A BIT OF HISTORY FIRST During World War II, during the Dutch famine in the Netherlands, bread became scarce. Dutch pediatrician Willem Karel Dicke noticed that none of the children with celiac disease in his hospital died. He “hypothesized that the wheat protein may be the culprit in triggering celiac disease” (www.beyondceliac.org/ celiac-disease/celiac-history). Celiac had … [Read more...]
Clavél Corporation: The Science of Success
In 1968, when David Halbert’s young son suffered a traumatic injury that resulted in significant scarring, the Abilene physician found inspiration and the science of success out of necessity. His child’s accident, requiring multiple plastic surgeries, prompted him to delve deeper into the world of skincare. Calling on his own medical expertise as a surgeon and believing that … [Read more...]
Food as Medicine
Chef Creates Functional Nutrition Program You wouldn’t believe it now, but the founder of cordellFit – “a functional lifestyle” – got his start making white gravy and French toast in his grandmother’s farmhouse kitchen. Jason Cordell Beard looks much too fit these days to imagine that he once craved white gravy and French toast (not at the same time). But he got his first … [Read more...]
Abilene’s Ninja Warrior
Two-year-old Hank was in a hospital bed, hooked up to an IV due to a lung infection, at Cook Children’s Medical Center, and he and his dad, Abilene firefighter Shane Haught, passed time watching American Ninja Warrior re-runs. It was late at night, and Shane likened it to the feel of an informercial when the words ran across the screen: “Do you want to be on the show? Here’s … [Read more...]
Strength for Life Abilene
In 2016, the beginning of what would ultimately become Strength For Life Abilene started as a pilot program under the umbrella FitSTEPS for Life®, a foundation housed at gym on S. 7th Street in Abilene with a goal of creating a workout program for past and present cancer patients. That program grew substantially and from it was born Strength For Life Abilene. Strength For … [Read more...]