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The is plenty of speculation on what Paleo People used for medicine. Here is a list of some possible medicinal remedies used by them.   

how well do you do with avoiding carbs personally, and how long have you approached eating like this

Personally I have noticed an increase in the amount of energy that I 

Good link............ Fried is down with these Paleo workouts

 

fried

another good website i subscribe to

 

www.consumerlab.com

Ok, so two months in, I made it to the doc for some bloodwork. I used to tell myself i weighed 275. I actually got on a scale in february before i changed my dieting, and was about 285. Well, the dr. said last time in, i weighed 291 . Now i weigh 221

I'm not sure what to make of the blood work.  They list reference range, but if they are set by the same people that design the food pyramid, no thanks. The only one flagged outside of the range was HDL

Chol - 160
Trig - 112
HDL - 38
LDL Calc  - 100

so by their POR, i ought to get my HDL up a tad, but they didn't express any concern when the results came in. They actually just said "you're good" with nothing else to say, but i wanted a copy of the results as i intend to drop my health insurance, and wanted a copy to show anyone that asks how i lost weight, and replies to my eating by saying it is "unhealthy" . I guess eating the shit out of bacon and eggs sounds unhealthy for someone trained to follow the SAD, but usually someone else chimes in by saying "yea, but look at him"

My mom and sisters all went vegetarian over a decade ago. Well, one of my sisters ate bacon for the first time last week, and then tried some chicken crusted with almonds

She is a believer. Mom is coming around, but she swears that she doesn't like meat anymore. I tell her to at least make a stab at more fat and less carbs. At least i have gotten her to try (and cook) some more paleo friendly items. It definitely seems expensive to eat this way. At first glance. however, i think my monthly food bill is about the same, and getting healthy is priceless

I live in amish country, and i garden, so am privy to some local things others aren't as fortunate to acquire on the dollar-cheap

my weekly breakfast bill

4 doz free range brown eggs = 6$
3 lbs bacon = 8$
onions, peppers have been free from garden, and i scour the day old discount bins, can find mushrooms for .99, and most my meat i buy half off. had filets wrapped in bacon for breakfast on saturday while i smoked a pork butt that i bought for 60% off

I'm rarely hungry for lunch, but will snack on some nuts, and have made a gnarly granola substitute from seeds+honey and some other shit. I grille extra meats, cut them up to put on salads, or will just take a small container along to work for a midday snack.

Supper, varies, and is likely more expensive then some other crap i used to eat, but what the hell. 6 gallons of local spring water to get through the week costs 1.50$, and i quit smoking so that 40+$ per week can go towards good fatty cuts of meat

When i started losing weight, with no plan other then to drink only water and avoid all sweets, i would drink a fruit smoothy every morning for bfast.  Now i'll have one for 'dessert' if i feel the sweet tooth. home grown frozen strawberries, raspberries and blueberries, had some jersey peaches i had sliced an frozen, and blend with some coconut milk. I leave it thicker and eat like a parfait instead of when i was drinking them for breakfast i made them runny

be easy, sounds like you're on top of it.  keep up the good work. 

Be Easy-- congrats on the weight loss and improved health.