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
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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 […]

Original post by Mark Sisson

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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Original post by Mark Sisson

In an odd sort of way, watching the latest BBC Horizons documentary on ‘Eat, Fast Live Longer‘ was a lot like watching myself discover fasting all over again.
Dr Michael Mosley, the show’s host begins by trying to combat the ‘ravenous affects of aging’.
His solution? Fasting
But not just fasting. Intermittent Fasting.
And… Not just intermittent fasting. Eat Stop Eat style fasting…Almost.
To start the show off Dr Mosley states that traditionally exercise has always been the way to ‘stay healthy’. The more the better. In general I agree with the recommendation of exercising for overall health benefits, but with certain caveats — namely the ‘more is better’ part. As we know, chronic exhaustive exercise can lead to systemic low grade inflammation — definitely something we want to avoid. So some exercise is good, but too much can actually be detrimental to long term health.  So when Dr. Mosley stated “I have never run […]

Original post by Brad Pilon

pimg class=”alignright” title=”Listen to Your Body?” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/listen.jpg” alt=”listen” width=”319″ height=”213″ /As I wrote last week, a title=”When Listening to Your Body Doesn’t Work” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/when-listening-to-your-body-doesnt-work/”we can#8217;t always trust what our bodies are telling us to do/a. Our bodies send us a lot of other confusing and even misleading signals #8211; but they don#8217;t always pertain to food. Any of our base physiological processes will manifest as messages, cravings, and desires. That#8217;s how the body gets us to perform tasks (like eating because of hunger, drinking because of thirst, and sleeping because of drowsiness), by creating physiologically-driven desires and motivations. In theory, these motivations match up with what#8217;s best for us in that given situation and improve our chances of survival. Our bodies mean well. When they tell us to do or not to do something, they#8217;re doing their best with the available information. If you place yourself in an evolutionary novel environment, […]

Original post by Mark Sisson