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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Tiredsville” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/tired.jpg” alt=”tired” width=”320″ height=”212″ /Since we#8217;ve been on an a title=”How to Tell If You’re Inflamed: Objective and Subjective Inflammatory Markers Read more: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-tell-if-youre-inflamed-objective-and-subjective-inflammatory-markers/#ixzz1jikqfGVc” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-tell-if-youre-inflamed-objective-and-subjective-inflammatory-markers/”inflammation kick/a the past couple weeks, I figured I#8217;d start covering some of the areas of health and lifestyle that interact with inflammation. That doesn#8217;t exactly narrow things down, seeing as how inflammation is involved in just about everything, but it does give me plenty of things to discuss. Today#8217;s topic, exercise, was a little tricky, because the relationship between exercise and inflammation is anything but straightforward, seemingly fraught with inconsistencies and facts that appear to contradict one another. Exercise reduces inflammation, but it also increases it. And depending on the context, this increased inflammation due to exercise is either a good thing or a bad thing./p
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pSee for yourself. Study after study (epidemiological and clinical alike) shows that extended exercise programs […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Fenugreek Seeds” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/fenugreek.jpg” alt=”fenugreek” width=”320″ height=”212″ /Today#8217;s Monday a title=”Dear Mark” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/dear-mark/”Dear Mark/a question and answer post is a fun one. I look into whether a claim about fenugreek and human growth hormone by the great Dr. Mehmet Oz pans out (hint: he#8217;s off, but not by much). Then, I discuss how to strength train as a marathon runner (hint: short and intense), after which I explore the nutritional content of edible insects. And finally, in light of my recent posts on a title=”How to Tell If You’re Inflamed: Objective and Subjective Inflammatory Markers Read more: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/page/2/#ixzz1jZEQ9kBF” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-tell-if-youre-inflamed-objective-and-subjective-inflammatory-markers/”inflammation/a, I cover the connection between eczema and a title=”Dear Mark: Gluten” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/gluten-celiac-disease/”gluten/a./p
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pOnce in a while the Great and Powerful Oz does get it right#8230;or at least close. […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Aromatic Beef Soup with Mushrooms and Chard” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/soup-1.jpg” alt=”soup 1″ width=”320″ height=”212″ /Hovering over a warm bowl of soup, lapping up its warmth and inhaling the steamy aroma, is one of the best ways to take the chill out of a cold day. This is especially pleasurable if the soup smells so good that the aroma wafts out of your house and onto the street so even the neighbors know something good is cooking. Imagine a pot simmering with tender chunks of beef, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and fennel seeds. A soup like this is hearty, nourishing and guaranteed to make the neighbors jealous./p
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pYou could actually call this soup faux pho, since it’s not quite the real thing but is inspired by the Vietnamese soup, pho. This soup is a little less brothy and little meatier than real pho and makes the cooking process simpler by calling for […]

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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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pI can’t tell you how much I feel like a a title=”Success Stories” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/success-story-summaries/”Primal success story/a although my before and after photos wouldn’t reveal a thing. You see, I haven’t lost a pound, not one. And I didn’t really need to, but I desperately needed a change./p
pA little backstory:/p
pI am a stay at home mom. Three years ago, my husband began his graduate degree. […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Canned Tomatoes” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/iStock_000000300520XSmall.jpg” alt=”iStock 000000300520XSmall” width=”320″ height=”212″ /By now, you#8217;re undoubtedly aware of a title=”Are Plastics Safe?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/harmful-plastics/#axzz1j5lrm9Fy”BPA/a, or bisphenol A, and its ubiquitous presence in can liners, plastics, and even receipts. I a title=”Is Canned Food Safe?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/canned-food-safety/#axzz1j5LGnjxJ”wrote about its status as a xenoestrogen/a with the ability to interact with hormonal receptors in animal bodies, as well as its potentially deleterious effects on humans #8211; especially tiny growing humans #8211; and the general takeaway is that avoiding BPA as much as possible is in all our best interests. We can#8217;t avoid everything, but we can do a fairly good job of it. Luckily, the consumers (that#8217;s you) have spoken up loud enough to get companies to pay attention to the way they line their cans so that while BPA remains a pervasive issue, more and more BPA-free products are being introduced. This is good, but which ones […]

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pa title=”Success Stories in the Making” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/success-stories-in-the-making/”img class=”alignright” title=”Success Stories in the Making” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/success_stories_in_making.jpg” alt=”success stories in making” width=”320″ height=”240″ //aOkay, is everyone as pumped as I am for this? Ever since reader Adam proposed a title=”Success Stories in the Making” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/success-stories-in-the-making/”the idea/a some weeks ago, I’ve looked forward to making it happen #8211; as the MDA 2012 New Year Challenge no less! Now the moment has come, and it’s a big one. As Challenge participant Brandi put it, “It seems like a lot of folks were looking for something just like this.” A lot is right. Readers, I’ve been bowled over by the amazing response to Success Stories in the Making. More than 400 (do the doubletake!) new and continuing Grokkers responded to the call last week and submitted their goals and photos! It doesn’t get more awesome than this, folks. The bees and I have been hard […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Inflammed” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/inflammed.jpg” alt=”inflammed” width=”320″ height=”300″ /In the comments section of a title=”What is Inflammation?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/what-is-inflammation/”last week#8217;s post on inflammation/a, many of you expressed a desire for a post explaining how to know if one is actually suffering from systemic, chronic inflammation. I thought that was a great idea and decided to put the other followups on hold so I could tackle this one. Obviously, it#8217;s easy to tell if you#8217;ve got some acute inflammation going on #8211; swelling, pain, heat radiating from a part of your body that#8217;s suddenly assumed a rosy hue, and throbbing open wounds are all blatant indicators of the inflammatory process at work #8211; but tests for markers of inflammation are not yet standard across most medical practices. With that in mind, I#8217;ll be giving info on both objective markers for which you can test, as well as on the subjective markers I use […]

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