One of the greatest lessons I’ve learned through my years of school, practice, consulting, writing, and speaking is that there is no right answer to the wrong question.  This lesson is also one of the biggest frustrations because people, the media, and medicine takes that wrong answer and runs with it. One example for you [...]

Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is one of the essential vitamins for good health.  The actual function of the vitamin is to maintain strong connective tissue.  If a person has an inadequate amount over a long period of time they will suffer the deficiency disease called scurvy.  Symptoms are seen in the body [...]

Do you worry what to do with your healthy living routine when you go on vacation? I just returned from a 2 week summer holiday with my family. After eating whatever I wanted and not exercising for 2 weeks I probably shattered every health and fitness commandment. But you won’t see me doing the “cardio [...]

A friend of mine asked me a simple question not too long ago. “Dave, when is the last time that you were really happy?” I gave the question some thought, and the honest answer was somewhat alarming to me. The answer that I wanted to say was yesterday or maybe last week, but after some [...]

Fast Food For Fit Families Tasty Turkey Meatloaf •    2 tablespoons olive oil •    2 onions, peeled and sliced •    2 tsp of bottled basil pesto •    4 button mushrooms, cleaned and chopped •    2 pounds of ground turkey •    1/2 cup of skim milk •    1/2 cup of instant oatmeal •    2 omega 3 [...]

Want to get more out cycling? You’ll need to make your bike an extension of you. Here’s how. The snow and ice have finally melted off the roads, and the wind cutting through the bike trails is morphing from stingy cold to balmy warm. And this year, you’ve decided you want to up your game [...]

Being a wellness provider and consultant, the biggest frustration I encounter is that people want the ‘quick’ fix.  I’m sure I’m not alone in this frustration.  I think all health care providers encounter this, as well as mechanics, financial planners, and plumbers.  But if the ‘quick fix’ worked, then as a nation we would be the pillar [...]

With the Sun hanging in the sky a little longer, it naturally gives you more energy to do some spring cleaning inside and outside the house. Just opening up all the windows in your house after the long winter months will awaken your senses with fresh new energy. So it’s time to spring ahead with [...]

I usually review literature for The Father Life, so reviewing a retail product was pretty cool. Within the fancy box and flashy marketing material was the new Gillette Fusion ProGlide shaving system consisting of: new ProGlide razor, exfoliating face scrub, and shaving cream. Along with that I was given the new Odor Defense system that [...]

Being in private practice in a wellness clinic, I hear some great one liner excuses from patients and clients.  I was taking care of a woman and I asked her about her husband, whom I knew had been suffering from some ailments directly related to his life-style.  He’s 25 lbs over weight, sits a computer [...]