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Letters from Dr. Dave

The Happiest of New Year’s to You and Yours From Dr. Dave

First let me say that it is a pleasure to join you in the New Year celebration.  I look forward to 2017 with great anticipation. I have been…

3 min
Letters from Dr. Dave

The Number One Super Simple Holiday Weight loss Cheat

I had to laugh when I stepped on the scale after New Year’s. There it was1 I had gained 4 pounds. Now I have maintained a ketogenic diet for…

2 min
Body

Necessity and Invention and HBO

This little tale goes back a few centuries. In the process I will probably forget to mention some of the most important figures of this time-people whose discoveries…

4 min
A New Book on Telomeres by the Nobel Laureate in the Field
Cellular Science

A New Book on Telomeres by the Nobel Laureate in the Field

Dr. Dave reviews the telomere book by Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn. What she gets right, where his clinical experience differs, and who should read it.

4 min
Letters from Dr. Dave

The Race Against Death- The Final Chapter

Way back in 2008 I completed a 125K race through the Canadian Rockies known by various names including “North America’s Toughest Race” and the real name, The Canadian…

5 min
Nutrition

Farm to Table- An Inconvenient Truth

I am a big proponent of farm to table eating.  I am also fortunate to live in an area where Organic Farming has been a way of life…

2 min
Letters from Dr. Dave

On Thanksgiving

I don’t write something new every Thanksgiving but this is a very important one for me. First let me thank you for spending a little of your most…

1 min
Body

True Fitness and Personal Bias For My Friends Over 40 Part 2

Ok we visited the dream world and the real world in Part 1. Now let’s get to some specifics. If you are middle aged and American, or at…

7 min
Body

True Fitness and Personal Bias for My Friends Over 40 Part 1

Well my friend it’s time to visit the fitness question again.   If you are familiar with my blogs in the past I have weighed in on the “best”…

5 min
How to Roast Your Own Coffee for the Best Cup Ever
Nutrition

How to Roast Your Own Coffee for the Best Cup Ever

I never thought about roasting my own coffee until recently. Two circumstances came together to result in a happy little experiment that became a more regular habit. The…

10 min
Revisionist History
Letters from Dr. Dave

Revisionist History

It is always interesting to look back at what you were taught in High School in a new light.  For instance, I can remember in 7th grade one…

3 min
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Market
Nutrition

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Market

Way back in 2002 I created my own line of supplements designed by me and created to my own specific specifications.  They were available only through my office…

4 min