pimg class=”alignright” alt=”frenchfries” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/frenchfries.jpg” width=”319″ height=”211″ title=”Dear Mark: Acrylamide, Sprint Alternatives, Gynoid Fat, and Adult Bed Sharing” /In this week#8217;s edition of a title=”Dear Mark” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/dear-mark/”Dear Mark/a, I#8217;ll be covering three wide-ranging topics. First is acrylamide, the french fry toxin, the coffee carcinogen, the rat destroyer. It appears in almost every starchy item cooked or roasted at high heat, and it#8217;s classified as a carcinogen. What do we do about it? Do we even have to worry about it? Next up are sprint alternatives for the person who loves to runny really fast every once in awhile but has a herniated disk that becomes aggravated shortly after said sprint. Sprinting is an important, beneficial activity, so long as you can do it pain and injury free, so I try to come up with a few worthy options. Then, I offer some advice to a man with gynoid #8211; or lower […]

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What if I told you that if you did four minutes of exercise fat would melt off your body? You would probably think Joe you are full of it.
Well it is possible, But it does come with a huge WARNING. This is a very intense workout and IS Not for everyone.
Welcome To Tabata Training
The basis of Tabata Training is 4 minutes of intense interval training/circuit training. What you are doing is taking an exercise weamp;#39;ll use sprints as an example here.
Sprint as hard as you can for 20 seconds
Walk for 10 seconds
Repeat 7 more times for a total of 8 sets.
So what you have is a total of 4 minutes of workout time.
Tabata Training can be done with a number of different exercises the idea is to use an exercise that gets the whole body involved or at least the major muscle groups.Tabata Training can be done with Barbells, […]

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pimg class=”alignright” alt=”Minestrone1″ src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/Minestrone1.jpg” width=”320″ height=”201″ title=”Minestrone Inspired Soup with Quick Chicken Stock” /Minestrone is Italian vegetable soup, a one-pot meal that provides the perfect opportunity to clean out the fridge. This hearty version is made with homemade chicken stock (and cooked chicken) that’s ready in about 30 minutes, to which you can add any vegetables you have on hand./p
pThis chicken stock isn’t quite as nutrient rich as a title=”Cooking with Bones” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cooking-with-bones/#axzz2Hzs3Rx36″stock that’s simmered for hours/a, but it still tastes so much better than canned stock. Plus, you’ll have enough cooked chicken for the soup and another meal./p
pMinestrone is delicious with only the carrots, cabbage and kale this recipe calls for, but don’t hesitate to throw in other a title=”Edible Veggie Tops” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/edible-veggie-tops/”veggie odds and ends/a from the fridge. Zucchini, broccoli, root vegetables and green beans are all great additions. The more veggies you add, the less likely you […]

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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″ /Dear Mark,/p
pMy story is not one of significant weight loss or dramatic health changes, but one of mental freedom and peace that I have not felt in over 20 years. You have changed my life and I am enormously grateful to you. I have been struggling with my weight and my mental status surrounding my weight for 20 years. I am 5 feet 6 inches […]

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pimg class=”alignright” alt=”co sleeping” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/co-sleeping.jpg” width=”320″ height=”212″ title=”Co Sleeping: The Risks and the Benefits” /Co-sleeping, bed sharing, or whatever else you want to call it #8211; is an abomination of a behavior that no self-respecting mammal engages in. If you don#8217;t believe me, consider how other mammals handle their kids. You know the old can and string phones we used to make as kids? New chimpanzee parents will string a vine between two empty a title=”The Wonderful World of Coconut Products” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-wonderful-world-of-coconut-products/”coconut/a shell halves, placing one half in the baby chimp#8217;s nest in the next tree over and the other half in the parents#8217; nest, allowing them to monitor the baby#8217;s cries and activity during the night. If the baby wakes up, they#8217;ll swing on over to the other tree and produce a hairy teat until the little chimp quiets down. Then it#8217;s back to bed. The first thing […]

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pimg class=”alignright” alt=”go” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/go.jpg” width=”320″ height=”240″ title=”16 Things You Should Have Never Stopped Doing” /As children, we live closer to our instincts. Yes, there’s the humorous and rather unfortunate side to this #8211; like the time you ate an entire bag of Twizzlers and threw up all over your great-aunt’s carpet. In addition to the plethora of bad decisions (as if adults don’t make those too), however, there’s the extravagant daring and that amazing, irrepressible exuberance./p
pAs adults, we might know better than to gorge on dye #40, but we’re tripped up by other things. We become distanced, detached from our instincts. The responsibilities, the schedule, the expectations surrounding our culture’s take on maturity can cast us out of the land of exuberance. It’s like we get gradually diverted to a boring Interstate stretch after traveling the scenic route. The road is efficient, utilitarian and might have nicer rest stops, but […]

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