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How Stress Made My Back Hurt

by: Manny Aragon   A couple of weeks ago my wife announced to me that she was taking the whole week of her birthday (august 14th) off and that she would like to take a vacation. After rejecting her initial suggestion of San Diego (we have been there a few times recently) we settled on…

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Liquid Meal Obsession

by Manny Aragon Last week I shared three of my favorite breakfasts. This week I’m going to share some variations of the breakfast shake I shared last week. These can be made and consumed in place of a meal or as a post workout recovery drink, between meal snack, etc. Shakes are fast and convenient…

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What I Eat For Breakfast

by: Manny Aragon   I live a very active lifestyle. Most days I’m up early, running, biking, or swimming before I come home to wake my kids up, and make breakfast and lunch for everyone. It usually takes my body about an hour to cool down from intense exercise and I use that time to…

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Healing Nutrition: My Disc Protocol

by: Manny Aragon   In last weeks email, I told the story of how I injured my neck and caused 2 bulging discs complete with excruciating pain, arm tremors, fireworks, etc. In my last email I covered primarily the origin of my injury as well as the clinical pathway I took to resolve the injury…

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How I Caused 2 Bulging Discs In My Neck And How I Fixed Them

by: Manny Aragon In December of 2011 I got an intriguing offer from a close family friend. He invited me on a private mountain bike ride on the Irvine Company’s private open space preserve (for those not from Orange County, CA, the Irvine Co. was a former land grant ranch bought by the Irvine family…

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