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Just ate a delicious, filling breakfast of four pieces of bacon, three scrambled eggs (cooked in the bacon grease) with a little bit of cheese sprinkled on top, and a side of blueberries. While you might think I'm slightly crazy by having such a fatty breakfast lacking any sort of grain, it's well within the guidelines of the Primal lifestyle. Check out Mark's Daily Apple if you think conventional wisdom might be even a little flawed, you'll be pretty surprised with your findings.

no more snoozing

one of the primal blueprint laws focuses on getting adequate sleep, something the majority of us don't do. along with adequate sleep he discusses, scientifically, why using an alarm is bad for us. granted, not using an alarm is pretty difficult for the majority of us, but I've been waking up sans-alarm for a few days now (thanks 2nd shift).

basically, when our alarm wakes us up in the morning, instead of waking up naturally, we experience a surge of cortisol (adrenaline) in our body. the recurring using of an alarm, and accompanying adrenaline rushes every morning reduces the effectiveness for times when we would actually need it.

try waking up without an alarm on a day when you don't need to use one, see if it makes a difference in how you wake up, and your energy levels for the rest of the day.