pimg class=”alignright” title=”Arugula” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/arugula.jpg” alt=”arugula” width=”320″ height=”212″ /By now, you#8217;ve probably seen the a title=”Managing Your Mitochondria” href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjgBLwH3Wc” target=”_blank”TedX video from Dr. Terry Wahls/a, a former Tae Kwon Do champ and current MD diagnosed with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (the kind that degenerates your brain and has you relying on a wheelchair to get around) who describes her transformative experience with a a title=”The Definitive Guide to Dairy” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dairy-intolerance/”dairy/a-free a title=”What’s the Difference Between Primal and Paleo?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/whats-the-difference-between-primal-and-paleo/”Paleo/a diet rich in a title=”Dear Mark: Best Fruit Choices” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/best-fruit-choices/#axzz1kyj4oyOx” target=”_blank”fruits/a, a title=”Top Ten Spring Vegetables” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/spring-vegetables/#axzz1kyjM2Gkl”vegetables/a, a title=”The Differences Between Grass-Fed Beef and Grain-Fed Beef Read more: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-differences-between-grass-fed-beef-and-grain-fed-beef/#ixzz1kyjVoiFF” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-differences-between-grass-fed-beef-and-grain-fed-beef/”grass-fed meat/a and a title=”It’s Not So Offal” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/organ-meats/”organs/a, and a title=”A Visual Guide to Sea Vegetables” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/a-visual-guide-to-sea-vegetables/”seaweed/a. Relegated to and totally dependent on a wheelchair in 2007, by 2008 Wahls had adopted the diet and was commuting to work on […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Mmm….” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/butter.jpg” alt=”butter” width=”320″ height=”212″ /Today#8217;s installment of a title=”Dear Marks” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/dear-mark/”Dear Mark/a covers two questions. In the first, a reader wonders whether or not all those mysterious omegas popping up lately are worth taking. Are omega-3s enough, or should we be supplementing with omega-5s, omega-7s, and omega-9s as well? Read on to find out. Then, I take on a question about exercise for a mostly sedentary 40-something whose only source of activity is a weekly jog. I give him a few pointers and direct him to some relevant literature. I expect if he follows my advice he#8217;ll start putting on significant amounts of lean mass./p
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blockquotepI#8217;ve read all your articles on fish oil and the importance of balancing one#8217;s intake of omega-3s with omega-6s. Lately I#8217;ve been seeing fish oil supplements that claim they contain all omegas (3,5,6,7,9). Is this more, less, or equally beneficial […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Pickles” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/pickles2.jpg” alt=”pickles2″ width=”320″ height=”228″ /Of all the food transformations that occur in a kitchen, few are as exciting as that of a cucumber into a pickle. Not because the process is so complicated, but because it’s so simple. a title=”Pepper and Salt: Not So Basic After All” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/pepper-and-salt-varieties/”Salt/a, water and a little time in a jar are all it takes to transform a cucumber into an entirely different food. What’s truly amazing is that so many people love pickles even if they’ve never tasted a really good one. A great pickle makes your eyes widen in surprise and your tongue tingle with pleasure. The sourness should make you salivate for more, rather than pucker and wince, and the texture should have a noticeable crunch when bitten into./p
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pIf it’s so easy to transform a cucumber into a pickle, though, then why are grocery store shelves filled with […]

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pIt’s Friday, everyone! And that means another a title=”Success Stories” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/success-story-summaries/”Primal Blueprint Real Life Story/a from a Mark#8217;s Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark’s Daily Apple community please contact me a title=”Contact Me!” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-book/share-success-story/” 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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pAs a kid I was always a physical fitness derelict. While I loved hiking and walked everywhere I could, I did not enjoy sports (I was clumsy and had poor coordination) and hated gym class. From the age of 10, a macaroni-fueled spare tire was a constant companion, sometimes rather large, other times deflated, never gone completely (till now!). By the time I was a senior […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Caught in a Loop” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/specialization.jpg” alt=”specialization” width=”319″ height=”213″ /Every once in a while I come across a quote that makes so much sense I can’t get it out of my head. Sometimes it reveals a new truth or illuminates a long-held one. Other times it makes good and plain something so logical, so sensible, so obvious that it’s like a slap upside the head. Such was my impression of this Robert A. Heinlein quote mentioned by a commenter on a title=”Dr. Eades” href=”http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/” target=”_blank”Mike Eades blog/a: “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Sardines” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/sardines.jpg” alt=”sardines” width=”320″ height=”212″ /Before I begin, let me preface this post with the identification of a simple confounder for everyone to consider as they read: context. Any discussion of a concept as nebulous, multifaceted, and confusing as inflammation must integrate the question of context. Inflammation itself is highly contextual #8211; as I#8217;ve discussed in a title=”What is Inflammation?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/what-is-inflammation/”previous installments/a, there are times when inflammation is a good thing and times when inflammation is a negative thing. There are also times when anti-inflammatory actions, drugs, or foods are negatives, even though #8220;anti-inflammatory#8221; has a positive connotation. If you blunt the a title=”The Relationship Between Exercise and Inflammation (and What It Means for Your Workouts) Read more: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-relationship-between-exercise-and-inflammation-and-what-it-means-for-your-workouts/#ixzz1kQPIugvx” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-relationship-between-exercise-and-inflammation-and-what-it-means-for-your-workouts/#axzz1kQPED9Le”post-exercise inflammatory/a response with an anti-inflammatory drug, for example, you also run the a title=”Phys Ed: Does Ibuprofen Help or Hurt During Exercise?” href=”http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/phys-ed-does-ibuprofen-help-or-hurt-during-exercise/” target=”_blank”risk of blunting […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Night Sky?” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/nightsky.jpg” alt=”nightsky” width=”319″ height=”209″ /Carrie and I are lucky enough to have a hot tub in our back yard, overlooking a pretty spectacular ocean and mountain view. We often soak for a while and talk about the day#8217;s activities just before retiring to bed (I sometimes alternate with a quick a title=”Cold Water Therapy” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cold-water-therapy/”plunge or two into our unheated pool/a). Last night we were taking advantage of the break between winter storms to #8220;jacuze#8221; when I noticed that the cloud cover had so dispersed the city lights of L.A. and Santa Monica that it lit up the sky even 20 miles out into Malibu. On an otherwise moonless night, it had become light enough to simulate dusk all over L.A.. Can you imagine the amount of manmade light it takes to have that effect? Of course, that got me thinking about all the ways in […]

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