pimg class=”alignright” title=”Steve’s Club Sampler” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/Picture13-3.png” alt=”Picture13 3″ width=”320″ height=”213″ /strongThe Prize:/strong/p
pHunks of grass-fed meat, raw nuts and dried berries all conveniently packaged together: If your struggle during the first week of the a title=”The 2011 Primal Blueprint 30-Day Challenge Begins Now ” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-2011-primal-blueprint-30-day-challenge-begins-now/” target=”_self”30-Day Challenge/a was finding healthy snacks or Primal meals while on-the-go, Steve#8217;s got you covered. The lucky winner of today#8217;s contest will receive two a title=”Steve’s Club Samplers” href=”http://www.stevesoriginal.com/cart/Journeyman-Pack/” target=”_blank”Steve#8217;s Club Samplers/a ($32 each) and a title=”GrassFed PaleoStix” href=”http://www.stevesoriginal.com/cart/Grass-Fed-Paleostix/” target=”_blank”5 Grass-Fed PaleoStix/a ($30)./p
pstrongBonus #1:/strong Use promo code strongpaleokitmda/strong for a 10% discount through the month of September./p
pstrongBonus #2: /strong15% of the proceeds go to support a title=”Steve’s Club National Program” href=”http://www.stevesclub.org/” target=”_blank”Steve#8217;s Club National Program/a to bring CrossFit and nutrition education to at-risk teens in cities across the country./p
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pstrongThe Contest:/strong/p
pIt#8217;s been one week since the a title=”The 2011 Primal Blueprint 30-Day Challenge Begins Now ” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-2011-primal-blueprint-30-day-challenge-begins-now/” target=”_blank”2011 […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Tanka Bar” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/TankaBarTraditional.jpg” alt=”TankaBarTraditional” width=”320″ height=”121″ /strongThe Prize:/strong/p
pTanka Bars. Snack food made of buffalo. That’s pretty much all that needs saying. In the pursuit of quick-fix meat-chunk eats, a href=”http://www.tankabar.com/”Tanka/a is offering up a variety of a title=”Tanka Products” href=”http://www.tankabar.com/cgi-bin/nanf/public/products.cvw?sessionid=d84a0520d549159b1cb74dfc5e97673c9b44a1c04d” target=”_blank”Tanka Bars, Tanka Bites, and Tanka Wild Sticks/a (valued at around $100) to the winner of today’s post. BONUS: Enter “30DAYCHALLENGE” when ordering from a title=”Tanka Bar” href=”http://www.tankabar.com/cgi-bin/nanf/public/main.cvw” target=”_blank”TankaBar.com/a for a 15% discount off of regularly priced items. This contest is only open to U.S. residents./p
pstrongThe Contest: /strong/p
pToday#8217;s WLL contains a clue hidden within the text that begins with this paragraph and ends at #8220;Recipe Corner#8221;, a series of words that hints at an answer. Everyone who finds the clue must then figure out the answer. Don#8217;t keep it to yourself; instead, post the answer to the comment board. A prize goes to the first poster. Nothing […]

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pa title=”Pure Indian Foods” href=”http://www.pureindianfoods.com/index.shtml” target=”_blank”img class=”alignright” title=”Pure Indian Foods Ghee” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/Picture11-3.png” alt=”Picture11 3″ width=”319″ height=”238″ //astrongThe Prize:/strong/p
pWhat#8217;s better than ghee? 100% organic ghee. And where do you find 100% organic ghee? a title=”Pure Indian Foods” href=”http://www.pureindianfoods.com/” target=”_blank”Pure Indian Foods/a. According to PIF, they provide the only 100% organic ghee available in the market that has been made using the milk of pastured cows grazing on rapidly growing green grass in spring and fall only, when their milk is most nutritious. Pure Indian Foods will be sending one case (12 jars) of 7.8 oz. jars of a title=”Product Page” href=”http://www.pureindianfoods.com/order.shtml” target=”_blank”Grassfed Organic Ghee/a (retail value over $130), and one a title=”Pure Indian Foods” href=”http://www.pureindianfoods.com/order.shtml” target=”_blank”Assorted Sampler Pack/a containing one 7.8 oz. jar of each of their six a title=”Product Page” href=”http://www.pureindianfoods.com/order.shtml” target=”_blank”Herbal/Spice infused ghee flavors/a (retail value $89.95) to the lucky winner of this contest./p
pCheck out Pure Indian Foods on […]

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pIt’s Friday, everyone! And that means another a title=”Success Stories” href=”../../category/success-stories/?submit=view” target=”_self”Primal Blueprint Real Life Story/a from a Mark#8217;s Daily Apple reader. This real-life story is being brought to you during the a title=”The 2011 Primal Blueprint 30-Day Challenge Begins Now ” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-2011-primal-blueprint-30-day-challenge-begins-now/” target=”_self”2011 Primal Blueprint 30-Day Challenge/a. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark’s Daily Apple community see this a title=”Contest: Share Your Success Story ” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-share-your-success-story-2/” target=”_self”contest/a and contact me a title=”Contact Me!” href=”../../contact/” target=”_self”here/a. I’ll continue to publish these each Friday as long as they keep coming in. Thank you for reading!/p
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pemBack in January I received an email from an all-cap typing, keg-throwing, tree-climbing Primal enthusiast with a grizzly beard and an indomitable spirit that […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Listen up!” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/cantelephones.jpg” alt=”cantelephones” width=”320″ height=”212″ /strongQuestion: what does your body feel like right now?/strong Go ahead. Take an inventory. From the toes to the head, what’s going on in there at the present moment? How’s your back? How’s your stomach? Your head? How about muscles? Your energy level and mood? Is your thinking clear this morning? Good and bad, what signals are you getting? Beyond the here and now, what’s your body been trying to tell you lately? Any changes since beginning the Challenge? Most important of all perhaps #8211; are you accustomed to listening to what your body has to say?/p
pEverything about our culture, it seems, discourages us from doing just that. From the commercials insisting we don’t need to put up with that headache to the glorification of binge drinking, taking a body’s hint isn’t exactly at the top of most people’s list of […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Personal Review” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/selfexperiment.jpg” alt=”selfexperiment” width=”320″ height=”212″ /Self experimentation is a term the online Primal community regularly bandies about. I#8217;ve been meaning to write a post on the subject, and I figured the first week of this year#8217;s Primal challenge would be the perfect spot to drop it. Because, after all, those who accept and undertake the a title=”The 2011 Primal Blueprint 30-Day Challenge Begins Now ” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-2011-primal-blueprint-30-day-challenge-begins-now/” target=”_self”30-day Primal Blueprint Challenge/a will essentially be conducting a 30-day self-experiment on themselves. It won#8217;t be your first self experiment, nor will it be your last, but it may be your first chance at knowingly conducting one./p
pYeah, we#8217;re all lifetime self experimenters, when you get down to it. From infancy onward, we conduct experiments #8211; most of them totally informal #8211; to understand how the world works and how to interact with it. A toddler trying avocado is testing whether it tastes […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Roll snowball, roll!” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/snowball.jpg” alt=”snowball” width=”319″ height=”215″ /The Korgs are in a major rut. Their health and their happiness are suffering./p
pKen Korg#8217;s doctor has been on his back since the last physical, pushing Crestor and blood pressure meds on him. He doesn#8217;t want to end up like his father did, wedded to the pill organizer for the last fifteen years of his life, but he also doesn#8217;t want an early heart attack. Things feel hopeless. His wife, Kelly, is frustrated because although she had her last kid fourteen years ago, she#8217;s never been able to ditch the baby weight (can she really call it baby weight anymore?). Things between husband and wife are friendly enough, but the fire#8217;s gone out of the relationship, and those ED drug commercials are starting to look more and more attractive to them both./p
pAnd then there#8217;s young Kenny./p
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pKenny Korg is newly […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Eat Me.” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/Bradford/canton090705F13closeupredangus.jpg” alt=”canton090705F13closeupredangus” width=”312″ height=”249″ /It’s cow time. a title=”US Wellness” href=”http://www.grasslandbeef.com/StoreFront.bok” target=”_blank”US Wellness/a has long been a favorite meat spot for MDA readers. A couple years ago they donated a title=”Pemmican” href=”http://www.grasslandbeef.com/Detail.bok?no=531″ target=”_blank”pemmican/a and the popular a title=”Bucket of Fat” href=”http://www.grasslandbeef.com/Detail.bok?no=711″ target=”_blank”5 gallon bucket of fat/a. Last year they went whole hog. And by hog, I mean cow. And they#8217;re doing it again this year.strong US Wellness has generously offered up a cow to the winners of today’s contest, the Grokfeast Challenge./strong/p
pFor those of you with raised eyebrow, they won’t actually be delivering a mooing, cud chewing, udder dangling live cow to your doorstep. But you emwill /emreceive the delicious meat that once was that cow. And I#8217;m not just talking about a bucket of chuck.strong The winners will receive sirloin, brisket, short ribs, back ribs, rib-eye steaks, T-bone steaks, NY strip steaks, Delmonico steaks, filets, […]

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p style=”text-align: center;”img class=”aligncenter” title=”The Primal Blueprint 30-Day Challenge” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2009/primal_30day_challenge-1.gif” alt=”primal 30day challenge 1″ width=”320″ height=”240″ //p
pIf you want to lose weight, gain muscle, reduce stress, increase energy or just generally look and feel healthier you#8217;ve come to the right place. Oh, and you can win lots of cool Primal gear, too. That#8217;s right, it#8217;s the annual Primal Blueprint 30-Day Challenge!/p
pBefore we get to the specifics of the challenge, today#8217;s contest:/p
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h2Today#8217;s Contest/h2
pstrongThe first contest of this 30-Day Primal Blueprint Challenge is a two-parter:/strong/p
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liFollow me on a title=”Twitter: Mark Sisson” href=”http://twitter.com/#!/Mark_Sisson” target=”_blank”Twitter/a./li
liRetweet my most recent tweet: #8220;The Primal Blueprint 30-Day Challenge begins today! Get in the best shape of your life and win cool prizes along the way.#8221; (If to you #8220;Retweet#8221; sounds like something an annoying bird does each morning, see a title=”How to Retweet” href=”http://support.twitter.com/entries/77606-what-is-retweet-rt” target=”_blank”this/a.)/li
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pYour retweet will enter you to win the prize below emand/em help spread […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Spicy Buffalo Chicken” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/chicken2.jpg” alt=”chicken2″ width=”320″ height=”212″ /Who doesn’t love to gnaw on a spicy chicken wing or drummette, every bite a glorious combination of fat and meat that coats your lips with a red, buttery gloss. Diving into a plate of wings or drummies is a messy endeavor, but that’s why people love ‘em. It’s an excuse to suck a bone clean, lick your fingers and not worry about the smudge of hot sauce on your cheek even if you’re dining in public./p
pWhen a craving for Buffalo wings hits, there’s no reason to rely on bottled wing sauces or take-out joints that use questionable ingredients. If you’re a Buffalo wing purist, homemade wings or drummettes require only two easy ingredients: hot sauce and a title=”Is All Butter Created Equal?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/grass-fed-butter/” target=”_self”butter/a. No matter what brand of hot sauce is used, adding a few extra ingredients will intensify […]

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