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pMark’s Daily Apple reader Joshua submitted this a title=”PBF” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/subscribe-to-blog/#what-is-pbf”Primal Blueprint Fitness/a video as his entry to this year’s a title=”2012 Primal Blueprint Workout Video” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-make-a-primal-blueprint-workout-video-2/”Primal Blueprint Workout Video contest/a. This is one in a series of a title=”Contest Poll: 2012 Primal Blueprint Recipe Videos ” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-poll-2012-primal-blueprint-recipe-videos/”recipe videos/a, workout videos, a title=”2012 Grokfeast Challenge” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/have-a-picnic-win-a-cow-the-2012-grokfeast-challenge/”Grokfeasts/a and a title=”The 2012 Primal Blueprint 21-Day Challenge Contest Page” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-2012-primal-blueprint-21-day-challenge-contest-page/”other contest/a submissions that will be published all week long. a title=”Reader-Created Content” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/reader-created-content/?submit=view” target=”_self”View them all/a and vote for your favorites later this week. ema title=”What Does it Mean to quot;Grok on?quot;” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/what-does-it-mean-to-grok-on/” target=”_self”Grok on!/a/em/p
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pMark’s Daily Apple reader Adrienne submitted this a title=”PBF” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/subscribe-to-blog/#what-is-pbf”Primal Blueprint Fitness/a video as her entry to this year’s a title=”2012 Primal Blueprint Workout Video” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-make-a-primal-blueprint-workout-video-2/”Primal Blueprint Workout Video contest/a. This is one in a series of a title=”Contest Poll: 2012 Primal Blueprint Recipe Videos ” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-poll-2012-primal-blueprint-recipe-videos/”recipe videos/a, workout videos, a title=”2012 Grokfeast Challenge” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/have-a-picnic-win-a-cow-the-2012-grokfeast-challenge/”Grokfeasts/a and a title=”The 2012 Primal Blueprint 21-Day Challenge Contest Page” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-2012-primal-blueprint-21-day-challenge-contest-page/”other contest/a submissions that will be published all week long. a title=”Reader-Created Content” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/reader-created-content/?submit=view” target=”_self”View them all/a and vote for your favorites later this week. ema title=”What Does it Mean to quot;Grok on?quot;” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/what-does-it-mean-to-grok-on/” target=”_self”Grok on!/a/em/p
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pIn past years, you’ve shared a title=”Primal Fridge Pics ” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-results-primal-fridge-pics/” target=”_self”pics of your Primal-stocked fridges/a, of your a title=”Primal Breakfast Pics” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-blueprint-breakfast-photos/” target=”_self”breakfasts/a, a title=”Primal Lunch Pics” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-results-primal-lunch-pics/” target=”_self”lunches/a, a title=”Primal Dinner Pics” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-results-primal-dinner-pics/” target=”_self”dinners/a and a title=”Show Your Primal Dishes” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-results-show-your-primal-dish/”Primal dishes/a. You’ve shown your a title=”Show Your Groceries” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-results-show-your-groceries/” target=”_self”groceries/a (a title=”Show Your Groceries” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-results-show-your-groceries-2/” target=”_self”two years in a row/a) and your best a title=”Grokpose” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/reader-created-content-the-grokpose/” target=”_self”Grok poses/a. You showed the world what it’s like to a title=”Contest Results: Foraging in a Fast Food Nation ” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-results-foraging-in-a-fast-food-nation/” target=”_self”forage in a fast food nation/a. And don’t forget the time a title=”Where in the World is Grok?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-results-where-in-the-world-is-grok/” target=”_self”Grok was spotted far and wide/a./p
pThis year I asked you a title=”What Does it Mean to Be […]

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pIt’s time for emyou/em to decide another winner! At the start of this a title=”The 2012 Primal Blueprint 21-Day Challenge Begins Now” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-2012-primal-blueprint-21-day-challenge-begins-now/”21-Day Challenge/a I put out a call for a title=”Contest: Make a Primal Blueprint Recipe Video” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-make-a-primal-blueprint-recipe-video-3/”Primal Blueprint Recipe Videos/a. MDA readers got right to work. As a result, YouTube has never seen better looking food./p
pAs you might imagine, my crew and I had a tough time narrowing the field. We lost nights of sleep, shed many tears and cursed our duty of having to eliminate so many great videos from the running. And in the end we held a blind vote. To everyone that didn’t make the cut, many thanks from myself and (yes, I’ll take the liberty) the MDA community for your contributions./p
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pBefore the vote, a recap of what’s at stake:/p
pstrongThe Prize:/strong/p
p title=”Amazon: Make it Paleo”strongA Primal/paleo Cookbook Library /strongincluding ema title=”Amazon: The Primal Blueprint […]

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Admittedly this blog post has very little to do with Intermittent Fasting, but I’ll do my best to tie it all together in the end.
Instead of fasting, today we’re talking about Testosterone. And, although the name testosterone is only 65 years old, the hormone that it identifies has been a focus of scientific interest for more than a century.
I would argue that its influence on masculinity has made Testosterone the most controversial hormone in the human body, and that this controversy has left the average person blind to its potentially therapeutic properties and benefits.
However, despite the common belief, there is a lot more to Testosterone than baseball and bodybuilders.
For the purpose of keeping this post under 10,000 words we’re going to be mostly exploring testosterone in men, but I will point out some of the facts that apply to women as well.
All right, lets get started.
The basics of Testosterone are […]

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pMark’s Daily Apple readers Casey and Chazmith submitted this a title=”Primal Blueprint Recipes” href=”../../primal-blueprint-recipes/” target=”_self”Primal Blueprint recipe/a video as their entry to this year’s a title=”2012 Primal Blueprint Recipe Video Contest” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-make-a-primal-blueprint-recipe-video-3/”Primal Blueprint Recipe Video contest/a. This is one in a series of recipe videos, a title=”Primal Blueprint Workout Video” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-make-a-primal-blueprint-workout-video-2/”workout videos/a, a title=”2012 Grokfeast Challenge” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/have-a-picnic-win-a-cow-the-2012-grokfeast-challenge/”Grokfeasts/a and a title=”The 2012 Primal Blueprint 21-Day Challenge Contest Page” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-2012-primal-blueprint-21-day-challenge-contest-page/”other contest/a submissions that will be published all week long. a title=”Reader-Created Content” href=”../../category/reader-created-content/?submit=view” target=”_self”View them all/a and vote for your favorites later this week. ema title=”What Does it Mean to quot;Grok on?quot;” href=”../../what-does-it-mean-to-grok-on/” target=”_self”Grok on!/a/em/p
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pMark’s Daily Apple reader Joel submitted this a title=”Primal Blueprint Recipes” href=”../../primal-blueprint-recipes/” target=”_self”Primal Blueprint recipe/a video as his entry to this year’s a title=”2012 Primal Blueprint Recipe Video Contest” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-make-a-primal-blueprint-recipe-video-3/”Primal Blueprint Recipe Video contest/a. This is one in a series of recipe videos, a title=”Primal Blueprint Workout Video” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-make-a-primal-blueprint-workout-video-2/”workout videos/a, a title=”2012 Grokfeast Challenge” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/have-a-picnic-win-a-cow-the-2012-grokfeast-challenge/”Grokfeasts/a and a title=”The 2012 Primal Blueprint 21-Day Challenge Contest Page” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-2012-primal-blueprint-21-day-challenge-contest-page/”other contest/a submissions that will be published all week long. a title=”Reader-Created Content” href=”../../category/reader-created-content/?submit=view” target=”_self”View them all/a and vote for your favorites later this week. ema title=”What Does it Mean to quot;Grok on?quot;” href=”../../what-does-it-mean-to-grok-on/” target=”_self”Grok on!/a/em/p
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pMark’s Daily Apple reader Jody from a title=”The Ruttan Evolution Experience” href=”http://ruttanevolution.sea-haven.net” target=”_blank”The Ruttan Evolution Experience/a submitted this a title=”Primal Blueprint Recipes” href=”../../primal-blueprint-recipes/” target=”_self”Primal Blueprint recipe/a video as his entry to this year’s a title=”2012 Primal Blueprint Recipe Video Contest” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-make-a-primal-blueprint-recipe-video-3/”Primal Blueprint Recipe Video contest/a. This is one in a series of recipe videos, a title=”Primal Blueprint Workout Video” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/contest-make-a-primal-blueprint-workout-video-2/”workout videos/a, a title=”2012 Grokfeast Challenge” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/have-a-picnic-win-a-cow-the-2012-grokfeast-challenge/”Grokfeasts/a and a title=”The 2012 Primal Blueprint 21-Day Challenge Contest Page” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-2012-primal-blueprint-21-day-challenge-contest-page/”other contest/a submissions that will be published all week long. a title=”Reader-Created Content” href=”../../category/reader-created-content/?submit=view” target=”_self”View them all/a and vote for your favorites later this week. ema title=”What Does it Mean to quot;Grok on?quot;” href=”../../what-does-it-mean-to-grok-on/” target=”_self”Grok on!/a/em/p
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