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[spectacled_owl]

dancedd you could figure out how much omega 6 and 9 you're getting then try to eat the same amount in omega 3.

These figures aren't accurate but for instance you could eat a handful of walnuts on every salad or for a snack since they are pretty high in omega 3. Try to have some salmon or sardines on the salad too or for another meal.

[Naturalis]

It's the D-vitamin itself causing problems with my digestion also. It has gone worse gradually and a week ago I took 30000 IU dose and since that my digestion doesn't tolerate pretty much anything again.

I had some lingonberries, and today and yesterday I had similar diarrhea like with beer. They also came trough undigested. Even the color was the same red as when I ate them...

The week ago was the last time I took the D-vit supplements and now I'm going to kick them for some months at least. When I get back it will be max 1000 IU per day. It has caused enough harm already.

There is so much hype around with the D-vitamin and most sources tell that for example 10000 IU per day is completely safe but my experiences tell that it's far from safe.

These figures aren't accurate but for instance you could eat a handful of walnuts on every salad or for a snack since they are pretty high in omega 3

Not all omega-3 fatty acids are equal. The vegetable ALA is poorly converted to DHA and EPA so it's far from good source to get omega3 really.

[dancedd]

dancedd I don't think you need to worry but perhaps you should use something else for cooking to minimize your intake of the olive oil? Everyone knows I'm all about the coconut oil, it's great!

Yeah, you are right. I should maybe start using coconut oil for cooking. is that the only oil you use in your diet dirtbomb?

[dontwantacne]

About the grass fed beef situation, I just bought 20 steaks and 20 steak burgers for 200$. I think it included 4 kinds of every steak like filet mignon, sirloin, ribeye, strip. The website is La cense beef

I also got free shipping with this promotional code on this site Coupon

Can't wait for my meat to arrive

[CharlesV]

Does anybody order grass fed meat online in Canada? I'm looking for something similar to US Wellness where you can add items to your shopping cart and have your order delivered to your house.

All I've found so far are obscure websites that tell you to call them for prices and deliver to drop off points that are too far from my place.

[venam]

Does anybody order grass fed meat online in Canada? I'm looking for something similar to US Wellness where you can add items to your shopping cart and have your order delivered to your house.

All I've found so far are obscure websites that tell you to call them for prices and deliver to drop off points that are too far from my place.

I have only read good things about this farm: http://www.texasgrassfedbeef.com/

[karna]

Hi everybody,

I'd like to introduce myself to fellow paleo-people. Hello I'm Karna, 33 years old woman from Denmark. I really enjoy this site and learn a lot!!

I have been reading lots of stuff here and on Mark's Daily Apple and have slowly been adjusting my diet.

In general I have increased my intake of organic vegetables, fruits, nuts, fish and meat which i really enjoy a lot! I have alson done some more specific changes:

No sugar - I have reduced sugar from my diet in about 2 months. I still eat e.g. mayonaisse where there has been added sugar - even to the nice organic stuff. Ughh!

No white bread, white rice, pasta etc. for about 2 months.

No dairy: I reduced my dairy intake for about 1 month. Don't eat youghurt, but still have milk in my coffee. Have not eaten cheese for 2 weeks.

Flaxseed: I eat 1 table spoon of flax seed oil (for about 3 weeks)

No grains: For the past 1 week I have been adjusting more to the paleo style and have cut out grains and increased my fat intake.

I like to slowly adjust - seems as if it is easier for me to manage than changing everything upside down.

My skin has changed. My face is glowing and no new pimples, only once a month..My back is ok, but not clear.
But my neck and upper shoulders look horrible. Lots of new cystic acne. It was not here before!! I can not figure out what the reason may be. Can it be the flax seed? I noticed an over all positive change when I started eating flax seed. My skin glows, is soft and feels moisturized.

Have you experienced your acne has been "moving" around when changing your diet?

After doing some experiments I believe it was the flax seed causing the new cystic acne. I stopped flax seed and acne decreased. I tried eating it again and had a flare up. I have not eaten it for 10 days and all inflammation is gone...I don't understand why - it was supposed to be so healthy - but not for me I guess.

In general I find the changes in my diet difficult to handle but I am improving everyday and finding new routines. I have decided not to consider the economic issuess for one whole month - in order to be able to learn in freedom witout restrictions. This seems to calm my mind so that I can make more sustainable choices. Next month I can start looking into finding cheaper alternatives etc.

One routine I enjoy a lot is that every wednesday I get 1 box of organic vegetables (several kilos), 2 boxes of fresh fish (600 g. each) 1 box of organic meat (1200 g.) delivered to my front door It's amazing and very exiting to open the boxes with all these wonderful, fresh whole foods!


At the moment I am eating 75% paleo (and take vitamin B complex, fish oil, zink and multivitamins for 15 days/month) My skin is now 95 % clear. Only a few minor buds here and there. If I learn not to scratch no one would even notice!

Thanks for sharing your experiences here - it's very motivational and inspiring - I learn a lot from all of your posts!

Edited by karna, 03 September 2010 - 12:09 AM.

[Naturalis]

After doing some experiments I believe it was the flax seed causing the new cystic acne. I stopped flax seed and acne decreased. I tried eating it again and had a flare up. I have not eaten it for 10 days and all inflammation is gone...I don't understand why - it was supposed to be so healthy - but not for me I guess.

Flaxseeds are not healthy at all if you ask from me.

[karna]

No I guess you are right! Just checked the reviews on flax seed oil and many people seem to experience a flare up in cystic acne when eating the oil.

It isn't much paleo-like either. What crazy caveman would have taken the time to collect thousands of flax seeds and then mash them and eat them all - it even tastes strange! I should have been able to tell by this simple logic!

[spectacled_owl]

It's the D-vitamin itself causing problems with my digestion also. It has gone worse gradually and a week ago I took 30000 IU dose and since that my digestion doesn't tolerate pretty much anything again.

I had some lingonberries, and today and yesterday I had similar diarrhea like with beer. They also came trough undigested. Even the color was the same red as when I ate them...

The week ago was the last time I took the D-vit supplements and now I'm going to kick them for some months at least. When I get back it will be max 1000 IU per day. It has caused enough harm already.

There is so much hype around with the D-vitamin and most sources tell that for example 10000 IU per day is completely safe but my experiences tell that it's far from safe.

These figures aren't accurate but for instance you could eat a handful of walnuts on every salad or for a snack since they are pretty high in omega 3

Not all omega-3 fatty acids are equal. The vegetable ALA is poorly converted to DHA and EPA so it's far from good source to get omega3 really.

Thanks, I didn't realize you only got ALA from vegetable fatty acids.

[Naturalis]

What lingonberries and beer have in common? I have had similar diarrhea like with beer for 3 days now after eating them.

Thanks to D-vitamin Now I can just wait for new breakouts again and they'll probably take 2-3 weeks to heal. Yayayayayy really nice.

I hope this will finally be the last time though.

[bitchplease]

dancedd: Yeah, I only use coconut oil/fat (I get that cheap stuff in the supermarket that's hard, so it's not actually oil but it's supposed to be just as good). If I had to compromise I would go for the olive oil too which has happened before but I really hate the taste and I don't trust any other industrial oils than coconut and possibly palm oil. There's also stuff like sesame oil, walnut oil, etc out there, no idea about those but they should all be pretty OK I guess?

Any opinions on bacon with 95% pig + salt + TWO E NUMBERS (conservatives and shit)? Do I wanna eat this stuff? It's so cheap (let's not discuss the horrors of the animal industry now though). Will it cause breakouts you think? I'm not worried about the salt really but those e numbers scare me...

Naturalis, check out Dan's latest blog entry! Hahaha!

[Naturalis]

Yeah the hype seems to be big everywhere. The doses suggested as safe definitely aren't safe at least for me.

It's ok in low-moderate doses though. Many times it's easy to go bit too far with something you see helping at first.

[Agent Acne]

Anybody here experience breakouts from eating chicken with skin intact from legs & thighs?

I usually remove the skin because I wasn't sure if this would introduce an inflammatory response. However, I ate it the past few times and now wondering if I read a study a while ago about chicken skin and its effects on acne.

[duchamp]

Would it be overkill if I started a paleo food thread? For people to focus on posting what they're eating and such, recipes they want to try, etc.

[Q_P]

Anybody here experience breakouts from eating chicken with skin intact from legs & thighs?

I usually remove the skin because I wasn't sure if this would introduce an inflammatory response. However, I ate it the past few times and now wondering if I read a study a while ago about chicken skin and its effects on acne.

The skin is where a lot of the fat is, so it all depends on whether fat generally bothers you or not. I don't have a problem with it.

[Naturalis]

Weird. No breakouts from diarrhea at least yet. My skin is actually healing now and I don't really have any inflamed pimples.

Also now I have no idea what actually causes the bad bad diarrhea as beer and lingonberries don't really have anything in common. Before I thought it was some kind of problem with grains but it probably isn't that.

Just got to see what kicking the D-vitamin does. Won't be ever going back to the hyped high doses. These digestion problems are so scary. 2000 IU per day will be the maximum. But I got to see what my skin does after leaving it out for a longer time to see if I even need any

[bitchplease]

Guys I need some advice. I have a buddy who wants to get clear as well, but I know the dude won't go full paleo. What would be the most important food to cut out? I'm guessing refined sugar? And then maybe dairy or grains? Or should he start by just cutting out shit like crisps, french fries, etc? Going low GL maybe? I mean I cleared up from paleo but I just cut it all out right from the beginning so I don't know exactly what causes acne in me unfortunately, but I'm guessing all of it! Ha.

Thanks people!

Edited by dirtbomb, 05 September 2010 - 03:35 AM.

[Naturalis]

No single food for me. Diet alone didn't ever even clear me.

D-vitamin is the only thing that has ever really helped my cystic chin acne but then it started failing as the dose was quite high as you may know

The D-vit has kept my chin cysts away pretty much all the time but then I started just breaking out in other places and can't eat anything on top of that

So I'd recommend trying 1000-2000 IU vitamin D3 first. Then of course cutting all the obvious junk and trans fats etc. Then I'd try cutting grains, carbs and sugar. After that dairy.

I was never ready to go full paleo either but here I'm quite close to it. It's easier to take it step by step.

[dancedd]

Guys I need some advice. I have a buddy who wants to get clear as well, but I know the dude won't go full paleo. What would be the most important food to cut out? I'm guessing refined sugar? And then maybe dairy or grains? Or should he start by just cutting out shit like crisps, french fries, etc? Going low GL maybe? I mean I cleared up from paleo but I just cut it all out right from the beginning so I don't know exactly what causes acne in me unfortunately, but I'm guessing all of it! Ha.

Thanks people!

I think cutting refined sugar would be the most important! Coz this will eliminate alot of foods that has other crap in it that is not good for u:)