December 06 2006 - Sara here. My Danish grandmother will be horrified by this post, but in my selfless devotion to you Apples, I'm taking that risk. And so, I have to ask: What is up with Denmark? (Huh? you ask. Just...
December 27 2006 - BUT NOT NEARLY AS EFFECTIVELY AS HEARTBURN PILLS A large-scale study out of Britain has reported that taking popular heartburn medications like Tagamet and Pepcid AC can seriously increase your r...
March 26 2018 - For today's edition of Dear Mark, I'm answering three questions. You guys had more questions about folate. Since it's such an important vitamin, I answer those first. Then I discuss the study mentione...
February 28 2007 - Worker Bees' Daily Bites Today's news includes the return of a psuedo-scandal, proof that the FDA doesn't care about women, and...donuts. No, Vitamins Will not Kill You It's all over the news...
May 22 2011 - Did you know Denmark has levied a tax on saturated fat, with Finland considering enacting a similar tax? Shameful. The vikings are rolling in their funeral pyres. The EU is banning certain herbal r...
October 07 2012 - Research of the Week "The microbiota of Westerners is significantly reduced in comparison to rural individuals living a similar lifestyle to our Paleolithic forefathers but also to that of other free...
February 04 2022 - Research of the Week Healthy forests need elder trees. Feelings of general fatigue predict death in older adults. Magnesium is important for immune function. Living filtration membranes ar...
January 08 2021 - Research of the Week Rats self-select for higher protein. Seeing someone else yawn enhances your ability to detect snakes. Low vitamin K status, higher COVID mortality. High blood sugar, hig...
December 20 2019 - Research of the Week Analysis of Stone Age chewing gum reveals the DNA of a hunter-gatherer woman from ancient Denmark; duck and hazelnut remnants from her last meal were also detected. Once again...
May 31 2015 - My team and I have just released a new podcast: The Primal Endurance Podcast, on developing a healthy, balanced, primal-aligned approach to endurance training and racing. Leave a review on iTunes by t...
December 06 2006 - Sara here. My Danish grandmother will be horrified by this post, but in my selfless devotion to you Apples, I'm taking that risk. And so, I have to ask: What is up with Denmark? (Huh? you ask. Just...
December 27 2006 - BUT NOT NEARLY AS EFFECTIVELY AS HEARTBURN PILLS A large-scale study out of Britain has reported that taking popular heartburn medications like Tagamet and Pepcid AC can seriously increase your r...
March 26 2018 - For today's edition of Dear Mark, I'm answering three questions. You guys had more questions about folate. Since it's such an important vitamin, I answer those first. Then I discuss the study mentione...
February 28 2007 - Worker Bees' Daily Bites Today's news includes the return of a psuedo-scandal, proof that the FDA doesn't care about women, and...donuts. No, Vitamins Will not Kill You It's all over the news...
January 21 2008 - Latest news on the acrylamide front from the Danish Cancer Society: Acrylamide, if you recall, is a substance found in a vast array of common cooked foods, foremost starchy foods like potato chips,...
July 30 2013 - I'm grateful to have our friend Gabi Lewis, founder of Exo, pen today's guest post. Exo is running a Kickstarter campaign to bring an insect protein bar to market. Learn more and donate here. (Full d...
December 01 2015 - The future prospects of antibiotics look grim. Headline after headline proclaims the mounting resistance to antibiotics among pathogenic bacteria and the impending inefficacy of our best drugs to figh...
April 15 2015 - By now, American exceptionalism is a universally-accepted truism. Like dogs over cats and Star Wars over Star Trek, it's simple fact that America is qualitatively different than other nations. Some wo...
July 05 2010 - I’ve received the question numerous times, and last month several readers raised the issue in my “Ask Me Anything” post. For all the innumerable benefits of the Primal Blueprint diet, there are ...
November 07 2007 - As part of our fall series on the healing powers of herbs, check out this week's focus on oregano! (And don't miss last week's tips for lavender.) Oregano 10. Recipes Oregano means "mountain jo...
March 04 2008 - A few weeks back my Chronic Cardio post got a lot of response and initiated some great discussion. Since it’s one of the cornerstones of the Primal Blueprint philosophy (and an obviously popular one...
September 19 2019 - Good morning, folks. Today's awesome post is offered up by Primal Health Coach Chris Redig. Are you struggling to see results at the gym? Has your strength training hit a dead end? Maybe you’ve...
August 07 2018 - There's good news and bad news. The bad news is that kids aren't getting enough physical activity. Inadequate amounts of physical activity are a strong risk factor for obesity and metabolic dysfunc...
January 27 2016 - As many of you know, I have a long history as a former elite endurance athlete. Back in the day, I achieved a 2:18 marathon and landed 4th place in the Hawaii Ironman. That was all well and good, bu...
March 07 2019 - I'm a believer in working hard AND playing hard. When we get stuck in patterns of overwork and overstress, we lose the important connection with our creative, intuitive, playful selves. Our work suffe...
August 20 2010 - You love the runner’s high, chiseled physique, steady energy, knock-out sleep, and that alluring post-workout glow. And, sure, there’s always the extraordinary cardiovascular benefit, cancer deter...
December 20 2010 - - Complete 4 cycles of: 100 Meter Leapfrog 100 Meter Foot Race Tug-of-War (losers do ten burpees) (more…)
December 03 2008 - As you know by now, inefficient equipment can lead to great workouts. It’s why we prefer free weights to machines, and it’s why kettlebells, slosh tubes, and sandbags have gotten so much attention...
September 05 2016 - For today's edition of Dear Mark, I'm answering two questions. First, what's the deal with salt room therapy? Are there actual benefits, particularly for dermatological and respiratory conditions, to ...
December 09 2008 - A common mistake people make when completely overhauling their lifestyle is excessive earnestness, none more culpable than the recently converted Primal Blueprint enthusiast. You know it’s true, at ...
September 19 2019 - Good morning, folks. Today's awesome post is offered up by Primal Health Coach Chris Redig. Are you struggling to see results at the gym? Has your strength training hit a dead end? Maybe you’ve...
February 02 2016 - When most people think about the perfect Primal vacation, they're thinking about camping, rock climbing, surfing, trekking, scaling mountains, fording rivers, and generally being out in nature. There'...
January 03 2018 - I've got a regular post coming soon, but I'm also kicking off something different this morning. Isn't that what new beginnings are for? For 2018, I'll be adding something new to the daily line-up o...
May 28 2010 - This is a guest post from Matt Garland of Healthy Lifestyle Design. Do you have what it takes to unleash your inner Grok? Everyone does. It's inherent in our biology. And yet many don't, not b...
April 24 2008 - Geneticists at North Carolina State University have revealed an interesting lesson in gene expression: where you live can have significant impact on how your genes are expressed. The scientists foc...
June 20 2008 - For some people, it’s a New Year’s resolution. For others, the scare of a close friend’s or relative’s illness. Maybe it’s a scary diagnosis of their own. Oftentimes, it’s a long pondered ...
October 08 2009 - About 20% of adults have flat feet. A small subset of the population suffers from hereditary flat foot, but most of it is developed. Very few of us are actually born with flat foot. In this post I'll ...
May 24 2018 - My staff and I are quite close. Things stay busy these days, so there isn't a lot of downtime, but I've worked with some of these folks for over a decade. We don't discuss every grisly detail of our l...
November 03 2016 - “Women carry trauma in their hips.” (The stray remark got my attention, too.) I was walking along the beach when I heard it. Two women, deep in conversation, had passed me. Between the waves an...
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July 16 2013 - Have you ever wondered just what's in all those products you slather, spray, spritz, apply, and rub onto your body? I mean, who hasn't tried to kill time in the shower by hunkering down with a good sh...
August 07 2018 - There's good news and bad news. The bad news is that kids aren't getting enough physical activity. Inadequate amounts of physical activity are a strong risk factor for obesity and metabolic dysfunc...
February 02 2016 - When most people think about the perfect Primal vacation, they're thinking about camping, rock climbing, surfing, trekking, scaling mountains, fording rivers, and generally being out in nature. There'...
June 26 2014 - Sometimes in the midst of fine-tuning our health - learning this fact, experimenting with that change - we can get caught up in the drama of nuance. Trust me, I’m all for improving my personal outco...
May 28 2010 - This is a guest post from Matt Garland of Healthy Lifestyle Design. Do you have what it takes to unleash your inner Grok? Everyone does. It's inherent in our biology. And yet many don't, not b...
March 07 2019 - I'm a believer in working hard AND playing hard. When we get stuck in patterns of overwork and overstress, we lose the important connection with our creative, intuitive, playful selves. Our work suffe...
July 16 2010 - No claw-footed tub in the woods here. No Calgon fantasies for the frazzled mind or romantic shower under a waterfall. (Sorry to disappoint.) Think more science, less whimsy, but definite Primal roots....
October 08 2009 - About 20% of adults have flat feet. A small subset of the population suffers from hereditary flat foot, but most of it is developed. Very few of us are actually born with flat foot. In this post I'll ...
December 20 2010 - - Complete 4 cycles of: 100 Meter Leapfrog 100 Meter Foot Race Tug-of-War (losers do ten burpees) (more…)
November 28 2016 - For today's edition of Dear Mark, I'm answering two questions. The first is a really good one I'm kicking myself for never having considered before: what to do about hyperthyroidism. As the reader no...
May 14 2016 - It’s easy to be intimidated by recipes for homemade Thai curry paste, what with the long list of sometimes hard-to-find ingredients and all. So this recipe keeps things as simple as possible, using ...
July 08 2009 - The toughest thing about eating Primal has nothing to do with dessert. Especially not when this little custard cup is so delightfully in tune with the Primal lifestyle and all its nutritive guidelines...
September 22 2012 - This recipe for Dairy-Free Green Goddess Dressing turns salad into a sumptuous feast. The creamy texture is outrageously good, without any dairy or mayonnaise. How? The trick is blending a little coco...
September 15 2012 - This recipe for Quick and Easy Mushroom Sauce gives a taste of how easy it is to transform a simple Primal meal into something absolutely sensational. Whether you’re a Primal veteran or you’ve ...
January 08 2011 - Most of us are familiar with slow cookers and rely on them from time to time when we want a home cooked meal that requires very little effort. There are many reasons to love a slow cooker. Speed is no...
July 30 2011 - There are certain people (and we’re eagerly awaiting comments from you all) who think that cooking meat on a gas grill isn’t “real” grilling. Personally, we’re a little more lenient and admi...
December 24 2018 - It's Monday, everyone! And that means another Primal Blueprint Real Life Story from a Mark's Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark's Da...
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November 08 2013 - It’s Friday, everyone! And that means another Primal Blueprint Real Life Story from a Mark's Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark’...
October 14 2019 - It's Monday, everyone! And that means another Primal Blueprint Real Life Story from a Mark's Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark's Da...
September 29 2017 - It’s Friday, everyone! And that means another Primal Blueprint Real Life Story from a Mark's Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark’...
May 12 2022 - Today I'm sharing Amber's story of making her way from vegan to pescatarian to keto—and, ultimately, to health! Have you improved your health, tackled a fitness goal, or overcome obstacles with t...
September 27 2013 - It’s Friday, everyone! And that means another Primal Blueprint Real Life Story from a Mark's Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark’...
October 09 2015 - Hey, folks! It’s Friday once again, and that usually means it’s time for one of your amazing success stories. But something remarkable has been going on here at Mark's Daily Apple that gave me an ...
May 14 2010 - It’s Friday, everyone! And that means another Primal Blueprint Real Life Story from a Mark's Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark’...
January 13 2017 - It’s Friday, everyone! And that means another Primal Blueprint Real Life Story from a Mark's Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark’...
March 14 2008 - Two collaborative studies (1,2) from the Agricultural Research Service and the National Institute on Aging offer a look at the physiological effects of 3 meals versus 1 meal a day in two crossover gro...
August 25 2008 - Dear Mark, What do you think about the claim that being heavier doesn’t necessarily mean you’re less healthy than someone who’s thin? Thanks to reader Corey for his question and for send...
June 21 2010 - I mentioned a few of the working hypotheses for avoiding leptin resistance in my posts last week, including fructose and lectin avoidance, getting adequate nightly sleep, and eating at or above mainte...
May 12 2022 - Today I'm sharing Amber's story of making her way from vegan to pescatarian to keto—and, ultimately, to health! Have you improved your health, tackled a fitness goal, or overcome obstacles with t...
June 13 2017 - Most people come to the Primal Blueprint because they want to lose weight. Ask any purveyor of a specific diet and they'll say much the same thing. The majority of people are interested in dropping bo...
March 23 2016 - Thought experiment time. Say you train hard, hard enough to deplete a signifiant amount of glycogen. Your muscles are empty, sensitive to the effects of insulin, and screaming for a couple potatoes to...
August 12 2022 - Hey folks, Board-Certified Health Coach Chloe Maleski is here to answer your questions about healthy weight loss. Want to feel lighter and more at home in your body? We’re here with guidance and sup...
March 13 2007 - Apples: I'm very pleased to bring you a can't-miss interview with everyone's favorite low-carb blogger, low-carb rock star Jimmy Moore of Livin' La Vida Low-Carb. Jimmy's wildly popular blog (and new ...
June 13 2018 - Both fasting and carb-restriction appear to operate along similar physiological pathways. Both lower carbs. Both increase fat-adaptation. Both have the potential to get you into ketosis. Both lower in...
August 23 2011 - Over the past few years, leading paleo spokesperson Robb Wolf and I have forged a great Internet friendship. Suffice to say, we think a lot alike and exchange ideas often. Yet, we hadn't actually met ...
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