Contest: What Do You Want?
The Prize:
Tanka Bars. Snack food made of buffalo. That’s pretty much all that needs saying. In the pursuit of quick-fix meat-chunk eats, Tanka is offering up a handful of Tanka Bars, Tanka Bites, and Tanka Wild Sticks to the winner of today’s post. BONUS: Enter “MARKSDAILYAPPLE” when ordering from TankaBar.com for a 15% discount off of regularly priced items.
YouBars. Energy bars can be nasty business. 95% of the energy bars on the market are simply candy bars re-branded for the cardio crowd. Heck, even Snickers has its own brand of energy bar which – big surprise – contains almost the exact same nutritional breakdown as a plain, old Snickers. What’s a Grok to do with so few Primal options?
Enter YouBar. Don’t like the options at your health food store? Why not make your own! YouBar is a family owned company that lets you design your own energy bar using real, Primal ingredients. Here’s my version:
The winner of today’s contest will receive a free box of custom designed YouBars (or shakes or trailmix if you so choose).
The Contest:
“What do you want from me?” It’s a tired Adam Lambert song, but it’s also an important question. My blog, my books, what I do is constantly informed by the thoughts and ideas of my readers. Today is your chance to tell me what you’d like to see on my part for the future of the Primal movement. In the comments section below, tell me one service, product, tool, or feature you’d like to see in the coming year. I’m leaving this one fairly open ended, no idea is too small or big.
A winner will be chosen at random. Agreeing with other people is allowed (and encouraged), but only the idea comments will be counted for drawing purposes.
The Deadline:
Midnight, tonight!
Who is Eligible:
Like other consumables, these don’t cross borders well. A substitute prize of equal value will be awarded in the case of an international winner.
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Posted By: Mark Sisson
My only request is a better search function for this site. Trying to find a post on a particular topic will usually bring up w-a-a-a-y too many hits – a lot of them not really relevant – that show up only because maybe one word of the search term was printed somewhere in the post.
I have often left MDA to go to Google to search for stuff on MDA because it gets the results much faster! Putting in two words on MDA often results in it bringing up results for posts with either one or the other or both! Using quotes to force searching the exact phrase in the MDA search box doesn’t seem to work for me.
I’d like a Grok window decal for my truck!
Great idea!
That would be awesome!
Nice thinking. I’ll look into it.
I suggest something simple for those people, like me, who are pretty large (was 297 lbs at 5′ 10″ as of Monday) and have some self image issues when going to the gym and other areas where there are people around.
The suggestion is an in depth look at how the Wii coupled with Wii Fit, EA Active and any other training games can help boost heart rates to 75% of max 2-3 hours per week in the privacy of the home. A group of volunteers to do the study over the course of a month might be cool too.
And I do realize that for many of the exercises, you might not NEED the Wii to do them, but the game itself is motivation as it easily keeps track of your results so you can see progress. Are there other ways to do this? Of course. But that doesn’t mean this device can’t help a certain percentage of folks out there who need a little motivation boost.
I would like to see more posts about weightlifting. Technique, benefits, rep numbers, pretty much anything. I also would like to know how it affects your body (hormone secretion, metabolism, etc.)
I’d like to see a centralized way of connecting with other Primal folks that are local to us. Kinda like Meetup, y’know?
I searched the Forum, but didn’t find it, if it’s there…
Reason for this request: We all know how tricky it can be to meet people with similar interests, and how challenging it can be to hang out socially with friends that have no frame of reference for our Primalish ways… how cool would it be to be able to hang out with fellow Groks/Grokettes and share a rib and a coconut water, rather than explain why we aren’t eating the breadsticks & beer?
I would like to see more success stories! Also which someone else suggested an East Cost PB Con!
more recipes and coupons/discounts!
I agree with a primal magazine; that would be a great idea! Also, how about a primal video blog to supplement the materials using YouTube?
PB bumper stickers
and
a Grokette design
Loving the ideas!!
More recipes
It would be great if you could have specific information for women/children adapting to primal living. A “definitive Guide” to kids nutrition by age would be great! Also, guides to primal-approved cleaning and personal care products would be helpful.
I second this!
I’d like to see a monthly magazine with a focus specifically on primal food and cooking. I’ve been a long-time subscriber to both Cooking Light and Eating Well, but they no longer suit my new way of eating! Your blog is great, and a mag would be a great way to widen your exposure. Throw a little primal food porn on the cover, and no one will look at the Playboys!
I’d like for you to offer a personal counseling service (for a fee of course). You could be like a personal nutritionist/personal trainer online.
Love this idea.
I would love to see more research and facts to go along with the posts. Just so when I get some smart mouth that says “prove it” when I try to explain my lifestyle to them.
And more recipes would be lovely.
Oh, and perhaps like a weekly mind puzzle or something to go along with the WOWs for a little brain and body workout
more podcasts
more videos of the bodyweight exercises, especially the advanced progressions
the cookbooks and recipes are good – maybe ones with less coconut milk for those of us that dont like it
I love what you do Mark, you have helped me out immensely what I would love to see from you is your own Primal whey protein line and possibly more sweet tooth alternative articles. I’m 21 and I love being primal but all my friends snack on sweets, I snack on fruit of course but I would love to know some more primal deserts. There has to be endless possibilities. Thanks for all that you do man!
-Matt
I would like the Forums to be more easily searchable, especially reporting search results by RELEVANCE. I often search for a specific food for advice on how to cook it, etc., but then end up sorting through dozens of journals or irrelevant posts. I use the Forum daily for advice, support, and inspiration, but it could definitely be improved and streamlined.
I would like to see more articles from your wife that I could share with my wife.
I’d like to be able to get a transfer of the Grok On image so I could put it on my own t-shirt etc. Also, other Grok On products like metal water bottles would be cool.
This is a brilliant idea – an iron-on Grok silhouette for the t-shirt of one’s choice!
I would love to hear Mark Sisson elaborate further on his Damage Control Master Formula. There is simply not that much information available on his website regarding the manufacture and quality of his product.
Some specific questions and issues I would personally like to see addressed about the Damage Control Master Formula follow (NOTE: the source material for most of the following is from Dr. Mercola’s website):
Magnesium stearate is a flow agent that is basically chalk. Some research suggests that this chalk filler stimulates your gut to form a biofilm, a sort of sludge lining, that acts as an effective barrier to the absorption of not only that particular vitamin but ALL the nutrients you’d normally get from food sources as well. Also there is some research that has shown that magnesium stearate suppresses your natural killer cells. Also check out the following link: http://www.drrons.com/why-no-additives-in-dr-rons-supplements.htm Why do you you magnesium stearate? Do you have an alternative viewpoint on these matters?
Do you use synthetic isolates or ingredients? You can experience side effects of synthetic isolates from the additives and the unnatural state of the synthetic supplement. Studies show your body treats these isolated and synthetic nutrients like foreign substances. This is why your urine will oftentimes turn some shade of glow-in-the-dark yellow when you take synthetic vitamins, as your body is simply flushing these foreign substances out. Your body only absorbs a small percentage of an isolate form of vitamins and minerals – and it utilizes even less. You get the best bioavailability in whole food form. How is the absorbability/bioavailability of the supplement’s ingredients?
Concentrated formulas make you absorb less. When you take vitamins or antibiotics that are concentrated above what is found naturally, in nature, your small intestine actually forms defenses against the absorption of these excessively concentrated ingredients. It does this by creating a biofilm, a barrier that effectively blocks the absorption of nutrients, as a form of self defense, if you will. According to Dr. Klinghardt, who frequently monitors his patients’ nutrient levels, oftentimes the more supplements you take the less your body actually absorbs. What are your thoughts regarding this and the concentrations that you use?
Since certain amounts and types of nutrients need to be carefully measured to avoid any potential toxic buildup once they are consumed, what long-term safety criteria do you follow to avoid this toxic buildup from occurring?
Since not all nutrients in certain amounts work well together (i.e. the competitive relationship with other nutrients that can occur) how is proper nutrient balance ensured?
Using an ethanol solvent will artificially inflate the ORAC value, therefore ORAC values can easily be inflated with any machine. Is each batch tested using an acetone/water solvent?
Who is the manufacturer of your supplement? Do they follow strict quality control standard practices? Do your supplements undergo independent laboratory analysis to verify that what is on the label is in fact in the bottle? Is the lab is in full compliance with current NSF Good Manufacturing Practices? Vendor Certification Program? ISO 9001 certification? ISO 17025 certification? Do they ensure finished products meet and exceed quality standards — adherence to United States Pharmacopeia (USP30) specifications?
How does your supplement compare with whole food-based multivitamins such as Dr. Mercola’s who claims to have addressed all of these issues mentioned?
How else would you support the claim that your supplement is the World’s Highest Potency Multi-Vitamin-Antioxidant?
I live in an extreme climate, where the temperatures can get as low as -60 F! If I had the Damage Control Master Formula supplement auto-shipped to me on a monthly basis and the product were to freeze in transit (this has happened to me before with other products) could these extreme freezing temperatures damage the product or reduce it’s potency in any way?
In other words, I want to hear ALL the nitty gritty details regarding your supplements!
I too would like to know the forms and sources of each of the ingredients in The Damage Control Master Formula. For example: coenzyme 10: is it ubiquinol or ubiquinone? Is the source Kaneka? If the form and source of all of the ingredients is really top notch then I can’t imagine why this information isn’t readily available on the website, or at least via a link.
I would like another PrimalCon, closer to the MidWest or south!
I’d like to see a detailed couch-to-Grok plan – daily baby steps, eating and exercise plan. That kind of thing.
http://primalblueprint.com/pages/The-Primal-Leap.html
As a young and new mom, I would like some more information about being primal during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. It’s hard to calculate proper nutrition and exercise when your body is giving so much to a baby. Your past posts on the subject are good but I feel like you could cover the subject a bit more thoroughly. Thanks!!
I’d like to see recent articles and interesting topics being published related to Paleo/Primal nutrition and lifestyle.
Being able to follow recent areas of study would help me to increase my breath of knowledge and keep developing.
Maybe more on what the modern grok can eat while traveling or eating with non-paleo friends. whats safe to eat at a Friday’s or where do you trust that the chef is is not contaminating your food with gluten. How to approach the waiter to ensure your food will be gluten free. i.e. I personally never have a problem with gluten at in and out burger, yum! Knowledge is power, thanks for everything Mark.
just tell the waiter you have celiacs disease and gluten could send you to the hospital. that will get their attention
I’d like to buy able to purchase things in the Primal Leap kit, individually. I’m like hella-broke and 200 bones at once is like a whole week’s pay.
I’d like to see more info for non-hunting folks. We are a hunting family and I am greatful for the wild meat we get to eat each year. There needs to be more info available for people to get involved in hunting their own food. There is plenty of game to hunt in this country and many organizations to help people get started. I think folks need encouragement and information.
I can just see it now…..
Grok Hunt 2012, Big game in CO, Birds in the Dakotas!
Oh, I am liking this one. I would love to learn to hunt & I can hear elk bugling near where I live! But I don’t even own a firearm (yet) & no longer have my archery equipment
I think it would be cool to see a video of you having a debate with a high-profile low-fat proponent.
this, soo this
Laughter is very healthy and I assume very primal. Everybody feels good when they are laughing.
So primal joke sections would be fun. It could be funny stories people send about their new lifestyle, funny videos going around on youtube that have primal theme to them, home-made primal jokes or anything that might make people laugh.
Global primal restaurant chain with quality food and primal theme would be nice too:)
Like many women have mentioned more female primal life would be appreciated. Especially topics about pregnancy and birth. It just seems wrong how many problems pregnant women are deeling with today.
Also I have read a little bit about diaper free movement. It´s based on old tradition in many cultures. Very environmently friendly and primal. I have no experience with it but it sounds interesting and worth investigating.
I thoght the “use your brain” competition was really funny! I think you should have more things like that!:D