Extraordinary Health Magazine: You started
your NHL career with the Florida Panthers. Do you have any
fond memories of your time in Florida?
David Booth: I have a lot of great memories of Florida.
Growing up, our family always vacationed down there, so to
be drafted and to have the opportunity to play for the Panthers
from 2006 to 2011 was very special for me and my family.
My brother lives in Fort Lauderdale, and I have a lot of good
friends there who visit me every year to watch me play wherever
I may be. Florida has been really good to me, and it’s somewhere
I’ll always go back to for the rest of my life.
EHM: You’ve also played for the Vancouver Canucks
and the Toronto Maple Leafs. What’s next for you in your
NHL career?
DB: I’m a free agent right now. Training camp begins
on September 17th, so I have about a month to see what will
happen, what will transpire. Anything can change in the matter
of a minute. You never know where you’ll end up, but that’s
something you train hard for so that when you’re given this
opportunity, you’re ready to jump on it. I’m training hard
to make sure that whatever team it may be, I’m ready to
go. I’m truly looking forward to another season.
EHM: What are your off-season hobbies?
Do you and Ashley do anything special together?
DB: We’re very dedicated to making sure that we get
our workouts in and that we’re eating healthy no matter
where we’re at. With that said, we’re able to travel a lot.
We always go to Park City, Utah. We traveled to British
Columbia to visit friends—there’s a very active lifestyle there
that we love. This summer, we were in Australia for two weeks.
Wherever we go, we try different things; we take in the culture.
There are a lot of opportunities out there that we’d like
to take advantage of while we’re young and healthy,
and before starting a family of our own. Garden of Life
plays into that a lot, since we’re able to travel with our
products. It makes it easy for us to maintain our active
and healthy lifestyle.
EHM: So, how’s the married life? (Married Ashley
Booth on June 14, 2014)
DB: I love being married. She takes good care of me,
and I wish I had this kind of support a lot earlier in my life.
But, she steals all of my Garden of Life supplements.
I have to hide them from her sometimes!
EHM: What are some of your favorite Garden of Life
supplements, and how have they helped you?
DB: There are so many products that I can’t go without.
Starting with the probiotics, the new line of Dr. Formulated
Probiotics is spectacular. I’m using them for some digestive
health issues I’ve been dealing with. I’m not a scientist
or a nutritionist, but I do know that some of the processed food
that we consume, including GMOs, additives and artificial flavors,
destroys the natural process of digestion, so we’re not getting
the optimal benefits from the natural foods we eat.
So, eliminating that possibility by taking the right probiotics,
fish oils, proteins and the products that Garden of Life
has really allows me to get the maximum nutritional value from
the whole food I consume.
EHM: So, it sounds like you take more
than just the probiotics, right?
DB: Yes. I use the fish oils every day—
those are huge for me. I have a shake,
if not two, almost every day using the RAW Fit®
and RAW Protein along with the Perfect Food®
RAW Organic Green Super Food. All of the
products are amazing. Your body can really
tell when you’re using the products and
sticking with them. You just feel so much
better. The quality of the products surpasses
pretty much every other brand that I’ve tried.
As a professional athlete, we’re provided
a lot of supplements, but it’s hard to beat
Garden of Life. I stick with it all year round.
EHM: We have
seen a picture of
you kissing a giant
grizzly bear. What’s
up with that?
DB: I gave him
a kiss! We have
friends in Vancouver
who raise wild
I thought bears were supposed to hug!
animals. They raised
that grizzly bear since it was born.
Not only that, but they’ve had a polar bear for 20 years!
Hanging with the grizzly is definitely a moment in my life
that I’ll never forget.
EHM: Any words of wisdom for our magazine readers?
DB: It’s just a matter of discipline and sticking with what
you want out of life. The way you feel, the amount of energy
you have and your mood have so much to do with what you put
into your body. For us—my wife and I—we’re rarely in a bad mood.
We’re always happy and full of energy! It starts with discipline.