pimg class=”alignright” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/transcendence.jpg” alt=”transcendence” width=”320″ height=”240″ title=”How to Get High on Life: 10 Natural Ways to Feel on Top of the World” /Many of society’s favorite psychoactive compounds, both legal and illegal, work by hijacking our own neurotransmitters and brain receptor sites. In other words, they aren’t creating something out of nothing nor are they necessarily imposing an alien influence. They only work because our brains are set up to get high and feel pleasure./p
pWhy does pleasure exist? a title=”Are We Pre-Programmed to Be Happy?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/are-we-pre-programmed-to-be-happy/”Pleasure is the carrot/a dangled by the body to get us to do the things we need to survive and prosper. It helps us reach important survival goals. But we#8217;re not a title=”Is the Primal Blueprint a Type of Asceticism?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/ascetic-diet/”ascetics/a. Experiencing and appreciating pleasure as its own entity is necessary for true happiness and life contentment. Our genes expect us to feel good, not just […]

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pimg class=”alignright” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/tapemeasure.jpg” alt=”tapemeasure” width=”320″ height=”212″ title=”Does Skinny Equal Healthy?” /Everyone has that friend with an interdimensional portal for a stomach. They eat whatever they want in massive quantities and never seem to gain a pound. They#8217;re skinny, despite their best efforts to the contrary and our barely concealed envy. And everyone assumes that they#8217;re healthy embecause/em they#8217;re skinny./p
pBut are they? Is skinny all it#8217;s cracked up to be? Does it always equal healthy? Are these effortlessly skinny people more likely to be healthy than the person who struggles with their weight and has to watch what they eat?/p
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pThere#8217;s no easy answer, of course. This is the human body we#8217;re talking about #8211; that repository of confounding variables, shifting contexts, and paradoxical effects. Declarative, absolutist statements about it are almost guaranteed to be proven wrong. And this time is no different./p
pIt turns out that while it#8217;s emgenerally/em healthier to be slimmer than fatter, skinniness doesn#8217;t guarantee […]

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When it comes to cleaning my food processor, 99.9 percent of the time I gently rinse it out and run the pieces through my dishwasher. But the high, dry heat cycle can be rough on the plastic components, and the dishwasher doesn’t always get into the nooks and crannies of the machine. (And I hate finding food stuck up in the handle or on the underside of the blade!) So we decided it was time to figure out a good way to clean all the tiny, cramped spaces of a food processor.

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pimg class=”alignright” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/sprint678.jpg” alt=”sprint678″ width=”320″ height=”213″ title=”Dear Mark: Tweaking Sprints for a Stressful Life; Carries Primal Transition” /For today#8217;s edition of a title=”Dear Mark” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/dear-mark/”Dear Mark/a, I answer one question and Carrie answers another. First up is one from Diane, a (full-time) working mother who#8217;s noticed something interesting about her variable response to a title=”Why We Don’t Sprint Anymore (plus a Primal Health Challenge)” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/why-we-dont-sprint-anymore-plus-a-primal-health-challenge/”sprinting/a: when she#8217;s relaxed and a title=”15 Ways to Fight Stress” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/15-ways-to-fight-stress/”low-stress/a or on vacation, sprints lean her out; when she#8217;s working and inundated with stress and responsibilities and concerns, sprints make her retain or even gain body fat. Since she realizes the power of sprinting and doesn#8217;t want to give it up completely, Diane wants a few tips for hacking a title=”19 Tips for Avoiding Injuries During Sprint Sessions” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/19-tips-for-avoiding-injuries-during-sprint-sessions/”sprints/a on a high-stress lifestyle. Next, Carrie gives a quick overview of her transition into the […]

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In honor of Mother’s Day, this post is a simple offering of a lullaby and a favorite recipe from my own mum — one that reminds me of her every time I make it. And maybe a question to ponder: What nourishes you, and do you have enough of it?

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pimg class=”alignright” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2008033/Chili_Gravy2.jpg” alt=”Chili Gravy2″ width=”320″ height=”212″ title=”Chile Gravy” /Call it what you will, chile (or chili) gravy or enchilada sauce, either way this blend of dried chiles, cumin, garlic, and beef broth is hard to be without if you love Tex-Mex cuisine. Granted, a lot of Tex-Mex cuisine is also loaded with gooey melted cheese, chips and tortillas but it’s best to skip all that. Instead, pour this earthy, smoky, moderately spicy gravy over ground beef, scrambled eggs, a title=”Primal-Chilaquiles” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-chilaquiles/#axzz30t1bhJOZ”chilaquiles/a, grilled steak or chicken. Or use it (un-thickened) as a braising or poaching liquid for beef, pork or chicken./p
pEvery Tex-Mex aficionado has their own recipe for chili gravy. Some recipes use only chili powder, instead of whole, dried chiles, which works well if you have access to high-quality, flavorful chili powder. Many recipes use powdered garlic instead of fresh. And all of them use flour to thicken the […]

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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” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2009/real_life_stories_stories-1-2.jpg” alt=”real life stories stories 1 2″ width=”320″ height=”240″ /I was always very slim as a child. This was probably partly good genes and partly my parents making sure my sister and I ate plenty of veggies and meat (grass-fed from their hobby farm), plus playing sports, riding my bike and exploring my parent’s hobby farm, as well as my mother strictly controlling our portion sizes when at home. We had homemade cakes/biscuits for snacks, […]

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pimg class=”alignright” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/today.jpg” alt=”today” width=”320″ height=”213″ title=”How to Overcome the “I’ll Do It Tomorrow” Instinct” /It’s a long and irrelevant story as to how this movie reference re-entered my consciousness lately, but bear with me. I’m not into Rom-Coms (surprise, surprise), but let’s just say I have people in my life who are. There’s a famous scene in the old 80s flick a title=”When Harry Met Sally – Wikipedia” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Harry_Met_Sally…” target=”_blank”emWhen Harry Met Sally/em/a (no, not that one#8230;) when Billy Crystal runs a couple miles through Manhattan fueled by the realization that “When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” Don’t give me too many points for this (thanks, Google), but that line has stuck with me since I heard it who knows how many years/decades ago. Yes, it’s a nice […]

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