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Weekend Link Love – Edition 444

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RESEARCH OF THE WEEK Stress alters gut bacteria (in mice). Altering it back improves stress resilience. How space affects the brain . Alcohol may not actually help fight heart disease. Probiotics increase polyphenol absorption . Rituals improve kids’ executive functioning . NEW PRIMAL BLUEPRINT PODCASTS Episode 160: Robb Wolf : Host Elle Russ chats with none other than Robb Wolf himself. Robb has a new book out—Wired to Eat—showing you how to repair your broken appetite and fix your damaged metabolic response to food. INTERESTING BLOG POSTS Why are seemingly competent people disappearing from our national parks and wilderness areas? Your weekend wasn’t actually that bad , thanks to Finland. How to teach inflexible people to be more flexible . Vegetable oils: worse than cigarettes ? MEDIA, SCHMEDIA Clean Chicken . Turns out kids do really well with a lot more time to play. New unsealed documents reveal Roundup might not be so safe after all. EVERYTHING ELSE Old i...

Clean Eating Pork Burgers Recipe

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I don’t usually use ground pork for anything other than chili. But I found myself with a pound of it that needed to be used up and thought I’d make a fast dinner of burgers and veggies. These… Read more → from The Gracious Pantry http://ift.tt/2mgPUyW

BLT Ranch Chicken Burgers with Sweet Potato Bun

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Today’s guest post is offered up by Dana Monsees, founder of Real Food with Dana . Thanks to Dana for sharing this incredible recipe. There are a ton of burgers out there in the paleo/gluten-free world. They’ve become a staple order at restaurants, where even if there aren’t many other options, you can always get a burger, no bun, on a salad. Or lettuce-wrapped, if you’re lucky. This one is different. Prepare to have your tastebuds BLOWN (that’s a good thing) by this recipe—they won’t even know what to expect with the insane combination of your old favorites: a BLT, a burger, and sweet potato fries with ranch dressing, all made Primal-style, come together. But back to these epic burgers. Don’t get me wrong, I love burgers on salads, lettuce-wrapped burgers, burgers on cauliflower rice, and all our favorite gluten-free burger staple ways. But sometimes, you just want to get in there with your hands (primal-style, if you will), pick the burger up, and have the delicious toppings almo...

Do You Want 12 Inches of Iron?

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Put on your best used car lot salesman voice and read the following aloud please: Friday, Friday Friday’s Fantastic Triple Play Giveaway is HERE!!!   That’s right! Instead of posting a recipe today, we’re going to give the viewing audience a chance at winning over 150 of our recipes plus a  12 inch cast iron skillet from Lodge !  In addition to the 12 inches, the lucky winner will win an autographed copy of: Weeknight Paleo – Our latest and greatest cookbook featuring over 100 of our tastiest recipes to get you through a busy week.     Wired To Eat – We had a blast developing the recipes for Robb’s new book and talked him into signing a copy for this fantastic giveaway!   Let’s face it, not only are we Wired to Eat , we’re also very much Wired to COOK! Cooking food was one of the earliest forms of community and tribe building. Nothing screams awesome more than preparing a super tasty meal for those you love and what better way to do it than...

Wired To Eat Winners! Paleo Foundation Questions

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Hey folks! We had a little contest for the folks at the Paleo Foundation .  The top three questions (picked by me!) receive a signed copy of Wired To Eat.  Here are the questions and my answers. Just a reminder: the WTE official release date (in the US) is March 21! (audio version on March 28th) If you want to get in on the pre-order bonuses, follow this link and we will get you squared away. from The Paleo Diet http://ift.tt/2maTY3v

I Look Forward to Many More Years of Health and Happiness!

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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 . In fact, I have a contest going right now. So if you have a story to share, no matter how big or how small, you’ll be in the running to win a big prize. Read more here . Downsized at 50 from my job as a government social worker! My body and mind were a mess….from too much stress, too much sugar (the office culture was big on sweet treats in the coffee room!), too much sitting in front of a computer! Migraine headaches, back and hip problems (often the only thing keeping me going were my monthly massages and physical therapy sessions), menopausal issues, my weight creeping up in spite of my exercise regime…weekly aerobics classes, swimming laps, cycling. Now was the perfect time to take control of my health! I signed up for a course to...

Start a Garden and Harvest the Health Benefits

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As the weather begins to warm (March, you’re still planning to go out like a lamb, right?) and the first signs of spring tentatively peep out of the ground, many of us take our cue to start rooting around for our garden tools. If you are not yet a gardener, why not make this spring the season you try out your green thumb? Even if you live in a city and have no yard at your disposal, you may be able to give it a whirl by finding a small plot in a community garden or even stashing a box on your windowsill. The rewards may include far more than whatever you manage to grow. Studies have shown that gardening has all sorts of health benefits , from boosting your mood and improving your diet, to helping you stay fit and trim. So Healthy Eats reached out to Sharon Palmer, RD, a plant-based food and nutrition expert and the author of The Plant-Powered Diet, Plant-Powered for Life and The Plant-Powered Blog , to find out more.   How is tending a garden beneficial for your overall healt...