Part I: D. Anthony Evans, Train 2 Live

D.

Anthony Evans knows what it takes to face down life’s biggest

challenges and beat them. A child of a single mom, he was born with

Neurofibromatosis (NF) a rare genetic condition where dangerous tumors

grow on nerve tissue. Often benign, they can become malignant, resulting

in Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors (MPNST), an aggressive form

of cancer. In 2012, D. was diagnosed with MPNST. Nine life-or-death

surgeries risking paralysis within eleven months followed as doctors

removed 325 tumors, one of them over two pounds. D. was given six months

to live. Survival rates are low, but there are those who survive. It

has been over four years.

Part II: Garth Davis, Proteinaholic

Garth

Davis, M.D., is the medical director of the Davis Clinic at the

Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, and starred on the hit TLC show

Big Medicine. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a Fellow of the American

Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Recently named a “Super

Doc” by Texas Monthly, he has been featured in The Houston Chronicle and

other outlets. Garth lives in Houston with his family. He is the author

of Proteinaholic: How Our Obsession With Meat Is Killing Us and What We Can Do About It (HarperOne).