Posts

Showing posts from September 8, 2017

Diet 101: the Sirtfood Diet

Image
Developed by two UK-based men with master’s degrees in nutritional medicine, the diet has become very popular among celebrities and athletes in the UK. Both Pippa Middleton and Adele are rumored to have followed this plan. Like many other diets, the Sirtfood Diet touts effective and sustained weight loss, incredible energy and glowing health. But is the Sirtfood Diet another diet fad, or is there any truth to its claims?   About the Diet The plan claims that eating certain foods will activate your “skinny gene” pathway and have you losing seven pounds in seven days. Foods like kale, dark chocolate, and wine contain a natural chemical called polyphenols that mimic the effects of exercise and fasting. Strawberries, red onions, cinnamon, and turmeric are also powerful sirtfoods. These foods will trigger the sirtuin pathway to help trigger weight loss.  The science sounds enticing, but in reality there’s little research to back up these claims. Plus, the promised rate of weight loss in

Little Leafy’s Keto Diet Success Story

Image
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’s Daily Apple community please contact me here . I’ll continue to publish these each Friday as long as they keep coming in. Thank you for reading! When our baby daughter, Leafy, suffered a frightening seizure at home we had no idea what was to come. When more seizures followed a pattern emerged; blue lights to hospital, assessments, nights in hospital wards, medical tests, fear and exhaustion. Despite the frightening length and regularity these incidents were diagnosed as Febrile Seizures, caused by temperature spikes from ill health. We carried on as best we could, juggling caring for our 2-year-old son whilst trying to manage Leafy’s reoccurring long-lasting seizures. As time went on she endured many more seizures. Her worst time was when chicken pox was shared around locally and s

New Finds!

Image
I love to share new finds that I am digging, and I love it when you guys share them with me! Here are a few new things worth sharing. A handful of you shared  this maze shirt with me after my maze post and, of course, Mazen had to have it! I ordered it online ASAP in fear that they would be sold out in our Target, and while I was at Target.com I thought I’d see if there were any shorts on sale. (Somehow Mazen had only three pairs of shorts in his drawer – two households can get messy!) I found these two pairs from Cat & Jack . Have you heard of that line? Their stuff is super cute. I am obsessed with chambray and textured navy , so these were both must-haves too. They are on the big size, so I think they will fit him next year too. I bought Mazen some pants too (loving all the boys’ joggers), but I think they are all too big for this year! …And this kitchen soap dispenser popped into my cart too. I love the modern gray! For me, I needed some new PJ shorts, and these are

What I’m Loving Latey 93

Image
Hi, guys! Happy FRIDAY to you! I still can’t believe summer is officially over. I feel like life did a time-warped between Forth of July and Labor Day. Holy cow, it was an incredible couple of months, but I’m sooooo ready for fall weather and getting back into a routine… and, ok, sitting on the couch doing nothing on Friday nights. Anyone else? Anyway, it’s Friday and you know what that means: Time for the next edition of What I’m Loving Lately ! Pictured above: The best running shoes ever created   Speaking of awesome sneakers… I’m lovvvvving my new Revel sneakers from Brooks . They’re actually a cross between a lifestyle and running shoe. They have a fun knit pattern on them, so you can totally do the athleisure thing with them AND you can run in them (unlike some other “lifestyle” sneakers). I’ve been wearing them a ton lately! Our new DTFN promo video – We’ve been working on this for weeks now, and it’s finally done! We love how it turned out! Related: If you’re interest