When Good Bye is a Good Thing
Wow didn’t the summer just fly by! Here’s hoping you are in a place where you still have some good weather. One thing that always struck me about the beginning of Autumn is how many people suffer from various allergies. I live in a farming community and let me tell you between hay fever, mold,
Marathons and Cardiac Risk
Sometimes what a study doesn’t say is more important than what it does say. A recent study on male marathon runners is a great illustration. 50 men, average age 60, who had run at least one marathon a year for the past 25 years were evaluated for their Coronary Artery Calcium scores. In most cases these
Your Brain and Lion’s Mane!
In addition to several other very useful components, my new Brain Formula, Brain Force 1 contains the Lion’s Mane “mushroom” as a major component. There are many documented benefits to Lion’s Mane and like many fungi, it is helpful on a systemic basis rather than just for one specific thing. But it has been studied for
Brain or Drain
If you listen to the current medical dogma your brain is slowly swirling down the drain. It a somewhat canceresque approach, our medical media is preparing patients and doctors alike for the onrushing epidemic of dementia, both Alzheimer and vascular. According to them we are falling head first into the abyss. Depressing as hell. If
Mastering Metabolism
It’s been an interesting month from the metabolic stand point. Two major events have come to light that are very much game changers. The first you may have noticed. It is the shift away from low fat diets to high fat low carb diets. Now this may seem like nothing new because low fat diets
Why You Might Need a Multi Vitamin!!!
There are several angles where using a multi vite has proven beneficial. As an anti-aging doc who concentrates on telomere length as a biomarker of potential health span and longevity. There were 2 big studies that linked vitamin and mineral consumption with telomere length. The first was a Chinese study that included things like Vitamin D
The Answer to the Question I mentioned last week!
OK OK, I admit I deliberately did not answer the question, “ What was the hardest thing I ever had to create or do in the supplement world!?”. Some of you noticed and a few of you were down right indignant! That was not my intention. I just thought that, “Hey this is not the
From Dr Dave-The Second Hardest Thing I’ve had to Do in the Supplement World
Well my friend I hope you had a good Independence Day and are enjoying a beautiful summer or season wherever you are. Most of all I hope you are healthy and happy! I have some Big Big News for you today. I have finished, inspected and corrected everything that needs to be in place for
The Wrong Food Fat Loss Diet- the Ketogenic Diet Part 9
It’s almost hard for me to believe that I have 9 installments on this little biologic experiment I have been guinea pigging on since February of this year. If you are just joining me in this series, and especially if you are entertaining going on a ketogenic diet you most definitively want to check out
Dr Dave is giving BAD Dietary Advice
The Ketogenic Diet Part 11- The Miracles Continue! Ok today I am going to give you my other results that were still pending last time I wrote you and address some criticism from one of my colleagues whom I will simply call “Dr Smith”. Like so many traditional allopathic doctors Dr Smith can’t seem to
The Ketogenic Diet Part 4 The results and Why I Stopped Taking my Precious Fish Oil!!
Here are the specific numbers I obtained on the various days after the 2 day induction I described in Part 3 of this series. I will be starting the numbering series with #1 which was the first day AFTER the induction. In other words this is the first day of the 8 day routine I described
The Ketogenic Diet Part 3 How I did it
Ok first if you have not read the first 2 blogs please do so because a lot of info is covered that you need to know: Part 1 and Part 2. Now here is what I did. I actually went on the “diet” for a total of 10 days with 8 of them being severely calorie/carb restricted. Day
A Metabolic Interlude – The thinking behind the Ketogenic Diet
Note: This was part of an original “lost blog series” that I published from 2012 to 2014 long before the Ketogenic Diet had peaked in popularity the way it has now. I did predict that event and lo and behold there has been a plethora of new books and blogs on the topic including one
The Ketogenic Diet – My Personal Experience – The Epic Saga Part 1
It’s sometimes fascinating to revisit works of old. I have gotten on a “writing/editing” spree lately and had to decide where I might start with the over 6000 blogs I have written in the past 15 years. Because of legal issues I have to change a few things here and there but the good news
An update on Dr. Fish Oils NEW Fish Oil!
My new and authentic fish oil will be available in 2 weeks. We’ll start taking pre-orders in about 10 days. Update: My pharmaceutical grade fish oil is available now! You can get it here. A lot of you have emailed to ask if there is something the same or similar to my fish oils on
Does HIIT Hit the Mark for Aging?!
High Intensity Interval Training has been the subject of much research and debate over the past decade or so. (I will abbreviate it as HIIT from now on). I have to credit my friend Phil Campbell for bringing back the concept to modern eyes a decade or more ago with his books Ready Set Go!,
Speaking with Giants
I had the very great pleasure of interviewing Dr Elissa Epel a few evenings ago. As you may recall she is the co-author of the book “The Telomere Effect” along with Elizabeth Blackburn. Blackburn was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2009 for her work on telomeres and telomerase. My conversation with Dr Epel will be
TA-65 Resources
You are presumably here to find out more information on TA-65 telomeres and telomerase. This page contains just a small amount of what I have written about the topics but, many times the questions I get are the same. Here you will find the answers to many of the more frequently asked questions that I could
Complete and Balanced Fish Oil- For Whom?
Over the many years, I became and Omega 3 guru I saw a lot of stuff come out on the market in that arena. The good news is that innovation continues. Maybe even better news is that my new product is due out in a very short time. I am not being deliberately cryptic on
It’s Time for Us to Talk!
So, I have picked next Thursday as the 1st of many telecons to share my time and knowledge with you. At 7 PM EST March 16th (this Thursday) I’ll be in the hot seat to answer your questions and review some of my favorite topics. To wit we’ll be talking telomeres, telomerase activators and covering
Busy Doing Something or Busy Doing Nothing? A Guide to Creativity
This a little different email than usual but I think you will enjoy it nonetheless. It’s basically a tale of 2 friends one who has achieved much and does not struggle, and the other who does nothing but. In reviewing their cases, I also started to think about what it really takes to “succeed” at