Portland and surrounding environs! The Primal Blueprint Transformation Seminar is coming your way on Thursday, January 29.
Research of the Week
Checking your email too frequently increases stress (and it doesn’t even really help us work any better).
Good long naps help babies (and, maybe, larger humans) solidify what they’ve just learned. “Those who sleep after learning learn well, those not sleeping don’t learn at all,” as one researcher put it.
Compared to eating it with a spoon, eating rice with chopsticks lowers the blood glucose response (PDF).
New Primal Blueprint Podcasts
Episode 50: Mark Interviews Dr. Timothy Noakes: I sit down with a man I’ve long admired, Dr. Tim Noakes. World-renowned sports scientist, purveyor of the famous Central Governor Theory of endurance performance, and author of the endurance training bible The Lore of Running, Tim is now the target of scorn and admonishment from the mainstream medical community for his views on human nutrition.
Each week, select Mark’s Daily Apple blog posts are prepared as Primal Blueprint Podcasts. Need to catch up on reading, but don’t have the time? Prefer to listen to articles while on the go? Check out the new blog post podcasts below, and subscribe to the Primal Blueprint Podcast here so you never miss an episode.
Are Parasites Primal? – Parasites might not be all bad. There’s evidence that they help regulate our immune response.
15 Reasons to Sprint More This Year – Sprinting is a powerful tool that, if used in moderation, can reshape your body, your fitness, and your overall health.
Mark Sisson is the founder of Mark’s Daily Apple, godfather to the Primal food and lifestyle movement, and the New York Times bestselling author of The Keto Reset Diet. His latest book is Keto for Life, where he discusses how he combines the keto diet with a Primal lifestyle for optimal health and longevity. Mark is the author of numerous other books as well, including The Primal Blueprint, which was credited with turbocharging the growth of the primal/paleo movement back in 2009. After spending three decades researching and educating folks on why food is the key component to achieving and maintaining optimal wellness, Mark launched Primal Kitchen, a real-food company that creates Primal/paleo, keto, and Whole30-friendly kitchen staples.