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HEALTH FOOD STORES
Individuals who are concerned about
their health are drifting away from traditional super markets
and in the direction of health food stores. I urge such individuals
to not delude themselves. The health food industry in this country
is just like any other industry-- it is profit driven. For that
reason, do not make the mistake of concluding that the food you
see in a health food store is automatically better than food found
in traditional super markets.
If you think meat is alright if it is purchased from a health
food store, you are mistaken. Meat is bad for your health, period.
If you think bottled products are alright if bought from a health
food store, you are mistaken. Bottled products that have been
heat pasteurized have no nutritional value. If you think canned
products bought from a health food store are alright, then you
are wrong. Foods found in cans have been pasteurized and contain
excessive amounts of metal. Their nutritional value is zero, but
the harm those metal cans can do is limitless.
Live foods are good for the health. A food is alive if its enzymes
are active. If the enzymes in the food are active, they will continue
to be active when you eat. If the food goes too long without being
eaten, the enzymes will cause the food to go bad. That is nature's
way of making sure that the food you eat is fresh and full of
the nutritions your body needs.
Generally, enzymes will cause food to go bad in a matter of days.
If you pick up a power bar, for example, that has an expiration
date of 3 or 4 months down the road, then the nutritional value
of that bar is questionable. If it takes three or four months
for a power bar to go bad, then its enzymes have been tampered
with. It is a dead food, and dead foods can not be good for a
healthy body.
Any food product that has a lengthy expiration date is probably
a dead food product, be it power bars, "natural" potato
chips, popcorn or cookies, or other such products. This, however,
does not apply to dried foods like rice, beans or grains, etc.
Watch out for that "organic" label. Health food stores
love "organic" foods because health conscious individuals
will pay top dollar for them. But people play games with the term
"organic," and health food store owners know that. But
profits rule at health food stores,so health food stores will
accept the label "organic" without so much as a wink
of an eye.
Many products found in most health food stores are overpriced.
Health food stores operate just like other stores: if you are
willing to pay a high price, they will charge you a high price.
The best way to get reasonable prices is to let the managers of
the stores know that you don't buy a product because it is not
reasonably priced.
If you shop intelligently, you can benefit healthwise by shopping
at a health food store, particularly in relation to the quality
of the food in a traditional food store. But don't mislead yourself.
The fact that a store is called a health food store does not make
it so. How you apply your intelligence is the defining factor.
If you shop intelligently, a health food store could be exactly
what you need. But if you shop unintelligently, shopping at a
health food store can be just as bad for your health as shopping
at a traditional food store.
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