pimg class=”alignright” title=”Blog Ideas” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/blogideas.jpg” alt=”blogideas” width=”319″ height=”210″ /With the Primal/paleo/ancestral/real food/whatever-moniker-you-prefer community growing by leaps and bounds over the past year, I thought I#8217;d do another #8220;blogs you should be reading#8221; post. I#8217;ve done this sort of thing before, both a title=”18 Underrated Blogs You Should Be Reading” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/18-underrated-primal-paleo-blogs-you-should-be-reading/#axzz20BPtsl2Y”last year/a and the a title=”Stuff That I Read (or Watch), And You Should Too ” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/stuff-that-i-read-or-watch-and-you-should-too/#axzz20BPtsl2Y”year before/a. Once again, there are a ton of blogs out there that I#8217;ve either missed or forgotten to include in previous installments, along with newer ones that are newer and therefore less likely to be on my (or anyone#8217;s radar). But that#8217;s how we rectify the situation and get even more people reading these great blogs #8211; by calling attention to them. Now, not all of them are strictly Primal; some only give passing mention to the specifics of evolutionary health. All the […]

Original post by Mark Sisson

pimg class=”alignright” title=”Butter” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/butter2.jpg” alt=”butter2″ width=”320″ height=”212″ /As I figured it would, last week#8217;s post on a title=”What Does It Mean to Be a Fat-Adapted?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-fat-adapted/”fat-adaptation/a generated a lot of comments and questions. I couldn#8217;t answer all of them (maybe another time), so for today#8217;s post, I tried to collate the most burning questions to arrive at a representative sample. That way I hit the major ones without making this one of those super long posts. If you feel I#8217;ve missed any major ones, feel free to let me know in the comment section./p
pFirst up is the most basic of questions: how does one become fat-adapted? Some, probably most, of you have a good idea how to go about doing such a thing, but not everyone. And so, without further ado, let#8217;s get to the questions:/p
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h3How do I become fat-adapted?/h3
pstrongRamp up your fat intake./strong This will spur your body […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Steak” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/steak.jpg” alt=”steak” width=”320″ height=”212″ /Early last week, I received an email from a reader. The subject was protein absorption, and it referred to something I#8217;d written several weeks past in a title=”Dear Mark: Leptin Resets, Cold Thermogenesis, and Safe Starches? ” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dear-mark-leptin-resets-cold-thermogenesis-and-safe-starches/”this post/a on Leptin Reset among other things. I had suggested that your body can only deal with about thirty grams of protein in one sitting. I immediately realized that this statement wasn#8217;t nuanced enough and might give the wrong impression, so I explained what I meant in a bit more detail a title=”Comment” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dear-mark-leptin-resets-cold-thermogenesis-and-safe-starches/#comment-826544″in the comment board/a. After receiving the following email (thanks for keeping me honest, Brandon!) I figured I would revisit this topic and further articulate what we know about the human body and dietary protein utilization./p
pLet#8217;s go./p
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pI had a question about protein intake. In an older post, you mentioned something […]

Original post by Worker Bee 2

pimg class=”alignright” title=”Lime and Basil Beef Kebabs” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/beef_kebabs2.jpg” alt=”beef kebabs2″ width=”320″ height=”212″ /The marinade for emLime and Basil Beef Kebabs/em is so deliciously aromatic that it’s tempting to take a sip before you pour it over the beef. Fresh lime juice, orange zest and basil are blended together with garlic, cumin and a title=”Coconut Oil” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/coconut-oil-health-benefits/#axzz1zUroxOOA”coconut oil/a for a zesty flavor combination that intensifies over an open flame. The lime and cumin dominate in the end, with hints of the basil and orange sneaking in./p
pAdd chunks of a title=”Why You Should Eat Brightly Colored Fruits and Vegetables” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/why-you-should-eat-brightly-colored-fruits-and-vegetables/#axzz1zUroxOOA”bell peppers/a and a title=”Why You Should Eat Sulfur-Rich Vegetables” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/why-you-should-eat-sulfur-rich-vegetables/#axzz1zUroxOOA”onion/a to the skewers and you’ll have a balanced meal cooking together on one stick. The beef will be charred on the outside and medium-rare in the middle, and the veggies will be seared by the heat but still crisp and fresh./p
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Intermittent Fasting has become exceptionally popular over the last couple of months, which is probably both good and bad.
Good that it raises awareness of a style of eating that could help a LOT of people. Bad that people are already trying to make fasting more complex then it needs to be.
In my opinion it has also lost its way a bit. So today I thought I would share with you exactly what Eat Stop Eat style intermittent  fasting means to me…
It means taking a break from eating. That’s it. No pre-fast meals or post-fast meals. Just a break. Then you go back to eating as you normally would.
It means learning to go without. I’m not a fan of trying to cheat your way thought a fast. I don’t like the idea of chicken broth or beef broth or other ‘zero calorie’ foods. A large benefit of fasting is the lessons […]

Original post by Brad Pilon

pa href=”http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/roadtrip.jpg”img class=”alignright” title=”From the blog www.stuckincustoms.com” src=”http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/roadtrip-590×408.jpg” alt=”roadtrip 590×408″ width=”320″ height=”221″ //aemThis is a guest post from Steve Kamb of a title=”Nerd Fitness” href=”http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/grok-on/” target=”_blank”NerdFitness.com/a/em/p
pstrong#8220;ROAD TRIP!#8221;/strong/p
pemAre there two greater words in the English language?/em/p
pWell, yeah probably. I mean, #8220;free money,#8221; #8220;Royal Rumble,#8221; and #8220;grassfed steak,#8221; just off the top of my head. But work with me here!/p
pAnyways, everybody loves a good road trip #8211; piling your friends into a car, picking a far-off destination, rolling down the windows, and singing Katy Perry at the top of your lungs (no on the Katy Perry? Okay cool, yeah me neither)./p
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pWhatever reason you have for putting rubber to the road, it#8217;s important to not fall into the dreaded road trip trap that would make a title=”Who is Grok?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/about-2/who-is-grok/”Grok/a weep: a backseat full of empty Red Bull cans and Funyun bags, enough candy wrappers to make Willy Wonka legitimately concerned, and […]

Original post by Mark Sisson

pimg class=”alignright” title=”Sugar-Burner, Fat-Burning Beast” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/fat-adapted.jpg” alt=”fat adapted” width=”320″ height=”268″ /When describing someone that has successfully made the transition to the Primal way of eating I often refer to them as #8220;fat-adapted#8221; or as #8220;fat-burning beasts#8221;. But what exactly does it mean to be #8220;fat-adapted#8221;? How can you tell if you#8217;re fat-adapted or still a #8220;sugar-burner#8221;? I get these and related questions fairly often, so I thought I#8217;d take the time today to attempt to provide some definitions and bring some clarification to all of this. I#8217;ll try to keep today#8217;s post short and sweet, and not too complicated. Hopefully, med students and well-meaning but inquisitive lay family members alike will be able to take something from it./p
pAs I#8217;ve mentioned before, a title=”A Metabolic Paradigm Shift, or Why Fat is the Preferred Fuel for Human Metabolism Read more: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/a-metabolic-paradigm-shift-fat-carbs-human-body-metabolism/#ixzz1zcMTGVL2″ href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/a-metabolic-paradigm-shift-fat-carbs-human-body-metabolism/#axzz1za02xNxp”fat-adaptation is the normal, preferred metabolic state of the […]

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My plan is to only really train forearms, calves and shoulders for all of July.
Well, I will do a full body maintenance day once a week — It’ll be mostly squats and back stuff…maybe a little chest.
But the other 4 workouts? They’re going to be nothing but a ton of forearms, calf raises and a little bit of shoulders.
Now, before you start asking “Is this some crazy new workout that Brad is suggesting?” the answer is “NO”
It’s an experiment.
Remember — I’ve been training for over two dozen years now, and I’m happy with how my body looks, so I have the luxury of messing around in the gym and testing things out.  This does not mean I’m advocating this style of training… I’m just sharing my thoughts and results.
My goal is to see if you can cause significant targeted growth in the smaller muscle groups without subjecting them to the […]

Original post by Brad Pilon

pa title=”The Primal Blueprint 90-Day Journal” href=”http://primalblueprint.com/products/The-Primal-Blueprint-90%252dDay-Journal.html?utm_source=mdaamp;utm_medium=linkamp;utm_campaign=90_day_followup_post_book_image_top” target=”_blank”img class=”alignright” title=”The Primal Blueprint 90-Day Journal” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/90-DayforNewsletter.jpg” alt=”90 DayforNewsletter” width=”227″ height=”319″ //aLast week, I a title=”Introducing The Primal Blueprint 90-Day Journal” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/introducing-the-primal-blueprint-90-day-journal/”unveiled/a em/emema title=”The Primal Blueprint 90-Day Journal” href=”http://primalblueprint.com/products/The-Primal-Blueprint-90%252dDay-Journal.html?utm_source=mdaamp;utm_medium=linkamp;utm_campaign=90_day_followup_post_book_link_0″ target=”_blank”The Primal Blueprint 90-Day Journal/a/em, complete with exclusive freebies, enticements, and coupons. Many thanks to each person that has already ordered a copy. I hope and anticipate this book will help you discover new insights into how your body responds to certain foods, workouts and other lifestyle behaviors, and that through self-experimentation you will be able to markedly improve your health. I can hardly wait to hear reports back from those that use the 90-Day Journal. I#8217;ll be publishing them here on MDA, so check back in months to come as results begin trickling in./p
pIf you missed last week#8217;s announcement or have been on the fence about picking up a copy, here are […]

Original post by Mark Sisson