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Is This The Last Time?

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I’m pretty sure I’ve said this before, but 4.5 years old is my favorite age by far . There’s just something about this age that is sweet and wonderful and perfect and silly. Quinn has turned into the most awesome tiny human, and I absolutely love spending our “Quinn and Mumma” days together. I’ve really started to make it a point to embrace our time together, and I constantly make mental notes of my favorite warm and fuzzy moments. I want to hold onto the memories of Quinn at this age and remember them the best I can. Even still, during these sweet moments, I can’t help but ask myself whether it’s the last time. As Quinn gets older, there’s certain things that he’s physically too big for, like riding around on the bottom of the cart at Target. Pretty soon, he won’t fit there anymore. Same goes for his stroller. He barely fits in it now, but when he asked me to take Murphy for a walk with the stroller this afternoon, I didn’t turn him down. (It was his code for wanting to take a

Weekly Link Love—Edition 15

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Research of the Week Adults sleep better and retain more memories in a bed that rocks . Some human adaptations to extreme environments . A new gene editing technology—CasX— emerges . Post-workout carbohydrate replacement reduces the next-day benefits to insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance . Kids with fatty liver improve it by dropping sugar . How a specific ketone body inhibits hypertension . In Americans, intense experiences predict good health. In Japanese, relaxing experiences predict good health. New Primal Blueprint Podcasts Episode 309: Jennilyn Griffiths : Host Elle Russ chats with Jennilyn Griffiths about the upcoming FitCon Summit. Episode 310: Sharon Brown : Host Brad Kearns chats with Sharon Brown, the founder and CEO of Bonafide Provisions, which makes the number one selling frozen bone broth in the country. 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? P

Why Ingredients in Beer Matter – And What Beer Companies Aren’t Telling You

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I was having a blast watching the Super Bowl last weekend… and it had NOTHING to do with the game! Bud Light started advertising that they have No Corn Syrup in their beer, and texts like this kept rolling in… You see, we launched the petition that started the conversation about beer ingredients and why they matter. And now, Bud Light is spending millions of dollars on a marketing campaign to tell us that corn syrup isn’t in their beer – but there is SO MUCH MORE to this story.  Here’s how it all started… A little over 4 years ago I was sitting at Anheuser-Busch headquarters trying to convince their executives to develop an organic beer. At the time they told me they had tried one in the past, but it didn’t sell. Stone Mill Organic Pale Ale was the first one they produced many years ago, but they took it off the market…  The original organic beer as seen at the Anheuser-Busch headquarters Well, so much has changed since then, and not only did they end up coming out with an or

Spoonful Of Life

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If you’ve noticed, I’ve been loosely following a blog schedule of weekend recaps on Mon/Tues, two topical posts during the week, one personal/update kind of post during the week, and on Fridays I like to do what I call “spoonful of life” posts. Just a mish-mosh of photos from my life to share: meals, baby, tidbits and tips. So here is today’s spoonful of life! Birch and I are continuing the Friday trend of mommy & me yoga followed by lunch at Tilman’s. Here he is having a staring contest with his squirrel! He has been so happy in yoga so far (I think we’ve gone to 4 classes). Barely a peep from him! Obviously lunch afterwards is my favorite part : ) The gorgonzola dressing on this salad was epic! And that is a bourbon brown butter giant macaron that I shared with a friend. Probably the best one I’ve ever had! My babysitter comes on Mondays and Wednesdays, and if I am able to get enough work done during naps, I “allow” myself to go to my favorite strength class, which feels