Comments on: Primal Blueprint Success Story: More Like Grok

By: Weekend Link Love | Mark's Daily Apple

Weekend Link Love | Mark's Daily Apple — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:02:01 +0000

[...] may remember Grok Star Sterling and his incredible transformation. He’s got his own blog now, aptly named Sterling Advice. Check it [...]

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:41:08 +0000

Sterling watching you transform your body and your life has been a wonderful experience. I commend you on your success and am very proud of your hard work and dedication!

By: Colleen

Colleen — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:22:14 +0000

Mark,
While I am all one for debate and educated disagreements, I am very thankful you took down the comments. I came in late and never saw her initial comments but am very proud of the MDA community for dealing with it in a respectful way.

Negativity is a very unhealthy and toxic way of life. We should be thankful for what we have and our opportunities.

Be blessed.

By: How to Eat Healthy Dining Out | Mark's Daily Apple

How to Eat Healthy Dining Out | Mark's Daily Apple — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:35:28 +0000

[...] weren’t inherent skeptics, you probably never would have found your way to my blog. If a guy like Sterling scoffed at the supposed preposterousness of eating fat to lose fat, he’d probably still be [...]

By: Terri McCann

Terri McCann — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:08:29 +0000

Mark knows what he is talking about!
Great Job Sterling!!!!
I am a BeachBody Coach and I hope anyone who reads your story can understand that “they can do it too”!!!
They have to put away the excuses and get busy!!
Sincerely, FitLikeTerri.com

By: Clint

Clint — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:23:55 +0000

Sterling,
WOW!! What an incredible transformation!! I, too, started with P90X. I guess I never watched long enough after the workouts to see Mark talking about nutrition, but I’m glad I found him when I did. Congrats on all your success. Keep up the good work, and thanks for sharing your inspiration.

By: Fixed Gear

Fixed Gear — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:51:56 +0000

Awesome story! But I too think you should look for a new job. “I have a family of 7″ is an EXCUSE to take the easy route and stay where you are. Its not easy to get a new job, or start a new career, or a new buisness. But it’s doable. If you can change your eating habits you can change your job.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:59:55 +0000

Sterling – you’re an inspiration! I’m struggling with some of the same things you did. But you show that yes, even though we can try and fail, there is a way out! Your success is so inspiring, it’s going to get me off the couch and *doing* something about it. Keep it up!

By: Vin - NaturalBias

Vin - NaturalBias — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:45:07 +0000

I don’t see them here, but I got two emails with comments from Jason saying that Lisa is correct in that there’s no cure for asthma. He also requested that we get our information from peer reviewed and credible sources.

Here’s a double blinded study that showed omega-3 fatty acids to reduce bronchial inflammation in asthmatics after being exposed to a known allergen.

http://content.karger.com/produktedb/produkte.asp?typ=fulltext&file=000170386

I’m by no means an expert on asthma, but it’s pretty well established that inflammation is a big part of it. It’s also pretty well established that food sensitivities (which are quite common) aggravate the immune system and cause inflammation. As such, it seems perfectly reasonable to me that food can exacerbate asthma symptoms, and in turn, that avoiding certain foods can prevent or reduce them.

Perhaps this is a matter of semantics. If someone is genetically susceptible to asthma, I agree that it’s probably impossible to change that. However, if an unhealthy lifestyle triggers asthma symptoms in such a person while a healthy lifestyle keeps the symptoms at bay, then whether or not you call it a “cure” doesn’t really matter. What’s important is that it successfully improved someone’s health and well being, and that’s exactly what Sterling’s story is about.

The point here not to imply that there’s a cure for asthma, but rather that a healthy lifestyle often causes the symptoms of many medical conditions to disappear. If you’d like to label this as “outgrowing” poor health, then that’s fine too.

Unfortunately, Lisa is right that a majority of doctors would disagree with this. Perhaps it’s because many doctors know very little about healthy living or nutrition and are educated in a system that is funded by the drug industry. How do I know this? Because time and time again, in my reading, I come across MDs who admit it.

By the way, the book I cited earlier that describes how dehydration can cause asthma was written by an MD and peer reviewed as well.

By: Mark Sisson

Mark Sisson — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:16:04 +0000

Sorry everyone had to deal with LisaR’s angry rants. The rhetoric got a bit out of hand in my opinion. Calling people names doesn’t fly on my comment boards so her comments have been deleted. I appreciate her different perspective, but not her approach.

Be happy and live a wonderful day, everyone!

Cheers!