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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 half 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 darn things like they were going out of style.

Let me whet your palate: Each bar had a white cream coating that covered a brown 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 jackpot. 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 urine 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 in 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. 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 thereafter. 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

PS: 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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