pimg class=”alignright” title=”PrimalCon 2012″ src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/primalcon2011_320x240-1.jpg” alt=”primalcon2011 320×240 1″ width=”320″ height=”240″ /Today was crazy. Immediately after the welcome speech by Mark and Brad, and all the introductions, which went very smoothly, things started to change./p
pAlthough #8220;choices#8221; was the theme of Mark#8217;s keynote talk this year, the weather gave us very few. It was cold, windy, rainy, and thundery (sure, that#8217;s a word); we had planned for warm, still, dry, and silent. It started during the first (and last) presenter session of the day held outdoors. Just as Erwan was showing folks how to skillfully and smoothly swing themselves up on top of playground sets, big broad Star Wars blaster bolt-like sheets of water (but with better accuracy than the stormtroopers) starting coming in at a 45-degree angle, practically sideways. Everyone got soaked, had to come back to the Embassy Suites ballroom, and our initial plans to dine at Oxnard Beach Park, […]

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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″ /Hi my name is Mauricio Sada-Paz and I was born 37 years ago in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. I have been in banking for 14 years and have always been very athletic. However, every year my weight was gradually going up. I initially simply tried to increase the distance I was running still mixing it up with weights. When this did not work I decided to […]

Original post by Mark Sisson

I apologize for being Missing In Action for the last couple months.
If you haven’t already heard, the 5th edition of Eat Stop Eat has finally been released (YEAH) so I have some time to blog again.
 

I think the best place for you and I to catch up is with the series of DEXA experiments I’ve been conducting on myself.

(Special thanks to the team at the Bone Health Clinic in Toronto for allowing me access to their DEXA Scanner.)
The DEXA scans (and also the BODPOD measurements and Metabolic Rate Measurements) were all part of an experiment to compare myself now at age 35 to the data I had from when I was in my mid-twenties. And I’m happy to say — They were pretty much exactly the same.

This has served to be a fun experiment. I also planned a series of photoshoots to coincide with my DEXA measurements.  Then, I […]

Original post by Brad Pilon

pimg class=”alignright” title=”Me? Hungry?” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/running.jpg” alt=”running” width=”320″ height=”212″ /In previous installments, I#8217;ve discussed the powerful effect of a title=”Why Fast? Part One – Weight Loss” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/fasting-weight-loss/#axzz1rmYIj72B”fasting on weight loss/a, particularly with respect to a title=”Wikipedia: Adipose Tissue” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adipose_tissue” target=”_blank”adipose tissue/a. I#8217;ve explained how intermittent bouts of going without food have been shown to a title=”Why Fast? Part Two – Cancer” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/fasting-cancer/#axzz1rnxULZRG”increase cancer survival and resistance/a and improve patient and tumor response to chemotherapy, and I went over the considerable evidence suggesting that fasting can provide the a title=”Why Fast? Part Three – Longevity” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/fasting-longevity-lifespan/”life extending benefits of caloric restriction/a without the pain of restricting your calories day in, day out. And last week, I highlighted how a title=”Why Fast? Part Four – Brain Health” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/fasting-brain-function/”fasting may have protective and therapeutic benefits to the brain/a./p
pAs such you might be thinking that I only recommend fasting to the sedentary, the aged, […]

Original post by Mark Sisson

pimg class=”alignright” title=”Pull-up Bar” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/DSC_0424.jpg” alt=”DSC 0424″ width=”320″ height=”212″ /emThis is a guest post from Al Kavadlo of a title=”Al Kavadlo” href=”http://www.alkavadlo.com/” target=”_blank”AlKavadlo.com/a./em/p
pIf you’re like me, part of the appeal of Primal living is the simplicity of it all. Modern society has a funny way of making things more complicated than they need to be. In studying the intricacies of healthy eating and proper exercise, we often get lost in the details and miss the big picture. You don’t need to know about antioxidants in order to know that blueberries are good for you. Likewise, you don’t need a degree in anatomy or kinesiology in order to implement a safe and effective fitness program. Unfortunately, much of the fitness industry is designed to make you feel like being healthy is a complicated and difficult objective. Modern gyms are equipped with lots of expensive, high-tech machinery in order to give […]

Original post by Worker Bee

This is a guest post from Brad Pilon about a topic that I think doesn't get addressed enough: getting lean without destroying your testosterone levels. Testosterone is important for women as well (so don't skip this article if you are a woman). I've messed up in the past by dieting in a way that killed my testosterone levels. "Low T" is a bad deal…so Brad is going to show you how to get lean, while easily avoiding this common problem.

Fasting, Dieting, and Testosterone
by Brad Pilon
Juice. Sauce. Crank.
When most people think testosterone, they think about the stuff that athletes inject. The truth is testosterone is an anabolic steroid, but it’s one that your body produces entirely on it’s own – no needles required.

The interesting thing about testosterone is that it’s not just a ‘muscle building hormone’. In both men and women, testosterone plays a key role in […]

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This is a guest post from Brad Pilon about a topic that I think doesn’t get addressed enough: getting lean without destroying your testosterone levels. Testosterone is important for women as well (so don’t skip this article if you are a woman). I’ve messed up in the past by dieting in a way that killed my testosterone levels. “Low T” is a bad deal…so Brad is going to show you how to get lean, while easily avoiding this common problem.

Fasting, Dieting, and Testosterone
by Brad Pilon
Juice. Sauce. Crank.
When most people think testosterone, they think about the stuff that athletes inject. The truth is testosterone is an anabolic steroid, but it’s one that your body produces entirely on it’s own – no needles required.

The interesting thing about testosterone is that it’s not just a ‘muscle building hormone’. In both men and women, testosterone plays a key role in health […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Olive Oil” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/oliveoil2.jpg” alt=”oliveoil2″ width=”287″ height=”247″ /Say you#8217;re a guy or gal that travels for business. With jerky, nuts and other a title=”Primal Blueprint Snack List” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-blueprint-snacks/”Primal snacks/a in tow you hit the road resolved to do your best while away from home. You employ your best modern foraging skills at the airport, gas station and at your hotel breakfast buffet. Everything is fine and dandy until, wait, there#8217;s something not quite right about these eggs. The consistency is a little#8230; off. Could they be empowdered/em eggs? Yes, yes, they could be. Does it matter? I#8217;ll tell you what I think on this and the topic of a title=”Safe Cooking Temperatures” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/safe-cooking-temperatures/”safe cooking temperatures/a for olive oil in this week#8217;s a title=”Dear Mark” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/dear-mark/”Dear Mark/a./p
pLet#8217;s jump right in./p
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Original post by Mark Sisson

span style=”background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;”a href=”http://e6f7g8.eatstopeat.hop.clickbank.net/” target=”_blank””Eat Stop Eat Expanded 5th Edition Review”/a, or simply “the only/spanspan style=”background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;”nbsp;a href=”http://e6f7g8.eatstopeat.hop.clickbank.net/” target=”_blank”Eat Stop Eat-5/anbsp;review worth a damn”, like most folks call it, will include several interesting features this year. Like always, you come out a lot smarter after one of my book reviews, regardless of whether you buy the book or not.nbsp;/spanbr /
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span style=”background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;”a href=”http://www.leangains.com/2008/07/book-reviews.html” target=”_blank”Brad Pilon’s Eat Stop Eat/anbsp;started out good, and became really good with the massively updated re-release,nbsp;a href=”http://www.leangains.com/2010/09/eat-stop-eat-expanded-edition-review.html” target=”_blank”Eat Stop Eat Expanded Edition/a.nbsp;/spanspan style=”background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;”Living up to its predecessor’s relative impact during the time it was released, seems like a tall order, so what does Brad Pilon bring to the table with the third re-release of the intermittent fasting classic from ’07?/spanbr /
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Original post by Martin Berkhan

pimg class=”alignright” title=”Chicken Tikka Masala” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/chickentikka1.jpg” alt=”chickentikka1″ width=”320″ height=”213″ /There’s nothing better than successfully re-creating your favorite restaurant dish at home. Especially when your homemade Primal version tastes every bit as good as the less-healthy version on the restaurant menu. Mark#8217;s Daily Apple reader Jillian McCabe spent years tweaking her Chicken Tikka Masala recipe so that it tasted just like the one served at her favorite Indian restaurant. When she and her husband Matt started the a title=”The Primal Blueprint 21-Day Total Body Transformation” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/introducing-the-primal-blueprint-21-day-total-body-transformation/#axzz1r1X7lRHv”21-Day Total Body Transformation/a, she found it surprisingly simple to turn the dish into Primal Chicken Tikka Masala. There’s no naan or a title=”Is Rice Unhealthy?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-rice-unhealthy/#axzz1r1XIvqY8″rice/a served with her version (although you could serve it over steamed, grated cauliflower “rice”) and instead of cream or yogurt, she now uses coconut milk. “This dish will make your home smell divine,” says Jillian. And she’s right./p
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