pimg class=”alignright” title=”Take a Deep Breath” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/sunset.jpg” alt=”sunset” width=”319″ height=”211″ /Anyone outside as they’re reading this? Who’s wishing they were? (I imagine there are many heads nodding.) It’s a natural human instinct, this pining away at the a title=”Sun Exposure and Glass” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/sun-exposure-glass-vitamin-d-uva-uvb/”office window/a, this emotional itch to break out, and finally the luxuriant relief to be in the open again. The fact is, we’re never so much at home as we are in the outdoors. Nature was the context and logic for all of human evolution. Temporary shelters and caves aside, our nomadic hunter-gatherer ancestors lived their full lives under the big sky. They developed complex skills and even a title=”Amazon.com: The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution ” href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1608190552/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8amp;camp=1789amp;creative=390957amp;creativeASIN=1608190552amp;linkCode=as2amp;tag=marsdaiapp07-20″ target=”_blank”aesthetic preferences adaptive to surviving in the natural world/a. Increasingly, research illuminates the deep-reaching legacy of our natural roots. Studies support what Primal intuition has known all […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Cigarette” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/cigarette.jpg” alt=”cigarette” width=”288″ height=”287″ /This past weekend, amidst all the Ancestral Health Symposium madness, I caught the headline while flicking through my phone for a few brief seconds. Didn#8217;t open it up, though. Just cruised on past. I#8217;d hoped to just forget about it, to ignore it, to banish it to the back of my mind where half truths and junk studies go to die. And truth be told, I pretty much had forgotten about it until I checked my email to find a ton of frantic emails from readers wondering if their beloved and dependable egg yolk breakfasts were killing them faster than the cigarettes they don#8217;t smoke. What? You didn#8217;t hear?/p
pa title=” TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012 STUDY: EGG YOLKS ALMOST AS BAD AS SMOKING” href=”http://www.outsideonline.com/news-from-the-field/Study-Egg-Yolks-Almost-As-Bad-As-Smoking.html” target=”_blank”STUDY: EGG YOLKS ALMOST AS BAD AS SMOKING/a/p
pFollowed by (with less hysterical capitalization) #8220;May increase carotid plaque build-up.#8221;/p
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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Olive Oil” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/oliveoil3.jpg” alt=”oliveoil3″ width=”320″ height=”212″ /For thousands of years, humans have been picking, prizing, and pressing the fatty drupes found among the oblong leaves of the gnarled, twisted olive tree into rich, green-gold extra virgin olive oil. And for almost as many thousands of years, humans have been coming up with ways to fake it, to pass off cheaper, less delicious, less nutritious oils as the real thing. The earliest known written mention of olive oil #8211; from Syria, 24 BC #8211; describes how court-appointed inspectors would tour olive oil processing facilities to ensure quality, purity, and the absence of fraud. In ancient Rome, the vessels containing olive oil bore detailed information about the contents, including varietal of fruit used, place of origin, name of producer, the weight and quality of the oil, the name of the importer, plus the name of the official who inspected it […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Coffee” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/coffee2.jpg” alt=”coffee2″ width=”320″ height=”212″ /In today#8217;s edition of a title=”Dear Mark” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/dear-mark/”Dear Mark/a, I cover two topics near and dear to many of your hearts. First, I discuss the interaction between coffee intake and a title=”The Definitive Guide to Insulin, Blood Sugar amp; Type 2 Diabetes (and you’ll understand it)” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/diabetes/”insulin/a. Does coffee stimulate its secretion? Does it impair insulin#8217;s function, or our body#8217;s reaction to it? Find out how you should approach coffee on a Primal Blueprint eating plan. Then, I explore the suitability of dietary fat in the post-workout meal. Does it belong? Should you be stocking skim a title=”Dairy and Its Effect on Insulin Secretion (and What It Means for Your Waistline) ” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dairy-insulin/”milk/a, de-fatted chicken breast, non-fat a title=”Yogurt Mania” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/yogurt-mania/”yogurt/a, and cartons of egg whites for your post-workout meals? If you#8217;ve just lifted something heavy, should you therefore shun the yolks […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Primal Chilaquiles” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/Chilaquiles2.jpg” alt=”Chilaquiles2″ width=”320″ height=”212″ /Chilaquiles are a traditional breakfast made from last night’s feast. Leftover salsa and stale tortillas are heated up with a few a title=”Egg Purchasing Guide” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/egg-purchasing-guide/”eggs/a and any other leftovers you want to throw in the pan. Basically, it’s a scramble but one with spicy, fresh, lively flavor./p
pLuckily, stale tortillas don’t make or break the dish. Chilaquiles are plenty delicious with just eggs, homemade salsa, jalapenos and cilantro. If you like, slice up some a title=”Primal Tex Mex Tortillas and Taco Seasoning” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-tex-mex-tortillas-and-taco-seasoning/#axzz22yNRgPSS “homemade Primal tortillas/a and serve them on the side. You can also add meat, sour cream, a title=”The Definitive Guide to Dairy” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dairy-intolerance/”cheese/a, green onions, avocado and any other ingredients you might usually put in a taco or burrito. Those who love traditional chilaquiles, however, will skip all that and just stick with a big plate of soft scrambled […]

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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″ /Amidst all of the holiday parties near the end of 2010, my BMI tipped from normal to overweight. Concerned that at age 52 my luck might be close to running out in evading the type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and heart disease that run in my family, I decided that it was time to lose weight. I’ve never had a major weight issue, […]

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pemThis is a guest post from Jonathan Bailor of /ema title=”Amazon.com: The Smarter Science of Slim” href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0983520836/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8amp;tag=marsdaiapp07-20amp;linkCode=as2amp;camp=1789amp;creative=390957amp;creativeASIN=0983520836″ target=”_blank”The Smarter Science of Slim/aem and a title=”JonathanBailor.com” href=”http://jonathanbailor.com/” target=”_blank”JonathanBailor.com/a./em/p
pimg class=”alignright” title=”Lifting and Lowering Heavy Things” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/exercising.jpg” alt=”exercising” width=”319″ height=”212″ //p
pem“Eccentric training has been shown to produce greater muscle hypertrophy than concentric training as a result of greater ability for maximal force generating capacity during eccentric contractions.” – J.P. Farthing, University of Saskatchewan/em/p
pIn a title=”Ancient Wisdom Confirmed by Modern Science” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/ancient-wisdom-confirmed-by-modern-science”a guest post a few weeks ago/a, I mentioned that I’d be back to talk more about research supporting the Primal principle of “lifting heavy things.” Let’s do it./p
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pBefore digging into the details about lifting or lowering anything, it is important to address a common fear that exercising with heavy things makes women look like men and men look like bulldogs. The […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Relax” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/beachtime.jpg” alt=”beachtime” width=”319″ height=”211″ /As we round out the last few weeks of summer, I’ve been thinking about all the potential left in the season. Although there’s admittedly less pressure to grab hold of every last warm day in my current locale, I remember savoring those final weeks of summer in Northern New England. Time was truly of the essence, and we didn’t waste a day with both fall and school on the horizon again. No matter where we live, I think summer inspires a leisure we more readily forgo in other months when routine often has greater hold of our days. In the spirit of a title=”The Definitive Guide to Play” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-definitive-guide-to-play/”Primal play/a #8211; and last week’s a title=”The Pleasures of Slow Living” href=” http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-pleasures-of-slow-living/#axzz22XwVaBt6″Slow Living/a post #8211; here are a few (dozen) ideas for savoring the upcoming weeks. Enjoy, everyone!/p
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