pimg class=”alignright” title=”Cholesterol – Part 2″ src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/cholesterol5.jpg” alt=”cholesterol5″ width=”319″ height=”238″ /emThis is a guest post by a title=”About Peter Attia” href=”http://eatingacademy.com/dr-peter-attia” target=”_blank”Peter Attia/a and is a summary based on a 10-part series of the same name that you can find at a title=”The Eating Academy” href=”http://eatingacademy.com/” target=”_blank”The Eating Academy/a. /em/p
pemTo read The Straight Dope on Cholesterol: 10 Things You Need to Know #8211; Part 1 click a title=”The Straight Dope on Cholesterol: 10 Things You Need to Know – Part 1″ href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-straight-dope-on-cholesterol-10-things-you-need-to-know-part-1/”here/a./em/p
pemTo start at the beginning of Peter#8217;s 10-part series click a title=”The Straight Dope on Cholesterol – Part 1″ href=”http://eatingacademy.com/nutrition/the-straight-dope-on-cholesterol-part-i” target=”_blank”here/a./em/p
pemNow, Peter#8230;/em/p
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h36. Inflammation makes it worse, but the inciting event is the LDL particle getting past the endothelium./h3
pBecause there is no experiment or clinical trial we can carry out to unambiguously resolve the exact role of inflammation in this process (and, by extension, the role of LDL particles), […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Cholesterol – Part 1″ src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/cholesterol4.jpg” alt=”cholesterol4″ width=”319″ height=”238″ //p
pemThis is a guest post by a title=”About Peter Attia” href=”http://eatingacademy.com/dr-peter-attia” target=”_blank”Peter Attia/a and is a summary based on a 10-part series of the same name that you can find at a title=”The Eating Academy” href=”http://eatingacademy.com/” target=”_blank”The Eating Academy/a.  /em/p
pTo put this summary post and, more importantly, this 10-part series in perspective, let’s examine one of the most pervasive pieces of dietary advice given to people worldwide:/p
pem“Eating foods that contain any cholesterol above 0 mg is unhealthy.”/em/p
p- T. Colin Campbell, PhD, author of The China Study./p
pNo summary of this length can begin to fully address a topic as comprehensive as cholesterol metabolism and the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. In fact, those of us who challenge conventional wisdom often find ourselves needing to do exactly what Frederic Bastiat suggested:/p
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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Aurora Borealis” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/auroraborealis.jpg” alt=”auroraborealis” width=”320″ height=”212″ /Recently, I caught up with an old friend of mine. He’d just returned home from a trip to the Northern Midwest, where they rented a cabin on one of the Great Lakes with family. He showed me pictures of his kids. Being used to a landlocked existence, his 6-year-old daughter had been wholly enthralled by the vastness of the lake, which she referred to as the ocean throughout the entire trip. One afternoon as their younger child napped, he took his older daughter to a nearby park reserve for a bit of exploration. She was mesmerized by a river gorge and more so by the brave, unruly souls who were hurling themselves off a rock ledge into the borderline hypothermic water hole below. What ultimately drew her in that afternoon, he explained, was a sandy beach cove lined with enough tall jagged […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Insulin” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/insulin.jpg” alt=”insulin” width=”319″ height=”238″ /Despite all the success you might have had with the Primal way of life, doubts can still nag at you. Maybe it#8217;s something you read, or something someone said to you, or a disapproving glance or offhand comment from a person you otherwise respect, but it#8217;s pretty common when you#8217;re doing something, like a title=”How to Quit Grains” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-quit-grains/”giving up grains/a, avoiding processed food, or eating a title=”Animal Fat” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/yet-another-primal-primer-animal-fats/#axzz1t4UHVJDc”animal fat/a, that challenges deeply-and-widely held beliefs about health and wellness. It doesn#8217;t really even matter that you#8217;re losing weight or seem to be thriving; you may still have questions. That#8217;s healthy and smart, and it#8217;s totally natural./p
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pA question I#8217;ve been getting of late is the effect of reducing carb intake on insulin sensitivity. It#8217;s often bandied about that going low carb is good for folks with insulin resistance, but it#8217;s also said […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Stuffed Jalapenos” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/StuffedJalapenos2.jpg” alt=”StuffedJalapenos2″ width=”320″ height=”212″ /A fresh jalapeño a title=”A Visual Guide to Peppers” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/a-visual-guide-to-peppers/#axzz23HIA7YKD”pepper/a is the perfect delivery vehicle for meat or seafood. When the pepper is cut open, there’s just enough room to stuff a nibble of ground meat, sausage, shrimp or crab. The delicious edible package is sealed with a strip of bacon that drips fatty flavor into the pepper. A stuffed jalapeño can be eaten with your fingers in one or two bites (it’s delicious either hot or cold) and the addictive spicy flavor keeps you coming back for more./p
pItalian pork a title=”How to Make Homemade Sausage” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-make-homemade-sausage/#axzz23HIA7YKD”sausage/a is especially good in the pepper, if you want to go all out with pork flavor. Or, you can lighten things up a little by finely chopping raw a title=”A Quick Guide to Shrimp” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/a-quick-guide-to-shrimp/#axzz23HIA7YKD”shrimp/a in a food processor and stuffing that inside the […]

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Hey fight fans, it’s time for another competition! Tomorrow, Saturday the 25th, Team KnuckleUp will be heading to Virginia Beach for a  grappling competition hosted by The Good Fight! While we’re only fielding a small team this go out, we still have some great expectations for our competitors. They’ve all been training hard for it, and they’re as ready as they’re going to get.
Team KnuckleUp
As always, Team KnuckleUp is being headed by Morrison Butler. However, for reasons he has yet to divulge, he’s going strictly in a coaching capacity this time. Even though we’re all pretty sure he could take the absolute (again), he doesn’t seem to be interested in showing off that black belt. Here’s who else will be competing:

Rob Hunt will be returning to competition. He recently won a gold at the NAGA event in VA Beach, and he’s hoping to do it again. Rob is one of […]

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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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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Primal Blueprint Real Life Story” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2009/real_life_stories_stories-1-2.jpg” alt=”real life stories stories 1 2″ width=”320″ height=”240″ /It was November 9th, 2009. I remember that day vividly because it was the day I reached my breaking point. I was 28 years old and I broke down into tears and decided “enough was enough”. The words that come to mind when I think of that day is the quote from the movie “Animal House” when Dean Wormer says to John Belushi’s character: “Fat, […]

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Depression isn’t fun.  It is typically described as a state of low mood but is really much, much more than that.
We all go through ups and downs in our mood. And Sadness is a normal reaction to struggles, setbacks, disappointments and losses that are a part of human life. So while many people use the word “depression” to explain these kinds of feelings, it’s important to note that depression is much more than just sadness.
Depressed people may feel sad, anxious, empty, hopeless, worried, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable, or restless.
Some people describe depression as “living in a black hole” or having a feeling of impending doom. However, some depressed people don’t feel sad at all—they may feel lifeless, empty, and apathetic, men in particular may even feel angry, aggressive, and restless.
It turns out that depression is much more complicated than simply feeling ‘sad’.
We know that some people seem to be genetically […]

Original post by Brad Pilon

pimg class=”alignright” title=”Intermittent Euphoria” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/euphoria.jpg” alt=”euphoria” width=”319″ height=”207″ /A couple of weeks ago I wrote about a title=”The Pleasures of Slow Living” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-pleasures-of-slow-living/”slow living/a, the philosophy that encourages us to reclaim our time and consciously approach the way we live. Slow living isn’t as much about pace as it is depth of experience #8211; absorbing the full dimension of each moment and relationship. In slow living and other conscious living philosophies, we’re called to re-sensitize ourselves to life. We notice more, feel more, and perhaps come to know ourselves more. We leave behind an existence led on autopilot. We let go of routinization that can reduce life to a manic drill. There’s another level to this picture, I think. Even in a peaceful, productive, and well-balanced life, we can find ourselves feeling restless. The comfortable plateau we’ve achieved #8211; with all good intention #8211; can seem less satisfying. Where did […]

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