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Improve your performance and prevent injury by focusing on these flexibility highways.In fitness, muscles tend to get all the glory. Not surprising, considering we’re visual creatures, and besides, a well-defined hamstring tie-in looks darn good. But if you want to understand how to move more efficiently, prevent injuries and get stronger, you need to look beyond...

Enriched with egg whites, this simple dessert will satisfy your sweet tooth and quell hunger pangs.Time: 15 minutesMakes: 1 serving Ingredients1/2 cup low-fat milk1 cup long-grain brown rice cooked6 egg whites1/2 tsp vanilla extract1/8 tsp cinnamon1/8 tsp nutmeg1 tbsp blackstrap molasses1 tsp SucanatInstructionsBring milk and rice to a boil in a medium saucepan.Whisk egg whites...

It’s Monday, 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 Monday as long as they keep...

We’ve written about intuitive eating before (see this post and this post and this one, too) and we highly recommend the book on it: Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program that Works. But, what does intuitive eating look like in real life? And how does it compare to a dieting mindset? We’re laying out real-world examples...

Hearty salads have the best of all worlds: ample protein, copious vegetables, and big flavor. And when they’re seasonally inspired? All the better… We’re loving this earthy autumn dish right now. Seared steak, fall vegetables and tangy mustard vinaigrette—together they make the perfect salad supper. Servings: 3 Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 90 minutes Ingredients: Salad: 3 cups cubed Butternut Squash 1...

These seven recipes allow you to enjoy a sweet holiday treat — without murdering your goals.So go on — have your cake, then have some more cake!The holiday season sneaks up fast, and before you know it, we’ve gone from fruity smoothies to pumpkin spice everything to green-and-red goodies galore. But don’t resign yourself to...

Research of the Week In an Iranian study, fast food—but not sugary beverages and salty snacks—is strongly associated with liver enzyme elevation. Neanderthals used tar to bind arrow heads to shafts. Overweight people tend to accumulate fat in their lungs as well, raising asthma risk. Pro footballers (soccer players) have an elevated risk of neurodegenerative disease. New Primal Blueprint Podcasts Episode...