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Seven Highlights from the Weekend

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Good morning and HAPPY MONDAY  to you! How was your weekend? Ours was BUSY, but a whole lot of fun, too. We hung out with friends, got a lot of errands and whatnot accomplished, and enjoyed PLENTY of delicious food and drink. Holy cow, I feel like I need a serious detox after the weekend I had. Ha! Anyway… here are SEVEN highlights  from our weekend! FRIDAY Our usual “Donut Friday” turned into “Big-As-Your-Head-Bagel Friday.” Apparently, Qman was feeling a poppyseed bagel from Whole Foods instead of a donut from Coffee Shack. Hey, sometimes you change your mind, right? We also scored one of the tractor shopping carts, so it was definitely a good Friday morning! Date night at Rivershed with the most handsome guys ever . SO MANY people recommended Rivershed to us, so we just had to check it out. Verdict: WE LOVED IT! Seriously, we had such an awesome experience, we’ll definitely visit again. The beer menu was stellar, and the food was excellent. I ordered a bacon cheeseburger

Weekend Link Love – Edition 436

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RESEARCH OF THE WEEK True psychopaths aren’t all that bright . The evolution of short sleep duration in humans may have left us vulnerable to Alzheimer’s . The link between the gut and hypertension. Farmed salmon is losing omega-3s . NEW PRIMAL BLUEPRINT PODCASTS Episode 152: Dr. Cate Shanahan Part 2 : Dr. Cate and host Brad Kearns continue the conversation from last week. 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. 4 Ways to Harness Mindfulness for Health Goals 11 Physical Challenges to Take This Month How Long Does It Take for Fitness Benefits to Show? INTERESTING BLOG POSTS Are you spending the fitness you’ve accrued? The case for sous vide ping pong balls . Turmeric and fish go awfully well tog

Vermouth is New Again

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If you ever snuck a swig from that dusty bottle of vermouth in your grandfather’s liquor cabinet, you may have decided vermouth is not for you. But it’s time to give vermouth another taste. Not only is the herbaceous cocktail ingredient totally on-trend, but the low alcohol-by-volume (ABV) of vermouth makes it a low-calorie sipper to help keep your healthy new resolutions. A fortified wine (yes, it’s a wine,) vermouth begins as red or white wine, that is then fortified with brandy. Up to 40 botanicals are also added to make each brand a unique cocktail-in-a-bottle. Botanical aromatics range from cinnamon, cardamom and anise to grapefruit floral and rhubarb. ‘Vermouth’ comes from the German word Wermut , meaning wormwood, and was originally created for its medicinal properties. Bitter, aromatic wormwood remains a signature ingredient in most vermouths, however subtle. Sipping a vermouth aperitif or digestive is popular way to enjoy it. Of course, it’s also essential in the Negroni a

Balancing the Microbiome for Optimal Health

This is a guest post by BFF Cafe , a local paleo friendly restaurant in Reno, NV   Lately there has been a lot of buzz in the medical and nutrition communities about the human micro-biome. Some are even saying that this new science proves that we have evolved past the need for a paleo diet. I say let the science speak for itself. The human micro-biome is the collection of trillions of microbes living in and on the human body. The bacteria in our micro-biome outnumbers human cells 9:1 and have 100 times as many genes as the human genome. (1) This is important because science has proven that the micro-biome influences everything from weight, metabolism, brain chemistry, mental health, emotions, personalities, and even our risk for some cancers. (2, 3, 4, 5) Our micro-biome is able to adapt to different foods quickly (8). This is contradictory to the paleo school of thought.  Even though these gut microbes may adapt quickly, we cannot ignore other reactions to food, such as the infla

Clean Eating Hamburger Helper Recipe

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There are a lot of people out there who use the boxed Hamburger Helper stuff for cooking a fast and easy dinner. I’m not one of them, but I do understand the need for that fast convenience from a… Read more → from The Gracious Pantry http://ift.tt/2keOHme