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Dr John McDougall, M.D. has published a free picture book on how to avoid becoming sick and fat. The book incorporates traffic signals to describe what to do with a particular food or food group. After viewing this book, his 3 grandsons easily understood why people are fat and sick, […]

How to Cure It by Eating Beans, Corn, Pasta, Potatoes, ...

17 Mar, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health by Aqua Master Editor

Mother and daughter one-hour ePostal swimmers, Heather Blair and Laraine Elsten, with Dennis Baker — I know the next ePostal swim event does not begin until May 15, but there are some things that new swimmers need to know about doing an ePostal swim. We want you to be both mentally and physically prepared to participate. There are about 1000 members in OMS and many […]

All Things ePostal!

17 Mar, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / ePostals / Long Distance by Aqua Master Editor

Michelle Macy — International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Michelle Macy is to be an inductee (Honor Swimmer) into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in its Class of 2019. Michelle Macy has proven to have few limitations in marathon swimming in terms of distance and water temperature. Michelle set the overall […]

Marvelous Michelle Macy

17 Mar, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Human Interest / Open Water by Aqua Master Editor

Buster Crabbe — An open water swimmer before his time, Buster Crabbe lived in a mountain lodge at Lake Arrowhead, a mountain resort about 80 miles east of Los Angeles. According to Phil Cooper, (who is a retired engineer, Air Force veteran, and Masters swimmer from Long Beach, California), Buster swam throughout the […]

Buster Crabbe

18 Feb, 2019 in Aqua Master Online by Aqua Master Editor

Kate before and after illness — You know what it is like because you live it every day. Work, kids, meals, homework, housework and it is a repeat cycle of “busy” until the weekend. Weekends are just as jam-packed until they are broken by Mondays and the start of the weekday cycle of activity all over […]

Kate—Terminal Prognosis Turns Into Tremendous Results

21 Jan, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health / Human Interest / Motivation / Special by Aqua Master Editor

Scott - Oct 24, 2006 — Scott Raphael, N.D. — Cures Type-2 Diabetes by Dr. Scott B. Raphael, N.D. My health problems started even before I was born. My paternal grandparents were grossly overweight. My grandfather, a butcher, always thought that animal protein was the way to good health. As a child, each meal was laden […]

Off the Block: January 2019

19 Dec, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Human Interest / Motivation by Aqua Master Editor

Virginia Phipps — Virginia R. PhippsNov. 2, 1924 – Aug. 7, 2018Virginia “Ginny” Phipps, 93 WRITTEN BY TIM WAUDOur beloved Virginia Phipps passed away on August 7, 2018. Virginia was an accomplished Oregon Masters swimmer and Tanker Towel award winner. In honor of Virginia, Oregon City Swim Team has created a scholarship in […]

In Memory—Virginia Phipps

19 Dec, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Obituary / Uncategorized by Aqua Master Editor

by Lex Higlett Our Ladies 120+ 4×50 Free team successfully defended our title from London, winning gold. Lex is on the right Back in Early September I jumped on a plane and traveled to Slovenia to meet up with my old teammates from my UK club London Otter, at the […]

2018 European Masters Swimming Championships

19 Dec, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Meet Summary / Relays by Aqua Master Editor

Off the Block — (Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that causes scarring and thickening of the intestinal walls and frequently leads to obstruction.) Crohn’s disease was something I had never heard of before. In 2006, I was 17 and still in high school. I remember when I started to feel sick. […]

McDougall Success Stories Star Christine: Cured Crohn’s Disease

24 Oct, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Health / Nutrition by Aqua Master Editor