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Guest Post: How Low Carb Is Saving My Life

I am a 29 year old male. Growing up, my family was extremely poor. I had a steady diet of boxed/frozen dinners, sodas and sugary snacks. I have suffered from anxiety since I was very young. Depression has also been a huge problem for me for the last decade. Just a year and a half ago, I was over weight, over worked, and over stressed. I was on a path back to the mental hospital for the second time. (First time was a self check in for wanting to hurt myself.) After that I was put on a daily dose of Prozac for my anxiety. I got fired from my job, and developed a strong dependency on marijuana to numb the pain of my problems.

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Guest Post: Paleo Diet for Digestive Diseases

I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2010 at the age of 21 years old. I have been managing my disease with diet and functional medicine since 2011. I obtained a bachelor’s degree in Public Health from Eastern Kentucky University, and a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from the University of Kentucky. I plan on pursing a graduate degree in Primary Care Nurse Practitioner and practicing as an integrative medicine family nurse practitioner specializing in digestive disorders.

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Guest Post: My Journey Back to Health

I am a 34 year old female who has been experiencing a whole slew of seemingly unrelated issues for over 10 years. It started with fibromyalgia type symtoms and numbness in my fingers especially when I would try to go to sleep. It hurt when people touched me. Even the slightest pressure was excruciating not to mention waking up at night if I could even get to sleep in the first place with horrible pain because my hands were numb for hours or as I tried to go to sleep, I could feel them going numb. Over the years I also started getting headaches, which I almost never had until my 20s, and backaches so bad I had to adjust my back 4 to 5 times a day to get minutes if relief. I was on the verge of giving up. I couldnt imagine what 60 would feel like if 30 felt this bad.

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