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I believe that the best health suppliments ars natural foods. The reason suppliments exist so profitably in our nation is because of our need for leavened quick-filling foods and beverages diluted with preservatives, artificial flavorings, etc. Added ingredients in foods cause subtraction of nutrients, so we need to supply our bodies with what it isn't getting, but need every moment to live a healthy, somewhat sustainible life.

There are good health suppliments on the market, particularily whole food suppliments. Again, if we eat whole foods in the first place, without the added ingredients, there would be little need for suppliments. Every vitiman, mineral, etc. that scientists and doctors say we need certain allowances of is found in regular food from the ground, trees and plants, vines, animals that eat from the ground, trees and plants and vines and natural beverages like water and juices.

We have become institutionally programed to marketible propeganda. We live in a fast-pace, fast-food society, and even when our bodies feel the effects of such, we think suppliments can solve problems. Yet we're socialized to even suppliment suppliments when they help in one area but affect another. For example: caffine is a"suppliment" for energy, but can deplete some nutrients in your body as it stimulates you(preaching to myself there). Another example is: vitamins are necessary for blood cells, skin tissue, muscle development and a host of other bodily functions, yet some pain medicines or other prescription medications can hinder the distribution of them.

In 1998, I was a Working Chef for Sodexo/Marriott on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC. There, as a Minister with a deisre to help build up young people's faith and contribute to their growth, I took oppertunities to teach about nutrition and healthy living in addition to Biblical principles and Christian counseling. I also learned alot about health from them, sometimes by accident. The following is the best example of me being schooled accidently:

I sponsored students from a campus Christian organization at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University on a trip to Altanta, GA. I wasn't going to go myself, but was somehow talked into it. The trip was actually a Conference/Convocation of this particular organization with reprensentation from campuses all across the nation. There were many seminars, break-out sessions and Worship Services. But the one that stuck with me the most is when a Preacher

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