pimg class=”alignright” title=”Beet” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/beet.jpg” alt=”beet” width=”320″ height=”212″ /Today I round out my Wahls-inspired series on the health benefits of eating various classes of plant matter. If you#8217;re just now joining us, be sure to watch the a title=”TEDxIowaCity – Dr. Terry Wahls – Minding Your Mitochondria” href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjgBLwH3Wc” target=”_blank”video/a in which Terry Wahls explains how eating a Paleo diet rich in leafy greens, cruciferous vegetables, and brightly colored produce (plus a title=”Meat Glue: Separating Fact from Fiction” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/meat-glue-separating-fact-from-fiction/”meat/a and a title=”A Visual Guide to Seaweed” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/a-visual-guide-to-sea-vegetables/”seaweed/a and a title=”Grocery Store Seafood: What to Eat and What to Avoid Read more: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/grocery-store-seafood-what-to-eat-and-what-to-avoid/#ixzz1mJlS1rlD” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/grocery-store-seafood-what-to-eat-and-what-to-avoid/”fish/a and a title=”6 Sneaky Ways to Work Offal Into Your Diet Read more: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/6-sneaky-ways-to-work-offal-into-your-diet/#ixzz1mJl8ZOge” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/6-sneaky-ways-to-work-offal-into-your-diet/”offal/a) coincided with a regression in her rapidly-progressing MS. Then, read the previous two installments on a title=”Why You Should Eat Leafy Greens” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/why-you-should-eat-leafy-greens/”leafy greens/a and a title=”Why You Should Eat Sulfur-Rich Vegetables” […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Books” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/college.jpg” alt=”college” width=”320″ height=”212″ /Today#8217;s a title=”Dear Mark” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/dear-mark/”Dear Mark/a is a fun one. The question comes from a college student saddled with a lackluster meal plan. Unsurprisingly, it isn#8217;t Primal in the slightest. Worst of all, it#8217;s obligatory, meaning she has no choice but to pay for all this food she doesn#8217;t want to eat. Since I find this pretty appalling, I tried to help the student with a letter to the director of food service explaining what changes can and should be made to make the meal plan healthier. The changes I propose aren#8217;t going to catch any of you off guard, but I tried to make them as palatable for someone who isn#8217;t steeped in this stuff as I could./p
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 ”Triple your money in 7 days!”
 
I bet that headline caused alarm bells to go off in your head.
We intuitively seem to ‘get’ money. We understand how much we make at work. We understand that some people are rich, and some people are broke, and we understand that just because someone won the lottery this week, doesn’t mean next week is our turn.
Weight loss…not so much
The claim “Triple your money in 7 days!” will set off a skeptical alarm bell in most people, however the equally unlikely claim “Lose 15 pounds in 7 days!” doesn’t always set off the same skeptical alarm bell.
In fact, it does the opposite. It gets our hopes up, makes us curious and, more often than not, it makes us buy something (diet pills, diet books, diet drinks).
The trick is that both claims are stating something that it IS possible…but very unlikely. We’ve all seen someone […]

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pPlease take a few moments to read the following important message./p
pYou may have noticed that Mark#8217;s Daily Apple and PrimalBlueprint.com have been under construction the past couple days. This is the result of both websites having been victims of a cyber attack. Since the attack, my technical support staff has isolated and eliminated all security risks./p
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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Fish Soup in Tomato-Saffron Broth with Broccoli, Cauliflower and Cabbage ” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/fishsoup2.jpg” alt=”fishsoup2″ width=”320″ height=”242″ /As mentioned in the a title=”Why You Should Eat Sulfur-Rich Vegetables” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/why-you-should-eat-sulfur-rich-vegetables/”recent article on sulfur-rich vegetables/a earlier this week, the best and easiest way to cook sulfur-rich veggies is steaming until “tough-tender.” Top with some form of fat #8211; a title=”Is All Butter Created Equal?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/grass-fed-butter/”butter/a, a title=”Is All Olive Oil Created Equal?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-all-olive-oil-created-equal/”olive oil/a, a title=”A Primal Primer: Animal Fat” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/yet-another-primal-primer-animal-fats/”animal/a – and you have a simple and delicious side dish. Inevitably, however, the day will come when you’ll be staring at a plate of steamed broccoli and butter thinking, there’s got to be more ways to dress up sulfur-rich veggies./p
pAnd you’re right – there are. When you’re feeling more ambitious, steam your favorite sulfur-rich veggies as usual, then turn them into a one-bowl meal by smothering or lightly covering them in […]

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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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pI was always super skinny as a teenager, and I ate rubbish everyday with no thought to my health or weight. I hated exercise and avoided it like the plague. I would do anything to get out of PE each week. My poor PE teacher, Mr. Jackson #8211; I was on my period every week for two years! Anything to get out of cricket or touch […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Akrasia” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/choices.jpg” alt=”choices” width=”320″ height=”212″ /Akrasia: it#8217;s the word of the day. It may be a 25¢ word, but it’s a concept with which we’re all familiar. Essentially, it’s acting against one’s own best interest. We’re not talking here about the noble, altruistic deeds that purposefully put others’ needs before our own. Akrasia encompasses that irrational, confounding state of mind in which we wittingly throw caution, reason, and consequences to the wind in order to pursue a choice we understand will be bad for us. In other words, we know better. In fact, we know pretty much exactly what repercussions will befall us. That chocolate donut in our hand, for example, will undoubtedly cause our IBS to flare up #8211; or have us bemoaning the paunch look later. Staying up late to watch one more episode of Breaking Bad will leave us comatose in tomorrow’s big meeting. Skipping […]

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