pimg class=”alignright” title=”I can’t wait to sink my teeth into…” alt=”wheat5″ src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/wheat5.jpg” width=”320″ height=”316″ /For today#8217;s edition of a title=”Dear Mark” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/dear-mark/”Dear Mark/a, we#8217;ve got a five-parter. First, I discuss wheat germ agglutinin#8217;s potential interaction with the leptin receptor. Next, I explore the prospect of introducing a title=”This Gluten-Free Thing Is a Really Overblown Fad!” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/gluten-free-fad/”gluten/a and peanuts (among other potential allergens) to youngsters as a way to prevent allergies from developing. I also discuss whether a title=”Monday Musings: Thoughts on Fasted Training” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/monday-musings-thoughts-on-fasted-training/”fasted workouts/a are a sound strategy to boost fat burning, if any good non-nightshade sources of a title=”Dear Mark: Resistant Starch, Zinc Deficiency, and Something New” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/resistant-starch-zinc-deficiency/”resistant starch/a exist, and the nutritional benefits of sunchokes./p
pLet#8217;s go:/p
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pThis is one part question preceded by a brief story./p
pI am a science graduate student, and a couple years ago, I went to a seminar on leptin receptors in […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Celeriac Noodles” alt=”CeleriacNoodles1″ src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/CeleriacNoodles1.jpg” width=”320″ height=”238″ /There are several types of vegetables that can be used to mimic noodles (a title=”Chicken Spaghetti Squash” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/chicken-spaghetti-squash/”spaghetti squash/a, a title=”Low Carb Pasta Substitute” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/low-carb-pasta-substitute/”zucchini/a) but none do it as well as celeriac. Peeled strands of this rugged root will cook to al dente in less than 3 minutes, making a fine bowl of faux fettuccine./p
pCeleriac noodles can be topped with any of your favorite sauces, but are especially good with this parsley pesto that matches the clean, fresh flavor of the noodles. Celeriac (also called celery root) has an herbal, pleasantly bitter flavor that will remind you of both celery and parsley. The flavor is stronger when raw and quite mild when cooked./p
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pThis pale root is hiding a a title=”Fall Vegetables” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/fall-vegetables/#ixzz2t3UtepRQ”surprising amount of nutrients/a beneath its humble exterior: vitamin C, […]

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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″ /Several days after Thanksgiving 2012, I began my Primal journey. I had to finish all the cornbread dressing before I started this life changing adventure!/p
pGrowing up, I was your typical kid. Always outside playing, involved in every seasonal sport, and always finishing off my plate. I was never really fat growing up, but as my mom always told me, I was #8220;husky.#8221;/p
pDuring the football offseason of […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Paintbrushes” alt=”paintbrushes” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/paintbrushes.jpg” width=”320″ height=”213″ /A few years ago as I was beginning to get a vision for what would become a title=”The Primal Connection” href=”http://www.primalblueprint.com/product/The_Primal_Connection/Books_and_Media” target=”_blank”emThe Primal Connection/em/a, I was exploring the idea of vitality from new angles. I was interested in what lay beyond the basics for human survival: a title=”How to Succeed with the Primal Blueprint” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-succeed-with-the-primal-blueprint/%23axzz2UsqEO4Zg”nutrition/a, a title=”Primal Blueprint Fitness” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-blueprint-fitness/”movement and fitness/a, a title=”The Definitive Guide to Sleep” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-definitive-guide-to-sleep/#axzz26gx2mK1P”sleep/a, a title=”Rethinking Stress: It Could Save Your Life” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/rethinking-stress-it-could-save-your-life/”stress/a and a title=”Vitamin D: Sun Exposure, Supplementation and Doses” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/vitamin-d-sun-exposure-supplementation-and-doses/”sun/a. I wanted to examine the connections between our hunter-gatherer ancestors’ lifestyles (what we can reasonably determine and presume) and the existing (if somewhat marginal) activities and therapies that appeared to show therapeutic benefit in scientific studies. I talked about a title=”Bibliotherapy: The Power of Books ” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/bibliotherapy/”bibliotherapy/a, a title=”Writing Therapy, or What You Get […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Steak” alt=”steak4″ src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/steak4.jpg” width=”320″ height=”213″ /The idea that vegetables are an essential part of a healthy diet has been hammered into our collective consciousness by every authority out there. Parents, teachers, scientists, government health #8220;experts#8221; all stress the importance of eating your veggies. Problem is, they also told us that a title=”Is All Butter Created Equal?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/grass-fed-butter/”butter/a would kill us, margarine would save us, animal protein would give us cancer, and a title=”Animal Fat” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/yet-another-primal-primer-animal-fats/”animal fat/a would give us heart disease. They said we should jog for an hour a day three days a week, that deadlifts would hurt our backs, and that we need to wear shoes with #8220;good arch support.#8221; Basically, a title=”The Definitive Guide to Conventional Wisdom” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-definitive-guide-to-conventional-wisdom/”conventional wisdom/a gets it wrong an awful lot of the time, so what should we think about the CW regarding vegetables? It#8217;s a fairly common query I receive […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Strong Senior” alt=”senior yoga” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/senior_yoga.jpg” width=”320″ height=”213″ /We talk about aging gracefully, but what does it mean? How does one age gracefully? To me, it means ensuring your final years are good ones. Basically, we want to avoid the #8220;regular#8221; maladies of aging like dementia, osteoporosis, blindness, sarcopenia, and immobility. We want to a title=”Compression of Morbidity: Vitality to the End” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/compression-of-morbidity/#axzz2sxgwqW30″live long and drop dead/a, not live long and wither away from a host of degenerative illnesses that prevent our ability to enjoy or even experience life, relegated to a bare room tucked away in a building somewhere. That scares me more than anything, more than heart disease or cancer or shark attacks: helplessness./p
pWhen I#8217;m nearing 100, I want to be able to#8230;/p
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liUse the stairs./li
liUse the bathroom without help./li
liLift a grandkid or two./li
liSee where I#8217;m going./li
liRecall distant memories./li
liCreate new […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Cycling” alt=”cycling” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/cycling.jpg” width=”320″ height=”213″ /For today#8217;s edition of a title=”Dear Mark” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/dear-mark/”Dear Mark/a, I cover four questions and my wife Carrie covers one. First, I discuss the effects of sprinting on blood sugar in the short term and long term. Next is whether or not one counts a title=”Dear Mark: Resistant Starch, Zinc Deficiency, and Something New” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/resistant-starch-zinc-deficiency/”resistant starch/a as a carb in their daily allotment. Third, I identify the actual proportion of a title=”Dear Mark: PUFAs” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/polyunsaturated-fat/”omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids/a found in coconut oil. Finally, I give my take on cycling as a gentler mode of a title=”The Evidence Continues to Mount Against Chronic Cardio” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-evidence-continues-to-mount-against-chronic-cardio/”chronic cardio/a relative to running. Carrie wraps things up with a short review of the evolutionary reasons for morning sickness./p
pLet#8217;s go:/p
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pI see a lot of talk on your site about sprints and how great they are. My question is, […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Beef Skewers” alt=”BeefSkewers2″ src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/BeefSkewers2.jpg” width=”320″ height=”207″ /You’ll taste a bold blend of ginger, garlic, lemongrass and the sweet/salty flavor of coconut aminos in every bite of these intensely flavored and aromatic strips of beef. Served with crispy coconut-sesame kale on the side, this is perfect party finger food and pretty great as a main course, too./p
pIf you haven’t cooked with a title=”Is it Primal? – Coconut Aminos” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-it-primal-7-more-foods-scrutinized/#axzz2sTIXMBNn”coconut aminos/a before, think of it as a soy-free, gluten-free replacement for soy sauce and tamari. Made from aged coconut sap and sea salt, the flavor is both sweet and salty. It doesn’t taste like soy sauce, but has the same mysterious a title=”Umame” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/umame-umami/”umami/a quality that adds an interesting dimension of flavor. It’s great with beef and also a title=”Salmon and Vegetables with Coconut Aminos” href=” http://www.marksdailyapple.com/roasted-salmon-and-vegetables-with-coconut-aminos/#axzz2sTIXMBNn”works well as a marinade for fish/a./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″ /When I had just turned 18 my grandfather gave me some advice. He had lived through the Great Depression and fought in World War II and the Korean War. He managed to raise a family of five, get a bachelor’s, two masters#8217;, and later a doctorate. He spent 40 years in the same career, and when he retired he refused to claim social security or any […]

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