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My experience of introducing dairy.

After following a paleo eating style for the past 3 months, I've lost 35 pounds, regained vitality, skin cleared up, and an overall depression lift. Surely some of you can relate …
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Primal Blueprint Supplements

I take quite a few supplements, and I was just looking at Sisson's consolidated formulas. Obviously I'm not just going to take the salesman's word. I'm looking for third party feed …
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Gluconeogenesis?

I study anatomy and physiology and my lecturer said that people usually go into a state of gluconeogenesis (conversion of amino acids and fats to carbs) in around 6-10 hours withou …
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50-100g of Carbs- Why, if not in ketosis?

Hi! After reading a recent thread on paleohacks, I got to wondering what Mark Sisson's requirement of 50-100g carbs for effortless weight loss stems from. Since he states that 0- …
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Who is this guy who hates Mark Sisson? [Meta]

Anyone know who this troll guy is? He sure hates Mark Sisson! Can't you block his IP address or something?
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Thoughts on Sisson’s “Primal Blueprint”?

I was wondering who here has read "The Primal Blueprint," what their takeaways were, and if they'd recommend the book. Thanks.
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Hack Sisson’s Response to Ethics of Meat Eating

I think it's a valiant attempt with some major blind spots. He bases his argument on the premise that omnivorism is believed to be unethical (i.e. traditional PALEO is unethical) b …
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Mark Sisson on Rock Center tomorrow night… [closed]

Paleo continues to go mainstream! Edited to turn it into a question: If you watched this, what are your thoughts?
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Who brought you into Paleo/Primal World?

For me, I was lucky enough to stumble across MarksDailyApple about 6 months after I graduated college. I was skinny fat at 200 lbs (6 feet tall). Down to 170 now and in the best s …
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Primal Blueprint Carbohydrate Curve

I can definitely say I'm paleo and not primal, but I found Sisson's Carbohydrate curve interesting. I was wondering what people around here thought about it. Here's the link Sisso …
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Stand Up Paddleboarding

Does anybody do it? It seems like the perfect Paleo exercise (slow, whole body, Sisson-endorsed). What's it like? How difficult? Would you recommend it to somebody with no experien …
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Have you adopted the Primal Blueprint for your workouts?

have you adopted the Primal Blueprint for your workouts either all or in part? If so how is it going? http://www.marksdailyapple.com/definitive-guide-primal-blueprint/#axzz1nWOv0 …
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How does your fat intake stack up against USDA recommendations?

I recently read that Mark Sisson's at MarksDailyApple.com consumes 60% of his calories as fat. For those of you who have not seen him, he looks like this: His fat intake strate …
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Does ANYBODY on here eat over 100g of carbs a day?

Some paleo experts don't eat many carbs at all (ala Kurt Harris) while others eat 100-150 grams a day (ala Mark Sisson). I'm not at all convinced that eating around a 100g a day i …
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What’s the best way to eyeball grams of carbs?

To keep myself sane and not obsess too much about counting calories, I'm trying to "eyeball" carbs, trying to focus on Mark Sisson's Carbohydrate Curve by staying below 100g/day. …

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