pimg class=”alignright” alt=”bandagefinger” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/bandagefinger.jpg” width=”320″ height=”246″ title=”Dear Mark: Adding a Workout to an Active Life and Topical Wound Ointments” /We#8217;ve got a nice pair of questions for today#8217;s a title=”Dear Mark” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/dear-mark/”Dear Mark/a. In the first, a young woman who#8217;s perhaps the most intuitively active person I#8217;ve ever heard about asks whether or not she should incorporate a dedicated, formal workout to her schedule of skiing, playing with dogs, hiking, manipulating heavy bags of dog food (in a physical sense, not an emotional sense), yoga, and rafting. You guys might be able to guess the gist of my response, but read on to find out what I say. In the second, a guy asks about topical ointments that promote wound healing. As a response, I discuss the standard over the counter ointments (antibiotic ointments, petroleum jelly-based ointments) as well as the more #8220;natural#8221; alternatives like honey, coconut oil, and […]

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pimg class=”alignright” alt=”RoastedSalmonVeg” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/RoastedSalmonVeg.jpg” width=”320″ height=”232″ title=”Roasted Salmon and Vegetables with Coconut Aminos” /Roasted a title=”Salmon: Factory Farmed vs Wild” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/salmon-factory-farm-vs-wild/#axzz2E7T8IjqV”salmon/a and vegetables gently seasoned with coconut aminos, garlic and green onion is a delicious, nutritious meal that’s on the table in thirty minutes flat. The salmon will be moist and tender, the beans and bell peppers crisp and fresh and the mushrooms soaked with the sweet-salty a title=”Umami” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/umame-umami/”umami/a flavor of coconut aminos./p
pWhat makes this meal so quick and easy is that everything’s seasoned the same, goes in the oven at the same time and comes out of the oven at the same time, too./p
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pBuying individual salmon fillets of the same weight and thickness makes it easy to gauge when the salmon is perfectly cooked. For a 1 to 1 1/2 inch thick fillet, this means 10 to 12 minutes. That’s just enough time to set the table. […]

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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″ /The first time it happened I panicked. My vision was slowly filling up with shiny blobs of light. Instinctively I went to a dark room and, 15 minutes in, I couldn#8217;t see. Eventually it ramped down just like it ramped up. And as soon as it cleared, the pain started. I was never one for much pain medication, so I just put a cold rag […]

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pimg class=”alignright” alt=”emotions” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/emotions.jpg” width=”288″ height=”287″ title=”Weight Loss: The Emotional Element” /In a recent survey, psychologists named emotions as their clients’ “top obstacle” to weight loss. The 1300+ licensed psychologists, to fill in the picture, also a title=”Poll of Psychologists Cites Emotions As Top Obstacle to Weight Loss” href=”http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/01/emotions-weight-loss.aspx” target=”_blank”cited/a emotional eating as well as food selection and exercise commitment among the common challenges their clients faced. Sure, it’s maybe little surprise that psychologists would emphasize the role emotional issues play in weight loss. It’s their profession after all, and their clients comprise a self-selected group of people who are interested in delving into the emotional dimensions of their weight management struggles. That said, I know plenty of trainers (myself included), doctors, and dietitians (Primally focused or otherwise) who would suggest psychology has figured prominently into many of their clients’ situations as well./p
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pimg class=”alignright” alt=”babymother” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/babymother.jpg” width=”319″ height=”210″ title=”Co Sleeping: How to Do It Safely” /Last week, I broached the topic of a title=”Co-Sleeping: The Risks and the Benefits ” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/co-sleeping-risks-benefits/#axzz2Ijau2Z49″co-sleeping/a. The reception was almost unanimously positive, with plenty of you chiming in with your own c0-sleeping success stories. Before you toss the crib, however, realize that co-sleeping isn#8217;t as simple as flopping down in bed with your baby and drifting off to sleep. Co-sleeping emis/em a healthy, effective, and arguably #8220;natural#8221; way to raise independent children, but it must be done safely. Remember those studies I cited last week where co-sleeping was associated with infant deaths? Yeah, when co-sleeping is done poorly or incorrectly or unsafely, it becomes an effective way to harm children. Sadly, most parents no longer have access to the #8220;village,#8221; that treasure trove of knowledge full of parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles and infinite cousins with […]

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pimg class=”alignright” alt=”smokedsalmon” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/smokedsalmon.jpg” width=”320″ height=”240″ title=”Is It Primal? Smoked Salmon, Nutritional Yeast, 5 Hour Energy Drinks, and Other Foods Scrutinized” /It#8217;s about that time for another round of #8220;Is It Primal?#8221; Today we#8217;re covering smoked salmon, a surprisingly stable source of omega-3s. After that, I finally get to nutritional yeast, a food that many of you have been asking about for many moons. I hope you#8217;re happy with the answer. Next up are 5-Hour Energy Drinks, which aren#8217;t quite as bad as you might think. After that, I cover the edibility of brines #8211; a title=”Dear Mark: Powdered Egg Alternatives and Heating Olive Oil” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/powdered-egg-alternatives-and-heating-olive-oil/”olive/a, pickle, sauerkraut, cocktail onion, and so on. The final object of scrutiny is Kremelta, a kind of a title=”The Wonderful World of Coconut Products” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-wonderful-world-of-coconut-products/”coconut oil/a shortening./p
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pSmoking is one of the world#8217;s oldest a title=”The Definitive […]

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