Comments on: Is the Stone Beginning to Crack? http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-the-stone-beginning-to-crack/ Serving up health and fitness insights (daily, of course) with a side of irreverence. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:38:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Dan http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-the-stone-beginning-to-crack/#comment-484417 Dan Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:59:19 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=7944#comment-484417 While reading "Is the Stone Beginning to Crack?" I followed several of the links and made a few purchases. I bought "The Vegetarian Myth" to read myself but more importantly, for my teenaged daughter to read. She has two close friends who are vegetarians and feels the pressure to "not be cruel to animals". With a little prodding I think she'll read it and be able to eat primally and guilt free. When she realizes that entire eco systems have died due to agriculture she'll know that she is doing the right thing. She's already drastically cut her carb intake and lost almost twenty pounds. My hope is that I can convince her to combine that with the work out portion of PB. I also bought "Fathead" for my 77 year old father who refuses to read anything more than a menu. Hopefully the film will spark some interest and at least open his mind to the possibility that blind faith in CW could actually be harming his health. He and I recently had breakfast at a local diner and I watched him put five (!) sugar packets in his coffee. He also had his wheat toast (CW says it's good for him) and homefries. Later that evening he had a dish of "healthy" fat free ice cream. He listens to me preach of the benefits of PB living but feels he's too old to change. I feel that changing these bad habits could very well help him avoid ending up in an assisted living setting and maybe even add healthy years to his life. He has seen me go from 215 pounds to 175 pounds in six months (while improving my numbers) time but apparently needs more proof. Old habits die hard, but I won't give up. I agree with what I read somewhere in this thread. We do this because we love our families. While reading “Is the Stone Beginning to Crack?” I followed several of the links and made a few purchases. I bought “The Vegetarian Myth” to read myself but more importantly, for my teenaged daughter to read. She has two close friends who are vegetarians and feels the pressure to “not be cruel to animals”. With a little prodding I think she’ll read it and be able to eat primally and guilt free. When she realizes that entire eco systems have died due to agriculture she’ll know that she is doing the right thing. She’s already drastically cut her carb intake and lost almost twenty pounds. My hope is that I can convince her to combine that with the work out portion of PB.

I also bought “Fathead” for my 77 year old father who refuses to read anything more than a menu. Hopefully the film will spark some interest and at least open his mind to the possibility that blind faith in CW could actually be harming his health. He and I recently had breakfast at a local diner and I watched him put five (!) sugar packets in his coffee. He also had his wheat toast (CW says it’s good for him) and homefries. Later that evening he had a dish of “healthy” fat free ice cream. He listens to me preach of the benefits of PB living but feels he’s too old to change. I feel that changing these bad habits could very well help him avoid ending up in an assisted living setting and maybe even add healthy years to his life. He has seen me go from 215 pounds to 175 pounds in six months (while improving my numbers) time but apparently needs more proof.

Old habits die hard, but I won’t give up. I agree with what I read somewhere in this thread. We do this because we love our families.

]]> By: Mina http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-the-stone-beginning-to-crack/#comment-462551 Mina Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:12:01 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=7944#comment-462551 Thank you . Really , i appreciate that . Thank you .
Really , i appreciate that .

]]> By: Weekend Link Love | Mark's Daily Apple http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-the-stone-beginning-to-crack/#comment-459944 Weekend Link Love | Mark's Daily Apple Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:01:14 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=7944#comment-459944 [...] case you missed it in the comments section of last week’s conventional wisdom post, Michael Pollan wrote a great Op-Ed piece in the NY Times about the potential lobby war between big [...] [...] case you missed it in the comments section of last week’s conventional wisdom post, Michael Pollan wrote a great Op-Ed piece in the NY Times about the potential lobby war between big [...]

]]> By: Ant http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-the-stone-beginning-to-crack/#comment-459817 Ant Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:27:38 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=7944#comment-459817 as a person who believes that everything is in some way connected, i believe that you (Mark) should link up with Erwan Le Corre. you're both teaching essentially the same thing (living naturally, keeping your fitness on a functional and holistic level, eating the same way). as a person who believes that everything is in some way connected, i believe that you (Mark) should link up with Erwan Le Corre. you’re both teaching essentially the same thing (living naturally, keeping your fitness on a functional and holistic level, eating the same way).

]]> By: Marcus http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-the-stone-beginning-to-crack/#comment-459225 Marcus Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:22:58 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=7944#comment-459225 Gday cobbers. Just letting you know your message is seeping through to us in Australia, not that we were ever anything but primal anyway :) Mark when you get rich and famous you should head over and have a chat to the people who have gone primal for the last 40,000 years, the australian aborigines, maybe they know a few things about it. Personally I've been on a "shake" diet for the last 6 months, dropped 24 kilos and many belt sizes, plan to do the same for another 20 kilos and then go into maintenance using your book as a guide (which I've oredered and am eagerly waiting for). I've dropped all carbs (except the shakes) for now and found it a great way to transition out of the carb way of living. Its good to know you Yanks are contributing something to civilisation now to make up for all those years of bad habits you've propogated ;) cheers Gday cobbers.

Just letting you know your message is seeping through to us in Australia, not that we were ever anything but primal anyway :)

Mark when you get rich and famous you should head over and have a chat to the people who have gone primal for the last 40,000 years, the australian aborigines, maybe they know a few things about it.

Personally I’ve been on a “shake” diet for the last 6 months, dropped 24 kilos and many belt sizes, plan to do the same for another 20 kilos and then go into maintenance using your book as a guide (which I’ve oredered and am eagerly waiting for). I’ve dropped all carbs (except the shakes) for now and found it a great way to transition out of the carb way of living.

Its good to know you Yanks are contributing something to civilisation now to make up for all those years of bad habits you’ve propogated ;)

cheers

]]> By: yonkeykong http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-the-stone-beginning-to-crack/#comment-459202 yonkeykong Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:05:52 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=7944#comment-459202 Great writeup! "it still needs machine assistance just to get a single pull-up in, and I think it’s still doing push-ups on its knees, but I sense a new bounce in its step." Got a good laugh there... Great writeup! “it still needs machine assistance just to get a single pull-up in, and I think it’s still doing push-ups on its knees, but I sense a new bounce in its step.” Got a good laugh there…

]]> By: Denise http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-the-stone-beginning-to-crack/#comment-459191 Denise Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:31:29 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=7944#comment-459191 Vick, you got it! Vick, you got it!

]]> By: rachel http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-the-stone-beginning-to-crack/#comment-459172 rachel Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:48:15 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=7944#comment-459172 I knew when I realized that the pb was nap friendly that I had found the plan for me! Sweat hard, rest well, has always felt so natural to me :) Be the blueprint. I like it. I knew when I realized that the pb was nap friendly that I had found the plan for me! Sweat hard, rest well, has always felt so natural to me :)

Be the blueprint. I like it.

]]> By: It’s Nice When A Plot Comes Together « The Hypocritic Oath http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-the-stone-beginning-to-crack/#comment-459073 It’s Nice When A Plot Comes Together « The Hypocritic Oath Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:50:03 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=7944#comment-459073 [...] It’s Nice When A Plot Comes Together Posted in Uncategorized by trinkwasser on September 15, 2009 Mark Sisson (whose blog I have been missing out on while I read other stuff, quite inexcusable really, but he and his contributors are so damn prolific) had a whinge about Conventional Wisdom not once but twice. [...] [...] It’s Nice When A Plot Comes Together Posted in Uncategorized by trinkwasser on September 15, 2009 Mark Sisson (whose blog I have been missing out on while I read other stuff, quite inexcusable really, but he and his contributors are so damn prolific) had a whinge about Conventional Wisdom not once but twice. [...]

]]> By: Trinkwasser http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-the-stone-beginning-to-crack/#comment-458838 Trinkwasser Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:51:03 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=7944#comment-458838 By a strange coincidence when I logged in to Wordpress just now I was pointed to a "you may like to read" post http://trinkwasser.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/its-nice-when-a-plot-comes-together/ The Men's Health Article is pretty good, and Tom Campbell's response to the ADA is excellent. The scary bit is that it is now three years later and CW hasn't changed, despite that the opposition has spread in all directions and is even to be found now in mainstream academic journals and mainstream media. That Meat-Free Monday thing was also referenced here in the UK, you think the New World Order are still alive and well and worshipping giant owls in the woods? http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=8445 I got some complaints about this one http://trinkwasser.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/countryfile-on-diet/ but I stand by what I wrote, she didn't look at all healthy. I suppose a meatless monday wouldn't be a bad plan so long as you had a carbless tuesday to sunday . . . By a strange coincidence when I logged in to Wordpress just now I was pointed to a “you may like to read” post

http://trinkwasser.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/its-nice-when-a-plot-comes-together/

The Men’s Health Article is pretty good, and Tom Campbell’s response to the ADA is excellent.

The scary bit is that it is now three years later and CW hasn’t changed, despite that the opposition has spread in all directions and is even to be found now in mainstream academic journals and mainstream media.

That Meat-Free Monday thing was also referenced here in the UK, you think the New World Order are still alive and well and worshipping giant owls in the woods?

http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=8445

I got some complaints about this one

http://trinkwasser.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/countryfile-on-diet/

but I stand by what I wrote, she didn’t look at all healthy. I suppose a meatless monday wouldn’t be a bad plan so long as you had a carbless tuesday to sunday . . .

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