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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Parenting Dilemma: Kids and Weight by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Some of us have kids who seem to naturally flock to sports and physical activity. And while they might not resist every food temptation typical for their age group, they someh ... Read on »
Is the Primal Blueprint a Type of Asceticism? by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Last week, MDA member Bobbylight posed a pretty poignant question in the forum: is the Primal Blueprint an ascetic lifestyle? As you’ll see from the actual post, he basi ... Read on »
Dear Mark: Primal Trail Food by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Just when you feel you’ve made the successful transition to Primal eating in everyday life, you stumble upon a scenario that sends you back to the drawing board. For som ... Read on »
Weekend Link Love by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Dr. Eades really knows how to dissect a study. Watch his handiwork as he uses research on artery plaque build up to beat statin advocates at their own game.According to Better ... Read on »
Omelet Muffins by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating In a perfect world, we’d all sit down every morning to a leisurely, healthy breakfast. In the real world, however, we’ve all done our share of eating breakfast in ... Read on »
Contest Video: Intense Bodyweight Workout by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating As part of our ongoing Primal Blueprint Fitness Video Contest reader Tom Greenwald submitted his interpretation of Primal Blueprint bodyweight exercises. (The new theme is Cre ... Read on »
Thriving, Not Just Surviving by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I mention the distinction between thriving and surviving quite often on this blog, but I’m not sure I make it often enough, or explicitly. So, here it is: surviving is n ... Read on »
Spirituality and Health by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating In the quiet deliberation after a serious diagnosis, in the summoning of fortitude to face difficult treatments, in the watershed moment that induces genuine life change, heal ... Read on »
News Flash: The Primal Blueprint by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you this news flash…Before I publish today’s regularly scheduled article (stay tuned!) I thought I&rsquo ... Read on »
The Many Uses of Junk Food by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating A comment on my recent Coca-Cola post mentioned something I’d never previously considered: what if there were legitimate uses for un-Primal “food” items, thi ... Read on »
Dear Mark: Your Brain on Junk Food by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Clearly, we eat not just to fill our stomachs but to satisfy a whole host of biochemical drives. The brain is built to incentivize our efforts not just with the quieting of hu ... Read on »
Weekend Link Love by Mark S. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Meatonnaise, mayonnaise made from meat fat. Is it possible? Serious Eats attempts to turn mayo-fantasy into reality by creating mayonnaise using beef, duck, and lamb fat. Read ... Read on »
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 »