In the fall of 1992, I started feeling some minor muscular weakness. I didn’t think too much of it, until one day…

Growing up in Southeastern Pennsylvania, I was a pretty active kid. I lived for playing outdoors with my brothers, Bryan and Bobby,…

While growing up on the standard American diet, I considered myself healthy. Although I dealt with acne and painful menstrual cramps, I…

I struggled with being overweight for most of my adult life. At my heaviest, I was 250 pounds. I managed to shed…

I began dabbling in a raw vegan diet for my health in 2005, but I could never fully commit to it and…

For years, I suffered from chronic fatigue. The exhaustion was so severe that it interfered with my life. My physicians ran blood…

Growing up, I never had a problem with excess weight, and in fact, I tended  toward being underweight. I ate meat, but…

I started lifting weights as a freshman in high school in 1974. I was a decent high school and college athlete, and…

When I was just 13 years old, I developed pain in my elbow. The doctor diagnosed me with tennis elbow, though I…

I’ve always loved exercise, but after I began having meniscus tears in my knees that required surgery, I didn’t exercise much, if…

Sixteen years of poor lifestyle choices had left my life in ruins. My marriage had dissolved. My connection to friends and family…

Diabetes has plagued my family for generations. I have early childhood memories of my grandma eating chocolate cake and saying, “I’ll just…