There are probably three emotional stages we all go through when walking into a health food store.  The first is excitement - between the brightly colored bottles and packages with brand names involving words like 'organic, 'cleansing' and 'fortifying' and the wonderful "promises" for renewed health and energy that each item proclaims, we become eager to revitalize our bodies and renew our health with the help of these health supplements. 
 
Although the idea of becoming healthy and active human beings is thrilling, we quickly enter into the second emotional stage - sheer confusion.  Suddenly, the bottles and packages become a little too bright and cheery and we quickly find ourselves surrounded by twenty five different vitamins, supplements and cleanses that seem to all do the same thing.  
 
The last stage falls between exhaustion and helplessness and usually occurs once we are sitting in our car.  We find that we bought a bag full of purchases - most which have names that we can't even pronounce - and the instructions the clerk gave us for how to utilize each item are slowly blurring together and fading from our memory.
 
There has got to be an easier way.  With everything else we have going on our daily lives, getting all the necessary nutrients and minerals we need to function shouldn't be rocket science. However, if we briefly steer our carts away from the candy, chips and soda section during our weekly trip to the grocery store, we find ourselves in the midst of the produce department - and where our answer lies.