it disturbs our hormones!
 :)

What type of light is a computer?
We do only have yellowish lights at home and I have a red lamp on my desk. Not sure if red is okay.
My sewing machine has a rather dim light build in, so I don't need much additional light for sewing. The only time I need brighter light is for pattern making.

We will see if getting up a bit earlier each day will help my son going to sleep earlier. When he goes to bed at 9 that is without a nap. He wakes between 9-10 am.
Sometimes he does take a late nap, from 4-6 or so, and that would cause him to stay up until 11 even. We never wanted to do sleep training and instead let him make his natural schedule, but maybe by waking up a bit earlier his bed time will gradually shift naturally.

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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Re: Foods to help regulate hormones
« on: January 04, 2013, 08:30:56 am »
Nora Gedgaudas talks about this in Primal Body, Primal Mind. She also lists possible wheat sources in body products, and she says that some people don't really heal until they eliminate ingredients such as
hydrolyzed vegetable protein in shampoos; absorption through the skin in the shower can be higher than absorption in the gut. She also talks about cross sensitivity from things like coffee. I have made it my intention to be squeaky clean RPD. I really want to find out how well I can be, and I'm sick to death over self-induced backsliding.

Same here, I would not want to ruin all my progress. My belief with wheat and other bad foods was that my body would clear it within a few days. I thought so because it usually took my skin a day or two to clear up zits after cheating...but now, my skin is way too blemished anyway.
Coffee is something I have definitely cheated on more often than wheat. :( Probably every two weeks, usually when we go out we stop at a Cafe or Starbucks.
I will have to read more about that.

Cosmetics: I recently went through my cosmetics, only to find some do have ingredients that could cause problems. I knew about the absorption, and have been very strict with ingredients since 2006, but I usually just made sure the ingredients are natural and don't have any harmful effects, like carcinogens.
I just recently eliminated soy in cosmetics though (so many products contain soy), rice bran oil and wheat germ oil. The fact that it is oil led me into thinking it would not have the same properties as pure wheat, but when I looked into it I found it actually does.

(I don't have any shampoo or conditioner I can use now though. Dr. Bronner's soap has good ingredients, but it leaves a nasty sticky residue.)


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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Re: Foods to help regulate hormones
« on: January 04, 2013, 08:19:43 am »
Same with brain. I find that pretty darn interesting.

Me too! Makes me think that if I would eat a whole body, every part of my body would benefit from it.  :)

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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Re: Foods to help regulate hormones
« on: January 03, 2013, 08:17:04 am »
I see, maybe one day I will be able to keep my weight on more easily and then I won't have to worry about the calories as much.
At least I seem to be able to maintain my weight with less calories now.

I don't know if the raw butter gives me problems. I have never cut it out for the calorie reason. However, I don't feel much of a difference when cutting out dairy. If anything, I felt like dairy benefit me a bit, like I explained in my other thread.

Now if I could only get my hands on some raw thyroid..hmmm..

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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Re: Foods to help regulate hormones
« on: January 03, 2013, 05:55:28 am »
Inger,

thank you for the great list! :)

-Oysters, mussels, crabs, shrimps.. fish.. anything from the sea. The best foods ever.
-Seaweeds. Lots of minerals and Iodine.
I have been avoiding Iodine because of my thyroid, but maybe it is a myth? I do eat a lot of fish, since it is the most affordable.

-Organs from wild or grassfed animals, raw. Heart - has lots of coenzyme Q10, so important for our brain.
Healthy brain = healthy hormones.
-Raw fat. You need cholesterol to make hormones. Fatty seafood and raw grassfed beef/lamb and reindeer-marrow are my favorites. I do raw grassfed butter too.. sometimes raw egg-yolks.
I do eat TONs of butter! :) But sometimes I worry about possible hormones in it and I wonder if it contains Casein? I have not been able to find out about that.

-Wild edibles.
-High meat. Everything that improves your gut improves your hormones and your whole body too!
Our last high meat experiment failed...not sure if it was done right. Of course the gross factor is huge here, but I would give it another try.

If you are short of money and/or it is hard to get all of the above, there are things you can do to improve your hormones that cost nothing;

-Sunbathing naked. It is important to expose the women parts.
-Cold showers, baths, cold overall. Keep home cold. Use little clothes when out, embrace the cold! Does wonders for balancing and improving hormones!
-Light management. Limit fake lights! Go early to bed. Look into the sun one minute every morning after rising. Try to get as much daylight/sun as possible during the day. At night - total darkness. Never turn on light if / when going to the bathroom etc at night.
-Earthing. Decreases inflammation and so also help hormones to heal.

Avoid stress! Negative stress are hormone killers for women!

Hope this helps Suiren. :)

I will try to do as much of that as possible. How cold should the water be? I have used colder water but not ice cold lately.
Sun of course is hard to get by right now :(
At night, I only use little fake lights, or just dim lights, but when my son goes to bed I have to do some work (knitting, sewing and computer), so I am not sure if that is even helpful.
I am not going to bed early at all though *sigh*, my son goes to sleep at nine and then I work into the night. Not sure if his sleeping schedule could be adjusted. I would love to go to sleep earlier.

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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Re: Foods to help regulate hormones
« on: January 03, 2013, 05:40:31 am »
  I would suspect that raw adrenal and raw thyroid would be great foods for improving hormones but these are difficult to obtain from farmers, for spurious reasons. Getting them in processed pill-form is possible, but way more expensive, and nowhere near as useful as the genuine, raw article,imo.

Reducing costs while maintaining food-quality can be possible. Doing Intermittent Fasting(1 large meal a day or eating every alternate day) can lead to a reasonable reduction in food-intake(-15%?) without delving into caloric restriction, thus saving some cash.
If you're living by the coast, there are always some   wildcaught species  like sprats or sardines  or mussels which  are dirt-cheap.

You might also consider going in for sprouting. I did so in pre-rawpalaeo days and found it rather cheap. It greatly improves the quality of your daily raw plant food intake without forcing you to expensively buy "organic" etc.

Sprouting as in growing my own? I might do it to some degree, the balcony is the only place I can do this.

I suppose fasting would make me lose weight? I have such a hard time keeping on weight, even when eating a lot of calories and high fat. Then there would be the dizziness that sets in at some point. I don't think I am the type to fast. My husband however eats very little and fasts throughout the day. That really does save some money.
But now, the baby also needs high quality solids.

I heard raw thyroid can also benefit the thyroid?

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Omnivorous Raw Paleo Diet / Re: Foods to help regulate hormones
« on: January 03, 2013, 05:35:36 am »
When I read your past diagnoses that you list in your signature, it screams "autoimmune" to me. How strictly are you avoiding inflammatory foods? One author suggests that a speck of wheat can set you back 6 - 8 months in your healing. What are your thyroid (T3, T4, TSH) numbers? Am I on the right track here? Ignore me if this makes no sense to you.

If one speck of wheat really sets you back then I must be behind years  :(. What author suggests that?
I very rarely have something with wheat, but some other things like dairy or potato I had occasionally. Usually when we are out and there is not much for me to eat. My hypoglycemia is better, but when I go very long without food, I still get dizzy and weak. So something like fries with Doener Kebab meat is a quick fix. Although, most of the time I just get meat with lettuce or veggies and I also make sure not to get dressing or gravy that could contain anything bad.

To me it seems all my conditions are hormonal and have to do with inflammation. The first time I had problems with my hormones was after quitting the pill in 2009. That is when my prolactin sky-rocked and I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's. Prolactin caused the hair loss you can see in the center picture of my avatar, and it stopped a few days after taking "cabergoline".
To me it seems my body gets thrown off waaaay too much by hormones. My postpartum shed after the birth of my son was almost as bad and I had bald spots. I don't think it should be this bad.

Anyhow, my thyroid levels:

Past:
Jan 2010, USA

Anti Tg  871.4   IU/ ml
Anti TPO 314.3  IU/ ml
Free T3 3.250  pg/ ml
Free T4 1.510 ng/ dl
TSH  3.080
(Prolactin)  29.6 ng/ml

With only Cabergoline for the Pituitary/ Prolactin Problem:

Sept. 2010

Anti Tg  586.9   IU/ ml
Anti TPO 201.9  IU/ ml
Free T3 2.540  pg/ ml
Free T4 1.340 ng/ dl
TSH  1.640
(Prolactin) 3.2 ng/ml

Current, as of Feb. 2012 (Germany)

FT3 3.8 pg/ml  (norm. 2.0- 4.2)
FT4 1.30 ng/dl (norm. 0.8- 1.7)
TSH 0.02 mIU/l (norm. 0.35- 4.50) low
(Prolactin) 297 (norm. 46.0- 622)

Antibodies TSH reception (Antithyreodale Antikoerper TSH - Rezeptor - AK)
0.75  IE/l  < 1.75
TPO (Thyroid Peroxidase-AK) + > 1300  U/ml  <60

The German units seem different and did not make any sense to me, but what the doctor said is that I don't have Hashimoto's anymore, and that my thyroid functions relatively normal, but that I still have high Antibodies and the sonogram was showing that as well. She said no medication is needed at this time (I had already went off all meds in late pregnancy to be able to breastfeed).

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Off Topic / Re: Ideas for newbies
« on: January 02, 2013, 06:27:43 am »
I hesitate to write this because I don't want to ruin the intent of your thread, but I also feel strongly that suggestions for a slow switch to RPD can mask its immense benefits. A person new to RPD should know the cost of going slowly.

If I had eased into raw, I would have never known how beneficial it was. I would have continued hurting and eventually walked away for lack of improvement. Anybody considering half measures should read this statement as a disclaimer.

Maybe that will not necessarily be the case if easing into the diet is done right.

Because I am breastfeeding, I could have never went cold turkey. On top of that I was dealing with hypoglycemia. I HAD to be able to function and take care of my baby during the transition phase.

I eased into the diet by cutting out foods first. In pregnancy I cut out sugar, but not much else because I relied on bread for "energy"...at least my body thought so.
Anyhow, I cut out grains first (except rice), just a few weeks later I cut out potato and rice too, then dairy. By going step by step I could watch how my body was reacting to it.
Immediate benefits were not being so hazy anymore, my skin improved, no more back pain, even on just less of the SAD foods.
I think I transitioned within about 2 months.
That said, I can see how some would just get lost and procrastinate transitioning fully. But if you have a plan, I think going a bit slower can work.

Once I was at least fully Paleo, partly cooked still, I started noticing even more benefits. The longer I was on the diet, the more severe/ obvious my reactions were when I cheated and ate something I shouldn't.

I eased into raw meat by seasoning with onions, garlic, olive oil, herbs, wasabi,  and very small amounts of salt and pepper. I still season my meats, but less since I am not as grossed out anymore. 
I try to make raw meals appealing and like little recipes.

I tried going cold turkey on raw meat and just eating it, but that is what actually almost discouraged me. At least my body was just utterly disgusted.

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