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The Primal Kitchen Podcast

6 Ways Primal Types Can Observe Halloween

The Primal Kitchen Podcast

Mark Sisson & Morgan Zanotti

Fitness, Entrepreneur, Sisson, Parenting, Health, Wellness, Weightloss, Primal, Paleo, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.4717 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2017

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

I’ll take the holiday bait today. It’s true…with its emphasis on candy consumption, many Primal types feel lost on Halloween. They don’t know what to do with themselves.

The costumes are fun, and being with friends is always a good time, but how should they react to all that sugar? It’s a hard thing.

Luckily, today I have 6 ways you can observe Halloween while staying true to your Primal roots.

(This Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Leaman)

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0:00.0

The following Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Lehman.

0:16.6

Six ways primal types can observe Halloween. With its emphasis on candy consumption, many primal types feel lost on Halloween.

0:26.7

They don't know what to do with themselves.

0:29.0

The costumes are fun, and being with friends is always a good time.

0:32.8

But how should they react to all that sugar?

0:35.9

It's a hard thing.

0:40.0

Luckily, today I have six ways you can observe Halloween while staying true to your primal roots. Number one, do some paleo reenactment.

0:47.7

Everyone knows deep down that going primal is really all about reenacting ancient hunter-gatherers.

0:54.3

Personally, my mode of communication and utilization of internet technology is a source of deep shame.

1:00.7

I'd much rather cite PubMed entries while sitting around a campfire.

1:05.1

If I could, I'd smash my laptop, renounce antibiotics, toss my toothbrush,

1:10.5

that I cannot find the courage to do so is

1:12.8

slowly killing me on the inside. But I can't. I'm in too deep. So I use Halloween as the one day

1:19.8

out of the year that I can fully embody the Paleolithic hunter-gatherer that yearns to burst free.

1:25.7

I suggest you do the same. Put on a loin cloth, contract a parasite, live the dream, if only for one night.

1:33.3

Number two, dress up as your favorite obscure ancestral health community celebrity.

1:40.3

Sure, almost no one will get your costume, but when you meet someone who does, you'll know you have a friend or lover for life.

1:48.2

A few ideas.

1:49.7

Rob Wolf.

1:51.0

Wear a jiu-jitsuji and a big, broad smile.

1:53.9

Refer to everyone as folks.

1:56.4

Mark Sisson.

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