MMSN Featured in The Salt Lake Tribune

Max Muscle Sports Nutrition was recently featured in an article called, “Business helps teen gain ground against Crohn’s disease” which published in The Salt Lake Tribune. The article features Max Muscle Sports Nutrition franchisee of Bountiful, Utah, James Gustason. The article discusses how James is using his grand opening event on August 13 to not only celebrate his business in the area but also spur awareness of Crohn’s Disease throughout Salt Lake City. Local teen, Garrett Jones, has been using supplement advice from James and Max Muscle Sports Nutrition products to help combat the nutritional deficiencies correlated with Crohn’s Disease. The article also highlights James’ grand opening event which will feature previous “Biggest Loser” contestants, a mechanical bull, climbing wall, and a portion of sales going toward Garrett and his family. Click here to view the entire article.

Business helps teen gain ground against Crohn's disease
By: Cathy McKitrick

While most customers drop by James Gustason’s Max Muscle Sports Nutrition in Bountiful to find weight-loss and body-building boosters, Yvette Jones visits to help her son conquer Crohn’s disease.

Garrett Jones, now 17 and starting his senior year at Bountiful High School, has struggled with symptoms of the autoimmune disease for four years even though the official diagnosis did not come until early last year.

"We kept going to doctors" who blamed his intestinal troubles on parasites, Yvette Jones said. "Finally, I’d had enough. The kid looked like a walking skeleton — thin and white like a ghost."

The worried mom booked an appointment with a gastroenterologist. A subsequent colonoscopy detected the disease.

And from that point, Yvette Jones delved into various medical and homeopathic remedies that could assist her son in his day-to-day quest to rebound and thrive.

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