The 4 Pillars of Mens Health with Dave Skattum -Health is Your Wealth – Bug Busting, Habit Forming –

After watching friends succumb to poor health and cut down in the prime of their life. Dave Skattum knew he had to make some major changes in his life to see his dreams come true. After 10 years of grueling work, not only did he make some miraculous transformations, he also found his passion in life; To Help Men Take Steps Towards Good Health.

This show promises to be a place that will encourage you to take steps towards good health.

We do three things:

1. Provide cutting edge teaching on men’s health topics

2. Interviews with men who have done it

3. Interviews with major influencers and pros in the men’s health arena.

All focused around helping men move closer to good health.

In today’s podcast Dave & Jacobus talk about:

- The powerful effect of Hormones on our Immune system
- With five important hormones to keep an eye on

1. Total Testosterone – 700-900 ng good or excellent, 125-300 ng Do something soon
2. Free Testosterone – 3% of Total Testosterone
3. DHEA – 300 – 600 good or excellent, 125-300 ng Do something soon
4. Estradiol – 22-30 ng
5. Homocysteine – 5-10 range

- How important it is to test these and keep them in a healthy range, as listed above?

Jacobus Hollewijn was born in The Netherlands. He moved to the United States in 1985 with his wife and small family. He has always been interested in food, either professionally as a chef for many years, or because of personal interest. In 1994, he moved his family to Bozeman, Montana, where he became involved in health food retail business, by becoming General Manager at one of the larger local health food stores. He also helped two other area natural foods stores as organizer and educator of their vitamins and supplement department.

On April 6, 2007 Jacobus and his wife Marielle, opened their own store, called “Gesundheit! With Jacobus Nutrition Center”, named after his show with the same name. “Gesundheit” is a G