pimg class=”alignright” title=”Ducks” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/ducks.jpg” alt=”ducks” width=”319″ height=”211″ /We can#8217;t always make the perfect Primal choices. We simply don#8217;t live in a world that affords us the opportunity, and short of being whisked away in the night by an elvish boy with green tights, a fairy companion, and the ability to fly, we#8217;re stuck here for the duration. Let#8217;s make the best of it, huh? I think I do a pretty good job at that, here on this blog, but sometimes there are questions that I have yet to address. Like what to make of industrially-raised duck, or whether or not you should still apply those seed oils #8211; which you#8217;d never eat if you could help it #8211; to your face and body as moisturizers, or if carcasses from industrially-raised chickens are still worth using to make stock. These are questions that most people never even think about, but you […]

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pimg class=”alignright” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/drumsticks1.jpg” alt=”drumsticks1″ width=”320″ height=”225″ title=”drumsticks1 photo” /a title=”A Beginner’s Guide to Backyard Chickens” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/a-beginners-guide-to-backyard-chickens/#axzz22OTMhPdO”Chicken/a drumsticks are the perfect finger food for so many occasions. Serve drumsticks at parties, pack them for lunch, hand them to your kids for a late-afternoon snack or grab a drumstick on your way out the door in the morning. Delicious baked or grilled with only salt and pepper, drumsticks also quickly soak up the flavor in sauces and marinades./p
pThis balsamic glaze (which can do double-duty as a marinade) lightly coats the drumsticks rather than drowning them in a title=”Primal BBQ Sauce” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-bbq-sauce/#axzz22OTMhPdO”thick sauce/a. As the glaze reduces, first on the stove and then in the oven, the flavor intensifies and becomes surprisingly bold./p
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pBalsamic-glazed drumsticks are tangy, slightly sweet and perfectly salty. The flavor is complex and interesting enough that you could serve these at a dinner party, but your kids are going […]

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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 Mark,/p
pGreetings from Tulsa, Oklahoma!/p
pI’ve been debating sharing my success story, as I’m not really one to “toot my own horn.” However, I’ve thought about how others might benefit from hearing it – so here goes!/p
pI was a very active kid and teenager growing up and liked to play a variety of sports (baseball being my favorite). Throughout middle and high school I tried my hand […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Slow Down!” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/slowdown.jpg” alt=”slowdown” width=”320″ height=”212″ /We all live it or live with it to some extent #8211; our society’s obsession with speed. Whether it’s with omnipresent traffic, constant deadlines, or crammed schedules, too many of us spend too much time running or overrun. The pace itself can over time become a lens for life, our focus in constant erratic motion. In the cursory sweeps of our day, we miss out on the nuanced textures of life #8211; the sensory pleasures of a good meal, the subtle changes in our growing child’s face, the quiet beauty of a weekend morning, the warm connection with a partner or friend. What do we do when we find ourselves caught in an unsustainable momentum? The answer for some is an internationally growing #8211; and diversely focused #8211; movement known as slow living./p
pToday experts tell us that runaway a title=”The Definitive […]

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pimg class=”alignright” title=”Listen to Your Body?” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202011/LoRes-3.jpg” alt=”LoRes 3″ width=”288″ height=”264″ /Hunger largely comes down to perceived energy and/or nutrient insufficiency. Your body thinks that it needs more calories and more energy, and hunger sets in to get you to eat the food that contains those nutrients. Now, if perception matches up well with reality #8211; if you truly do need more nutrients #8211; things are good. You need some food, you eat some food, and you stop when you#8217;ve had enough. In this situation, a title=”Listening to Your Body” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/listening-to-your-body/#axzz22EnwoTab”listening to your body/a is a good idea. That#8217;s what all those Primal people (including me) are talking about when they tell you to #8220;just listen to your body, maaaaaaan,#8221; because for those people, it truly is that simple. Eliminating the a title=”The Primal Blueprint Carbohydrate Curve” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-primal-carbohydrate-continuum/”excess carbs/a, the refined a title=”The Definitive Guide to Sugar” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-definitive-guide-to-sugar/”sugar/a, the a […]

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