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So Why Do Zinc Supplements Break Me Out?

What are the ingredients in your supplement? Sometimes supplements contain food ingredients I personally react to, like soy or rice flour or millet.

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13 years ago
What's This Trying To Tell Me?

Guys my forehead. I'd consider my acne incredibly tolerable at this point in time if it wasnt for this forehead of mine! honest to god hundreds of bumps. Every pore either a black head, bump or clogge...

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13 years ago
Bone Broth

Is bone broth fattening? I know fat forms at the top when it has been refrigerated, i remove that but what about the rest? The reason i ask is because i have major issues with fats, if i consume anyth...

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13 years ago
Massive Breakout From Probiotics. Thoughts?

Milk kefir is made from dairy too though, correct? It doesn't say where it was derived, but this is the information from their site: FloraSMART contains no wheat, gluten, soy, corn, yeast, animal prod...

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14 years ago
How Many Cavities Or Fillings Have You Had?

I have approximately 5 metal fillings, which are of much more concern to me than the amount of cavities I have (which last time I got a diagnostic from a dentist, was 11? I think). My acne has always ...

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14 years ago
Bone Broths/stock Help?

If you put it in the fridge after you make it, all the fat will come to the top and harden, so you can just skim it off.

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14 years ago
Buckwheat - strongly inflammatory???

The glycemic load is 63. It recommends a total number of less than 100 per day. So you've spent most of that on 1 cup of buckwheat. Hmm... that can't be right. This site says it has a GL of 13.5:...

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16 years ago
Fasting takes away all my acne

My regime now /diet plan is fasting for at least 2-3 days and then eating one and then doing this on and on. it's called (intermittent fasting ) I think it's called starving yourself. An occasional...

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16 years ago
Can probiotics make acne worse?

Personally, any product with bifidum strains gives me problems. Same here. Also, FOS (a common ingredient in probiotics) gives me acne.

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16 years ago
Update -- progesterone cream

Adrenal function is best tested with 4 saliva tests for cortisol over the course of a day, not just a single blood test (which is what you will get from most doctors, if they are willing to test corti...

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16 years ago
Update -- progesterone cream

Just a quick update - I finished week 2 of bio-identical estrogen (I start the bio-identical progesterone today,) and I still can't see any results at all. How discouraging! Well, maybe the proge...

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16 years ago
Cooking for Newbies

Don't buy jarred sauce. Buy canned tomatoes. The only problem with that is that the cans have BPA, and the acidity of the tomatoes means that more BPA leeches out of the can than with most other foo...

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16 years ago
Update -- progesterone cream

I eventually had to stop taking the estrogen because it was making me sick again, even though at first I needed it really badly! Hey Murmur, what do you mean by the estrogen was making you sick? In ...

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16 years ago
Update -- progesterone cream

Thanks Leah, but im pretty positive that my screwed up hormones were caused by anorexia when I was 15/16. My body produced great levels before, but it's never been the same since. Oh, I see. Sorry t...

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16 years ago
Update -- progesterone cream

Bump... I just got back from the doctor today. I got my blood test results, and guess what - my progesterone and estrogen levels are both EXTREMELY low. my ob/gyn actually said that right now i have ...

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16 years ago
Adrenal function & hormones.

So the last couple of days, I have been getting to sleep much earlier and stressing less, and I took vitamin C once (about 1000 mg), and all of the acne that I had is rapidly disappearing. I had a few...

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18 years ago
Adrenal function & hormones.

Are there any supplements besides DIM/I3C that help get rid of bad estrogen? I mean, restoring proper adrenal function and using progesterone cream will fight estrogen dominance by raising progesteron...

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18 years ago
Adrenal function & hormones.

Are there any supplements besides DIM/I3C that help get rid of bad estrogen? I mean, restoring proper adrenal function and using progesterone cream will fight estrogen dominance by raising progesteron...

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18 years ago
Adrenal function & hormones.

I don't think anyone has mentioned salt. Simply take a pinch of sea salt in glass of water.

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18 years ago
Adrenal function & hormones.

what are the best supps for healing adrenal and thyroid ?

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18 years ago
Adrenal function & hormones.

But Dotty, I don't think it's excess androgens that are the problem (not for me anyway). It's that the adrenals produce too much cortisol, which lowers progesterone production... and that causes all k...

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18 years ago
Adrenal function & hormones.

I know a lot of people have mentioned that they have anxiety/depression... Do any of you guys have panic attacks? I've had them since I was in highschool, but I've been a generally anxious person for...

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18 years ago
Adrenal function & hormones.

But Dotty, I don't think it's excess androgens that are the problem (not for me anyway). It's that the adrenals produce too much cortisol, which lowers progesterone production... and that causes all k...

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18 years ago
Adrenal function & hormones.

Oh no, I did go to my doctor right away and got an ultrasound, and I don't have PCOS.

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18 years ago
Adrenal function & hormones.

That is helpful, jodiat. Thanks.   Found this there, for those wondering about getting tested for it:   The typical condition is not severe enough to be picked up with standard test which a...

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18 years ago