pa title=”Primal Blueprint Events” href=”http://www.primalblueprint.com/category/Events” target=”_blank”img class=”alignright” alt=”Events2014″ src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/Events2014.jpg” width=”320″ height=”243″ title=”Primal Events Across the Nation and Beyond in 2014!” //aThis year my team and I are hitting the road to deliver the Primal experience to cities across the United States and beyond. From the shores of Malibu to the mountains of New York, and from Delaware, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and California, all the way to the Mayan Riviera in Tulum, Mexico #8211; we#8217;re coming to you with a lineup of life-changing events. And we#8217;re doing it in more ways than one. There#8217;s everything from classroom-style evening seminar presentations, to action packed all-day events, to transformative weekend retreats. I hope you#8217;ll join us!/p
pHere#8217;s a quick rundown of Primal events in 2014, including the introduction of two brand new ones: PrimalCon New York and the Primal Blueprint Roadshow!/p
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h2Introducing PrimalCon New York #8211; June 5th-8th/h2
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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Charred Steak on Open Flame” alt=”steak3″ src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/steak3.jpg” width=”320″ height=”240″ /As Primal eaters, you have no doubt been the recipient of many an email populated with scary studies about the association of meat consumption with various degenerative diseases like cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. Heck, a new one just came out that I#8217;m sure I#8217;ll be receiving dozens of times in my inbox (turns out controlling for body weight negates the links!). And though most of them can be explained by the #8220;healthy user effect,#8221; the failure to control for other variables, and the processed meat versus unprocessed meat dichotomy, a few do appear to suggest a link between certain diseases and eating meat that#8217;s been cooked a certain way:br /
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liOne a title=”Well-done red meat, metabolic phenotypes and colorectal cancer in Hawaii.” href=”http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12351160″ target=”_blank”study/a found that people who prefer their red meat well done are 8.8 times more likely to […]

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pemimg class=”alignright” alt=”” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/EcuadorDarkChocolateMedallions.jpeg” width=”320″ height=”320″ title=”What to Look for When Choosing a High Quality Dark Chocolate” /This is a guest article from the chocolatiers of a title=”Santa Barbara Chocolate” href=”http://www.santabarbarachocolate.com/index.php” target=”_blank”Santa Barbara Chocolate/a. Santa Barbara Chocolate is the supplier of my favorite chocolate, and they#8217;ve been a more than welcome sponsor of a title=”PrimalCon” href=”http://www.primalblueprint.com/PrimalCon”PrimalCon/a since the very beginning, donating boxes of a title=”Chocolate Coins” href=”http://www.santabarbarachocolate.com/wholesale-bulk-chocolate-c-32.html” target=”_blank”dark chocolate coins/a for guests to enjoy. PrimalCon attendees can attest, their chocolate is top notch. /em/p
pemAs a big fan of really dark chocolate myself #8211; as I know many of you are #8211; I#8217;ve reported on a title=”Why You Should Eat and Drink High Cacao Dark Chocolate” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/why-you-should-eat-and-drink-high-cacao-dark-chocolate/”the health benefits of dark chocolate/a, and explored a title=”Is All Chocolate Created Equal?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-all-chocolate-created-equal/”whether all chocolate is created equal/a. Still, with all the various labels and terms thrown about these days, choosing a high-quality […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Air Pollution” alt=”pollution” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/pollution.jpg” width=”320″ height=”212″ /For today#8217;s edition of a title=”Dear Mark Category” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/dear-mark/”Dear Mark/a, we#8217;ve got a three-parter. First, I cover the potentially estrogenic effects of milk thistle extract and discuss whether or not it#8217;s a problem for your endocrine health that outweighs the benefits to liver health. Next, I discuss the reasons why someone might have a low libido eating a paleo style diet, and give a few potential solutions to explore. And finally, Carrie helps a reader figure out some ways to mitigate or avoid the damage wrought by air pollution. It#8217;s everywhere these days, but that doesn#8217;t mean we have to sit there and accept our fate./p
pLet#8217;s go:/p
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blockquotepI#8217;ve been drinking a tea with milk thistle while doing a Primally-based sugar detox, as recommended by the authors. A week into drinking like three mugs a day, a friend told me she discovered that milk […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Flavored Salts” alt=”FlavoredSalt” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/FlavoredSalt.jpg” width=”320″ height=”240″ /At first glance, flavored salt might strike you as a “why bother?” type of project. Who has time to make their own flavored salt when you can just grab a jar of seasoning salt from the spice aisle at the grocery store? But the arguments for making your own seasonings are much stronger than the lazy argument against./p
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liMaking flavored salt is fun. Make one and you’ll immediately find yourself brainstorming new combinations. What about cocoa powder-espresso salt for steak? Or a title=”Grilled Okra with Spicy Sumac Seasoning Salt” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/grilled-okra-with-spicy-sumac-seasoning-salt/#axzz2rik6JJK1″spicy sumac salt/a for seafood and vegetables? Stock up on glass jars, because you’re going to want to […]

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