pimg class=”alignright” alt=”superfoods” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/superfoods.jpg” width=”319″ height=”231″ title=”superfoods photo” /In today#8217;s edition of a title=”Dear Mark” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/dear-mark/”Dear Mark/a, I cover six reader questions, starting with one on superfoods. Next is branched chain amino acid supplementation before a #8220;fasted#8221; workout, and whether taking them negates the benefits. Then I discuss whether hot sauce is healthy and Primal, assuming it#8217;s otherwise free of sugary ingredients. Lactase supplementation for lactose-intolerants is next, followed by my advice for someone with a pretty bad leg injury who wants to stay fit while staying off their feet. And finally, I explore the myth of animal protein dissolving your skeletal system as you eat it./p
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blockquotepYou and Dr. Terry Wahls are my two gurus. She does focus a little more on seaweed and algae than you do, but otherwise you seem in the same boat. I notice neither one of you focus on super foods. […]

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pimg class=”alignright” alt=”cassoulet2″ src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/cassoulet2.jpg” width=”320″ height=”212″ title=”cassoulet2 photo” /Cassoulet is often thought of as a massive undertaking that requires days to cook. It’s also often assumed that cassoulet can’t be made without a title=”Dear Mark: Beans and Legumes?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/beans-legumes-carbs/#axzz2FROsVuyC”beans/a. In this Primal version, neither is true. In a few hours you’ll have one of the meatiest meals imaginable. Incredibly rich and hearty with layers of different flavors, this is a meal not to be missed./p
pCassoulet is made with all kinds of meat and can get a little pricey, depending on what you choose. This recipe is mid-range, as it blends pork shoulder and sausage, duck, and bacon. You can go all out and use more duck or even a title=”Succulent Duck Confit” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/succulent-duck-confit/#axzz2FROG8ZRL”duck confit/a. You can scale back and add more pork shoulder and no duck at all. Or, you can use lamb if you want./p
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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” alt=”real life stories stories 1 2″ src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2009/real_life_stories_stories-1-2.jpg” width=”320″ height=”240″ /My primal story starts about nine months ago. It was December, and we had just been visited by both of my brothers. My brothers’ visits usually consist of copious amounts of eating and drinking. We’re generally healthy folk – we exercise regularly and try to eat a balanced diet. But when we get together, we drink lots of beer and eat lots of delicious fried food. […]

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pimg class=”alignright” alt=”grokleap” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/grokleap.jpg” width=”320″ height=”238″ title=”grokleap photo” /If the earlier holidays of the season are more socially-driven, New Year’s is the more personal, the more private. Sure, there are the parties, the throngs in Times Square, and the general cycle of media hoopla surrounding New Year’s Eve, but the real crux of the event is contemplative. The party hats and noise makers have their heyday for a few hours (for some of us the a title=”Hangover Hacks You Can Hang Your Hat On” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/hangover-cures/”hangover/a claims a few more). That said, the more insistent, pensive theme of the holiday is the part that lingers #8211; first drifting into our psyches about this time after the bigger festivities are finally cleaned up and the guests have all gone home. Even if we scoff at the concept of a title=”Excuses, Excuses, Excuses” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions/#axzz2GDoxM2pd”resolutions/a themselves, no amount of cynicism can keep us […]

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As a kid raised in the 70′s and 80′s, I was taught that egg yolks were the devil. I used to make egg white omelettes in my late teens and early 20′s. Luckily I know better now. Here’s more good news when it comes to eating whole eggs.

Notes from article:
For the purpose of the research, middle-aged males and females with metabolic syndrome were split into 2 groups: one group ate 3 whole eggs each day and the other ate the same amount of egg substitute each day as part of a carbohydrate-restricted diet to lose weight.
After the subjects in the whole eggs group spent 3 months on the diet, the researchers found that it had no impact on their LDL cholesterol or total blood cholesterol, even though they were eating two times the amount of cholesterol than they were before the experiment began.
Both the whole eggs group and the egg […]

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Brad Pilon just put out a solid post about why many people are Intermittent Feeding, not Intermittent Fasting. He explains why some people who have failed with Intermittent Fasting weren’t actually doing the diet in the best way.

A few highlights of his article:
Intermittent – Occurring occasionally or at regular or irregular intervals… so really “Occasionally” Fasting – Taking a break from eating (zero calorie intake) for a predetermined period of time without a necessary interval from one fast to the next.
Intermittent Feeding = Taking the occasional break from fasting to eat during a predetermined window.
Diets that are Intermittent Feeding can be fantastic, helpful, effective, but they can also be in some ways completely different than Eat Stop Eat.
LeanGains, The Renegade Diet and even some of the more extreme protocols along these lines (like fasting for 20 hours eating for 4 every day) — all can incredibly effective fat loss […]

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I’m not an advocate of smoking or taking in nicotine, but wanted to share this video with you. Ever wonder why people who smoke are often times pretty darn lean? Kiefer will explain how nicotine blocks the fat receptors and stops fat from accumulating…even if you eat a high calorie meal.

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