pimg class=”alignright” title=”Moo, Cluck, Oink” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/animals.jpg” alt=”animals” width=”320″ height=”185″ /By now, you#8217;ve probably heard about the a title=”Calling All Carnivores” href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/magazine/tell-us-why-its-ethical-to-eat-meat-a-contest.html?_r=1amp;ref=theethicist” target=”_blank”essay contest the NY Times is running/a. The prompt is #8220;Tell us why it#8217;s ethical to eat meat.#8221; To decide the winner or winners, they#8217;ve assembled a diverse mix of self-hating omnivores, self-hating sometimes-vegetarians, self-hating #8220;flexible vegans,#8221; and the guys with all those witty one-liners about food and grandmothers and #8220;mostly plants#8221; #8211; Michael Pollan, Jonathan Safran Foer, Peter Singer, Mark Bittman, and Andrew Light. A number of readers have asked me to chime in on the subject and I agreed to it, albeit somewhat reluctantly. After all, why does the burden of proof rest on us, the physiologically omnivorous hominids who are simply eating the foods we#8217;ve been eating for millions of years? But then I realized it might be a fun thing to write, to play around […]

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The following is a letter written to us by Laura, and published with her consent. Laura, we’ll look forward to your visits!
Having lived on the Outer Banks for two and a half years, the only regret I have from my time here is not joining Knuckle Up sooner.  I have had such an amazing experience as a member of Knuckle Up and I cannot thank them enough. 
When I first learned about Knuckle Up through the 2010 Get Pumped for Pink 10k, I was a little fearful to join.  I figured it was a place where super fit people worked out…what the heck would an overweight woman, with the main goal of losing weight, do there?  
Finally, a year later, I decided to quit talking about it and just do it.  I have type 1 Diabetes and finally enough was enough – the time had come to get healthy, no matter […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”OUCCCCHHHHH!!!” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/cramp.jpg” alt=”cramp” width=”320″ height=”212″ /A few months ago I wrote an article on a title=”How to Fuel a Marathon” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-fuel-a-marathon/”How to Fuel a Marathon/a. In this week#8217;s a title=”Dear Mark” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/dear-mark/”Dear Mark/a, I answer a reader#8217;s question on how to improve a hydration recipe I recommended in that article. Then I cover a somewhat related topic: muscle cramps, and how to fix them and how to prevent them. Finally, I discuss Dr. Oz#8217;s latest supplement miracle product #8211; raspberry ketones. Sounds delicious, doesn#8217;t it? Let#8217;s go./p
blockquotepHi Mark,/p
pI am in training for my first ever marathon and have read your how to fuel a marathon. I did try the homemade hydration drink on my training run last week of 24km. I had 2 bottles of hydration and 2 bottles of plain water. I found the drink very sweet and you can definitely taste the black slat molasses. Swigging […]

Original post by Mark Sisson