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I’ve always been a voracious reader and even though I get most of my reading fix from scientific journals these days, I try to squeeze in an interesting book whenever I get a chance.br /
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In my youth, I was obsessed with the horror genre, fantasy books, and science fiction. The very first thing I did online back in the mid-90′s was to look up one of those authorative “Top 50″ lists of the best books in a genre and try to read every single one of them. br /
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Original post by Martin Berkhan

pimg class=”alignright” title=”Zzzzzzzzz…” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/dream.jpg” alt=”dream” width=”275″ height=”275″ /Some consider it the ultimate Primal ground #8211; a terrain unapologetically wild and forever untamable. It’s the last place a man or woman can live out every deep seated instinct and inclination with no interference from cultural authorities, no entanglement with others and their needs or opinion. I’m talking of course about dreams. (Those titles ruin all the mystery, don’t they?) Yes, I mean those baffling vignettes that take over when we think we’ve finally let go of the day and retreated to peacefully impervious hours. The brain, however, has other plans and sets out with its own agenda. Sometimes we wake unaware of the fictional muddle we’ve witnessed the night before. Other times we’re roused in a cold sweat, physically and emotionally gripped for hours by some bewildering, miserable ordeal. On a few lucky occasions, we’re treated to the good stuff, a [...]

Original post by Mark Sisson

pa title=”Body By Science” href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071597174/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8amp;tag=marsdaiapp07-20amp;linkCode=as2amp;camp=1789amp;creative=390957amp;creativeASIN=0071597174″ target=”_blank”img class=”alignright” title=”Body By Science” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/book01.jpg” alt=”book01″ width=”255″ height=”319″ //aIt is with great pleasure that I bring you today#8217;s guest post. As you may know, I#8217;m big on identifying and implementing Primal lifestyle hacks that deliver max results with the least amount of pain, suffering, sacrifice and time as possible. So when someone comes along saying they have a research based approach to fitness that will get you amazing results in just 12 minutes ema week/em I listen up. If you are not yet familiar with authors a title=”About Doug McGuff” href=”http://www.bodybyscience.net/home.html/?page_id=11″ target=”_blank”Doug McGuff and John Little/a#8216;s ema title=”Body By Science” href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071597174/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8amp;tag=marsdaiapp07-20amp;linkCode=as2amp;camp=1789amp;creative=390957amp;creativeASIN=0071597174″ target=”_blank”Body By Science/a/em read on to get a great overview, and check out the a title=”Body By Science” href=”http://www.bodybyscience.net/home.html/” target=”_blank”BBS website/a./p
pBefore we get into it let me point out that I agree with Doug#8217;s position that before you start throwing stones or dragging [...]

Original post by Mark Sisson

pimg class=”alignright” title=”Gift Giving” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/giftgiving.jpg” alt=”giftgiving” width=”320″ height=”212″ /It#8217;s holiday time, at least around here, and that means gift-giving. And since you#8217;re reading this post, you#8217;re likely a card-carrying Primal fanatic who would like to see as many people involved in this lifestyle as possible. If that#8217;s the case, tailoring your gifts to the Primal lifestyle could be a great way to get people involved. For one, it requires no money on their part. They just have to be there to receive it. Second, it#8217;s a gift, so they#8217;ll feel obliged to at least try it on for size. And third, all of this stuff is actually pretty cool and very useful. It#8217;s not as if you#8217;re gifting them a variety pack of desiccated a title=”6 Sneaky Ways to Work Offal Into Your Diet” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/6-sneaky-ways-to-work-offal-into-your-diet/”offal/a./p
pWith this year#8217;s gift post, I did something a little different than in a title=”13 Holiday [...]

Original post by Mark Sisson

pimg class=”alignright” title=”Preggers” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/pregnant2.jpg” alt=”pregnant2″ width=”320″ height=”212″ /Today is Monday, which heralds another edition of a title=”Dear Mark” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/category/dear-mark/”Dear Mark/a. This week, I#8217;m giving my two cents on what could be causing the widespread incidence of lowered alcohol tolerance in Primal eaters. It#8217;s nice to be a cheap date, but sometimes we want to keep up with everyone else, right? I give a few ideas on exercises for pregnant women who want to remain active without any complications arising, and I discuss whether the amount of sun our ancestral homelands saw play a role in how much a title=”Let the Sun Shine In” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/sun-vitamin-d/”sun/a we should get. Finally, I discuss whether a knee should be mobile or stable, along with a few strategies to have and maintain healthy knees./p
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pI#8217;ve been following your (awesome!) PB Fitness protocol for over a year now. I#8217;m not pregnant at the time but [...]

Original post by Mark Sisson

pimg class=”alignright” title=”Dark Chocolate Macadamia Bark with Sea Salt” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/chocbark2.jpg” alt=”chocbark2″ width=”320″ height=”220″ /‘Tis the season of candy and sugary baked goods showing up everywhere you go. Plates of cookies, tins of caramel corn, strings of candy canes and leaden logs of fruitcake – why these things symbolize good cheer is hard to figure out. There’s no reason to be a complete Scrooge about holiday desserts, though, just as there’s no reason to deprive yourself entirely if you’re craving something festive. When your sweet tooth goes looking for the ultimate dessert indulgence this year, look no further. emDark Chocolate Macadamia Bark Sprinkled with Sea Salt/em tastes fully and completely like “real” dessert. Not only will you enjoy every bite, so will the family and friends that you gift it to (hint, hint, don’t eat it emall /emyourself!)/p
pspan id=”more-25251″/spanThis perfectly Primal dessert is loaded with flavonoids from the a title=”The 5 [...]

Original post by Worker Bee 2

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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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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 Frank Sabia Jr.. My story starts out like most in that for my whole entire life I have struggled with my weight. I ate well as a child and never developed weight issues until my late teens when my eating outpaced my activity. From there it was a slow and steady increase in weight gain. Like a lot of people, I [...]

Original post by Mark Sisson

pimg class=”alignright” title=”Ritual” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/prayer.jpg” alt=”prayer” width=”300″ height=”300″ /The holiday season for many people, my family included, has a simple pattern about it. We’re relatively understated about the whole affair, but there are certain things we do because, well, we do them every year. December, for example, wouldn’t be the same without the small, casual solstice gathering we host. In the midst of the greater hoopla (and maybe as an antidote to it), I always look forward to that evening. Fill in your own holiday and routines, but the principle applies for most people. Let’s consider the “royal we” here. We put up certain decorations and bring out certain dishes. We cook a specific slate of recipes. We gather at these houses for these particular parties. We might take the kids to this museum or go to this play. We attend the same services and concerts. We volunteer time or [...]

Original post by Mark Sisson

pimg class=”alignright” title=”Sweet Potatoes” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/sweetpotatoes3.jpg” alt=”sweetpotatoes3″ width=”320″ height=”212″ /Having yielded to those of you who still insist on running a marathon, yesterday I offered a title=”How to Train for a Marathon” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-train-for-a-marathon/”a training strategy that gets you the best results with the least amount of damage/a. Today#8217;s post is about fueling a marathon #8211; what food to eat and when to eat it. It#8217;s not solely about race day nutrition, because if you just focused on what to eat the day of the race, you#8217;d be missing out on a lot (and you#8217;d likely have problems finishing, or at the very least your performance would suffer). It#8217;s about what to eat while a title=”How to Train for a Marathon” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-train-for-a-marathon/”training/a, a few days before the race, and the day of the race itself. This is the stuff I would do if I had to go back and do another marathon [...]

Original post by Mark Sisson

pimg class=”alignright” title=”Marathon Runner” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/marathon2.jpg” alt=”marathon2″ width=”319″ height=”212″ /Leading into this post, I promised myself that I wouldn#8217;t try to dissuade people from running marathon(s) or any long distance races. I already do that plenty in a title=”A Case Against Cardio” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/case-against-cardio/”other posts/a, so today#8217;s is geared toward the folks that simply are going to run a marathon or marathons, regardless of what I say. I know these people exist because I used to be one. Running a marathon can be a huge bucket-list accomplishment. With that in mind, when people write in to ask me about training for a marathon, I think about what I would do in that situation knowing what I know now. How would I train to do the least damage and get the most benefit? Truth is, if I put my mind to it, and you had elite level potential, I could most likely train [...]

Original post by Mark Sisson