My golf biography is on my golf home page , and I have studied fitness all of my life. That's a long time - I was born in 1946, do the math! Don't get me wrong - like tournament golf, I believe that life begins on the back nine, and I'm just glad to be there.

I'm also an authorized TLS (Transitions Lifestyle) Weight Loss Solutions Coach, and an authorized nutraMetrix Consultant. nutraMetrix is a trade name for a supplement line for health professionals who want to offer high quality supplements to their patients. Below are the supplements (ALL NATURAL - NO SYNTHETIC INGREDIENTS) that I have been using since April 2013 .

I waited over a year to publish this information on my website in order to give everything a fair and lengthy testing period.

I also want to make it clear that I became a distributor of these supplements so that I could offer them to anyone interested in maintaining good health and strength for golf and for life. I do make a small profit on retail sales, which helps me cover the expenses for my website and my  golf tips newsletter. Click through to receive the weekly newsletter tips.

Having said that, I do want to reiterate that I recommend these products because of what they have done for me and my wife personally, not just for for profit. If they didn't work and if I didn't believe they were the best, I wouldn't promote them.

We all - hopefully - have life and health insurance. I consider good supplements as my ticket to life and health "assurance", products that will help me prevent negative health issues in the first place. What these - and most - natural supplements do is help the body to establish homeostasis. Homeostasis means that your body is in a stable condition, so that it can do it's job. Supplements help you get some essentials that are not readily available in normal diets, and if the body doesn't make it, you've got to take it. That's what essential means - that you need it.

For me, this was a no brainer. I had been taking blood pressure and cholesterol medication for many years prior to April 2013, now my blood work is perfect, and I do not take any medication for blood pressure or high cholesterol. I also have been able cut way back on my acid reflux medication, which is great because that type of medicine is being connected to some cancers after years of daily use.

My wife's story is nothing short of incredible; we call it our mini miracle. She takes the Daily Essentials Kit  religiously every morning.

On the fitness side, I am a proponent of progressive resistance training (weight training for strength), which can actually reverse the inevitable aging process decline in strength and muscle mass called sarcopenia.

One issue that I've always tried to deal with is chronic knee pain due to overuse during my life, as well as due to an auto accident I had in 1990. It was the type of pain that would make me wince when climbing stairs or making a really fast driver swing at a golf ball. I had tried to manage it with Ibuprofen and aspirin, but they didn't help too much, and that stuff isn't good for your gut on a long term basis anyway.

Last January, I changed my lifting routine and added some more supplements listed below: TLS Nutrition Shakes, TLS Whey Protein Powder, Isotonix Champion Blend Plus, and Prime Joint Support Formula by Isotonix.

The results were astounding!

In the last seven months - from January 1st, 2014 through July 14th, 2014 - I took my weight down from 215 lbs to 200 lbs., as my deadlift poundage almost doubled, and my bench press poundage increased 40% (for 10 repetition sets).

Losing weight and gaining strength is a good combination.

There's no doubt that some percentage of the gain was due to my body adapting to a new workout routine, and there's also no doubt in my mind that the bulk of the credit for the gain goes to the supplements that I take combined with exercise intensity. I lift for strength, not hypertrophy (bulk) because strength is important for golf (and life), and muscular bulk can slow your swing down simply due to its sheer weight. Not only does strength training allow for some more swing speed, but it also allows you to maintain better control over your iron swings due to better strength in your hands and wrists.

And most astounding of all, no more knee pain - not when doing 350 lb. deadlifts, or swinging a golf club.

As an experiment, I stopped taking the Joint Support Formula for a week, and the knee pain came back the same as before. I started taking it again, and after about five days, the knee pain was gone. Perhaps this wasn't exactly a scientific experiment, but it proved the value of the Joint Support Formula to me without a doubt.

We've all heard the saying that "We are what we eat". The more accurate saying is that "We are what we absorb", and that if the body doesn't make it we need to take it. That means eat well and take supplements to have peace of mind that you are doing the right thing daily for your health.

The important difference between the supplements that I take now vs. the type of vitamins and other supplements that I used to take is the delivery method, which is Isotonic. Click through to this .pdf file Isotonix - Delivery for a graphic illustration of how Isotonic delivery works in the body. The very short explanation is that when an isotonic substance enters the body, it will be absorbed into the bloodstream rapidly. With isotonic fluids, little nutritive value is lost, making the absorption of nutrients highly efficient. There is nothing artificial about it. An isotonic fluid is nature's own nutrient delivery system.

Pills and capsules have to pass through the stomach and be digested before the nutrients become available. When you consider all the binders, glues, fillers, dyes, plastics, etc. that need to be digested before nutrients are passed into the body, what percentage of the promised nutrients do you think you are getting? 50%? 40%? Less? You'd be very lucky to get half of the advertised benefit, and the chances of getting even a smaller percentage increase if you have acid reflux (like me), or if you are older and your digestive system just isn't as efficient as it was when you were 25.

Since I take my vitamins and supplements Isotonically, I now get about 95% of the advertised nutritive value, and not only that - it's bioavailable in about five minutes after ingestion. That's an absolutely huge advantage over pills, capsules, and non-isotonic delivery.

I'll always opt for Isotonic delivery in a supplement if it's available, I'll never take a pill form or other non-isotonic supplement again. Never, it would be stupid.

After testing various combinations of supplements for myself over the last year or so, here's what I came up with for stacking my daily supplements intelligently. "Stacking intelligently" means getting the benefits of each supplement without overlapping ingredients. You arrive at a decision on what to take by comparing ingredients and assessing them in accordance with your needs.

My goals are great general health, as well as strength building to become strong for golf and life. To meet them, I take these supplements (see details below) first thing every morning without fail:

• Isotonix OPC-3 overall health
• Isotonix Champions Blend Plus overall health with workout benefits
• Prime Joint Support Formula by Isotonix - this keeps my knee pain away.
• Isotonix Multivitamin (without iron) just in case I missed something!