Mark S. Healthy Living Professional

Malibu, California
Former Iron Man athlete, I currently run an irreverent health blog, and I own my own vitamin... Full Bio
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Frittata Aleta by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Eight-year-old Aleta is already thinking like a chef. Not only did she create a frittata packed with nutrients and flavor but she also chose vegetables with a stunning array o ... Read on »
Contest Video: Primaldelphia (plus Grok in the Wild! pics) by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating As part of our ongoing Primal Blueprint Fitness Video Contest reader Anders submitted his interpretation of Primal Blueprint bodyweight exercises. You may remember Anders from ... Read on »
Grain Relapse by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I find that grain bashing makes for a tasty, but ultimately unsatisfying meal.You all know how much I love doing it, though. But no matter how often I sit down to dine on the ... Read on »
Coca-Cola Cares About Your Health by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional 1 Comment Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating It’s the stuff of quintessential irony. Paradox. An absurdity so egregious it’s painful to type, let alone view on the screen. (There’s actual smoke rising f ... Read on »
Life, Rare and Fragile by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating A young planet sits in wobbly orbit, still a bit amorphous and unsure of its final shape. A gurgling, bubbling primordial soup simmers on the surface, stewing and brewing for ... Read on »
Dear Mark: Time Change by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating If you ask people whether “falling back” or “springing forward” hits them hardest, most will say spring. (I’m in this camp also.) I’ll admi ... Read on »
Weekend Link Love by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Hope you filled your pillow case to the brim because the days of meats and veggies are over. Follow Paul Rudnick’s plan and just eat candy. Via The New York Times. (L.A. ... Read on »
Trick or Treat: Yea or Nay? by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating There are menacing spirits about tonight. Truly horrifying, ghastly ghouls in shiny, enticing packages. Resting ominously in bowls, baskets and bags, they await their jolly li ... Read on »
Primal Blueprint Fitness Standards by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating (This is the fourth part of a four part series on fitness. Part 1: What Does it Mean to Be Fit?, Part 2: Could You Save Your Own Life?, Part 3: Modern Fitness Standards )Yeste ... Read on »
Modern Fitness Standards: How Do You Measure Up? by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating (This is the third part of a four part series on fitness. Part 1: What Does it Mean to Be Fit?, Part 2: Could You Save Your Own Life? )Organizations whose members are expected ... Read on »
Could You Save Your Own Life? by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating (This is the second part of a four part series on fitness. Part 1: What Does it Mean to Be Fit? )Yesterday, I explored the malleable meaning of fitness, including how our idea ... Read on »
What Does it Mean to Be Fit? by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating (This is the first part of a four part series on fitness.)fit-ness\ˈfit-ness\n.The capacity of an organism to survive and transmit its genotype to reproductive offspring ... Read on »
Dear Mark: How to Politely Pass on Dessert by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating It’s a common question I get: how to graciously decline the proudly presented delicacy, the traditional or long-labored sweet, the celebratory dessert. Like it or not, d ... Read on »
Weekend Link Love by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating You may notice a few adjustments to the regular Weekend Link Love. I’ve decided to add the Recipe Corner as a permanent fixture (including perhaps the best link in the h ... Read on »
Italian Sausage Meatballs with Fresh Herbs by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Perhaps there is a more eloquent way to say it, but Shalon perfectly describes the flavor of the meatballs she entered in the Primal Blueprint Cookbook Contest with this quote ... Read on »
Book Tour Update by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating (This video can’t be embedded, so when you click the screen you’ll be directed to a new site – kcra.com – that hosts the video.)An update on last week& ... Read on »
Bodyweight Exercises and Injury Prevention by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Despite our recent spate of posts extolling the many and varied benefits of heavy resistance training, I’ve actually been moving away from the weight room for a couple r ... Read on »
The Danger of Muscle Imbalances and the Importance of Symmetry by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Symmetry is a beautiful thing. It seems to be nature’s preferred state, at least in the structure of organisms: two eyes for stereoscopic vision (the better to hunt you ... Read on »
How to Maintain Muscle While Losing Weight by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating “Losing weight” is insufficient terminology. It’s too vague, too unspecific. When a person sets out to lose weight, just what are they trying to lose? Bone d ... Read on »
Dear Mark: Depression Diet? by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I occasionally get emails from readers who are interested in lifestyle changes that can either complement or replace their conventional treatments for depression. Since our po ... Read on »