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Now that summer is here, so is grilling season.  Grilling season: a great time to get outside and throw together a great, easy, healthy meal.  This week, I set my mind on making an easy sheet pan dinner on the grill. I hadn’t wanted to deal with the Trader Joe's...

Finally, there seems to be a light at then end of the tunnel.  Here in North Carolina, things seem to be very slowly opening  up again, which is great; however, we've spent two months in quarantine.  That's a while to be living in a proverbial “bubble,” allowing our...

The stay-at-home order might have closed our gyms, but that doesn't mean we have to stop working out. Now more than ever, working out at home is easy. During this uncertain time, fitness studios and gyms are trying their best to stay relevant and to keep us motivated...

Welcome to week 8 of quarantine - also known as two full months of cooking at home.  Is anyone else in a cooking rut and running out of fresh ideas?  It seems to be getting harder and harder to find specific ingredients we need for recipes at the store. To fix this,...

Today we find ourselves in week 7 of quarantine.  It's pretty safe to say our lives have changed rather dramatically.  We have been told to stay at home, wear masks, and keep six feet between ourselves and others.  We are working from home, home schooling our...

My wife and I were on a short vacation recently down in Key West, FL. For the past four years, we’ve stayed at a self proclaimed 5-star resort. It’s on a great piece of property in a lovely location. We enjoy going down there and renting bikes, exploring the area, and...

We are all trying to be the healthiest version of ourselves, especially during these strange times!  One of the best, easiest ways to dramatically up your healthy eating game is by adding green smoothies to your day. We all know that we should be eating more fruits...

It was Good Friday, April 10, and I was given the task of going to the grocery store on a sunny but cool Friday morning. Spring was in the air, and I felt energetic and optimistic that we would soon be allowed to go back to normal life.  As it was Easter weekend and a...

It’s March 12, 2020. My wife and I are scheduled to fly to New York to enjoy a few days in the City and watch college basketball. At 7am on that day, we learn that all games are cancelled, and life as we know it radically changes. Over the past 3 weeks, most of us...

Brandon, a friend of mine, in his 40s.  He’s a business owner, husband, and father of 2 children and has heard me speak about the value of diet, exercise, and hormone therapy. About a year ago, he went and had labs done, and his testosterone was lower than 200.  In...