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[Editor’s Note: This post was updated January 2016.] My world changed on May 25th, 2013. A quiet Memorial Day weekend and the…

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It was a normal Friday afternoon at work on the 28th day of March, 2014. While walking out of a meeting I…

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After a lifetime of health issues since the age of 3, my life took a turn for the worse. At age 40,…

In the early stages of my former competitive bodybuilding career, I didn’t think twice about throwing down steaks, chicken, eggs, turkey, and…

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