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by Manny Aragon Last week we talked peripherially about the importance of digestive enzymes, stomach acid, and probiotics. Over the next few weeks, I’d like to take a little time to go over the nuts and bolts  of the stages of digestion and the importance of the role each process plays in the pathway to…

by Manny Aragon I am a big fan of local races. I have a family and have to pick my races carefully but I also like to race as much as I can and local races make it a whole lot easier. Don’t get me wrong, I like travel races just as much as the…

by Manny Aragon For most of you who have been reading my previous two emails, you know that I regularly get tested to find out what nutrients, my body needs to best facilitate health and the healing process. I do this because I have found the combination of Designed Clinical Nutrition and a diet of…

by Manny Aragon NOTE: Supplement Protocol at the end I haven’t done a similar distance race to this one in 2 years so I was pretty excited to see how I would do in a “short” race like this one.  The previous two seasons, I raced primarily ½ Ironman distance with 1 Full Ironman 2…

by Manny Aragon After my workout on Sunday I felt great. But as the day wore on, I began to feel worse and worse. I didn’t sleep well Sunday night -went to bed late and woke up excessively early with nagging back pain which lasted throughout most of the day. Right out of bed, I…

by Manny Aragon The top three killers of americans are (in order) Cardiovascular disease, Cancer, and lower respiratory disease (like emphysema, asthma, and chronic bronchitis). They kill millions of americans every year and seemingly keep getting more prevalent despite the fact that we keep throwing more and more technology, drugs, surgeries, and money at them.…