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27 Nov

Many people get to age 60 or so and, if they haven’t lived a healthy, active life up to that point, assume it’s too late for them. After all, things only get harder the older you get. You’ve got aches and pains. Your doc is always reminding you about your weight. Things creak and crack....

09:01 / Aging / Diet & Nutrition / Fitness / goals / Longevity / Mens Health / mobility / Primal Lifestyle / Recent Articles / women's health
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26 Nov

As we covered in Parts I and II of this series, during perimenopause and menopause women can experience a complex web of physical, psychological, and social symptoms. The treatment usually prescribed by doctors, hormone therapy (HT), is controversial and not appropriate for some women. I won’t get into the HT debate here—Mark did a great job...

08:58 / Aging / creativity / goals / habits / hormones / Longevity / Mental Health / mindfulness / Nature / Personal Improvement / Play / Primal Lifestyle / Recent Articles / Self-Experimentation / Stress Management / women's health
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14 Nov

For today’s edition of Dear Mark, I’m answering a bunch of questions from readers. The first one concerns another inflammatory marker, homocysteine. How could CRP be low but homocysteine be high? What could cause that? Next, I answer a barrage of kefir questions, including ones on kefir carb counts, pasteurized kefir, and water and coconut...

09:11 / dairy / dear mark / Diet & Nutrition / Emotions / immune health / Primal Lifestyle / Recent Articles / Stress Management
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13 Nov

Cold season is upon us. Vitamin D levels are down. People are cloistered indoors. Kids are walking petri dishes. Drug stores are advertising free flu shots. It’s that time of year. I’m sure a few of you are even sniffling as you read this, or maybe trying to ignore the pain of swallowing with a...

11:21 / Diet & Nutrition / fasting / Hype / immune health / injury/ailment / omega 3s / Primal Lifestyle / Recent Articles / Supplements
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06 Nov

Inflammation gets a bad rap in the alternative health world: “Inflammation causes heart disease, cancer, and autoimmune disease! It’s at the root of depression.” These are all true—to some extent. Name a disease, and inflammation is involved. Crohn’s disease is inflammatory. Major depression is inflammatory. Heart disease is inflammatory. Autoimmune diseases, which involve an inflammatory response directed at your own...

13:13 / Aging / Diet & Nutrition / Fitness / Gene Expression / gluten / hormones / immune health / injury/ailment / Longevity / monounsaturated fats / omega 3s / prevention / Primal Lifestyle / Recent Articles / Weight Loss
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22 Oct

For hundreds of thousands of years, humans had an unbroken tradition of evening firesides. It’s where we told stories, recounted the happenings of the day, sang, danced, and just sat in comfortable silence staring into the flames. It’s also where we graduated from desperate scavengers scooping half-eaten marrow and gnawing bone scraps for gristly morsels...

12:30 / cooking tips / Diet & Nutrition / Nature / Primal Lifestyle / Recent Articles
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16 Oct

Hypertension is a problem. It raises the risk of heart disease; it’s one of the most consistent risk factors for that condition, as well as others like kidney disease. But before you start freaking out about your high blood pressure, make sure you actually have it. A single elevated reading does not a hypertension diagnosis...

10:49 / Aging / Diet & Nutrition / goals / injury/ailment / Longevity / Most Popular Posts / prevention / Primal Lifestyle / Recent Articles
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01 Oct

For today’s edition of Dear Mark, I’m answering another round of questions asked by Twitter followers. First up is a three-parter, including a query about extra virgin olive oil, one about supplements everyone should take, and one about autoimmune arthritis in an athlete. Second, I cover whether sauna is a hormetic stressor or a way...

09:38 / dear mark / Diet & Nutrition / injury/ailment / omega 3s / prevention / Primal Lifestyle / Recent Articles / Stress Management / Supplements
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