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    Herbal Antibiotics

    Would this interest you, perhaps? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22913356 Listen or don't listen, grasshopper. All the same. It's there if you wish to. I've done with this thread.
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    forgotten explorers

    Well, he should have used dogs, dogs, and only dogs. Man-hauling in that environment was ridiculous; ponies were no use; and the tractor-devices were a washout. in technological terms -- and here I mean the technology of movement, clothing, and food -- generally going with what indigenous...
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    Herbal Antibiotics

    Quite an interesting interview on the "Dr. Lo" podcast on this topic: This is a podcast from a lady, Dr. Lauren Noel, who is a naturopathic doctor with an interest in the Paleo diet. She has a lot of very different and quite unusual guests. This one is talking about herbal antibiotics...
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    Neanderthal diet

    Dubbing something "fad" isn't an argument. It's a snide piece of evidence-free propagandising. And, no, our ancestors probably ate few seeds. furthermore, they could have only eaten fruit when it was in season, which was only for a few weeks of the year. They didn't have supermarkets that...
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    Neanderthal diet

    Oh, whoops! I wrote "millions" for "thousands" did I? ROTFL
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    Neanderthal diet

    That phrase -- "cutting out" -- assumes that the current diet is "normal" ... which it is not. It's a highly artificial construct, which could not have existed even 30 years ago, let alone before the advent of agriculture. IOW, not for almost all of the past 2.5 million years of our existence...
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    Any decent recipies for nettle beer?

    Spring is best, I think. The River Cottage people also have a recipe at the Grauniad. Should be easy enought o find online. That's similar but much more controlled and detailed process with plenty of sterilization. I guess that should give more reliable results -- although all the sulphites...
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    The Amazon (not the internet shopping site!)

    Here's one old lady who managed to survive the upheavals there -- reputedly to 121: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14730434 BTW, there's a fascinating chapter on the Amazon in Dr. Kamler's book Surviving the Extremes: What Happens to the Human Body at the Limits of Human...
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    The Amazon (not the internet shopping site!)

    Yeah, it's big. IIRC, Volkswagen (sic) owns a tract about the size of Switzerland. Others have more. But, well, if you look at the time taken to bring the North American bison to virtual extinction ... The size of a resource makes little odds, if it's being over-exploited. Talking of North...
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    Is Endicotts OK?

    LOL. You just get used to the other these days. More power to their elbow for doing it that way. I'll definitely call them next time I want something, if they've got it, particularly as they've got so many personal recommendations in this thread.
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    Any decent recipies for nettle beer?

    Am i right in thinking the monks brought that into the country in the mediaeval period to use as a bittering agent for beer? If they did, unfortunately, it got loose in the wild ... it's the very devil to get out of a garden. Anyway, a friend of mine used to make nettle beer some years ago...
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    Australian-made 2 L water bottles

    Looks like these people will ship worldwide: http://www.wellingtonsurplus.com.au/showProduct/MILITARIA/CANTEENS/CA9522/Tas+2+Litre+South+African+Military+Style+Plastic+Canteen+-+Model+009522 However, I should think the postage would be ridiculous. Shame no-one seems to sell them in the UK.
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    Is Endicotts OK?

    I can open the site. But it says "phone to buy" at the bottom of every page. Do they not have online purchases?
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    Australian-made 2 L water bottles

    These seem to be SADF issue but actually made in Australia. Maybe this is the maker? http://www.warlordindustries.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=51 Even quite a solid-looking pouch in Auscam here: http://www.ace-tac.com/products_show.asp?id=169 This stuff seems...
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    Physical conditioning with heavy backpack

    Yeah. Glucosamine and chondroitin do something of the same, and seem very popular with pro sportspeople. You mentioned ginger, which is an anti-inflammatory (as is the ice in its way). Another's turmeric (and curcumin which is extracted from it). You can add a pinch of turmeric to your...
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    Physical conditioning with heavy backpack

    If you don't want to get belly fat, cut the carbs -- at any rate, if you're not doing anaerobic activity which demands the glycolytic pathway, such as sprinting or hitting a truck tyre with a sledgehammer in Tabata bursts. And I guess you won't be doing the former with those painful feet. The...
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    Shoe makers?

    Exactly. Ten Point do carry their stuff sometimes: http://www.ten-point.co.uk Also, this German site sells several models, including the Panka and the new Osama: http://www.voycontigo.de/barefoot-shoes/?force_sid=97eed7f9e62a01ac56245aaa80a0a917 Over here, Vivos are probably an easier...
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    Shoe makers?

    You could try some Vivo Barefoot shoes. The soles are only a few millimeters thick, but since they're made of kevlar they're surprisingly hardwearing. They're heelless, like moccasins. They're also suitably foot-shaped, and, like moccasins, light in weight. I've had three pairs now. You can...
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    Osprey 58 pattern smell ...

    So I recently bought a new one. It's the genuine thing, made by BCB, not some Chinese copy. It's a classic and has endured for over half a century. So far so good. OK, as plastics go the Osprey product is pretty innocuous. No BPA. AFAIK, it's high-density polythene (or maybe polyurethane)...