Core Concepts

Definitive Guide: The Primal Blueprint

Build the Healthiest Possible Body with the Primal Blueprint

Apr 27 • Mark's Daily Apple

How to Embody a Primal Lifestyle

If I stopped you on the street today and offered you a million dollars to improve your health or fitness, you’d probably immediately think diet and…

Mar 27, 2024 • Mark's Daily Apple

How to Move and Get Fit the Primal Way

There are certain fundamental inputs every person needs to be healthy: nutritious food, plenty of sleep, social connection, and the one we’re talking…

Dec 14, 2023 • Mark's Daily Apple

What Is a Primal Diet?

What to eat and what to avoid according to the Primal Blueprint

Nov 17, 2023 • Mark's Daily Apple

Primal Grandparenting: Tips and Thoughts

Becoming a grandparent thrusts new roles upon you. You have a new job to do, and you'd better make the most of it and do the best job you can.

Nov 2, 2023 • Mark's Daily Apple

Primal Blueprint Law 10: Use Your Brain

Obviously, one of the most important things that separate humans from all other animals is our intellectual ability.

Jun 28, 2023 • Mark's Daily Apple

Primal Blueprint Law 9: Avoid Stupid Mistakes

Our ancestors required an acute sense of self-preservation matched with a keen sense of observation.

Jun 28, 2023 • Mark's Daily Apple

Primal Blueprint Law 8: Get Plenty of Sunlight

Primal Blueprint Law #8 is “Get Plenty of Sunlight,” and it might be one of the most important ones.

Jun 28, 2023 • Mark's Daily Apple

Primal Blueprint Law 7: Play

Contrary to popular opinion, ancestral populations of humans had far more leisure time than most people have now.

Jun 28, 2023 • Mark's Daily Apple

Primal Blueprint Law 6: Get Plenty of Sleep

Throughout most of human history, we slept when we got tired.

Jun 28, 2023 • Mark's Daily Apple

Primal Blueprint Law 5: Sprint Once in a While

In a world where danger lurked around every corner, your ability to run fast was a strong indicator of whether you would live long enough to pass your…

Jun 28, 2023 • Mark's Daily Apple

Primal Blueprint Law 4: Lift Heavy Things

Equally as important as moving around a lot at a slow pace is Primal Blueprint Law 4, lifting heavy things.

Jun 28, 2023 • Mark's Daily Apple

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