The following Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Marxist and is narrated by Brock Armstrong.

End of the Year Review, what we learned in 2014.

At the dawn of a new year, I like to go back and revisit everything

from the past year on the blog. It helps me reflect on the past and plan for the future.

365 posts a year is a lot to remember, and sometimes you need to go back and jog your memory.

Then it all comes flooding back.

Normally, I do this at home in my office in quiet solitude, as a sort of personal ritual.

This year, I've decided to publish my remembrances.

2014 has been a big year.

Let's take a look back at what we learned and explored together.

Where to begin? Well, first, I took a step back to look at the big picture of human history,

addressing the criticism that simply won't die and isn't even a real criticism of ancestral health,

that there was no one single grand overarching

paleo diet. Critics love to point this out, as if it destroys the credibility of what we're doing

here. In reality, it strengthens our resolve and our credibility. There's no one true paleo diet, but so what?

Definite trends exist in observed hunter-gatherer and ancestral dietary patterns.

We actually do know many foods they ate as staples, and we can learn a lot from studying them.

Reality is messy and complicated without simple answers, and that's totally

okay. Nutrition was a huge focus. Rather than flail around mindlessly, you learned to watch

for the signs you need more carbs, more protein, and more fat. You also learned when not to eat

more protein. We revisited the omega-3-Omega-6 ratio and

questioned our previous stance. Was it really as important as we thought? And we explored the

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