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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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pDear Mark, /p
pI have had fast, great success with the Primal lifestyle and I would like to add my story to your growing library in order to encourage others who have lost hope of ever getting that middle-age weight back off./p
pFor most of my life, I kept myself in fairly good condition. I was a 1979 graduate of The Citadel, with military experience at Fort Bragg, […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”What is Inflammation?” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/inflammation.jpg” alt=”inflammation” width=”320″ height=”212″ /a title=”What’s All This Talk About Inflammation?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/inflammation/#axzz1ibIFHx9q”Inflammation/a is one of those words that people use without really thinking about its actual meaning. So today we#8217;re going to take a bit of a break from the a title=”How To Interpret Cholesterol Test Results” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-interpret-cholesterol-test-results/#axzz1ibIWOByX”blood lipid/a series to cover inflammation. In later posts, I#8217;ll dig deeper into how the inflammatory response works with stuff like exercise and heart disease, but for now, I#8217;ll just get the basics out there./p
pExistence is suffering, according to certain schools of thought. I don#8217;t know that I#8217;d go quite that far, but I would emphatically state that anyone who spends a modicum of sentient time in the space time continuum we call existence is gonna experience some unpleasantness. A bump on the knee, a bacterial infection, an acute injury, a persistent illness, a death of a loved […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”DNA” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/dnaonaplate.jpg” alt=”dnaonaplate” width=”320″ height=”212″ /A hallmark of the a title=”Definitive Guide: Primal Blueprint” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/definitive-guide-primal-blueprint/#axzz1iWEeOFQF”Primal Blueprint/a is that our genetics were shaped by our ancestral environment. That the foods to which we had access, the amount of a title=”Vitamin D: Sun Exposure, Supplementation and Doses” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/vitamin-d-sun-exposure-supplementation-and-doses/”sun/a and a title=”15 Ways to Beat Stress” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/15-ways-to-fight-stress/”stress/a and a href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-definitive-guide-to-sleep/”sleep/a to which our bodies became accustomed, the a title=”Primal Blueprint Fitness” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-blueprint-fitness/”movement patterns/a in which we engaged represented environmental factors that exerted selective pressure on our genetic makeup and phenotypic expression to make us who we are today. As a result, heeding those environmental factors generally results in excellent health. And, even more importantly, many evolutionarily novel environmental factors #8211; like a title=”Why Grains Are Unhealthy” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/why-grains-are-unhealthy/”grains/a, refined a title=”The Definitive Guide to Sugar” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-definitive-guide-to-sugar/#axzz1iWFLYgJp”sugar/a, and a title=”The Definitive Guide to Oils” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/healthy-oils/”high omega-6 vegetable oils/a (plus chronic stress, poor sleep, […]

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pa title=”Amazon.com: The Primal Blueprint Paperback” href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0982207786/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8amp;tag=marsdaiapp07-20amp;linkCode=as2amp;camp=1789amp;creative=390957amp;creativeASIN=0982207786″ target=”_blank”img class=”alignright” title=”The Primal Blueprint: Updated and Expanded” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/3D_paperbackPB2.jpg” alt=”3D paperbackPB2″ width=”286″ height=”358″ //aWith strong sales of the original hardcover a title=”Amazon.com: The Primal Blueprint Hardcover” href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0982207700/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8amp;tag=marsdaiapp07-20amp;linkCode=as2amp;camp=1789amp;creative=390957amp;creativeASIN=0982207700″ target=”_blank”emPrimal Blueprint/em/a book over the past three years, I was honored by a request from mainstream retailers (a title=”Amazon.com: The Primal Blueprint Paperback” href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0982207786/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8amp;tag=marsdaiapp07-20amp;linkCode=as2amp;camp=1789amp;creative=390957amp;creativeASIN=0982207786″ target=”_blank”Amazon/a, a title=”Barnes amp; Noble: The Primal Blueprint Paperback” href=”http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=S6ehQeGoUWkamp;offerid=239662.9780982207789amp;type=2amp;subid=0″ target=”_blank”Barnes amp; Noble/a, etc.) to produce the emPrimal Blueprint/em in paperback. Piece of cake, right? Get rid of those couple annoying typos, edit a bit here and there, then fire up the presses, right? Not quite. In the past few years, plenty has happened to further shape and refine the Primal philosophy. Much of this progress has come from the amazing contribution of the Primal/paleo/evolutionary health community: lively commenting and blogging on the Internet, and the magic of live connections at […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Go Primal in 2012″ src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/newyearresolution2.jpg” alt=”newyearresolution2″ width=”319″ height=”214″ /Happy New Year, everyone! Is everyone pumped for 2012? Resolutions made and in action yet?/p
pI’m coming at the new year with big plans, the first of which is a brand spankin’ new Challenge. I’ll get to that in a minute, but let me first say a few words about the power of resolutions./p
pExperts tell us that a title=”How To Make New Year’s Resolutions Stick” href=”http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98738130″ target=”_blank”those who make resolutions are literally ten times more likely to achieve their goals/a than those who are interested in change but don’t make a specific, concrete commitment. Now that’s reason to a title=”Reflect, Regroup, Resolve” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/reflect-regroup-resolve/”resolve/a. Sure, motivation can and does wane. A little less than half of those who make resolutions are still committed to the a title=”It’s a Journey, Not a Race” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/its-a-journey-not-a-race/”journey/a six months down the road, but there’s plenty we […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Raw Oysters Garnished with Savory Lemon Granita ” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/oystergranita2.jpg” alt=”oystergranita2″ width=”320″ height=”245″ /The holiday season is filled with such heavy fare that by the time New Year’s Eve rolls around it’s natural to be craving something a little lighter. It’s also natural to feel less enthusiastic about heading into the kitchen to cook yet another feast. A a title=”Types of Shellfish” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/types-of-shellfish/”seafood/a extravaganza solves both dilemmas, especially if your main course is a platter of raw oysters./p
pSlurping a dozen raw oysters down is the culinary equivalent of taking a traditional New Year’s Day polar bear plunge. The crisp, clean, invigorating flavor of oysters makes one feel strong and alert and happy to be alive. They require little to no preparation, yet can be the centerpiece of even the most extravagant celebrations. If you’re going the casual route, that’s fine too. Raw oysters are appropriate whether you’re ringing in […]

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Every Christmas Eve is Cheesecake Eve, and so it fell upon me to once again face off against these wretched cakes.br /
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I did not choose this. But as one of the last of my kind (Level 10nbsp;a href=”http://www.leangains.com/search/label/Cheesecake%20Mastery” target=”_blank”Cheesecake Mastery/a*), it’s my duty to walk the earth and do battle with these cakesnbsp;for the greater good of mankind.br /
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blockquote class=”tr_bq”i…Ability to consume vast quantities of cheesecake./i/blockquoteblockquote class=”tr_bq”i…Higher echelons of Mastery can only be attained by besting the cake after a robust dinner, for a true Master enjoys a challenge and welcomes every opportunity to practice his skill./i/blockquoteblockquote class=”tr_bq”iFor good or for ill, cheesecake mastery is the supreme expression of hedonic power and might. The art of gluttony perfected./i/blockquotebr /
inbsp;-nbsp;/iBook of Cake, 1248 B.C, author unknown.br /
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For all you young whippersnappers who wish to walk the way of the cheesecake master, I have stories to tell, […]

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pIt’s Friday, everyone! And that means another a title=”Success Stories” href=”../../category/success-stories/?submit=view” target=”_self”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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pemThis Primal Blueprint Real Life Story was submitted a few months ago during the annual 30-Day Challenge./em/p
pI have been following a Primal Blueprint diet for the last 9 months and the results for me have been amazing! I want to share my success story with you./p
pOne year ago I was 34 years old, 5#8217;7#8243;, 177 lbs and wearing a size 16 jeans. I was […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Fireworks” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/fireworks.jpg” alt=”fireworks” width=”319″ height=”211″ /Some weeks ago after the a title=”The Power of Ritual” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-power-of-ritual/”Power of Ritual/a post, I had to laugh when SophieE and desert tomte shared their idea for creating our own Primal holiday. Needless to say, the musing has got the better of me. (I’ve been dipping into the egg nog one too many times, you’re wondering.) Sure, the MDA community is scattered around the globe, and our holiday schedules are likely filled. No matter. Today, I’m letting all reason and purpose fly by the wayside. Sisson’s gone nuts, you might say. Maybe so. It wouldn’t be the first time I’ve heard that. I respond to the charge with those immortal, wise words, “Why ask why?” So, I’m taking SophieE and desert tomte at their word today and devoting today’s post to a virtual Primal bash #8211; with everything befitting a Primal fete as […]

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