pimg class=”alignright” title=”Who are you?” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/whoareyou.jpg” alt=”whoareyou” width=”320″ height=”212″ /Primal life is good. You#8217;ve lost some weight, improved some health markers, enjoy steady even energy throughout the day, and you finally look forward to exercise (and movement in general) for the first time in a long while. You love the a title=”Primal Blueprint Recipes” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-blueprint-recipes/”food/a, and the compliments you#8217;ve started receiving since beginning to eat it, and you#8217;re generally content, but something#8217;s missing. It#8217;s not that you aren#8217;t satisfied; it#8217;s that you#8217;re curious about what else you can tweak to make your body work a little differently. You want to see what makes your body tick, and why, down to the very last detail. I get that./p
pLuckily for you, your experience and the resources in this community give you the necessary wherewithal to find out. Let#8217;s go to the question that prompted this post, shall we?/p
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pI#8217;m really digging […]

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pimg class=”alignright” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/TacoBowl1.jpg” alt=”TacoBowl1″ width=”320″ height=”212″ title=”TacoBowl1 photo” /One-bowl meals, like this taco bowl, are a great example of achieving maximum flavor with minimal effort. When all the ingredients for a meal are piled on top of each other in a bowl, every bite brings a delicious new combination of flavor. Plus, every bite is packed with protein, healthy fat, and a a title=”Why You Should Eat Brightly Colored Fruits and Vegetables” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/why-you-should-eat-brightly-colored-fruits-and-vegetables/#axzz1yNH8t6bP”variety of vegetables/a. And, it’s ridiculously easy to make./p
pStart by mixing up a batch of taco seasoning. It’s a bold but not overpowering spice blend that can be used to season any type of meat, or vegetable for that matter. Double the recipe if you like, then store extra in your spice drawer to season other meals./p
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pNext, slice up a variety of a title=”A Visual Guide to Peppers” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/a-visual-guide-to-peppers/#axzz1yNH8t6bP”peppers/a and an onion and saute them in the […]

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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. I#8217;m excited to be able to bring you this story today. As much as I#8217;m not a fan of a title=”Dear Mark: Carb Concessions, Nitric Oxide, and Chronic Cardio ” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/carb-concessions-nitric-oxide-and-chronic-cardio/”Chronic Cardio/a, I understand that a lot of people are interested in pursuing endurance events. I get it. I used to be one of them. More and more, now, I#8217;m convinced there is a way to do it in a low-carb environment without sacrificing health, and I#8217;m working on a book due out at the end of next year entitled #8220;Primal Endurance#8221; that explores how to do it. Stay tuned!/p
pIf 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/” […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Candle” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/candle.jpg” alt=”candle” width=”320″ height=”212″ /You guys ready for another a title=”Why Self Experimentation Matters” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/why-self-experimentation-matters/”personal experiment/a? I hope so. Even if don#8217;t think you#8217;re ready to take something on, I#8217;m confident you#8217;ll be able to handle this one, because it#8217;s relatively simple, intuitive, and easy. It#8217;s also something I#8217;ve been discussing for a couple years now, so you#8217;re most likely familiar and comfortable with the concept. But most importantly, today#8217;s experiment is a gentle one that requires very little commitment. No jumping in a title=”How to Conduct a Personal Experiment: Cold Water Plunges ” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-conduct-a-personal-experiment-cold-water-plunges/#axzz1yMAnW3Zd”freezing cold water/a, no a title=”How to Conduct a Personal Experiment: Biphasic Sleeping ” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-conduct-a-personal-experiment-biphasic-sleeping/#axzz1yMAnW3Zd”drastic changes to your sleeping schedule/a. All I#8217;m asking you to do is experiment with nighttime yellow light exposure./p
pHuh?/p
pRemember how I wrote about a title=”How Light Affects Our Sleep” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-light-affects-our-sleep/”nighttime exposure to blue light affecting melatonin secretion/a […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Camel” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/camel.jpg” alt=”camel” width=”288″ height=”287″ /It#8217;s time for another round of #8220;Is It Primal?#8221; This time, I#8217;ll be covering six questionable foods. First, I tackle whether or not cod liver oil has a place in a Primal eater#8217;s pantry (or fridge), and whether standard cod liver oil is worth it. Then, I get into the suitability of mead, that honey wine popularized by the Vikings, followed by maple syrup. Is it another #8220;safer sweetener,#8221; just like a title=”Is Honey a Safe Sweetener?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-honey-a-safer-sweetener/”honey/a, or is it a title=”The Definitive Guide to Sugar” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-definitive-guide-to-sugar/”sugar/a masquerading as a health food? After maple syrup, I dig into pectin, binder of jam and jelly; and sunflower butter, also known as sunbutter, a popular replacement for a title=”How Bad is Peanut Butter, Really?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-bad-is-peanut-butter-really/”peanut butter/a. Finally, I scrutinize the food about which literally everyone in the Primal blogosphere has been wondering, the […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Women and Intermittent Fasting” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/IF.jpg” alt=”IF” width=”320″ height=”212″ /Many differences exist between the two sexes. We look different. We sound different. We dress differently from each other. We like different things. Different genres of movies cause men and women to cry (differently). And although society, media, and culture drive and/or inform many of our differences, some are inherent and physiologically-driven. For example, men and women have different biological equipment #8211; both external and invisible to the naked eye #8211; that change how we interact with and respond to our environments, our exercise, our sleep, and our eating habits. Nowhere are these gender differences more evident than in the realm of health and nutrition, and yet it seems that I#8217;ve overlooked a big one: different sex responses to intermittent fasting./p
pLet#8217;s take a look at a couple recent reader emails:/p
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pI#8217;m a woman (28 years old) who followed […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Sweden” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/sweden.jpg” alt=”sweden” width=”320″ height=”240″ /emThis is another special guest post from our favorite study-dismantler, a title=”Raw Food SOS – Denise Minger” href=”http://rawfoodsos.com/about/” target=”_blank”Denise Minger/a. Read all of her previous Mark’s Daily Apple articles a title=”Will Eating Red Meat Kill You?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/will-eating-red-meat-kill-you/”here/a, a title=”Does a High Fat Diet Cause Type 2 Diabetes?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/does-a-high-fat-diet-cause-type-2-diabetes/#axzz1p5TrAN1t”here/a, a title=”High Fat Diet Linked to Breast Cancer?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/high-fat-diet-linked-to-breast-cancer/”here/a, a title=”Will Eating Whole Grains Help You Live Longer?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/will-eating-whole-grain-fiber-help-you-live-longer/”here/a and a title=”Is Fish Oil Link to Prostrate Cancer” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/fish-oil-prostate-cancer/”here/a, and pay a title=”Raw Food SOS” href=”http://rawfoodsos.com/” target=”_blank”her website/a a visit. Thanks, Denise, for clearing up the confusion once again!br /
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pSweden is a land of many wonders #8211; most of which put the USA to shame. They’ve got fjords, ABBA, and caviar in a tube. And while Americans get arrested for things like DUIs and a title=”Cops: Naked Pennsylvania man walks into Walmart, steals socks” href=”http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/17/10433901-cops-naked-pennsylvania-man-walks-into-walmart-steals-socks?lite” […]

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