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We’ve Experienced the Best Results When We Follow the Primal Blueprint Recommendations

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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 . I’ll continue to publish these each Friday as long as they keep coming in. Thank you for reading! It is now nearly four years ago that our initial story was shared on MDA. Over that time, we have experimented a lot with our diet and lifestyle to see what type of diet-exercise regimen best suits our bodies. To make a long story short, we have experienced the best results when we follow the Primal Blueprint recommendations. The path that MDA set us on many years ago has been hugely beneficial to us and our family and we are very grateful for that. In the past years, our family has grown and we are now the proud parents of four children. This obviously puts a lot of pressure on our time, but one of the biggest benefits we feel we get from ea...

Nutritionist-Approved Cocktails to Sip All Summer Long

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Popular summer cocktails like margaritas and daiquiris can tip the scales at more than 600 calories per serving. Since moderate alcohol consumption (1 drink a day for ladies and 2 for men) can be beneficial to heart health, cocktail lovers should seek out sensible sippers. So here are 6 cocktails that keep things on the skinny side for the summer season. Whiskey Fresh mint leaves and only 1 teaspoon of sugar provide an abundance of cool and minty flavor in a refreshing Mint Julep  (pictured above).  Tequila Lots of fresh fruit permeates this Watermelon Plata Tequila Cocktail with cell-protecting antioxidants. Blending fresh watermelon into the mix provides a vibrant pink hue. Gin Brewed tea adds flavor to cocktails like this Mango Ice Tea with Gin for practically no calories. Dial up the flavor with 100-percent fruit juice.     Vodka Cucumber juice makes for extra refreshing summer cocktails like in our Cucumber Cocktail . Garnish with cucumber slices so...

Join Me with Tony Horton TODAY on Facebook Live

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Mark your calendars, folks, because this is an event I hope you can join me for! Together with my longtime friend and health and fitness powerhouse, Tony Horton, I’ll be hosting a Facebook Live TODAY at 11:00 a.m.  PDT , on the Mark’s Daily Apple Facebook page . Join us as we discuss our beginnings as struggling personal trainers nearly 30 years ago and how life has evolved since. After that, I’ll dive into the newest addition to my cookbook series, The Primal Kitchen Cookbook , chock full of amazing contributors including Mr. P90X himself! And make sure to stay tuned through the end as we’ll be picking THREE winners to receive an exclusive pre-launch copy signed on air by myself and Tony! The post Join Me with Tony Horton TODAY on Facebook Live appeared first on Mark's Daily Apple . from Mark's Daily Apple http://ift.tt/2sm5ZCO

Every Herb Salmon Salad

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It seems the older I get, the more and more I love fresh herbs! My favorites are a tie between rosemary and dill, but I also love Italian parsley, thyme, and basil. All of the above were picked from this year’s herb garden! Last summer, I created this Every Herb Salad Dressing that blends all my favorite herbs with yogurt, olive oil and lemon juice for a bright and creamy dressing. Today’s salmon salad was inspired by that! I generally like a combination of yogurt and mayo in my fishy salads (tuna, salmon, sardine). The yogurt brightens and lightens, but using some  mayo provides a richness that yogurt alone cannot create. I am partnering with the new KRAFT Avocado Oil Mayo for this post as a healthy swap to traditional mayonnaise. Made with — you guessed it —  avocado oil,  it has a healthier fat profile than typical mayo, which is often made from soybean oil. The KRAFT Avocado Oil Mayo contains 232 mg of Omega-3 alpha-Linolenic acid in ever...

What I’m Loving Lately 86

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Hi, friends! Happy FRIDAY! Holy cow, this week flew by, right? Gotta love holiday weekends! Since it’s Friday and all, it’s time for another edition of  What I’m Loving Lately . This week’s post was actually really easy to put together because I’m seriously loving what’s mentioned! I mean, hey, some weeks are better than others! Ha! Ok, here we go! Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth podcast – The ladies from Girls Gone WOD recently had the guys from Mind Pump on their podcast, and I immediately fell is love. They talk about all things fitness/health, and I love their straight-forward style. They also record multiples times per week, so they always have new content to listen to – and, of course, I’m totally binge-listening to past episodes! OK to Wake! Clock   – This clock is the BEST THING EVER!!   We recently transitioned Quinn to a toddler bed , which started out great, but then he was climbing into our bed at like 4:30 AM. After a few realllllly early m...

Building a Better Burger with Chefs Gabi & Greg Denton

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Chefs Gabi Quiñónez Denton and Greg Denton at the James Beard Foundation’s Blended Burger Project kickoff event at the James Beard House   What’s the secret to building a better burger? If you ask the James Beard Foundation and Chefs Greg Denton and Gabi Quiñónez Denton, it’s using less meat. The Dentons — the husband and wife chef team behind Ox and Superbite in Portland, Oregon, and recent winners of the James Beard award for Best Chef Northwest — teamed with the JBF to kick off the 2017 Blended Burger Project. The eco-minded movement challenges chefs all over the country to blend finely chopped mushrooms into the meat in their burger mix to create a more nutritious and sustainable burger. Starting today through July 31st, chefs across the country will be serving up their own versions of a blended burger. ( Click here to find one near you: hundreds of chefs from 40-some states are participating — from old-school diners to fine-dining restaurants alike. Try as many as you...

Clean Eating Barbecued Carrots Recipe

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Life with Mini Chef is nothing but one adventure after another. Whatever he does, he does it with gusto! He’s an “all-or-nothing”, “give-it-110%” kinda kid. He puts his heart and soul into… Read more → from The Gracious Pantry http://ift.tt/2rYgoai