Sick people & health food stores
Dear Yoga Students,
When I first got into healthy living, one of my old
friends asked me:
“Why does everyone in the health food store
look so sick?”
I didn’t want to admit it, but he was right. Sick people
hang out in health food stores, obsess over foods choices,
and study labels like scientists.
The world is full of paradoxes like this, and here’s what
REALLY gets me:
At least ½ the “health food” on the market isn’t actually
healthy at all. I’m serious. Sugar-free cookies, bran-filled
muffins, fat-free ice cream… this stuff is all seriously toxic.
I know this because I put it to the test in 1999. For 3 months
straight, I ate nothing but Balance bars (these little energy
bars sold at GNC, grocery stores, and gas stations).
They used to have a flavor called Strawberry-Yogurt, and
I ate those damn things like they were going out of style.
Let me wet your pallet: each bar had a white cream
coating that covered a brown turd nugget with the
consistency of a 3-week old brownie. And inside, it
contained the following:
- 15 grams of protein
- 15 grams of carbs
- 6 grams of fat
- 23 essential vitamins & minerals
- 100% daily allowance of Vitamin C & E
- Full B vitamin spectrum
Back then, I used to smoke and drink, so the above
nutrients sounded like a jockpot. I was in pathetic
shape with a weak and floppy body; but I figured I
just needed some better nutrients.
So I gave up all food and just munched on these
perfect little “balanced” bars instead.
Surprise, surprise, I felt like crap. My eyes turned grey,
I stank like garbage, and I used the toilet about once every
3 days… nightmare!
In the morning, I’d wake up with a coppery taste in my
mouth, and my pee was as bright as orange juice (there
goes those “23 essential vitamins”).
Back then, I couldn’t figure it out. Technically, I had
everything an exceptionally healthy person needs: the
protein, the nutrients, the right amount of fat.
But with food, “technically” doesn’t mean squat. Naturally
is what matters.
Case and point: do you know anyone who eats meat and
potatoes every day and is super healthy? I do. Know anyone
who eats “health foods” all day and yet looks and feels
like crap? I do.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying give up your tofu
for 2 all-beef patties on a sesame seed bun… but what
I am saying is that WHOLE food trumps so-called
HEALTH food 7 days a week.
No packaging. No processing. No additives. No nothing.
Food comes from the earth, and the really healthy stuff
arrives on your plate shortly there after. If you’re into
yoga, if you want to be more flexible, if you’re trying
to connect with your physical body… then I gotta tell
you, food is where it’s at!
Stay bendy,
Lucas
YOGABODY Naturals LLC
p.s. The only thing that trumps WHOLE food for nutrition is
Superfoods, this mineral-dense, anti-oxidant laden goodies
like the stuff I’ve got packed in my YOGABODY capsules.
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