pimg class=”alignright” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/yawn.jpg” alt=”yawn” width=”320″ height=”213″ title=”Dear Mark: Dealing with Undersleeping, and the Nutritional Value of Yeast” /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 two questions. First up is a big one: how do you deal with the inevitable bout of acute sleep loss? Are there pills to take, exercises to do or avoid, foods to eat or not? Or are we completely helpless in the face of undersleeping? And second, I discuss the importance #8211; or not #8211; of yeast in the diet. Are we missing out on an integral part of the human diet by avoiding the yeast found in bread?/p
pLet#8217;s find out:/p
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pWe all agree that getting enough sleep is important on all levels, and a good sleeping routine is vital to ensuring a good night#8217;s sleep. However, what can we do when sleep deprivation cannot be helped #8211; e.g. new mothers, […]

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pimg class=”alignright” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/yawn.jpg” alt=”yawn” width=”320″ height=”213″ title=”Dear Mark: Dealing with Undersleeping, and the Nutrition Value of Yeast” /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 two questions. First up is a big one: how do you deal with the inevitable bout of acute sleep loss? Are there pills to take, exercises to do or avoid, foods to eat or not? Or are we completely helpless in the face of undersleeping? And second, I discuss the importance #8211; or not #8211; of yeast in the diet. Are we missing out on an integral part of the human diet by avoiding the yeast found in bread?/p
pLet#8217;s find out:/p
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pWe all agree that getting enough sleep is important on all levels, and a good sleeping routine is vital to ensuring a good night#8217;s sleep. However, what can we do when sleep deprivation cannot be helped #8211; e.g. new mothers, […]

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pa href=”http://cdn.marksdailyapple.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/weekend_link_love2.jpg” rel=”lightbox[51676]“img class=”alignright size-full wp-image-47936″ src=”http://cdn.marksdailyapple.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/weekend_link_love2.jpg” alt=”weekend link love2″ width=”320″ height=”282″ title=”Weekend Link Love Edition 310″ //aI did a few podcasts recently. First, I talked about the basics of Primal living on the a title=”Low Carb Paleo Show 011 Mark Sisson Interview” href=”http://lowcarbmag.com/podcasts/show-011-mark-sisson-interview/” target=”_blank”Low Carb Paleo Show/a. I also a title=”The Primal Blueprint with Mark Sisson” href=”http://live.smashthefat.com/the-primal-blueprint/” target=”_blank”chatted with Sam Feltham/a of Smash the Fat and a title=”Mark Sisson: Why Nutrition Is The Key To Health” href=”http://www.peakprosperity.com/podcast/86653/mark-sission-why-nutrition-key-health” target=”_blank”Chris Martenson/a of the Peak Prosperity podcast about the primacy of diet in determining our health and genetic destiny./p
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pLong term (5 year) ketosis a title=”Long-term effects of a ketogenic diet on body composition and bone mineralization in GLUT-1 deficiency syndrome: a case series.” href=”http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24800673″ target=”_blank”has no negative effect/a on bone density and body composition in adults with GLUT-1 deficiency./p
pThose a title=”Busy neurons don’t always draw blood” href=”https://www.sciencenews.org/article/busy-neurons-don%E2%80%99t-always-draw-blood” target=”_blank”fMRI […]

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pimg class=”alignright” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/Gratin1.jpg” alt=”Gratin1″ width=”320″ height=”212″ title=”Tomato and Eggplant Gratin” /If you want a beautiful side dish to set on the table, this tomato and eggplant gratin is it. Especially when made with colorful heirloom tomatoes. It tastes rich and decadent but is actually quite healthy when you take into account the a title=”Antioxidants” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/antioxidants-2/#axzz37qgQoSvF”antioxidants/a from the tomatoes and eggplant, potential health benefits of full fat a title=”Dairy facts” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dairy-fat-healthy-paleo-primal/#axzz37qcY3pLh”dairy/a and protein from eggs./p
pDid you know that a title=”Eggplant facts” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/eggplant/#axzz37qbPpoKV”eggplant/a has high levels potent antioxidants? And as most people know, so do tomatoes. Healthwise and flavorwise they make a good team. But enough about all the healthy stuff. Plain and simple, this tomato and eggplant gratin is delicious. Really, delicious. Make it in the summer with perfectly ripe heirloom tomatoes or make it in the winter and serve it as a holiday side dish./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” 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 have been morbidly obese practically my entire life. By the time I was 10 years old, I was a chubby kid, weighing in at over 100 pounds. I was in size 44 pants by the time I was in high school and kept going up from there. In November 2010, I weighed 440 pounds (200 kg). I was morbidly obese, lacked confidence, and when it […]

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pimg class=”alignright” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/hunger.jpg” alt=”hunger” width=”320″ height=”320″ title=”Why We Eat: Hunger” /It sounds like the question of a 4-year-old making his first forays into understanding life, biology, and the nature of the universe: “Mom, why do we eat?” On some level, there’s an answer that’s both basic and true #8211; the kind with which we’d respond to little Junior: “We eat because we’re hungry.” If it #8211; and we #8211; were only that simple…. Beyond the hormonal cues that tell us our bodies need feeding exists an intricate constellation of reasons. They stem from the gamut of higher order thinking, social reference and self-organization that a title=”The 10 Habits of Highly Successful Hunter-Gatherers” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-10-habits-of-highly-successful-hunter-gatherers/”characterize the human mind/a. And just when you thought the biological picture was at least an easy call, it’s important to note the environmental inputs that can skew our hormonal responses and convince us we need to a […]

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