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…

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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…

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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…

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