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Dear Mark: Ketosis and Methylglyoxal, Microwaving Vegetables, the Role of Salt in Cooking, and More Veggie Ideas

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For today’s edition of Dear Mark , I’m answering three questions. First, what’s the deal with the relationship between ketosis and methylglyoxal? Second, why did I recommend using the microwave to cook vegetables in the post from last week? Third, why do chefs use so much salt in their cooking? After all the questions, I throw in a couple more  vegetable cooking tips I missed last week . Let’s go: Hey Mark, http://ift.tt/2wwueio Did you see this study? Ketosis unlocks a “new” antioxidant system. Pretty cool stuff, just thought I’d pass it along. Noel Thanks, Noel. That was totally new to me. I knew that ketogenic diets had antioxidant effects, but I didn’t know the ketone bodies themselves were directly involved in detoxification of otherwise toxic compounds. Very cool. I agree. What’s going on? Methylglyoxal is one of the most reactive agents our bodies encounter. Many of the basic diseases of civilization, like diabetes , hypertension , and  heart disease , feature elevat

Weekly Eats + Workouts (9/18)

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Hi, guys! Happy, happy, HAPPY Monday to you! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Mal was away for a bachelor party in Nashville, so I was flying solo, but Qman (and Murphy) and I still had an awesome time. We went to Touch-a-Truck in our town, and I can’t even Quinn’s excitement. His face along when we walked into the event was epic. His eyes were huge and his mouth literally dropped open. It was the cutest thing ever! And, my gosh, he had THE BEST time running from truck to truck, climbing in and exploring everything. It was serious so fun for the both of us! Ok, first things first, I’ve received a ton of questions about products/apparel in my life lately, so I conveniently added them to the SHOP page on CNC. What’s featured is a mix of new and long-time favorites – everything from just-purchased athleisure tops to my tried-and-true running sneakers. Feel free to pop over whenever the shopping mood strikes, and I’ll be sure to keep the page updated on the regular. And, of cours

Week Begin

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I’m looking forward to the week ahead, and for this week to begin! Thomas was away on a bachelor trip this weekend, so it was very quiet around the house… except for when it was filled with children! Friday On Friday night I went out with two girlfriends to Lampo! We had all the usuals: kale salad, marinated olives, Prosciutto pizza, plus some meat balls, and the mushroom pizza. Gus wouldn’t settle down and waited up for Thomas all night. Poor guy missed him too! Saturday I was up bright and early for Saturday AM breakfast. The cheese was a lovely addition! On Saturday morning I went to the gym for a quick session and then got dressed up to head to a baby shower for my friend Jess who is expecting #3 this fall! It was great to catch up with all the mom crew. Now that most of our kids are in school, we don’t see nearly as much of each other. I had butternut squash soup and a spinach salad with salmon and fried goat cheese, plus a pistachio cake my friend Sarah made, and